Women receive self-defense training
by News Editors
April 01, 2005
Women packed the Student Recreation Center Wednesday night for a self-defense class that will be spotlighted on America's Most Wanted.
The program benefited the foundation for Ali Kemp, the victim of a brutal murder two and a half years ago. Her story was featured on America's Most Wanted last year.
Organizing the event with the Pan-Hellenic council attracted many women to the self-defense class.
Over 60 women Kappa Kappa Gamma signed up for the class, and at least 15 from the other sorority houses planned to attend. Although it was sponsored by Greek Life, the event was open to everyone on campus.
Kemp was viciously attacked and murdered in June 2002 while she was working at her neighborhood pool, located one mile from her house in the small town of Leawood, Kansas, Ross said.
The summer she was killed, Ali was 19 years old and a rising sophomore at Kansas State University.
Caroline Ross said she decided to organize the self-defense class this year because her murderer was finally arrested in November 2004, bringing some new perspective to the story.
At the two-hour seminar, women learned safety awareness tips during the first half and physical defense techniques in the latter half of the class.
Caroline and Ali's friends from home also plan to start similar self-defense classes at their colleges, Ross said.
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