Thursday, November 18. 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Photo by Lucas Krump/KANSAN
Wade Cartwright,
lawrence senior,
leans on his window
sill overlooking
Massachusetts
Street. He said his
rent was $400 a month.
Photo by Lucas
At home among shops, bars
Residents encounter perks, problems living in downtown locale
By Lori O'Toole
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
For most University of Kansas students, Massachusetts Street is a place to hang out, shop, catch a bite to eat or go to clubs.
But for some students, Massachusetts Street is also home. Some of the same stores, restaurants and bars students frequent have apartments on their upper levels.
Wade Cartwright, Lawrence senior, has lived in his small, one-bedroom Massachusetts Street apartment located above La Parrilla restaurant, 814 Massachusetts St., for a year and a half.
He said the old, red brick building costs a lot to heat because of its large windows. The age of the building also had its drawbacks, such as the time when a large piece of the ceiling fell, covering his living room with plaster chips.
Noise from area restaurants and bars could be distracting, and he said he often ate out at area restaurants, an expensive habit that costs him up to $50 a week.
But Cartwright said he loved it.
But Cartwright said he loved it. "It's a beautiful apartment," he said. "It's nice not living in a cookie-cutter apartment complex."
Cartwright said he enjoyed living in an area that was not heavily populated with students.
"You get a sense of community from seeing the same people everyday," he said. "I know a lot of my neighbors now, and a lot of them are people who work full time and who have lived down here for about 10 years."
Cartwright walks less than a block to the bus stop each day to get to and from campus. He said he parked his car in a parking garage in north Lawrence and left it there for months at a time. He also was able to walk to Milton's Coffee & Wine, 920 Massachusetts St., where he works part time during the weekends. He said the convenience of the bus system and the difficulty of finding a place to park near Massachusetts Street have made his car more of a hassle than a help.
"I've gotten a ton of tickets when I park and forget to pay the meter," he said, adding that his parking tickets from the last year and half would total at least a couple hundred dollars.
Leonard Maguder, a 71-year-old Lawrence graduate student, has lived in apartments on Massachusetts Street for 14 years. Currently, his home is located above Hannah's Appliance & TV, 933 Massachusetts St.
He said the frequent noise from the nearby Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St., was problematic.
"I don't stay up late enough, so I don't know what's going on a lot of times," Magruder said. "I try to ignore it."
He said he often walked to area coffee shops and restaurants as well as the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vermont St., and the Douglas County Senior Services Inc. at Babcock Place, 1700 Massachusetts St.
"I go to the Granada every once in a while." Magruder said. "It's too loud for me, so I just stay in the bar."
He said he also liked to watch the activities on the street, especially parades and political protests, from his four front windows that overlook Massachusetts Street.
"There's always something interesting going on," he said.
Vincent Pigno, Manhattan freshman, lives in Hanover Place, an apartment complex near downtown. He said his location was perfect because it was close enough to walk downtown, but far enough away to avoid the noise and parking hassles.
Courtney Carper, Lincoln, Neb., junior, said she was going to visit a real estate agent this weekend to get some help finding an apartment to rent with two other girls next year.
She also said she preferred buildings with history to new developments.
"I've always wanted to live there," Carper said. "I like that there's not a lot of chains, I love the architecture and the whole atmosphere."
Edited by Matt Gardner
Foreign students have opportunity to enjoy turkey day
Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy and pumpkin pie are standard fare for Thanksgiving dinner. Some University of Kansas international students, however, will be tasting homemade versions for the first time on Thursday.
By BriAnne Hess Special to the Kansan
The Betty Grimwood Thanksgiving Homestay Program offers international students the opportunity to eat at an area family's home during the long weekend. Some families open their homes for students to stay overnight. The program is sponsored by International Student Services. Only 19 of the almost 1,500 international students have signed up to participate.
"It's the first extended break since the students have arrived, and they're starting to experience culture shock and miss being home during the holidays," said Mike Ediger, assistant director of International Student Services. "We try to give them something to do so they aren't staying home by themselves."
This is the second year Janet Adams, Lawrence resident, has volunteered to invite students for dinner. She learned of the program by reading information in the Lawrence Journal-World and contacted Ediger. Last year, she played host to students from the Ukraine and China.
"They especially loved the mashed potatoes and gravy," she said. "Later that year I gave a demonstration on how to make them and gave two of the women a pota-to masher."
Adams said that she thought it was important to expose her three children to other cultures because they lived in a sheltered world and that every family should volunteer.
Adams said that although the Chinese were accustomed to large family gatherings because of the Chinese New Year, the eating style of Americans was new to them.
"Dinner was served buffet-style, and we were all heaping a typical Thanksgiving Day plate," she said. "One woman would put about a teapoonful worth of food on her plate. She had to go back like six times."
The Homestay Program involves families from Lawrence, Lecompton, the Kansas City area, Emporia, McClouth, Peabody and Burns. The program originated in Burns in 1854, when the late Betty Grimwood started to bring international students to Burns for the weekend.
Ikuyasu Usui's first trip in the United States was to Burns last year. The junior from Nagoya, Japan, said he enjoyed the experience but didn't know what he was doing this year.
"It was a good time," he said. "We had a dinner party with small kids and old people. The food was homemade so it was very good — not like the instant mashed potatoes. I was very stuffed."
Other international students are using the time off from classes to travel or catch up on school work. Lynsay Tweedie, Eerdree, Scotland, junior, will go to Des Moines, Iowa, with her roommate to visit her family. Tweedie is looking forward to the break.
"It's a week away from here," she said. "I have to do schoolwork, but it's a break from classes, and I'll get to see more of the U.S."
- Edited by Chris Hutchison
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