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THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2005
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VOL. 115 ISSUE 127 PARKING
Permit prices increase
Yellow passes to cost $140 in fall
BY JOSHUA BICKEL
jbickel@kansan.com
KANSAST WSST WRITER
Parking rates are increasing at the University of Kansas sooner than expected.
Yesterday, the Provost's Office chose to reject the Parking Commission's recommendations for next year's parking rate increase, according to a memo from Provost David Shulenburger.
On March 29, the Commission suggested that all parking permit rates increase 20 percent for next year. The Provost decided to raise all permit rates $55, except for reserved permits, which will increase $100.
Raising the rates more over a shorter period of time ensures that maintenance problems can be addressed and debts can be paid off as soon as possible, Shulenburger said in the memo.
and construction on a new Park and Ride lot to begin moving forward, Shulenburger said in the memo.
"I think there's a fear of not being able to build the Park and Ride lot if the increases aren't in place," said Donna Hultine, director of parking services. "The Provost is ensuring that the next steps happen."
This increase will help planning
Lower-priced permits, such as yellow and residence hall permits, which currently cost $85, will have a larger percentage increase than higher-priced permits, such as reserved lots.
For example, a yellow permit will cost $140 next fall, a 64 percent increase from this year. Reserved permits will increase to $700, which is about a 16 percent increase. Reserved permits currently cost $600 annually.
Shulenburger noted that staff pay more than students for similar parking.
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PARKING PRICE INCREASES
The Provost decided yesterday to raise all parking permits by $55 except reserved permits, which will increase by $100, instead of the Parking Commission's recommendation of an across-the-board 20 percent increase.
Permit Current price Recommendation Price for Fall 2005
Yellow $85 $102 $140
Blue $135 $162 $190
Red $115 $138 $170
Residence Hall $85 $102 $140
Gold $180 $216 $235
*Park and Ride $150 $160 $205
Reserved $600 $720 $700
- Park and Ride pass includes a $100 bus pass. The increase is taken from the $50 price of the permit.
Source: KU Parking Department
Open Doors
Fines may add up for labs in
By Andy Hyland Kansan Senior Staff Write
An open hallway door in Malott or Haworth halls may not seem like a big deal, but to the fire marshal for the University of Kansas, it is.
Fire-rated doors to laboratories must remain closed at all times, said Bob Rombach, the fire marshal. Fire-rated doors are made to contain any fire in the labs for one hour, allowing people to leave safely through the hallways.
Malott and Haworth halls have never had a major fire or explosion, but Rombach and others are worried about what could happen if there was one.
Faculty and staff members who work in Malott and Haworth said they were concerned about fire safety, but they admitted that keeping the doors closed was a nuisance and made it harder to get lab work done.
He's so frustrated by the lack of response to his warnings that he's going to start issuing fines. A new directive from the state fire marshal, which went into effect March 17, allows Rombach to do just that. He can now assess fines of up to $1,000 if a violation is repeated for three consecutive years.
"We all agree. The likelihood of a fire is very remote." Rombach said. "The strange thing about accidents and fires is that it is that quirky thing that'll hit. And when they happen, we are a society that demands answers.
"You always think 'It's never me,' until it is you."
Inspection records kept by the fire marshal show that Malott, west of Budig Hall, was cited for 79 lab door-related citations, and Haworth, north of Robinson Center, was cited for 24 in 2004, the most recent records available. The same citations have been repeated since the fire marshal began keeping computer records in 1999.
About 80 percent of those violations involve doors left open, and some of the violations go back much further than 1999 in the citation log. Rombach said.
Rombach said the new policy would be implemented to contain potential fire and smoke in a room, separate exposure to a room and other occupants and contain any hazardous gases in the labs. "If there were a fire in one of these rooms and someone died what would you, the media, do?" he said. "You'd have so much ammunition with these violations because it's public record."
Rombach said the fire marshal's office had been focusing on larger issues for the past five years rather than the closed door policy.
"We haven't yet instituted a strong, directed program to keep the doors closed," he said. "It's about time we focus on those doors." Lab supervisors respond
Bill Picking, associate professor of biological sciences, said he kept his lab door closed but understood how some could leave
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CAMPUS EVENTS
And then the wall came tumbling down
The Wall of Hate comes down yesterday on Stauffer-Flint lawn. It took one large heave for a group of volunteers to yank down the wall, and students were allowed to take turns smashing the remaining cinder blocks with sledgehammers.
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BY ESTUARDO GARCIA
egarcia@kansan.com
KANSAN SCREW WRITER
Nigger, fag, spic, dirty Jew,
gimp, trailer trash. These words
were on the wall of hate yesterday.
And with one pull, the wall came crashing down.
More than 20 representatives from different student organizations on campus were part of the tear down crew, which was asked to take down the wall.
All that remained of the wall that symbolically represented hate still present on campus was a long concrete stump.
"The Wall of Hate is built with fear and ignorance," said Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost of student success. "We are here to break it down with love and courage."
Photos by Kelly Hutsell Illustration by Arnold Phommavong
The wall project was part of Hate Out Week, sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Diversity Peer Education Team and the Association of University Residence Halls.
Santos Nunetz, director of the MRC, said the project's purpose was to allow KU students to symbolically tear down walls that cause hate on campus.
Tuesday, students were invited to share their experiences of hate or discrimination on campus.
Nuhez said she found that many students found writing hate on the wall and than tearing it down to be very therapeutic.
Students were allowed to write anything on the wall. The
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Baseball
Sophomore Brynn White spent time during spring break in Sri Lanka and brought joy to tsunami victims. She was there with her father, Bowen, Patch Adams and a group called Patch Adams' Gesundheit Institute. PAGE 5A
Football
'Starving artists' work to make the dough Artists struggle to find jobs after graduation that don't stifle their creativity. Knowing how to market their art is as important as making it. PAGE 6A
The offense stood out at what Mark Mangino called the team's best practice this spring. The quarterback position was up in the air as Marcus Herford tried out as wide receiver. PAGE 1B
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