FRIDAY,JAN.18,2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 3A
STACKING UP KNOWLEDGE
Megan Norris, Shawnee sophomore, keeps the shelves of textbooks and other required reading organized at University Book Shop, 1116 W.23rd. "Today was crazy," Norris said, referring to the rush at the store caused by the start of the semester.
Info fair brings campus groups to students
By Maggie Koerth Kansan staff writer
The Organizations and Leadership Info Fair is ready to turn the Kansas Union lobby into a flurry of activity as student groups set up booths to recruit new members.
The Info Fair is a way for students to find out what groups like KU Environs and the University Dance Company have to offer.
info fair
Father John Mack of the
The O&L Info Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
Orthodox Christian Fellowship said the fairs were the only way some students were able to find out the campus ministry existed.
"A lot of them wouldn't be able to find us if we didn't table." Mack said.
Melanie Hadley, St. Louis sophomore and president of the Christian Science Organization, said her group had not seen a lot of people.
"But we're always hoping for more," she said. "All they have to do is stop by."
The Info Fair will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
Contact Koerth at mkoren@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Kyle Ramsey.
Loophole in logging rules has neighbors concerned
By Sarah Finks
Kansan Staff Writer
Douglas County will soon have new logging regulations thanks to the work of two KU professors, but the regulations will come too late to save one tract of a forested bald eagle habitat near Lone Lake.
Terry Shistar, adjunct assistant professor of environmental studies, and Karl Birns, adjunct instructor of environmental studies, asked the Douglas County Commission on Monday to begin regulating logging after they watched their neighbor Dan Barrow, log 17 acres of protected forest.
The land lies within five miles of Clinton Lake, and state law designates land within five miles of Clinton Lake as habitat for bald eagles, which are protected under the federal Endangered Species Act and the Kansas Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation Act.
Normally, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks would issue a permit if a project affected the bald eagles' preferred habitats.
However, in this case the department could only require a permit had public funds been involved or if another agency had required a permit.
"If they're doing something with their own money on their own land, they can do what they want with their own land," said Chris Mam-
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moliTi, chief of the environmental services section of the department.
Barrow, who owns Barrow Trading Company in Denison, logged his 17-acre property at 661 E. Diagonal Road without obtaining permits and without plans for mitigation such as replanting trees or providing other habitat for the bald eagle.
"We had no violation of any permit process," he said. "We have nothing to defend ourselves about."
Barrow said he did not need a permit.
If the county commission enacts new regulations requiring a permit to log in Douglas County the department's permit process would be triggered in future cases.
The commissioners want to make sure there will be a clear distinction between commercial logging and personal use, and also
want to include an exemption for Christmas tree farming.
Keith Dabney, director of Douglas County Zoning and Codes, recommended a conditional use permit for commercial logging, which would include notifying property owners within so many feet of the operation, protecting streamways and possibly making them replant trees. Right now, neither the state nor Douglas County regulate commercial logging.
Shistar said she used to walk her dog in the area where the logging took place.
"If you came out here in the summertime and went under those trees, it stank," she said. "It smelled like a zoo or something because of all the bird droppings coming down from the trees, but it was really neat."
Bob Eye, an environmental lawyer based in Topeka, said the situation pointed out the weakness in critical habitat policy.
"From a policy perspective, it seems to me that the state's designation of critical habitat doesn't mean much if it only comes into play when another permit is applied for." Eye said.
Contact Finks at sfinks@kansan.com. This story was edited by Anne Mergenmeier.
Lied Center acts showcase variety of music, stars
By Jessica Tims Kansan staff writer
Students will have the chance to see country music star Willie Nelson, actor Danny Glover and the performing arts group Squonk at the Lied Center this spring.
But the center begins the second half of its season on Sunday, Jan. 20, with a performance by a group without as much fame the Phoenix Bassoon Quartet from the University of Costa Rica.
Upcoming shows
The quartet will come to the University because of a private invitation from Chancellor Robert Hemenway, said Jeff Weinburg, executive assistant to the Chancellor.
"The Chancellor issued an invitation to the group when he was in
Alice Walker 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. Free with ticket voucher. Vouchers will be handed out at 5:45 at the center the day of the show.
Danny Glover 7 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 7. Free with
ticket voucher. Vouchers
will be available at the Lied
Center box office, Student
Union activities and the
Murphy hall box office
starting Tuesday, Jan. 22..
Willie Nelson 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 30.
Tickets are $34-$40.
Tickets are $34.95
■ Nienna Freelon 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 14. Ticket
prices are $22-$27, half
price for students.
- Stomp 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Feb. 8, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 9, 2 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 10. Ticket prices are $34-$40, half price for students for matinee shows only.
matinee shows only.
Squonk 7:00 p.m. Tuesday,
March 12. Ticket prices are
$34-$40, half price for
students.
when we were San Juan, Costa Rica, two years ago," Weinburg said. "He was there for an academic symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of an academic partnership between the University of Costa Rica and the University of Kansas."
Willie Nelson's turn at the Lied Center stage is at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30. Nelson's concert is not a part of the center's series, which means the show's producers rented the stage for his show.
Alice Walker, the author of The Color Purple, will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 31. Danny Glover will speak Thursday, Feb. 7.
Grove will speak.
Michele Traband, ticket director for the center,
said both events were free with ticket vouchers. She
said the Lied Center Series this semester also
included the musical act Stomp, three-time
Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon and Squonk in
Biasmorgasbordwunderwerk.
"Stomp is popular because of its notoriety," Traband said. "It is still on Broadway and has been on all the late night talk shows."
Traband said that Squonk was a unique, carnival-like show that would bring together puppetry, dance, music and humor.
Tickets are available at the Lied Center box office, the Student Union Activities office in the Kansas Union or at the Murphy Hall box office. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster and tickets.com.
Contact Tims at jtims@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Henning.
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