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FRIDAY APRIL5,2002
ISSUE 124 VOLUME 112
Housing rule tymies search or subleasers
aggie Koerth can staff writer
students who wish to sublease their ments may have a hard time reaching target audience. A KU Department ofing policy banning advertisements inience halls makes it hard for the two os to find each other.
ige Higgins, Denver sophomore, said vas going to sublease her apartment ise she wanted to go home for the sumet she was struggling to find a temposeident because of the policy.
sana Robertson, associate director of ing, said subleasing flyers were not in residence halls because housing bited all advertising, which subleasing are classified under, except those perg to student groups. She said the issue ofnt subleasing presented a special probt but she said she didn't think housing be changing the policy any time soon. we want to have consistency in our pollinouthough the year," she said."When the 'campus Living Resource Center opens will help. In the meantime, if housing resse have a problem with the policy they did talk to their hall government leaders." e Off-Campus Resource Center is anent Senate program that will set up a where students can pick up information all kinds of off-campus living. It will cated in the Kansas Union next fall. began Johnson, Troy freshman, who in Ellsworth Hall said she thought ragn room for the summer would have easier if sublease飞iers were
igan Johnson, Troy freshman, who in Ellsworth Hall said she thought 1g a room for the summer would have easier if sublease flyers were allowed in sidence halls.
would have been nice. I could have one down the hall instead of all over ill." she said.
nson said it was intimidating for fresho find a sublease. She said next year she ld probably use the Off-Campus urce Center to find a place to sublet. le Browning, student body vice presaid he thought the center would be ul to students looking for subleases. we plan on having an apartment board e people can put their flyers and lots of mation to help students find a place to he said.
itact Koerth at mkoerth@kansan.com. This y was edited by Gillian Titus.
HE OTHER OTHELLO
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emona, played by Sara Armstrong, dissi sex as her servant, Emilia played by berry, listens. The two were in final dress insular Wednesday night for "Desde- A Play About A Handkerchief," a play on Othello." The play, directed by late student Joy Richmond, opened last and continues with shows this week end next weekend at the Inge Theatre.
Basketball brings bucks
Teams take home money when they advance in the NCAA tournament
tournament
By Jessica Tims Kansan staff writer
The Big 12 Conference's success in this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament will pay big dividends for conference schools for the next six years.
Big 12 teams earned $11.4 million in the NCAA tournament, which will be paid out to conference schools during the next six years. That is $6 million more than the conference made last year.
Susan Wachter, chief financial offi
cer for the University of Kansas Athletics Department, said the department expected to receive $880,000 this year.
The department will use the money to pay the University's tournament travel expenses and cover the additional cost of colubrine.
tional cost of scholarships for the University's 250 scholarship athletes after tuition is increased, said Richard Konzem, associate athletics director.
The tournament money will be added to the departments budget by August, Wachter said.
The NCAA distributes revenue to its member schools according to a three-part formula. Part of that formula is the participation and advancement of the
school's conference in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.
Tim Allen, associate commissioner of the Big 12 Conference, said that a tournament bid and each advancement in the
tournament translated into money
for each coach and the conference
"Each team earns a unit for every round it plays in the tournament until the Final Four" Allen said. "The most a team can receive is five units."
Kansas and Oklahoma each earned five units for their
Final Four appearances, and the six conference teams in the tournament earned a total of 19 units.
Each unit brings about $100,000 per year for six years, Allen said, giving Big 12 schools a total of approximately
$1.9 million a year for six years.
Allen said the Big 12 school that earned a unit would receive all of the money it earned for the first year of payment.
"Because Kansas and Oklahoma earned five units they will each get about $500,000 of the 1.9 million," Allen said. "But Texas Tech, who only played in the first round will only get $100,000 of it."
Allen said all 12 schools evenly share the money from units earned during the next five years.
"Over a six-year period the conference has $6.8 million," he said. "So we subtract the $1.9 million from this year and the remaining $4.9 million will be divide evenly among the 12 schools."
Contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
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In the 1970s and '80s, the winding basement of Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., was used as a bar, but stricter fire codes shut it down. Some of the rooms, such as this one, haven't been modified much since it was closed.
Underground tunnels mystify store owners
By Caroline Boyer
Kansan staff writer
Local merchants on Massachusetts Street have speculated for years about the use of underground tunnels beneath their buildings.
The more popular stories include that the tunnels were used to transport slaves through the Underground Railroad and that they were used to gain entrance to speakeasies, places where people could purchase alcohol during prohibition.
Steven Jansen, historian for the Watkins Historical Society, said there were tunnels running under Massachusetts Street from the river up to what is now Paradise Cafe. 728 Massachusetts St.
The tunnels were used to generate power using conveyor belts from the dam on the river, built in 1874. The river water made wheels in the dam rotate, spinning the conveyor belts. The belts ran through the tunnels to downtown businesses, providing power for machines.
Jansen said the tunnels were circular and about four to six feet in diameter. When it was converted to an electric dam in 1905, the tunnels stopped being used.
The parts of tunnels that remain were found over the years by owners of buildings on Massachusetts Street, leading to speculation about their uses. Janssen said people had asked him if they were used for the Underground Railroad.
Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., is one of the buildings with connections to the tunnels. The building was erected in 1911 over the foundations of previous build-
"The tunnels used to be continuous, but now because of construction, they just run in bits and spurs." Jansen said.
KIMBERLY THOMPSON/KANSAN
Behind the video counter in Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., is a staircase that leads to an extended basement of winding rooms.
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Binge drinking increases among college women says new study
By Leah Shaffer Kansan staff writer
The level of binge drinking on college campuses has remained static with one exception. When it comes to excessive drinking, the most recent study shows that women are catching up with men.
A study by the Harvard School of Public Health shows a 124-percent increase in the amount of binge drinking at the five all-women's colleges surveyed. The survey sampled nearly 17,600 students at 140 four-year colleges and universities. The study compared the data from 1993 through 2001, and defined binge drinking as "four or more drinks in a row, three or more times in the past two weeks."
James Grobe, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Kansas, said this increase in excessive drinking was part of a general trend in American culture. Grobe said disorders and bad habits, such as smoking and drinking, typically dominated by men were now demonstrated more and more by women.
"As cultural
"As cultural norms continue to evolve, the
norms continue to evolve, the social environment is putting pressure on women to behave in ways that men behave." James Groh
James Grobe assistant professor of psychology
social environment is putting pressure on women to behave in ways that men behave," he said.
Sara Behunek, Fort Collins, Colo., sophomore, said during her freshman year she worked up her tolerance to the point where she could drink 15 beers in one night.
"I know some girls that can out-drink guys," Behnek said.
The Harvard study found that 50 percent of men on campuses binge drink while 39 percent of women could be classified as binge drinkers.
At the University, according to the 2001 Campus Alcohol Survey, 43 percent of KU women reported having five or more drinks the last time theypartied while for men, the number was 67 percent. The survey was administered by
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