THE UNIVERSITY DARY MANSAN
N
news
NEWS MANAGEMENT Editor-in-chief Brian Hillix
Managing editor Paige Lytle
Production editor Madison Schultz
Digital editor
Stephanie Bickel
Director of art and brand culture Cole Anneberg
Social media editor Hannah Barling
Web editor Christian Hardy
ADVERTISING MANAGEMENT Advertising director Sharlene Xu
Sales manager Jordan Mentzer
Digital media manager Kristen Hays
NEWS SECTION EDITORS
News editor
Miranda Davis
Associate news editor
Kate Miller
Opinion editor
Cecilia Cho
Arts & features editor Lyndsey Havens
Co-associate sports editors Shane Jackson Scott Chasen
Design Chiefs
Hallie Wilson
Jake Kaufmann
Multimedia editor
Ben Lipowitz
Associate multimedia editor Frank Weirich
Special sections editor Amie Just
PAGE 2
Special projects editor Emma LeGault
Copy chiefs
Casey Hutchins
Sarah Kramer
ADVISERS Sales and marketing adviser Jon Schittt
Content strategist Brett Akagi
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of The Kansan are 50 cents. Subscriptions can be purchased at the Kansan business office, 2051A Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS, 60405. The University Daily Kansan (ISSN 0746-4967) is published daily during the school year except Friday, Saturday, Sunday, fall break, spring break and exams and weekly during the summer session excluding holidays. Annual subscriptions by mail are $250 plus tax. Send address changes to The University Daily Kansan, 2051A Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue.
KANSAN MEDIA PARTNERS
KJHK 90.7 is the student voice in radio.
Check out KUH-TV on Wowl of Kansas Channel 31 in Lawrence. See KUH's website at tv.ku.edu.
CONTACT US
editor@kansan.com
www.kansan.com
Newsroom: (783) 766-1491
Advertising: (785) 864-4358
@KANSANNEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAN.COM
2000 Doe Human Development Center
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence, Kan. 66045
The Weekly Weather Forecast
weather.com
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015
THURSDAY
HI: 72
LO: 46
Sunny with a 0 percent chance of rain. Wind NE at 6 mph.
FRIDAY
HI: 74
LO: 54
Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Wind S at 9 mph.
SATURDAY
HI: 80
LO: 61
munderstorms with a 40 percent chance of rain. Wind SSW at 11 mph
Cloudy with a 60 percent chance of rain. Wind S at 15 mph.
SUNDAY
HI: 83
LO: 62
Residence halls encourage donations
KATHERINE HARTLEY
@kat_hart9
For the past six years, KU Student Housing and the KU Surplus at the Center for Sustainability have found an easy way for students to give back to the community at the end of each school year.
"It's really a great opportunity for students to keep unwanted items from going into the dumpster and giving them to
Rather than throwing out clothes, food, linens and furniture that is either unwanted or unable to make it back home, residence and scholarship hall residents can donate these items to nonprofit organizations in Lawrence.
individuals who could really use their donations," Associate Director for Residence Life Jennifer Wamelink said. "I think it's a great opportunity and an easy way for students to give back."
Barrels will be put in the residence halls for food, clothing and smaller items around the end of this week and students are encouraged to leave larger items such as furniture near the dumpsters outside, where they will be picked up, KU Surplus Coordinator Sam Pepple said. The agencies that collect these items are Just Food, Planet Aid and the Sustainability Action Network. Every year Pepple emails the
list of University-approved nonprofit organizations, and those with the capability to handle the large number of donations join.
Last year was the biggest
"I think the opportunity to donate and give back to the community is more of a motivator than a fine."
JENNIFER WAMELINK Associate Director for Residence Life
donation year yet, with 18 shipping boxes of clothing donated and a 48-foot tractor-trailer full of furniture picked
up by the Sustainability Action Network.
"We like this because it's so much better than throwing it out. We save money by not having to pay for so many dumpsters and we like the concept that items are not going to the landfill," Pepple said.
Generally, if a room is messy after move-out or if there is abandoned property left, the students who lived in it could be subject to fines. However, Wamelink said because of the opportunity to donate unwanted items, they have not seen a problem with students leaving property behind.
"I think the opportunity to donate and give back to
the community is more of a motivator than a fine," she said. Overall, the program has had a positive response from students and has created an easy way for students to donate items that they don't want to drag home while also helping the Lawrence community.
"Finals week is a rough time for a freshman here at the University. They've got finals, and parties and they're all excited about going home," Pepple said. "To capture their attention is pretty rough. We have been very, very happy with the response we have had from the students."
Edited by Vicky Diaz Camacho
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BEN LIPOWITZ/KANSAN
KU Student Housing and the KU Surplus at the Center for Sustainability offer students living in residence halls the opportunity to donate their items to nonprofit organizations in Lawrence rather than throwing them away at the end of the year. Barrels will be placed in the residence halls at the end of this week for students to place unwanted items for pickup.
ACTIVE FROM PAGE 1
I think this movement didn't exist back in 2009. Back then, the system of a movement of people didn't exist but it's starting and growing, so now people share. People can share their money."
This sharing and connection among different communities in Russia has helped create awareness of various
issues, but environmental problems haven't made it into the spotlight as much as Zhevlakova hopes they will in the future.
"I think environmental issues are the most difficult, there are some funds supporting some charity projects, but it is mainly related to providing support for disadvantaged people;" she said.
Pastukhov said in May he'll go to the company that has the equipment to help him make his university more eco-friendly, but bureaucratic obstacles may make it more difficult to achieve.
The biggest aim is to make the university green, but our more purposeful aim is to produce biogas from the food," he said. "I want to connect my university with
that company. There are some obstacles, concerned to administrative paperwork. You have to make a contract with a company, but in order to get the contract, the company must win the competition."
The group flew back home on Monday morning, and will write reflections of their experience for the program. A member of the Peer-to-Peer
program, Anastasia Nikulina, said the personal connection between people and cultures is what will make all the difference.
"If we can work together, think what we can bring to the development together," Nikulina said. "Be open minded, and do what you do with love."
Edited by Garrett Long
Q&A FROM PAGE 1
prices are slightly inflated depending on where you shop, but places are opening and life is returning to norma. Certain areas of the country/city are having trouble accessing clean water, food and sanitation, but most people are able to go home during the day and retrieve what they need or buy what they need. Those who lost everything are waiting for aid to come. For now everyone is sleeping outside in makeshift tents, including us, but people are gradually moving back home if possible.
KANSAN: What was your reaction to the earthquake?
SCHLETZBAUM: For the first few days, we focused on keeping sheltered and gathering as much food and supplies as we could, but yesterday and today we feel secure and some of us are doing what we can, bringing supplies to camps where people were most affected.
SCHLETZBAUM: During the earthquake, I was walking with two other students and we managed to remain calm and make it to a park where we would be safe. We waited for three hours for aftershocks then went to our school. We didn't realize the severity until a few hours in when we
heard of reports of the tower in Durbar Square collapsing and just kept talking to other people.
KANSAN: What are you doing in Nepal now that the earthquake has happened?
- Edited by Garrett Long
"I think it would force a student to stretch themselves too thin," he said. "When you think about working on campus, you have the convenience of taking a bus to work or them being more flexible in working around your academic schedule, so it'll become increasingly more difficult to do things like that when you're working off campus."
If students had to find those additional forms of income, Bobo said it would add an unnecessary stressor.
However, Faucher said she doesn't anticipate the reduction to affect students
JOB FROM PAGE 1
form of income, and I have a lot of friends who rely on that 29 hours to pay for rent, utilities, food and even tuition," Bobo said. "I think that cut could force people to take on second or third jobs."
Marks Jewelers
too much, referencing the average hours students worked this year. Additionally, students who participate in work study programs will not be affected. "There wasn't a large amount of student who work over 20 hours," she said. "The other twist to the law is that work study hours do not count towards that. The policy does not inhibit those. So, I don't think we're going to see a significant impact."
Faucher said if a student works 20 hours a week during the academic year plus the allowed 40 hours during the summer, it would average to 29 hours over the course of a full year.
"Full insurance coverage is an extensive cost and academic progress is a consideration," she said. "Many universities nationwide and in Kansas had dropped it to 20 in past
827 MASSACHUSETTS
A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE SINCE 1880
The 14th Oldest Jewelry Store in the Country
RINGS, WATCHES, CRYSTALS
DIAMONDS, LOOSE & MOUNTED
WEDDING BANDS, JEWELERY, IN
HOUSE WATCH AND CLOCK REPAIR,
FINANCING, SPEED, SERVICE &
CUSTOM DESIGN
www.markajewelers.net
785-843-4266
years, so KU was generous in having that 30-hour rule."
She said it's a hybrid of ACA and best practices from around the country. As the department reviews this policy over the next year, Faucher said it welcomes students to submit feedback through email.
"We recognize it's a new law, and we need a year or more to determine the impact of how things work," she said. "It's not too likely that wed go back and change the 20 hours because that seems to be the practice nationally, but we're open to any input."
Edited by Vicky Diaz Camacho
785.832.8228
944 Massachusetts Street
9.
+