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January 30,2003
Vol.113.Issue No.86
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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Parking petition bill passed
By Cate Batchleder
cbatchleder@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate will collect signatures for a petition to increase student parking in lots on campus.
The petition, which was approved at last night's Senate meeting, advocates that students be allowed to park in lots near Summerfield, Haworth and Malott halls and the Multicultural Resource Center at 5 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m., the current restriction.
Kristen Reinert, Lenexa senior, uses the MRC for its
computer lab in the late afternoons. Last semester, she drove to the MRC, but when she returned to her car, she saw the pink envelope containing a $20 parking
What happened: A bill was passed for a petition to request increased student parking next Summerfield, Haworth and Mallet halls. What it means: Parking lots 35 and 37 would open to student parking at 5 p.m. instead of 7:30 p.m. What's next? The petition will go to the Parking Commission for discussion at its next meeting in mid-February.
"If people have to pay $100 a year for a parking permit that probably doesn't even cover this parking lot, there's really no motivation to come here," she said.
ticket.
Reinert said the parking situation was not convenient and was not giving business to the center.
Reinert said part of the problem was that the sign informing drivers of the time restrictions was not visible.
Donna Hultine, director of the parking department
SEE SENATE ON PAGE 7A
Referee earns cash blowing her own whistle
Every face in the crowd and every name in the phonebook has a story behind it. Every week, Kansan writer Megan Hickerson tells the story of a randomly selected KU student.
By Megan Hickerson
Kansan staff writer
mhickerson@kansan.com
Kerry Hermes knows what she's talking about when she disagrees with a referee's call at a University of Kansas basketball game.
Faces in the Crowd
Hermes has been refereeing basketball games since her sophomore year in high school.
"I still wanted to be involved in the sport." Hermes said.
The White Bear Lake, Minn., sophomore had played basketball since she was 9 years old, and when she didn't make her school's basketball team her sophomore year, she got involved in refereeing. Hermes began refereeing alongside her dad, who referees in his spare time.
Hermes referees for fifth- and sixth-graders in the Lawrence public school system, which paid her $8 per game.
Hermes found out about refereeing in Lawrence at her sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta.
"It's an easy way to make some cash," Hermes said. "All I had to do was go to a meeting."
Hermes prefers refereeing fifth- and sixth-graders because they know how to follow the rules, but they aren't too serious about it.
"It's pretty laid back because they are not that competitive yet," Hermes said. "It's mostly developmental."
SEE HERMES ON PAGE 7A
Andy Samuelson/Kansan
Kerry Hermes, White Bear Lake, Minn., sophomore, referees basketball games for fifth- and sixth-graders in the Lawrence public school system. She has refereed since she was in high school.
As deadline nears, project looms
Adrienne Stallman, Naperville, Ill., senior, strings up her loom. Stallman is a textile design major and said completing a piece took her about 24 hours, sometimes longer. Stallman spent yesterday afternoon weaving a 4-foot-by-4-foot border for her textile project in the Art and Design building.
Brandon Baker/Kansan
New student travel agency moves into Kansas Union
By Kelley Weiss
By Kelley Weiss
kweiss@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Kevin Liu, STA employee, outlines the travel itinerary for Kelly Mipanyarack, Kansas City, Kan., senior, who is leaving for Italy over spring break. STA, a travel agency on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union, opened in December.
The University of Kansas Memorial Corporation is bringing business to the Kansas Union to increase the services available to students and make them more accessible.
There is more space in the Union from renovations, David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said. An STA travel agency moved in on the fourth floor, and other businesses are on the way.
"The travel agency is geared toward the students," Mucci said. "We want to make the Union more attractive, youthful and viable."
Kellev Weiss/Kansan
The STA travel agency is in the space Mail Boxes Etc. used to occupy. The printing and mail service store could not sustain itself, Mucci said.
Enticing students who might not think about traveling is the goal of STA, Mucci said. STA acquired Council Travel, a former Lawrence business, after it went out of business last spring.
The new ownership and location has helped business, Kevin Liu, STA employee, said. He said about 20 people use STA services every day.
"STA is in a better location because of walk-by visibility for students," Liu said, "and our daily sales have increased compared to Council Travel."
Kate Harding, president of the Memorial Corporation, helped make the decision to bring STA travel to the Union. About a year ago, STA approached the board with an offer to move into the space.
The purpose of the Union is to offer students services, Harding said. STA is more accessible because students don't have to go off campus and there is more parking.
Kelly Mipanyarack, Kansas City senior, said she had used the student travel services before and thinks they have good prices.
"It's much more efficient for me
because I go through the Union a lot on my way to my car," she said.
Bringing new business to the Union is a goal. Mucci said.
In mid-February, a Great Clips will open on the third floor. At the beginning of March, a T-mobile cell phone operation will also open on the third floor.
There is a third space open for a new business, but the Union has yet not been able to find someone to fill it, Mucci said.
Edited by Melissa Hermreck
Alumnus lands job producing cable show
By Lauren Britow
lbristow@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
As he walked past Strong Hall on a snowy December night in 1989, Stewart Bailey thought about how much he would miss the University of Kansas. He had just finished his last final exam and was uncertain about what his future would bring.
Now, 13 years after his graduation, Bailey finds himself as the coexecutive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. He was promoted to the position in December.
"I hope they don't ever catch on that I'm not really that smart or funny. Then I won't have a job."
Stewart Bailey Co-executive producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
"It's insane to pretend I have this title. You just kind of pinch yourself," Bailey said. "I hope they don't ever catch on that smart or funny. They
ever catch on that I'm not really that smart or funny. Then I won't have a job."
Two weeks after his KU graduation, Bailey, a Topeka native, found himself on a plane to New York City with a one-way ticket, $200 and an interview with NBC. The interview was for a job as a page at the NBC studios.
Bailey said that after he found out the show interviewed 2,500 people each year and hired only 50, he wished he would have gotten a round-trip ticket. "For some reason I thought the job was a much bigger deal than it really was," Bailey said.
Bailey considers himself fortunate that he got the job at NBC. He worked odd jobs to supplement his minimal income from NBC and lived off a $2-a-day food allowance. He could afford a hot dog and a Diet Coke from street food vendors, Bailey said.
Sarah Bailey, Stewart's mother, said he was sleeping on a friend's couch." The bathroom was down the hall," she said. "It definitely wasn't prime New York living space."
After his job as a page, Bailey went on to work for shows such as Saturday Night Live and Late Show with David Letterman.
Bailey said working for the Late Show was fun because he was a fan of what he was doing. "I would see Letterman's desk and say to myself, 'Wow,' Bailey said. "It was kind of amazing."
Bailey said his love of news and comedy led him to the job at The Daily Show. Bailey worked on a previous Jon Stewart show on MTV, and when Stewart moved to Comedy Central, Bailey immediately applied for and received a position. Bailey has worked for the show about six and a half years, he said. One of the most visible responsibilities Bailey has at the comedy news show is producing field pieces with correspondents.
Bailey said he felt good in his current position. He doesn't think that success should be measured in monetary values but rather personal satisfaction.
"You have to feel good about what you are doing," Bailey said. "Yes, titles are nice, but that isn't everything."
Even now, Bailey still keeps up on the University, especially Jayhawk basketball. One of Bailey's most memorable moments while at the University was when the basketball team won the National Championship in 1988.
Edited by Julie Jantzer
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