Thursday, February 25, 1999 The University Daily Kansan Section A ยท Page 3 Bakery's future still uncertain Joe's ownership contingent on divorce case's settlement By Heather Woodward Kansan staff writer While busy with a custody battle and legal haggling about the ownership of Joe's Bakery, Ralph Smith, who co-owns the bakery with his ex-wife Melody C. Smith, said he did not know when or if the bakery would re-open. Joe's Bakery, 618 W. Ninth St., closed for Thanksgiving break and Smith said he had planned to re-open the bakery after the students returned. But after his ex-wife filed for divorce, Smith realized re-opening the bakery would not be possible right away. "When you get divorced, you have expectations of what it's going to be," Smith said. "After a while, I realized it wasn't going to be over in one week. Now I have to go to court as a man and show that I have the ability to take care of my kids at least 50 percent of the time." Smith was quotedump. 15 In the meantime, the bakery's former employees have found other jobs, which has made reopening more difficult, Smith said. He has tried to retain ownership of the bakery and hopes that he won't have to sell it. "If the court tells me I have to sell the bakery, then I'll sell it," Smith said. "As time has ticked by, my employees have gone elsewhere. I can't snap my fingers and open up." Some students hope that Joe's will open sooner than "I love that place," said Kyle Lew, Overland Park sophomore. "I heard about it being closed before I even came up to KU this semester. I used to go there a lot. I really hope that it repens." later. Smith's ex-wife used to split responsibility for preparing the food at Joe's. She would make sandwiches during the day, and Smith would bake the doughnuts at night. Whether or not Smith gains joint custody of his three children also will be a factor in the future of the bakery because of the daily scheduling issues that joint custody of the children would bring. The bakery's hours were 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. on weekdays, with reduced hours on the weekends. "I have to see what days I have the kids with me," Smith said. "If I own the bakery, and I'm assuming that I do own it, then I need to decide whether I want to run the bakery at the same hours. Maybe I'll bake just cakes and have my hours run from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. I just don't have any solid answers right now." Katie Rodgers, Tulsa, Okla., sophomore, said that there wasn't another location in Lawrence that could replace Joe's. "I'm sad because it's the only place to go if you want treats unless you go to a grocery store," Rodgers said. "At my sorority house we always used to get cookies from Joe's for everybody's birthday." In the meantime, Smith has worked on the upkeep of Joe's and has done repairs that he previously hadn't had time to complete. The maintenance work means that the bakery will be ready to either open or sell once the divorce settlement is finalized, Smith said. Edited bv Liz Wristen Internet2 expands KU superhighway By Jennifer Roush Kansan staff writer the information superhighway added another lane yesterday. The Abilene Network, a highspeed network that connects participating universities, including KU, was launched yesterday by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development. Internet2 will be used for research and academic purposes, rather than the commercial traffic on the commodity Internet, said Wes Hubert, assistant director for Academic Computing Services. Internet traffic between the 37 institutions connected yesterday support Internet2 and will be much faster than other connections. Hubert said the Abileme Network could transmit data at 2.4 gigabits per second, while the regular network transmitted data at 45 megabits per second. Researchers and professors will be able to do interactive projects on Internet2 that wouldn't have been possible on the commercial Internet. Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy, said that he would use Internet2 for research about the universe's large-scale structure. He said that he would take advantage of the higher connection speeds for interactive research with colleagues across the country. He also will be using Internet2 to transmit large data files and to do computer simulations that would not have been possible on the commercial Internet. Hubert said that KU was one of the pilot universities involved with Internet2, and that the University received nearly $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation to pay for it. Yesterday was a landmark day for Internet2, Hubert said, because it represented a jump from just a few schools being connected to all of the charter schools being connected. Ken Bishops, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering, said he would use Internet2 for research, but also to help develop problem-solving software that will be used on supercomputers. He said that Internet2 would allow him to work with colleagues across the country and around the world on the same projects at the same time. Bishop also anticipated that Internet2 would become commercialized in the same way that the Internet had. He said that he thought an Internet3 could be necessary by 2002 or 2003 to meet future needs. He compared the Internet to a road system that would always need maintenance and expansion. Edited by Aerica Veazey Does the MMR have a hold on your enrollment? 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