Tires slashed near Sigma Alpha Epsilon

By Susan Schwarz

Monday, February 9, 2009

Early Sunday morning, 22 cars had flat tires at the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house at 1301 W. Campus Rd. The cars belonged to fraternity members, current rushes and three guests.

The crime occurred some time between 4:45 a.m. and 7 a.m.

Photo by Ryan McGeeney

Pat Thomsen, Shawnee junior, exchanges information with a tow truck driver before his 1997 Ford Monte Carlo is hauled away for repair. Thomsen's car, which Thomsen said he had owned for about five years, was one of 23 vehicles that suffered multiple slashed tires behind the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house early Sunday morning.

Pat Thomsen, Shawnee junior and a Sigma Alpha Epsilon member who had his tires slashed, said he knew it happened some time after 4:45 a.m. because one of the cars vandalized had returned from Manhattan at that time.

Most of the cars involved had their front right tires punctured. The puncture wounds on the tires varied from a tiny slit in the wheel wall to giant gashes across the tire. Mike Moore, Overland Park senior and a Sigma Alpha Epsilon member, had two tires of his truck slashed. Moore had his tires slashed last semester, but said he thought the two acts were not related. He guessed that members of Delta Chi, the fraternity located next to Sigma Alpha Epsilon, were responsible.

“It’s pretty obvious this time,” Moore said.

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Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity members found a number of their tires slashed in the parking lot of their residence Sunday morning.

Thomsen said there had been a rivalry between Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Chi for 30 to 40 years.

Alex Stamos, Blue Springs, Mo., junior and a Delta Chi member, said there was bad blood between the fraternities, but no one really knew why. He said no one in Delta Chi had come forward to take responsibility for the tire slashing.

Sgt. Monroe of the Lawrence Police department said the investigation was ongoing.

— — Edited by Sonya English

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