2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2005
INSIDENEWS
College and senators disagree on referendum
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences' differential tuition survey has stirred up controversy with some student senators. University officials and some senators have different views on how students should vote for the proposed differential tuition. FIG 1A
Trainers improve students, themselves
Free personal training is just one of the programs offered by KU Recreation Services. Trainers and trainees discuss the program and how they've changed from it. PAGE 1A
Residence hall to receive extreme makeover
Hashinger Hall will close in May for renovation and will not open until the fall of 2006. After the renovations, Hashinger will lose 85 student spaces, but the hall will still try to maintain its arts and culture feel. PAGE 1A
Construction coming soon
Downtown businesses will have to work around construction crews this spring as the city replaces the waterline to downtown. The waterline is 118 years old and has become encrusted with mineral deposits. The replacement project will close parking on parts of Massachusetts Street and limit traffic to one-way in some areas. PAGE 1A
City tackles potholes
The weather is changing, and the city is trying to fix more and more pothole problems. Local cities do their best to fix as many holes as they can under the budget. PAGE 2A
'Apprentice' casting call
Casting directors for the NBC reality television show "The Apprentice" came to the University of Kansas to find potential cast members yesterday. The interview process included talking about the show, dating in the workplace and smoking policies. PAGE 3A
INSIDEOPINION
Editorial board: Say no to CLAS differential tuition
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences differential tuition proposal is a raw deal for in-state students. The benefits of a prettier Wescoe Hall among other proposed improvements do not outweigh the financial hardship students could face. PAGE 7A
Column: Celebrate black history year round
Tierra Scott, columnist, explains why February isn't long enough to celebrate black history. Simply learning about the accomplishments of Martin Luther King Jr. does not constitute an education of black history. PAGE 7A
INSIDESPORTS
Down but not out
Despite the Jayhawks' recent three-game losing streak, Kansas coach Bill Self has not lost hope. Zone defenses have forced Kansas into perimeter shooting. Self says all athletes have slumps, but the team can recover. The Jayhawks need a fresh start against Oklahoma State on Sunday. PAGE 1B
Williams Fund members receive priority seating
Football season-ticket holders will be shuffled around for next season. The student section will be relocated, and long-time boosters will get to choose seats along the 20-yard line. The point system for football will be similar to the basketball points system. PAGE 1B
Column: Move on from last week's losses
Columnist Joe Bant says the Jayhawks' three losses last week should be forgotten. Kansas will face Oklahoma State on Sunday and will have a shot at redemption.And if Kansas beats OSU,it will claim the sole leadership in the Big 12 Conference PAGE 1B
Jayhawks vs. Wildcats
The women's basketball team will face Kansas State tomorrow in hopes of breaking its slump against ranked opponents. Kansas gave No. 6 Baylor a run for its money on Wednesday, but fell short. PAGE 1B
Baseball team tries to continue streak
The Jayhawks begin their second home series at 3 p.m. today against Northern Colorado. Continued strong pitching could help the Jayhawks sweep the series, which will conclude with a doubleheader tomorrow. PAGE 2B
Golfers head south
Six men's golfers will compete next week in San Antonio, Texas, at the UTSA Invitational. They took first place at the Invitational last year. PAGE 2B
The Kansas tennis team has struggled with the growing pains that accompany youth and inexperience but things began looking up last weekend when five players notched their first victories. PAGE 8B
A learning process
Oklahoma State coach Eddie Sutton has never won in Allen Fieldhouse, and this could be his last chance. All-conference candidates John Lucas and Joey Graham combine with emerging freshman JamesOn Curry to give the Cowboys their best shot in several years. PAGE 8B
Sutton seeks first victory in Allen Fieldhouse
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Lawrence faces potholes following winter storms
BY ADAM LAND
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KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Chad Rodriguez, Lawrence public works employee, helps make permanent repairs to a pothole on Iowa Street just before Harvard Road yesterday afternoon. Public works employees are making similar repairs throughout Lawrence.
After a wet winter, the Lawrence public works department is not just shoveling asphalt into pot holes around the city, they're shoveling around money as well.
The City of Lawrence Public Works Department does its heaviest work after rain or ice storms, said Bryce Campbell, field supervisor for public works.
"We try to fix problems as quickly as we can," said Campbell. "After a big rain storm or when ice and snow melt, we go out and fix as many as we can."
many as we can.
During a day where public works sends its full repair teams out, the cost for worker's wages are about $2,160 a day for around 20 men. Cold mix, which is a cold substitute for asphalt, costs about $262.50 for five trucks carrying 1.5 tons.
ing 1.3 tons.
Pothole repair costs the city approximately $6.06 per hole, which is calculated with wages, number of workers and cost of materials after a storm.
This cost per pothole is an approximation and can change with the number of workers out on the street and the difference in wages.
Cost-saving possibilities do exist for the long-term, said Jie Han, professor of civil engineering.
Lawrence pays $2,422.50 a day for cold mix and a full crew of workers in an eight hour day, based on figures provided by Campbell.
Funding for road development comes from taxes, said Debbie Van Saun, assistant city manager. The city uses a 25 cent state gas tax and property and sales taxes to pay for the street division of public works.
some works.
"We really try and give each department a budget that will work for them and us," Van Saun said.
"However, we only have a finite amount of revenue."
"Instead of just dumping asphalt into the hole," Han said. "They could use a substance called geosynthetics."
If a small layer of geosynthetic is placed at the bottom of a hole, it can prevent water from eroding the patched hole.
Costs of geosynthetics are more expensive, anywhere from $1 to $5 per square yard. Han said.
Han said.
The new technology may be hard for cities, which already battle year to year with budgets, to invest in.
The 2005 budget for the street division of public works was more than $2 million.
Compared with at least one neighboring city, Lawrence is spending close to the same amount on street repairs.
Boston Wages cost the City of Topeka Public Works Department about $1,056 for 12 workers. Cold mix costs Topeka $426.80 for four
trucks each carrying two tons
The number of potholes repaired in a day is unknown, said David Bevins, Topeka public works spokesman.
"We don't really know how many we repair; we don't really work like that." Bevins said. "We start on a street and repair all along that street, we think of repair more in terms of city blocks."
of city blocks.
Both public works departments said they did all they could with the money they had, but said it could not do some things right away.
To meet the demand of pothole calls, Topeka started a hotline in which a person could call and notify public works of a problem, Bevins said. The department usually sends a crew within five days for the repair.
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closure of all compensation records, even those involving anonymous gifts and other, private sources.
litigation. When a Douglas County district judge ruled in the media organizations' favor, the university released the records.
the university released the district court The bill would place the district court ruling into state law, mandating the dis-
However, senators also approved a bill, 38-1, to keep more than 240 exceptions to the records act in place for five years. Those exemptions are set to expire July 1, and senators said they wanted adequate time to review them.
The bill's nickname comes from a lawsuit filed last year by The World Company, which publishes the Lawrence Journal-World and operates cable television station 6News, to force disclosure of Perkins' compensation package. The Associated Press and the Kansas Press Association later joined the litigation.
adequate time to review the same bill also clarifies when public officials can close records to prevent an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
an unwarranted invasion. Critics say the provision is too vague and gives government officials too much discretion. The new language defines an invasion of privacy as revealing information that would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and not of legitimate public concern.
A third bill, approved 37-2, would close records detailing information about utilities' security measures, preventing them from even being subject to subpoenas in criminal or civil cases or administrative hearings.
The measure is known as the "Lew Perkins Provision" after the University of Kansas athletics director. The Senate's 39-0 vote sent it to the House.
TOPEKA — Senators unanimously approved a proposed change in the Kansas Open Records Act to require full disclosure of public officials' compensation packages.
Senate approves change to Open Records Act
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TORONTO — Prime Minister Paul Martin said yesterday that Canada would not join the contentious U.S. missile defense program, a decision that will further strain brittle relations between the neighbors but please
STATE
Investigators find Murray's alibi weak
LAWRENCE—A Kansas State English professor who is accused of killing his exwife told investigators he understood why he was a suspect in the slaying and even gave them suggestions on where they might find evidence.
dence.
But Thomas E. Murray, 47,
insisted to detectives during the Nov.
14, 2003, interrogation that he did not kill Carmin Ross
the previous day.
"I would never ever think of killing somebody," Murray said during the nine-hour video-taped statement.
taped station. Wednesday was the fourth day of Murray's first-degree murder trial in connection with the death of Ross. A Douglas County District Court jury spent the entire day watching Murray's interview.
Ross was found stabbed and beaten to death in her home outside of Lawrence. Prosecutors claim Murray killed his ex-wife because he didn't want to lose custody of the couple's 4-year-old daughter.
Jurors watched Wednesday as Murray changed his alibi in his statement and frequently added minor details when pushed by detectives.
Testimony in the trial continued yesterday.
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