Volume 124 Issue 101
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN UDK the student voice since 1904
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012
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Table of Contents
6 — Worst roommates
7 — Living alone
8 Healthy recipes
14 — What do you think?
10 Know about utilities
9 Quick alfredo recipe
11 — Living at home
13 — Sharing a bathroom
15 Picking roommates
16 — Living with pets
17 Budgeting
18 What do you think?
19 — Lost your keys?
20 Puzzles
21 Working out at home
22 Know your landlord
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Hertz has designated parking spots in lots 16 and 102 on campus for its rental cars. Students, staff and faculty can rent a car for $8 per hour. Cars can be rented for as little as 15 minutes or as long as a day.
that some professors and publishing companies are pushing for ebook usage and are trying to do their best to keep up. Kyle Whitley is a supervisor in the textbooks department and said the store is adjusting to the transition to digital.
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"Mostly what we are doing is providing anything the instructor adopts and working with the publisher to get that in the store," Whitley said. "We have less control over what it is — a book versus an ebook — that is all dependent on the instructor who adopts it. What we are doing is trying our best to get that product in the store at a competitive price."
Edited by Amanda Gage
Interested drivers register for the Hertz
partment now otters a solution for students without cars like Reames. Last month, it introduced a car sharing program that allows cars to be rented for a minimum of 15 minutes or as long as a day.
Students had been requesting the program for years, said Margretta de Vries, administrative specialist for the department.
De Vries said the car sharing program would be helpful to students, staff and faculty who struggle to arrange rides for appointments or errands and might
ignited spaces when drivers are done.
on demand program on the company's website and must provide credit card information for future rental use, although registering
IAVON SCHAKELFORD junior from Salina
come as a relief for prospective students as well.
"There are a lot of students who come from far away and only bring a car because they don't think they'll be able
have been driven for 129 hours. The department goal is for the cars to be driven around 200 hours per month, de Vries said.
Javon Shackelford, a junior from Salina, was interested to hear that the program would be coming to the University right around the time he would need to start applying for internships.
to get to anything," said de Vries. Since the program started, 126 people have signed up for membership. In February, the cars
"I use it to go to interviews in Kansas City, which has been really helpful," Shackelford said.
He tries to use the cars strategically, renting them on weekdays when the prices are lower than the standard $8 per hour. Schakelford also evaluates whether or not he really needs the car to go somewhere or if
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driving would simply be easier than walking since the rental fees can add up quickly.
"If you're not careful, you can definitely drive yourself into the poor house," Schakelford said.
Edited by Bre Roach
CLASSIFIEDS 9
CROSSWORD 4
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
SPORTS 10
SUDOKU 4
Today's Weather
Don't forget
Brazilian Week is going on now. Brazilian movie night is tonight at Ellsworth at 7 p.m.
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Mostly sunny with west-
erly winds at 10-15 mph,
gusting up to 20 mph.
HI: 55
LO: 37
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'Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away'
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