Newsgroups: alt.sex.stories From: nobody@nately.ucsd.edu (Anonymous) Subject: Who Is Jake Baker Comments: This message did not originate from the above address. It was automatically remailed by an anonymous mail service. Please report inappropriate use to Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 23:40:15 +0000 Message-ID: <9502152340.AA11010@nately.UCSD.EDU> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 79 STUDENT CALLED 'A VERY QUIET GUY' By Josh White The Michigan DAILY 2/15/95 Two judges deemed him too dangerous for society, a former roommate would not comment to his disposition, and two former classmates called LSA sophomore Jake Baker "obnoxious over the computer." While a U.S. attorney describes Baker as a threat to a female University student and others in the community, students have a mixed view of the 20-year-old Ohio native. "He was basically a very quiet guy and he kept to himself," said LSA first-year student Jesse Jannetta, Baker's roommate this year. "We got along well, but it took a while for us to get to know each other. "He has a good sense of humor, He is definitely not the monster the FBI makes him out to be," he said. Jannetta also said Baker was extremely interested in computers. "Jake worked on his computer a lot," he said. "He just got a book on Unix (computer operating system) and went nuts with it. I had never heard of any stories or fantasies until the police got involved and I certainly never heard of the girl he named." LSA sophomore Jill Tanowitz, who took Linguistics 210 with bake during winter term 1994, said he ridiculed classmates in a class-oriented computer conference. "He would send personal opinions and was arrogant and mean to everyone on the conference," Tanowitz said. "He thought that he was smarter than everyone. He would always sit in the front row of lecture by himself." LSA sophomore Jennifer Weisberg, who also took the class with Baker, aid his computer messages were scary, but she never talked to him in person. "I always thought that he was strange, but very intelligent," Weisberg said. "Since I only had lecture with him, I was never intimidated by him. I don't think I ever met him,I just saw him in the lecture of about 70 people. "But if I were named in one of his stories, I would definitely be very scared of him." Baker's roommate from last year said he and Baker did not get along very well. "He was a very quiet person and we just didn't have a lot in common," said LSA sophomore Roger Yoo, Baker's former roommate. "I didn't hang out with him a lot, bit I know he had some friends." Yoo said that he moved out of the East Quad room before the end of last year but declined comment on the reason. When asked what type of person Baker was, Yoo also said "no comment." LSA sophomore Maria Job met Baker through Yoo last year. "Jake was into game-playing and I thought he was a bit strange," Job said. "But I never had a problem with him. I spent time with him and never felt like he was capable of kidnapping a woman or doing terrible things. I think his case is just a case of bad judgement." Jannetta aid he wishes he could help his roommate. "I want to help him because I have read the papers and it is not looking good for him," he said. "It has gotten to the point at which it doesn't matter what happens in his trial. These kinds of things have a way of destroying people's lives. "It has all been blown way out of proportion. I don't think that there are a lot of people out there who care what happens to Jake either way. I think that this is a big case and the FBI and the government just want to win it any way they can."