Residence Hall Alcohol and Rape Infractions
| Tracking # |
2022-112 |
| Submitted | Oct. 7, 2021 |
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From: Michael Topper
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the The Kansas Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records of all liquor violations and reports of rape from student residence halls dating from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019. I am requesting this information have the following information (but not limited to): exact date of violation (e.g., the month, day, and year) and type of violation.
If this data can be given in a spreadsheet format (e.g., .xls, .csv, .xlsx) this would be most appreciated.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 3 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Michael Topper
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following The Kansas Open Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Oct. 7, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: University of Kansas
Michael Topper
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 119906
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144
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Dear Michael Topper,
On October 7, 2021, the University of Kansas received your email of the same date requesting records access pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA). As required by KORA, the University is responding to your request within the third business day following its date of receipt.
Your request states, in relevant part:
Pursuant to the The Kansas Open Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Records of all liquor violations and reports of rape from student residence halls dating from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2019. I am requesting this information have the following information (but not limited to): exact date of violation (e.g., the month, day, and year) and type of violation.
The University charges all requestors in advance for the time required to retrieve, review, and produce available public records as allowed by K.S.A. ยง45-219(a). The University has calculated the following fee estimate for retrieval, review and production of the requested records:
$ 66.50 total estimated fees.
If you wish to proceed with this request, please send payment by check made payable to "The University of Kansas" in the amount of the total estimated fees and mail to my attention at the following address: Custodian of Public Records, University of Kansas, 245 Strong Hall, 1450 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045.
In the event that the estimate is less than the actual time required to produce the records, you will be invoiced for the balance of fees incurred prior to their production; if however, the actual time required is less than the estimate, you will be refunded any difference exceeding $5.00 (the minimum refundable amount).
Thank you for your attention and cooperation.
Sincerely,
/s/
Jen Arbuthnot
Custodian of Public Records
The University of Kansas
From: Michael Topper
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $66.50 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
The University of Kansas
Jen Arbuthnot Custodian of Public Record
245 Strong Hall
1450 Jayhawk Blvd
Lawrence, KS 66045
From: University of Kansas
Michael Topper
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 119906
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144
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Dear Michael Topper,
On October 22, 2021, the University of Kansas received check #10229 in the amount of $66.50 in payment for records access that you requested pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) on October 7, 2021. Thank you for your payment. We will contact you again when the records are ready to produce.
You can learn more about KU's policies and procedures for KORA requests in our online brochure: https://generalcounsel.ku.edu/kansas-open-records-act.
Thank you for your cooperation and patience.
Sincerely,
/s/
Jen Arbuthnot
Custodian of Public Records
The University of Kansas
From: University of Kansas
Michael Topper
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 119906
411A Highland Ave
Somerville, MA 02144
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Dear Michael Topper,
On October 22, 2021, the University of Kansas received check #10229 in the amount of $66.50 in payment for records access that you requested pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA) on October 7, 2021.
Accordingly, you may access the responsive records from our secure file storage system at the following link: https://kansas.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/OpenRecords/EThdOEAMBD9OrmODoX4cHG8BQXJlNggAzJyqitilg2x1jw?email=119906-51977438%40requests.muckrock.com&e=7QGiLu. This link will be functional for seven (7) days. With this production, we will now consider this request closed.
You can learn more about KU's policies and procedures for KORA requests in our online brochure: https://generalcounsel.ku.edu/kansas-open-records-act.
Thank you for your attention and patience.
Sincerely,
/s/
Jen Arbuthnot
Custodian of Public Records
The University of Kansas
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