Student threatens athletics director

By Joshua Bickel and Ross Fitch

Thursday, February 3, 2005

The KU Public Safety Office has questioned a 20-year-old KU student who sent a death threat to Lew Perkins, KU athletics director.

The threat was sent by e-mail, and another threat of bodily harm was sent to Charlette Stuart Blubaugh, director of ticket operations, said Maj. Chris Keary, assistant chief of the KU Public Safety Office.

Keary said the student was upset that he didn’t receive his student seating tickets to the KU men’s basketball game during the last student ticket pick-up.

Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director for external affairs, said that threatening e-mails directed at Perkins were a rarity. But the incident didn’t appear to faze Perkins at all, Marchiony said.

“He pretty much takes things in stride,” Marchiony said.

Marchiony could not comment on the specific content of the e-mail, but said that after the e-mail was received, it began circulating through the proper channels.

The report is now being sent to the District Attorney’s office for a determination of charges against the student, Keary said.

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