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2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 2005
NEWS
INSIDENEWS
Campus ticket scalping prohibited
A University no-solicitation policy has put an end to the re-selling of basketball tickets on campus. The Athletics Department began enforcing the policy after it received complaints from harassed fans. The KU Public Safety Office has not removed anyone for campus solicitation yet. Still, people caught scalping at games could be charged with criminal trespassing. PAGE 1A
Shorter class times in sight for students
The provost's office approved shortening class times in order to improve space management on campus. Tuesday and Thursday classes will be shortened by five minutes a day. More two-day a week classes will be offered in classrooms that are not being used on campus. PAGE 1A
Blue in the face
Dennis Steffes, owner of Last Call and Coyote's Night Club, is fighting the city's smoking ban. One main issue is the enforcement methods and the division of fines. Steffes has received five of the nine total citations issued by the city since the ban's inception. PAGE 1A
The KU Wind Ensemble will play for 30 nations at a festival in China to celebrate the end of World War II. The wind ensemble is still gathering funds together to make the trip a sure thing. PAGE 1A
Watkins chief of staff to step down after four years
Myra Strother will resign her duties as chief of staff on Monday. Patricia Denning, Watkins staff physician, will replace Strother. Denning has worked at Watkins for 15 years. Strother said she was looking forward to being able to go back to practicing medicine. PAGE 2A
Business students start snack bar
The Undergraduate Business Council will open the doors to its student-run snack bar on Monday. The shop will serve sandwiches, snacks and beverages in the lobby of Summerfield Hall. All aspects of the business will be overseen by students. PAGE 2A
Catering company to offer new proposal to sororities
A KU sophomore created a weekly meditation group so students would have a way to deal with the pressures of college. The group meets once a week at Danforth Chapel and follows the session with tea at the Union. PAGE 3A
Jayhawk Catering, now under new ownership, wants an end to the boycott the Panhellenic Association placed on the business after complaints last semester that the business wasn't following procedures set by the sororities. As the catering business strives to reclaim its business, Panhellenic leaders say they won't budge and that they are happy with the businesses that currently host their events. PAGE 24
Supreme Court Justice to visit in March
Sureme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is scheduled to visit the University of Kansas in March. Ginsburg will be the 10th justice to visit the University. She is scheduled to speak in about four different classes in the School of Law. PAGE 3A
Student brings Meditation to University
Local bands play for Southeast Asia
The Granada is hosting a benefit concert Saturday with all proceeds going to the victims of the tsunami. Eight local acts will take the stage for seven hours. Tickets are $5 at the door for ages 21 and older and $7 for ages 20 and younger. PAGE 4A
INSIDEOPINION
Tough choices, life-changing impacts
Beware of the Canadians
Hanna Scott describes from experience how big risks can lead to life-altering outcomes. She tells about her relationship with her brother who was affected with sickle cell. PAGE 7A
Guest columnist Nick Pennebaker explains in his satire why FOX News' Bill O'Reilly should extend his proposed wall between the United States and Mexico to our northern neighbors as well. PAGE 7A
INSIDESPORTS
Colorado puts big points on the board after tough season start
The Colorado Buffaloes started the season with the worst Conference record at 0-4, but the young team has adjusted its play. The team defeated Kansas State and Texas and carries a two-game winning streak as it travels to Lawrence. The Jayhawks take on the Buffaloes at 1:30 tomorrow in Allen Fieldhouse. PAGE 1B
Kansas pride: The University's athletic teams defeat border rivals
Kansas has dominated its border rivals on the basketball court and football field. In other sports, Kansas also seems unstoppable. Kansas's sports columnist Joe Bant explains his favorite recent victories, what other teams are doing wrong and how fans from rival schools must feel that their egos have been deflated. PAGE 18
Men's golf fires hot shots in Hawaii
The jayhawks began the first round of play on Wednesday. The team finished the day in a tie for fourth in a 21-team field. Sophomore Tyler Docking ended the day in a three-way tie for first. His finish ties for the second-lowest round in Kansas golf history.
PAGE 1B
Kansas will play Stanford in Palo, Alto, Calif., tonight after sweeping Hawaii-Hilo in six games this week. Stanford is coming off of a weekend series against Cal State-Fallon in which it lost two of three. After losing to Stanford last season, the Jayhawks are hoping to win with the help of sophomore Sean Land and junior Don Czyz. *MAGE 18*
Baseball takes undefeated record to California
Kodak Quick, junior right-handed pitcher, won't take the mound against Stanford when the two teams play each other this weekend. Quick pitched for Stanford for two years before coming to Kansas. He said that he was disappointed at the news that he wouldn't be playing against his old teammates. PAGE 2B
Quick will watch old, new teammates from the dugout
Part of the Kansas track and field team takes on the top-rated Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend, and part of the team will head to Ames, Iowa, for the Iowa State Classic. PAGE 2B
Track team separates for coming meets
Thanks to freshmen and new recruits, the KU men's and women's bowling teams are better than ever. Players came to the University for different reasons, but their goal is the same: to win. PAGE 8B
New bowlers add depth to team
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Watkins' chief resigns
With a vanilla and chocolate cake,
Watkins Memorial Health Center staff
members thanked Myra Strother for
her service as chief of staff.
Strother will step down Monday after four years as chief of staff.
Strother will continue to be a physician at Watkins and is still involved in the departments of customer service and quality improvement.
Patricia Denning, Watkins staff physician, will replace Strother on Monday. Denning said the position is traditionally rotated among the staff at Watkins.
Denning has been at Watkins for 15 years and plans to use Strother's tenure as an example during her administration.
"I'm hoping to maintain the excellence we've had for the past four
m hoping to
Patricia Denning
Watkins staff physician
maintain the excellence we've had for the past four years."
During her time as chief of staff, Strother helped to update the emergency response plan and established a customer service department at Watkins.
years." Denning said.
The conversion of Watkins from walk-in visits to appointments also went into effect during Strother's tenure. Instead of waiting two hours to see a doctor, students now wait 15 to 30 minutes.
The change in administration
came at a good time, Strother said.
Watkins was re-accredited last year, and things are running smoothly.
Strother said she was looking forward to just being able to practice medicine.
New policies for the meningitis vaccination and doctor's notes to excuse ill students from class, will be Denning's earliest concerns, Strother said. She is sure Denning will do an excellent job.
"I'm returning to my first love," she said.
BUSINESS
Edited by Lori Bettes
"I've never worked somewhere where the people in charge are so nice and friendly." Whisenhunt said.
Megan Whisenhunt, student assistant, worked with Strother the past two years on public education boards and posters displayed around Watkins.
Students open snack shop
BY NATE KARLIN
nklarin@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Students who envision owning a business now have the opportunity to put their plans to the test.
The Undergraduate Business Council (UBC) will open a student-run snack shop in the Summerfield Hall lobby Monday.
The shop will serve sandwiches, snacks and beverages. Most of the snack orders will go through KU Dining Services, including producing the sandwiches that would be served at the snack bar.
But from its management to the food servers, the snack shop will be just like a real-life business, Matt Webb. UBC president.
The shop will give students an opportunity to experience how a real business works, Webb said.
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Matt Webb, Stillwell senior and president of the
Students from the clubs of the School of Business, which contributed to the construction costs, will assist by providing the individual talents of each club. For example, students from the marketing club will help with the marketing.
But any student in any major can participate, Webb said. The UBC will collect all profits from the snack shop and distribute them among the individual business organizations, Webb said.
The students had to get approval from the KU Dining to determine the
"I think it's nice to have something so close." he said.
Amy Graf, Leavenworth senior, said the shop would not only benefit individual students by giving them experience, it would benefit the School of Business as well.
Stillwell senior and president of the Undergraduate Business Council, sets up the yet-to-be-filled snack bar area that was recently constructed in Summerfield Hall Wednesday. The snack bar is in the lobby of the building and has been in the works for about a year. Webb said people he had talked to seemed to be looking forward to its opening and thought it would be well-received
food that could be served, he said. For example, UBC originally wanted to sell pizza, but KU Dining wouldn't allow it because they already have Pizza Hut in the Union. They also had to get approval from Coca-Cola to move the drink machines out of the room where the shop would be located.
"I think it's good for the business school, because it will bring in money," Graf said.
The mere presence of a snack shop at the bottom of the hill pleased Travis Boggs, Olathe junior. He said he didn't like having to walk to Wescoe or the Union to buy food.
Michael Myers, assistant director of retail for KU Dining, said the Summerfield snack shop would serve
Students put together all the business plans and agendas for the shop last spring, which the council presented to KU Dining. Webb said.
"We came up with a pretty serious business plan that they took seriously" he said.
as a test model for future snack bar sites on campus.
"I think it's a really interesting idea." Myers said. "Any time we can partner up with the academic side, we do it."
For now, there aren't any plans for expansion because KU Dining wants to focus on customer service at the Market and The Underground, Myers said.
KU Dining already has snack shops or carts in several areas on campus, including the Union Market, the Underground, JRP Hall snack bar, Anschutz food cart and the Learned coffee cart.
— Edited by Kendall Dix
FOOD
Caterer aims to reclaim business
BY ADAM LAND
BY ADAM LAND
aland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The KU Panhellenic Association boycott of Jayhawk Catering will continue this semester, association president Christina Strubbe said.
The ban started last semester after the catering company did not meet certain standards set by University of Kansas sororities.
The largest complaints were security, sales to minors, transportation and a failure to limit attendants to those on the guest list, Strubbe, Leawood junior said.
Now under new ownership, the catering business wants to reclaim the business they once had, said Andy Zens, new owner of Jayhawk Catering.
"We need their business back, and we plan on addressing their concerns," Zens, Mequon, Wi., junior, said.
The organization boycotted the business because the business did not police the procedures as well as the organization would have liked.
The complaints started coming in last semester from a lot of the sororities, said Morgan Mcbee, last year's president of Panhellenic. Drinking-related accidents have led to lawsuits against sororities on other campuses, she said.
"We had a meeting with the old owners after the initial decision to boycott," Mcbee said. "But after we finally got their proposal we did not feel they could adequately meet our needs."
"We heard a lot of different things from the sororities," said Mbee, Dallas senior. "We did not want someone to get hurt, because that kind of thing has happened a lot in the recent past."
This semester most of the Jahawk Catering staff is new, Zens said.
He said he hoped that the new management can overcome the problems. He plans on meeting with Panhellenic leaders after he drafts a new proposal that should answer their questions and calm their fears, but the effort may not be enough.
"I really can't see Panhellenic going back to Jayhawk catering," Strubbe said. "However, the issue really comes down to the vote by the sororities, I can just bring up the issue."
Zens said he would present his proposal to Panhellenic executive board to the association within the month.
After the beginning of the boycott, the association moved functions to other local businesses such as bars and clubs. Strubbe and other Panhellenic leaders have been pleased with the change.
"We don't have any intention of going back to Jayhawk catering," Strubbe said. "The places we hold functions at now work well and no one has had any complaints."
— Edited by Lisa Coble-Krings
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