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THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 115 ISSUE 96
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2005
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UNIVERSITY
Union expansion probable
BY DANIEL BERK
lberk@kansan.com
IKANB STAFF WRITER
The Kansas Union will expand by Fall 2006 if it can raise enough money.
The expansion would be in conjunction with the opening of the new Multicultural Resource Center, which will break ground either in July or August.
The new MRC will occupy one floor of a three-story building, which will be located between the Union and the Union's parking garage.
The MRC will be level with the fourth floor of the Union where it will connect with the back of the Student Involvement and Leadership Center.
Other expansions to the Union would take
place on the two levels below the MRC. The KU Bookstore would expand to the bottom floor of the new building, David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said.
The expansion would increase the size of the bookstore by approximately 10 percent.
Third floor business offices would be moved to the second floor of the MRC building. The current offices would then be used for meeting rooms.
"I think an expansion makes sense because we have a match in mission with the MRC," Mucci said.
Funds will need to be raised before the expansion can begin. Mucci estimated that the cost would be roughly $100 per square foot, which would total approximately $900,000. Mucci said that the money would need to be raised by the
start of 2005 school year, for the expansion to take place.
The new MRC will be funded through a donor and student fees, neither of which would apply to the Union expansion. The total cost of the new MRC building was $2.8 million. Student fees will increase by $3.50 per semester and that increase will stay for the next 10 years.
The money would have to come out of business cash flow from the Union, Mucci said.
He said this is the right time for a Union expansion for many reasons.
"It's more efficient to do the expansion now." Mucci said. "Interest rates are good and we could help the MRC with electrical costs as well as other costs."
Mucci said because of limited space around the
Union, it would be one of the last opportunities to expand.
Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president, and a member of the MRC building committee said he was pleased that the Union was looking into expansion.
"I absolutely support the Union's expansion," Dunlap said. "Without the Union's help, the MRC would be on stilts, rather than having two floors underneath it. If there is an expansion it will make it more usable for students."
Dunlap said that right now, the MRC is scheduled to be complete by Aug., 15, 2006, which would make it ready for students to use by the beginning of the fall 2006 semester.
CRIME
- Edited by Jennifer Voldness
Police look into burglary
BY JOHUSHA BICKEL
jbickel@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The Lawrence Police Department is investigating a burglary and theft at SIGma Delta Tau sorority house, 1625 Edgehill Rd., Sgt. Craig Shanks of the Lawrence Police Department said.
A resident of the house reported seeing a white male in the house between 4 and 4:05 a.m. Saturday.
No males were allowed in the house that night. She also thought that the man was taking pictures of her while she slept. Shanks said.
It was not known how the man entered the house, said Laura Bauer, program director of fraternity and sorority life.
After he was confronted, the man left the room and took with him a pledge board attached to the wall. Shanks said.
Later that afternoon, a Lawrence police officer was dispatched to the scene and filed a report.
Shanks could not confirm if any arrests had been made.
— Ioshua Bicket
EMPLOYMENT
Volunteers encourage service over corporate life
BY DANI LITT
dlitt@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
When Betty Baron decided to enter the Peace Corps, her family tried to talk her out of it.
But when she told her father she was getting married, he said he'd prefer she enter the Peace Corps.
What she hadn't explained yet was that she was going to do both.
She had only agreed to marry her husband because he offered to go with her to the Corps. His condition: She had to wait to join the Corps until he finished graduate school.
Baron, a Peace Corps coordinator for University Career Services, was one of four speakers at the alternative career panel last night at the Big 12 Room in the Kansas Union.
After turning down four countries while waiting for her husband to graduate, Baron and her husband finally left for training the day of his graduation. Once trained, they went to Ethiopia.
The volunteers spoke to about 20 people about their experiences with alternative service careers. The panel represented the Peace Corps, Teach for America and AmeriCorps* VISTA.
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NIGHTLIFE
Identity check
Prevalence of fake IDs poses a challenge for bar owners
BY JOSHUA BICKEL
jbickel@kansan.com
KANSAN STAMP WRITER
Bar owners are on the lookout for fake IDs after two KU students were suspected of producing hundreds of fake IDs in Ellsworth Hall earlier this month.
Despite the ongoing investigation, students are still using false identification to gain access to bars and alcohol. Some say it's easy and don't fear getting caught.
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Some Lawrence bar owners are cracking down on the use of fake IDs, but students still think using one to get into bars is still pretty easy.
Rachel Anslover, Salina sophomore, said that she knew a lot of people who had fake IDs and used them to get into bars.
"The people I know didn't have a problem getting into bars," Anslover said. "You can use a fake ID pretty easily here."
Bars are quizzing ID holders and increasing security to make sure underage patrons aren't drinking, said Rob Farha, owner of The Wheel, 507 W. 14th Street. IDs are often magnified and photographed on a machine, which alleviates some liability from bar owners, he said.
Farha said that some IDs, especially ones from Louisiana, are easy to spot as false. But other IDs are
Other college towns, like Manhattan, are more strict on fakes, she said.
While the technology used to catch fake IDs becomes more advanced, so do the fake IDs. Some fake IDs are to catch, but others are virtually undetectable. Farha said.
Bars and bouncers in Lawrence inspect IDs to try to prevent underage people from entering. Some IDs are harder to determine authenticity than others.
very difficult to catch.
"Some are so easy to spot that we laugh about it," Farba said.
It's also hard to recognize when a person is using an older person's ID. he said.
When this happens, staff are trained to check the description on the card with the person presenting it.
Employees are trained to look at various things on an ID for inspection.
Farha's employees look at the description on the ID and the picture, and sometimes, if they're not convinced that it's real, they quiz the person about their ID.
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Today's weather
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Get a grip
The KU Rock Climbing Club has grown since the fall semester. Members don't just meet at the climbing wall at the recreation center, but go on trips to places including Arizona, Arkansas and Oklahoma. PAGE 8A
Equality in education
Coming home
Charles Scott Jr., son of one of the lead attorneys in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, spoke to KU students yesterday about his concerns. PAGE 2A
The Kansas baseball team has its home opener today against South Dakota State at Hoglund Ballpark. The Jayhawks will try to stop a three-game losing streak. PAGE 1B
Steeped in tradition
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Students learned more about
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