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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2002
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WWW.KANSAN.COM
ISSUE 101 VOLUME 112
Fewer donors at drive
Lack of advertising Sept.11 cited for decline since last fall
By Caroline Boyer Kansan staff writer
When the Red Cross called Amy Paquette to let her know about the blood drive on campus this week, she quickly decided she should come and donate blood.
"I like that it stays in the area, because I always hear that it's the small communities that have a low supply and shortages." Paquette, Deland, Fla. senior, said.
Lawrence is experiencing those problems as only about 80 people donated to the blood drive at the ballroom in the Kansas Union. The
American Red Cross and the Community Blood Center are playing host to the drive. It continues for the rest of the week, with the help of volunteers from the Interfraternity Council, Panhellenic Association, Association of University Residence Halls, Kansas University Athletic Corporation and the All Scholarship Hall Council.
Judy Green, blood drive coordinator for the Red Cross, said so far there were fewer donors compared to the drive in October. She said they normally had about 200 people a day.
"The numbers are down, and definitely last semester there were more in response to 9/11." Green said. "It's been a challenge to get the donors back."
Ben Kirby, vice president of philanthropy and community service for the Interfraternity Council, said he hoped students would be able to get to the drive to donate, but if the turnout was
lower, it would reflect the lack of advertising in the University Daily Kansan.
"I think that will probably prove to Student Senate how important it is to advertise in the Kansan," Kirby, Dallas sophomore, said.
Student Senate rejected a proposal to fund the advertising earlier this month because of the Federal Drug Administration's policy of prohibiting homosexual males from donating
"Our greek marketing team has kind of put forward a greater effort to publicize the drive by chalking the sidewalks and getting out to more radio stations." Kirby said.
Amanda Storm, donor recruitment representative with the Community Blood Center, said that they were currently working on less than a two-day supply.
Storm said the drive at Oliver Hall only yielded 65 donors, and normally
Locations for the Blood Drive:
today and tomorrow
a.m. to 5 p.m., Kansas
Union Ballroom. Noon to 6
p.m., McCollium Hall.
Thursday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Allen Fieldhouse. Noon to 6
p.m. McCollum Hall.
Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Allen Fieldhouse. Noon to 6
p.m., Gertrude Sellars
Pearson-Corbin Hall.
For more information call
810 659 3000 or 1 298 GIVELVE
843-5383 or 1-800-GIVELIFE.
Source: The Panhellenic Association.
SEE BLOOD DRIVE ON PAGE 5A
they had about 120 donors.
Jewish students celebrate Purim holiday
By Maggie Koerth Kansan staff writer
Andrew Zidel wore a purple bathrobe and a crown to the Kansas Union yesterday. "Hag smach, happy holidays!" he called to people as he passed out hamentaschens, traditional Jewish cookies.
The former KU student was there to educate people about Purim, a yearly Jewish holiday, that took place yesterday.
"Purim is a great holiday." Zidel said. "It's like a mixture of Mardi Gras and Halloween."
Purim celebrates the story of Queen Esther of Persia, who risked her life to save her people from the plots of Haman, the king's adviser.
Zidel said Purim was a unique holiday, because of its feminist slant and its lively nature.
"There are four requirements for celebrating Purim," Zidel said. "First we listen to the story of Esther. Then we give food to our neighbors and gifts to the poor. We're also supposed to have a festive meal with more wine than usual."
"Queen Esther, a woman, is the heroine of this holiday. She's the one who acted to save the Jewish people," he said. "A lot of Jewish holidays are really serious. Purim is all about celebration. We're commanded to have a party."
Zidel said costumes were also a big part of the holiday.
"People dress up like characters from
SEE PURIM ON PAGE 5A
Read the recipe for hamentaschens.
AARON SHOWALTER/KANSAN
Evan Mielke, 11, reacts to the mention of a character's name during a reading from the Book of Esther last night at the Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Dr.
MAKING A LIVING
Delivery driving popular way to earn cash, pay rent
Casey Boyer, Lawrence sophomore, delivers a Yello Sub sandwich to a customer on Ohio street. "Normally we get tipped OK," Boyer said."But there are also times when we have to drive all the way out to say, north Michigan only to get tipped 11 cents."
AARON LERNER/KANSAN
By Erin Adamson Kansan senior staff writer
With a student population eager to have dinner brought to the front door comes a demand for food delivery drivers.
Delivering everything from pizza to sub sandwiches pays the bills and brings in spending money for many KU students. Drivers can make about $10 per hour with tips, driver's reimbursement and hourly salaries. Many delivery drivers in Lawrence are also students.
Extra cash and the desire for the solitude of his own car prompted Tim Zepick to become a pizza delivery driver for Papa John's Pizza, 2233 Louisiana St. The Wichita senior and University Daily Kansan advertising staff member said he heard from a friend that drivers made good money, and he could listen to his own music while he worked.
Zepick estimated that for the five months he worked for Papa John's Pizza he made $10 an hour on average, including his salary and tips.
One challenge to delivery driving can be wear and tear on the car. Most employers reimburse drivers for transportation costs and a pay set amount for each delivery made. Yellow Sub and Papa John's reimburse about 30 cents per mile for gas. Zepick said car maintenance had not been a problem for him.
Tenants have legal option to get out of leases
SEE DELIVERIES ON PAGE 12A
Aimee Bauer is tired of trying to get maintenance to fix her apartment. In fact, she wants to move out.
Bauer, Great Bend sophomore, had a broken bathroom vent, and when maintenance workers fixed the vent, she said they tore a hole in the ceiling of her apartment at
By Melissa Shuman Kansan staff writer
George Waters, president of George Waters Management, which manages Eastview Apartments, said he hired private contractors to handle maintenance requests.
Eastview Apartments, 1025 Mississippi St.
"They said they would come back and get some stuff to fix it, and they've never come back yet," she said.
"We try to get things fixed right away," Waters said. "But it's a human company, and sometimes things slip through the cracks. We prioritize requests, and something serious like a smoke detector would be fixed the same day."
Bauer and her boyfriend share the $405 per month, one-bedroom apartment. She said she had
WINTER BITES BACK
SEE LEASING ON PAGE 5A
CHRISTINA NEFF/KANSAN
Carolyn Willis, lecturer in Spanish and Portuguese, tries to keep warm while walking through the snow on campus. Temperatures plummeted yesterday after climbing to more than 70 degrees Sunday.
Network officials talk to students about usage limits
By Mike Gilligan Kansan staff writer
More than 40 students attended the meeting at the Networking and Telecommunication Services conference room in McColum Hall.
John Lewis, director of NTS, said students began complaining to NTS after a November decision to limit the extent to which students could use file-sharing applications like Morpheus. Lewis said this decision was made because the increase in network traffic was limiting bandwidth for academic use.
Residence hall students and University officials met last night in an attempt to ease tensions over bandwidth restrictions that were put in place last November.
INSIDETODAY
Lewis, who also serves as assistant vice chancellor of Information Technology, explained the problem faced by NTS was an increase in Internet usage over the last five years. He said the University has been unable to keep up with increased demand.
"We don't have enough money to buy more bandwidth," he said. "That's the problem we have right now."
Bandwidth is the amount of user traffic a network can carry. Lewis said downloading pictures and mp3s from the Internet contributed to the increased use of bandwidth. He said students began downloading even larger files last fall, such as movies. The demand for bandwidth for these uses became so great that academic uses were being constrained.
"NTS and ResNet presented the problem of the limited bandwidth to the University of Kansas which decided to limit the use of applications that were not academic."BILKlein, assistant director of NTs, said.
Limiting the applications was intended to speed up the Internet for students using the Web for academic research.
Students said they were upset by the decision. Noor Newman, Wichita freshman, left in the middle of the meeting.
"We weren't given any notice that certain sites would be limited," said Newman. "If my Internet was with another company that wouldn't happen."
Bill Klein, assistant director of NTS, said specific Internet sites were not limited or censored, but certain applications that share files over the Internet were limited. He also said students were given notice of the limiting of certain applications.
Lewis said limiting the applications would only slow them down, but students disagreed.
"They said they limited the use, but you can't even connect to some sites." she said.
One purpose of the meeting was to produce a student committee that would have input into future decisions.
Ann Ermey, ResNet coordinator, said 21 students signed up to be on the committee. ResNet is a branch of NTS. The next meeting, which will include the new student committee will be held on March 11 at the NTS Conference Room.
WORLD NEWS ...10A
NATION NEWS ...8A
WEATHER ' ...6B
CROSSWORD ...6B
Contact Gilligan at mgilian@kansan.com. This story was edited by Kyle Ramsay.
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