CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 8, 1995
3A
A few park free; others pay price
More permits stolen following change to hangtag identification
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
Someone is parking for free on campus, thanks to Michael Maher, Lawrence senior.
When his car was unlocked, Maher's parking permit was stolen from his rearview mirror. Whoever is parking with the permit now didn't have to pay for it, he said.
"I didn't lock my car, and someone just reached in and grabbed it," Maher said. "I never thought I'd be victimized."
Since the beginning of the semester, 15 parking permits have been reported missing. The most recent report was made Monday.
"When people steal these, they do it for two reasons," said Sgt. Rose Rozmiarek of the KU police.
Either they use the permits themselves or resell the permits, she said.
Maher agreed that there was a reason for the theft of his permit.
"I don't think people do it and just throw them away," he said. "They can reuse them."
If students fill out a police report for a stolen permit, they can take a copy of the report to the parking department, Rozmiarek said. The department then registers the permit as lost or stolen.
"Weplug that number into the hand-held computers that officers use," said Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking. "Employees can make random checks at their discretion."
But the parking department offered little hope of recovering stolen permits.
Recovering stolen permits can be difficult, Hultine said. Parking officers never check to see if a permit belongs in a certain car because hangtags can be loaned or used in different cars.
"All we can do is hope to catch them on a random check," she said. "We could go through and check every car, but most officers don't."
For Chris Belcher, Wellsville sophomore, a missing parking permit was a problem but was the least of his worries. Belcher's car, along with his Jayhawk Towers parking permit, was stolen earlier this month. To buy another permit, Belcher informed the Parking Department about the theft.
Belcher paid $3 for another parking permit, despite having paid $35 for the original permit. He thought the extra payment was unnecessary.
"They told me to fill out a form saying that any car displaying the permit would be towed," he said.
"Three dollars isn't that much," he said. "It's the idea that you have to pay for it twice."
Hultine said the department's policy was to replace lost or mislaid permits at full price. If a student's permit is stolen, another permit can be issued for $3 if the student provides a copy of the police report.
The number of stolen permits may be skewed because of this policy, Hultine said.
"It is a more attractive option to say your permit has been stolen because it's cheaper to replace," she said. "It's almost like we're penalizing the people who are honest and say they lost their hangtag."
But, Hultine said, she doesn't believe this deception happened frequently. If false reports of stolen permits become a problem, the parking department might develop a policy to address it.
Some stolen hangtags have been recovered but not many, Rozmiarek said. If a car displaying a stolen permit is legally parked, the chances of recovering the permit are not as good as if the car is illegally parked.
"We used to have stickers, which were harder to steal off the windows," Rozmirek said.
Since the parking department went to a hangtag system in 1993, there has been an increase in auto burglaries, she said.
The parking department now has no established program for recovering hangtags, Hultine said. But students who drive around with stolen permits are taking a risk.
"You take the chance of getting caught every time you park with a stolen permit," she said. "You'll pay $20 for the car being owned, $25 for the ticket and be charged by the police. By that time, you could have just bought a permit."
Sean R. Crosier / KANSAN
Phog-ged in for hoops
Silhouetted against the north windows of Allen Field House on Saturday, fans cheered on the Jayhawks against the Iowa State Cyclones. The Jayhawks won the game, 91-71.
Candidate spends time,not cash
Kansan staff writer
By Sarah Morrison
City commission candidate Frank Doden, a graduate teaching assistant in English, wants everyone to know what a cheapskate he is.
His inability and unwillingness to spend the average $10,000 spent on campaigns for a city commission seat does not mean he is not serious about the election, he said.
"I am trying to spend as little as possible on this campaign," he said.
Doden said he was curious to know how other candidates spent their money.
"How much money does it take to run for the Lawrence City Commission?" he said. "I'll gladly let people know how much I've spent."
Doden said thus far he had spent $40 on the filing fee, bought one envelope, 20 sheets of typing paper and paid for one postage stamp to mail back a contribution someone sent him.
Doden said the amount of money required to run a campaign for the commission excluded people of lower incomes from successfully participating in city politics
Limiting the amount of money candidates can spend on campaigns would allow more people to become involved and would force candidates to be more in touch with the voters, he said.
"Putting a cap on how much candidates can spend
would force candidates to meet the people instead of just sticking up a yard sign with their picture on it or buying a radio or television ad," he said.
If he makes it through the primary election Feb. 28, Doden said then he might invest some money into his campaign.
"I can get 250 shoe horns with my name on them for $55," he said. "There is something symbolic about a candidate passing out鞋horn to voters. I am not sure what it is, but there is something symbolic."
Hitting the streets and meeting people face to face to talk about the issues would be his main campaign strategy, Doden said.
Although he won't be spending large amounts of money on his campaign,he said he should be taken seriously.
Doden said he wanted to see the focus of Lawrence politics move from growth to taking care of the people who already live here.
"I am more interested in social issues than I am about seeing how many Target stores we can build in the next 10 years," he said.
Mike Johnson, another GTA in English, supports Doden's style of meeting more people and spending less money.
"I will certainly vote for him," Johnson said. "I agree with his emphasis on taking care of the things we already have here in Lawrence rather than spending money to bring in things we don't have and don't need."
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Frank Doden, a graduate teaching assistant in English, is running for city commission.
Doden's views
He supports amending the city's human relations ordinance to expand protection to people based on sexual orientation.
He wants to see Lawrence build more sidewalks and create a public transportation service to take care of people already living in the area before concentrating on other areas of growth geared toward attracting more people to Lawrence.
He does not support the idea of the city selling Lawrence Memorial Hospital to Columbia/HCA and does not support the building of a for-profit hospital.
Kansas scholarship program cut by at least $100,000
By Virginia Marghelm
Kansan staff writer
Federal budget cutting may soon cut close to home for some students at the University of Kansas.
Congress last week cut $100,000 from the Kansas State Scholarship program. About 75 percent of the scholarship program's funds come from the federal government, said Stephen Jordan, executive director of the Board of Regents.
Jordan expects Congress to cut an additional $80,000 from the program. The $100,000 cut will take affect in the fall.
At KU, 252 students have scholarships from the program.
The program gives a maximum of $1,000 per year to Kansas high school students who demonstrate financial need and who have high grade point averages and ACT scores. Last year, the average grade point average of the recipients was 3.95 and the average ACT score was 30, said Christine Crenshaw, director of student financial aid for the Regents.
President Clinton has recommended that federal financing of the program be eliminated. But Congress could decide to make cuts instead of eliminating the financing, Jordan said.
Either way, Kansas' scholarship program will lose money.
If Congress follows Clinton's recommendation, the Kansas State Scholarship
program would be cut from $1.1 million to $300,000.
State Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence, said it was too early in the session to know how the issue would be resolved.
And it's unlikely that the Kansas legislature will pick up the tab. Jordan said.
"Students may have to dig deeper for money," he said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said he was worried by the government's moves to reduce financing for scholarships, financial aid and higher education in general.
"I think we're heading for disaster if this happens," Ambler said.
State governments are not providing sufficient money to support public universities, he said.
If scholarships and financial aid become harder to obtain, and if tuition continues to increase, college may become a luxury only the wealthy can afford, Ambler said.
Jason Hart, Dodge City junior, said scholarship cuts could jeopardize his college education.
"If I didn't get scholarships, I probably wouldn't be attending college," Hart said.
Cutting scholarship financing would discourage other young people from attending college, he said.
"If the money is not there, then you're not going to have students coming to school," Hart said.
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