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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, March 3, 2000
Public Safety Office spruces up Web site
By Sara Shepherd writer@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
By Sara Shepherd
Fake IDs, campus crime, alcohol regulations and emergency phones are just a few of the links Internet surfers will be able to find at http://www.ukans.edu/~ kucops.
The KU Public Safety Office unveiled online improvements to its Web site Tuesday after several months of work.
Sgt. Troy Mailen said the new site was more eye-catching, more in-depth and more easily adjustable to changing campus issues than the original site.
"Our old site was kind of stagnant," said Sgt. Troy Mallen.
"The information that was
there was non-changing, so it didn't encourage people to come back."
Jenny Oakson, Overland Park senior and student Web master, said the Web site incorporated more than just law enforcement issues. Oakson also is the online arts and entertainment editor for kansan.com.
"Because it's the Public Safety Office's site, it goes beyond dealing with police issues to include community and security," Oakson said. "We're really trying to converge all the hats that the Public Safety Office wears into one site."
One of the site's morphing aspects is an issue-of-themonth page.
The first issue of the month features backpack theft. The page offers helpful tips about keeping belongings safe and preventing theft, as well as other related safety pointers.
Mailen said he hoped information on the page would help prompt proactive responses by readers instead of reactive.
"Hopefully students will look at this and put the information to good use," Mailen said.
The site also includes links to crime alerts, various campus, community and law enforcement pages, Kansan articles, the Public Safety Office's annual report, the University's emergency plan, a campus lost and found, crime statistics, and a daily crime log, to name a few.
WEB SITE QUESTIONS
Q: What are the Lawrence and Kansas laws concerning the possession and cultivation of marijuana? What are their penalties?
A: Cultivation is defined as five or more plants, thus the growing of five or more plants would be a violation of State statute 65-4127b which forbids the "...intention to sell, cultivate..." marijuana.
Violation of this law is a Class C felony. The growing of less than five plants would be a violation of the possession law (65-4162). Punishments vary depending on circumstances.
Q: Does KUPD have its own ipi?
A: The KU Police Department does not have its own jail. Any person arrested by the KU Police will be taken to the Douglas County Jail at 11th and New Hampshire for booking and processing. All law enforcement agencies in Douglas County use this facility.
Q: A friend of mine got a stop sign ticket on his bicycle. Is that possible?
A: Yes, that is possible. Bicycles are required to stop at stop signs and to follow all other rules of the road. Failure to do so can result in a citation written through the City of Lawrence Municipal Court.
Jazz Festival to continue with big-name artists
By BriAnne Hess
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Marian McPartland is 83 years old and still jazzing it up and updating her music, said Dan Gailey, director of jazz studies.
The 23rd annual Jazz Festival continues tonight with the Marian McPartland Trio and the University of Kansas Jazz Combo I at 7:30 in the Lied Center. Last night, about 150 people went to the Lied Center to watch M-PACT, an a cappella jazz group that kicked off the festival.
Gailey said that McPartland's music crossed the barriers of music genres because a lot of people who do not know jazz have heard about McPartland.
"Marion is really an icon of the jazz world," Gailey said. "She's been on the forefront for many years in piano jazz."
Chuck Berg, professor of theater and film, will be master of ceremonies for the concerts. He said that McPartland's energy level on stage was fantastic and that if blindfolded, one would be hard-pressed to tell her age or gender.
Berg attributed McPartland's longevity on the jazz scene to music and the arts.
"She's a very uniquely gifted jazz pianist." Berg said. "She has continued to grow through the decades musically by incorporating some of the innovations of modern jazz."
"Music is, in a sense, an artistic fountain of youth," Berg said
The festival will culminate at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow with a
big band performance from internationally known musicians Jim McNeely and Dick Oatts and the KU Jazz Ensemble I. The Drake University Jazz Ensemble I will open.
Berg said that with McNeely as a virtuoso on the piano and Oatts on the saxophone, the ensemble definitely would tip its hat to the standard big band music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, but there would be a contemporary twist.
"This ain't your mom or dad's big band." Berg said. Ben Tatar, Highland Park, Ill., senior and trombonist in the KU ensemble, said he was a little nervous and excited about performing with such big names in the music business. Tatar said the ensemble's music was different because it was the extreme of modern jazz — complex, compositional and precise.
"As a result of the music we play, we get more of an emotional response from not only the listener, but the performer as well," Tatar said.
Only two of the pieces would not be McNeely's compositions, Tatar said, but the tunes were distinctly unique. Some of the songs will feature Oatts on saxophone and one tune, "Extra Credit," will feature Tatar on the trombone.
Galley said the Lawrence area was a great place for fresh, contemporary jazz.
"Lawrence is a very arts-conscious crowd, and jazz is well-received in the community." Galley said.
Tickets for tonight's show are $10 for students and $15 for the public. Tickets for tomorrow's show are $8 for students and $12 for the public.
Marian McPartland, an 83-year-old jazz pianist, will take the Lied Center stage tonight as the 23rd annual Jazz Festival continues. The Festival will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will continue tomorrow night when the KU and Drake University jazz ensembles will also play. Contributed art
By Karen Lucas Special to the Kansan
Boosting membership goal of GTA coalition
By Karen Lucas
Members of the Graduate Teaching Assistants Coalition will knock on lots of doors between now and the end of the semester.
For several days each month, union members will visit the offices of graduate teaching assistants in different buildings on campus in an effort to land new recruits, organizers said. They also said the Kansas Association of Public Employees, GTAC's parent union, would take part in the office visits.
"This is a really crucial semester for us because we have to open contract negotiations by June 1," said Ophra Leyser, president of GTAC and graduate teaching assistant in Hebrew. "We'd like to boost our membership. The stronger the union we are, the better chance we have of getting more benefits for a second contract."
This semester, about 15 percent, or 138 of the 911 GTAs teaching on the Lawrence campus this semester, pay union dues, said Ola Faucher, director of Human Resources.
Leyser said she hoped GTAC would raise its membership to 30 percent by the time it negotiated its next contract.
Molly Dingel, secretary of GTAC and GTA in sociology, said that each union benefited from the joint effort.
In an earlier organizing drive in Wescoe Hall, GTAC and KAPE recruited about 10 new members, said Greg Douros, chairman of GTAC's organizing committee and GTA in Spanish.
us to learn how to organize better, and it's an opportunity for them to learn what really happens on campuses and how GTAs differ from other public employees," Dingel said.
"It is an opportunity for"
Kevin Greenwood, GTA in East Asian languages and culture, recently joined GTAC.
"I joined the union because I was concerned about health insurance, and I wanted to give the union some more support," he said.
Like many other GTAs, Greenwood is not eligible for the health insurance. He has not held a half-time appointment for two consecutive semesters. The Kansas State Employees Health Care Commission sets those eligibility rules, said Jeannette Johnson, assistant to the provost.
Leyser said GTAC hoped to seek coverage for more GTAs in its next contract.
However, for various reasons, not all GTAs plan to 'allow Greenwood's lead and join the union.
"I don't think I could put a amount of time in to benefit the union," said John Reink, GTA in computer science.
Leyser said that because GTAC was a volunteer organization, it was hard to keep a large base of active members.
Stewart Hunt, GTA in mathematics, said he was not interested in joining because he had a negative opinion of unions in general and because he thought the dues were high.
A GTAC member with a half-time appointment or more pays $12.50 per month, and a member with less than a half-time appointment pays $6.25, Leyser said.
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"Big Band Night"
Jim McNeely, piano
Dick Oatts, saxophone
KU Jazz Ensemble I
7:30 P.M. Saturday, March 4, 2000
Lied Center
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Reserved seat tickets are available
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Murphy Hall (785) 864-3982
SUA Office (785) 864-3477
Applications available in the SUA Box Office, Level 4, Kansas Union and will be accepted in the Registrar's Office until 5 p.m. April 7
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