Volume 128 Issue 118
Monday, May 4, 2015
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FOOD TRUCK FEST Second annual food truck festival draws flocks of people 1 PAGE 5
Specialty cont.
Best Local Bar
1. Sandbar
2. Louise's Downtown
3. The Bourgeois Pig
Best Tanning
1. The Tan Company
2. Sun Tan City
3. Lemon Bliss
Best Hair Salon
1. Salon Di Marco and Day Spa
2. Z Hair Academy
3. Greenroom Salon
Best Specialty Store
1. Mass Street Soda
2. ACME
3. The Toy Store
Best Apartment Complex
1. The Connection
2. The Reserve
3. Legends Place
Best Apartment Manager
1. First Management
2. Cherry Hill Properties
3. Midwest Property Management
Best Women's Apparel
1. Francesca's
2. Fortuity
3. Kieu's
YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME
HAWKS POINTE
TWITTER: @HAWKSPOINTEAPS
There are several apartments in the Lawrence market, but there is one that stands out from the rest. The Hawks Pointe Management team is unlike any other property management team in Lawrence, KS. They have taken significant steps to make Hawks Pointe more resident focused while improving facilities. There is an understanding that the place where you live needs to be more than just a place where you eat and sleep, it needs to be about your education experience; hence, your reasons for being at KU.
Lead by their General Manager, Tadros "Teddy" Abdelmalek (top left), he strives to use his student affairs experience toward supporting and understanding what his residents need. He works daily to support his staff and his residents through any obstacles that the day may bring.
Account Manager, Molly Edwards (bottom left), is responsible for account receivables and payables. She plays a vital role in the collection of rent. Molly also strives to work with the residents to ensure a dialogue is present in the rent collection process as she works to support them through challenges that may arise in life.
Elodia Terrazas (bottom right), a Senior Leasing Specialist, supports the office from a leasing and marketing role. Her leasing experience and connection with the residents plays an energetic role in making the office a fun place.
Hannah Sybert (top right), a Senior Leasing Specialist, supports the office from an operations role ensuring that your preferences and your needs are met when you leave with Hawks Pointe.
Devan Schaly (middle right), the newest member of the Leasing Specialist team, brings her experience with organizations and programming of KU to the Hawks Pointe team. Her
outgoing personality allows for successful outreach marketing.
Two other important people that are not pictured are Brent Cobb and Greg Hamill. Brent is Hawks Pointe's Facilities Manager bringing 27+ years of maintenance experience to the table and ensures that everyone's apartment is in good working order. His right hand man, Greg Hamill, supports the team by certifying that concerns are dealt with proactively and that quarterly inspections are handled for the property.
This team showcases a diverse group of employees that bring out the best qualities that can be established in a management team. For more information about how you can be a part of this community, feel free to reach out to them via their office located at 1421 West 7th Street or by emailing/calling them directly at hawkspointe.info@campusapts.com or at 785.841.5255. More info available online at: www.hawkspointeapts.com
RILEY MORTENSEN
@RileyMortensen
Developing an on-campus sexual assault response team and a center for prevention and education were among top recommendations presented by the Chancellor's Sexual Assault Task Force to the Chancellor and Provost on Friday afternoon.
The task force of 11 students, staff and faculty members has been reviewing the University's current processes, procedures and policies since September, when Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little created the group.
Gray-Little thanked the task force for the many hours of work and thought they put into the recommendations and said they will all be taken into consideration.
The recommendations are divided into four sections; policy and process improvement; prevention and practices; support and advocacy for student victims of crime; and evaluation of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
"It's not something that we would solve next year or the year after and then it's not an issue," Gray-Little said.
The 43-page final report has an executive summary at the beginning that outlines eight recommendations under policy and process improvements, 11 recommendations under prevention practices, six recommendations under the support and advocacy for student victims of the crime and two recommendations under evaluation of Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
SEE TASK FORCE PAGE 2
Other specific recommendations noted
In 2011, a student accused Zamir Bavel, a professor of Information Processing Studies at the University, of groping her during a study session at a restaurant. Bavel sued the University in 2012, claiming he was not provided due process before the Faculty Rights Board made its decision in the case. Bavel has not been proven guilty, and the Faculty Rights Board cannot make that charge.
Bavel took the case to a district court, arguing the burden of proof should be on the University, not on himself. The district court said the University had upheld its own policies and procedures and had not violated Bavel's rights.
"We are heartened by the strong dissenting opinion, however, and we are considering our options what they may be — at this point."
CURTIS BARNHILL
Zamir Bavel's attourney
"We are heartened by the strong dissenting opinion, however, and we are considering our options — what they may be — at this point," Barnhill said. "[...] We feel that there are a number of issues, very troubling issues, that are still out there in this case."
Curtis Barnhill. Bavel's attorney, said he and his client were disappointed by the court's decision.
Erinn Barcomb-Peterson, a spokesperson for the University, said in an email Thursday, "The court's ruling speaks for itself."
The Faculty Rights Board concluded there had been no procedural violations and denied Bavel an evidentiary hearing. In March 2012, he was sanctioned for alleged sexual harassment, including being suspended for
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pay, constitute deprivation of property, and Bavel was not given due process.
Mackenzie Clark
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