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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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CAMPUS
Open forum reveals big plans for parking
JENNIFER SALVA news@kansan.com
"Why did Daisy Hill construction start before dorms closed for the summer?" was one of the key questions brought up Monday afternoon at the Parking Open Forum held by KU Parking and Transit in the Big XII room of the Kansas Union.
Director of Student Housing Diana Robertson said that the construction was originally scheduled to begin in the summer as soon as commencement was over. When the department hired a contractor in January, they learned that the project was much more significant and additional time was required. This meant construction preparation had to begin over spring break instead.
"That would be the easiest time for them to get in there, get the fences up, and they would begin construction soon thereafter," Robertson said. "The problem with it this spring is that the spaces were there, students were used to
that, and then it kind of got pulled back."
Pavement milling, or demolition of existing material on the lot, did not begin until last week due to delays in obtaining permits, according to Robertson.
The KU Parking and Transit Office is offering students whose permits are affected by this construction four options to cope with limited parking spaces:
reimbursement of permit cost to cover the differential of switching to a Park & Ride permit, or eliminating car use altogether.
new proposals that seek to limit overselling of permits are approved by the Parking Commission at next Monday's meeting.
Nick Strange, a freshman from Osceola, Mo., who lives in Hashinger Hall expressed his frustration with finding a spot to park in the residence
Currently, residence halls and other parking lots use what is known as a "hunting permit." This means that a permit holder pays for the chance to "hunt"
1. Sections D and E in the Lied Center parking lot, and the gravel lot north of section E, are now approved for the Daisy Hill parking permit
"I flipped [my car] twice on K-10 ... and one of the first thoughts that went through my head was, 'Wow. This is still better than trying to find a spot on Daisy Hill.'"
NICK STRANGE Freshman from Osceola, Mo.
2. An offer to trade 50 Daisy Hill permits for Stauffer Place permits.
KU Parking and Transit is also offering a one to two month
3. KU Endowment has granted use of the vacant lot south of Stewart Avenue to Daisy Hill permit-holders. There are about 50 available spaces in that lot.
4. 10 parking meters have been removed from lots 101- 104 (the Daisy Hill parking lots).
halls even before construction started.
"I totaled my car driving up to campus early to try to get a spot," Strange said. "I flipped it twice on K-10, was hanging by the seatbelt, and one of the first thoughts that went through my head was, 'Wow. This is still better than trying to find a spot on Daisy Hill'"
According to the Parking and Transit office, this will not be as big of a problem if
for a spot. Since more permits are sold than the number of physical spots, drivers may not be able to find a place to park.
"In a student lot, there is an acceptable percentage of oversell," said Donna Hultine, director of parking. "I think 15 percent is sort of an industry wide standard of what's okay."
This type of permit sale can work because not every permit holder will park in their designated lot at the same time.
KU Parking and Transit plans to do simulations to see what percentage of oversell would be functional.
Hultine says that exact permit sales would be more feasible in residential lots.
"It's more likely that every person shows up in their space, so I think it is important not to oversell that," Hultine said. "I think it's more realistic to do that with residence hall parking than commuter student parking, because we know all of those students are going to be there at the same time."
Other changes students, faculty and staff can expect in coming years include: elimination of unutilized handicapped parking spaces that exceed accessibility requirements, an expansion of Jayhawk Boulevard and Memorial Drive which will feature only south-facing parking instead of parking on both sides of the street and repairs and reconstruction of failed lots.
Those repairs and reconstructions are necessary for continued use of parking
iots, but are also pricey; estimates stand at over 15 million dollars for all the current repairs, according to Hultine. In order to fix the lots, the Parking and Transit office will need to increase revenue, which is currently generated from parking tickets, athletic event parking, toll parking, garage parking and parking permits.
Depending on the outcome of next Monday's Parking Commission meeting, students may need to plan for small increases in the price of parking permits.
"We've recently had some increases in visitor hourly parking rates," Hultine said. "And that leads us to look at what we can do with parking permits."
Students wishing to seek reimbursement for their parking permit due to construction on Daisy Hill are asked to contact the Parking and Transit Office at 785-864-7275, or kupark@ku.edu.
Edited by Emily Hines
UNIVERSITY
Hawk Navy hosts game night to fundraise for boats
YU KYUNG LEE news@kansan.com
Tying knots over maple bacon donuts — it's a typical meeting for the Hawk Navy, the Naval ROTC's sailing club.
But before any knots, the first thing on the agenda was video games — Super Smash Bros Brawl and League of Legends as well as the classic GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo 64.
It's for the upcoming video game tournament this Saturday, a fundraising event for the sailing club. The club exclusively financed by fundraisers, is trying to raise enough money to purchase three boats.
"We want boats to call our own, under our own control, instead of working with people who already had boats," said Kyle Kaplan, sophomore naval ROTC officer candidate, from Wildwood, Fla.
While the club has been borrowing boats from the KU Sailing Club, the Hawk Navy has been fundraising all year to become more independent.
Unlike KU Sailing Club, the Hawk Navy has a more military-oriented approach.
focusing more on knot-tying, ship handling and rules-of-the-road.
The KU sailing club is more recreational sailing, said Reston Bishop, a senior Officer Candidate of the naval ROTC from St. Louis, Mo. He is the president of Hawk Navy.
"Once we purchase the boat .. We can enjoy sailing or other things we want to do in the off months."
They are well on their way in fundraising with about $1,300 from previous events like chilfe feed and bake sales. They need
"It's nice when our freshmen get here, they are kind of scared to go out and do anything, their lives are more strict than other college students, being in the ROTC, and so it gives them a fun activity to do on the weekends in a relatively safe environment," Bishop said.
RESTON BISHOP
Hawk Navy president
But this doesn't mean the Hawk Navy doesn't have fun.
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"There's definitely some pains in getting going, but, after first semester, we've been very successful this semester with the things that we launched, and I figure that will only continue to improve with the video game tournament," Bishop said. "Once we purchase the boat, we won't have to fundraise at such a high level. We can enjoy sailing or other things we want to do in the off months."
to raise a total of $2,000 to buy the boats.
Hawk Navy president Reston Bishop teaches the crew how to tie sailing knots during a club meeting. The Hawk Navy is hosting a video game tournament this Saturday, a fundraising event for the sailin club. The club, financed exclusively by fundraisers, is trying to raise enough money to purchase three boats.
The Hawk Navy hopes to raise about $400 from the latest fundraiser. Participants can register by email at HawkNavyKU@gmail.com, and games cost $5 for GoldenEye 007 and $10 for Super Smash Bros Brawl and League of Legends.
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For now, the club members eagerly await the day to go sailing in their own boats and compete in local sailing competitions.
"Being out in the water, catching a good wind, nothing quite compares to it. It's pretty awesome," Kaplan said.
Edited by Nick Chadbourne
Hawk Navy Game Night
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- The video game tournament will be held April 12, from 7 to 10 at the Navy Learning Resource Center in the Military Science Building
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- Super Smash Bros Brawl, League of Legends and GoldenEye 007 are the games offered.
- You can register by email at HawkNavyKU@gmail.com and its costs $10 for Super Smash Bros Brawl and League of Legends and $5 for GoldenEye 007.
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- first three finishers will get cash prizes
Student Senate elections start Wednesday.
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