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Vol. 108 • No. 157
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Alcohol task force reaches few answers
Community leaders discuss deterrents to underage drinking
By Duane Wagler
Kansan staff writer
The first joint city-university task force meeting on alcohol abuse prevention yielded two hours of discussion without decisions.
Provest David Shulenburger, task force chairman, said that Monday's
wide-ranging discussion without consensus was expected.
"We're just beginning to talk," he said. "I think that's all right."
Data on community alcohol abuse will be gathered, he said. Shulenburger said that Ron Olin, Lawrence chief of police, would gather reports on driving under the influence and data about alcohol-related accidents by location and severity.
Mike Wildgen, Lawrence city manager, said that more statistics on alcohol abuse would be of limited value. He said that it would be more helpful to
take attitudinal surveys about alcohol use and to have a panel discussion on fake IDs.
"We ought to get to the meat of the issue," Wildgen said.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said the University of Kansas planned planned to conduct a random survey of undergraduate alcohol use and attitudes about it this fall.
Ambler said that a part of the survey would determine how common underage drinking was among students. The survey also would track patterns of abuse such as binge drinking.
"I think the only way people are going to learn is punishment."
Riley Scott
Student council president of Lawrence Hiah School
Shulenburger said he had compiled possible solutions from the literature task-force members had been given. Included were enforcement of existing laws, creation of alternative laws, more severe punishments, better alcohol education and the creation of alternative activities for students.
Riley Scott, student council president of Lawrence High School, said that alternative activities were ineffective in curbing alcohol use.
"I think the only way people are going to learn is punishment," he said. Kevin Yoder, student body president, said that it was important to acknowledge that students would find ways to drink.
Yoder said that more funding for programs like Saferide would be a good idea.
"There are so many different areas where people are violating the law," he said.
Saferide expands sober driver program
Shulenburger said that the task force would have its next meeting on Aug. 31.
By Liz Wristen
Kansan staff writer
Students who have had too much to drink will be asked to hand the keys to someone sober this fall.
The focus of the new program, an extension of Saferide, is to encourage students to designate a sober driver before going out.
"By expanding Saferide and focusing on a sober-driver program, we are hoping to focus on the safety initiative," said Kevin Yoder, student body president. "Through the expansion of Saferide, we are hoping to set up an ad campaign that would remind students of Saferide. This is set up in conjunction with the sober driver program."
Many Lawrence establishments have been asked to participate. Their participation will include offering free sodas to designated drivers and publicizing program awareness. Twelve establishments have already agreed to endorse the program.
"With the number of accidents that have occurred in the past six months, there has been mounting concern for safety," said Nicole Skalla, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels.
Cups and coasters with program information will be used at participating establishments. Books of matches also will be available at restaurants that will remind students of safe transportation.
Anyone with questions or concerns may contact Skalla at 864-4644.
The program will be funded by the Division of Traffic Safety for the Kansas Department of Transportation. The department will supply the cups, coasters and other materials for promotional use. Money from the University of Kansas transportation budget will be used to make informational fliers publicizing the designated driver program and Saferide.
Skalla said she hoped the promotional materials would encourage intoxicated students to use Saferide if they do not have a designated driver.
"The more awareness that students have, the more people will respond to these programs," Skalla said. "There has been an increase in the awareness, and students are realizing that there are more options they can choose from other than driving themselves."
The fairs will provide brochures and filers, as well as key chains with the program's logo, Skalla said. Students also may participate in a question-and-answer session where prizes will be given to students who can correctly answer questions taken from the brochures.
Senate studied a similar program at the University of Missouri-Columbia to establish the same concept at the University. Their program, Creatively Helping to Establish an Educated and Responsible Society, or CHERS, is funded by the Department of Public Safety Division of Highway Safety.
Information about the designated driver program and Saferide will be available throughout Hawk Week, Aug. 15 to 23. Information fairs will be Aug. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. on the Strong Hall lawn, Aug. 19 from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on Daisy Hill and Aug. 21 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kansas Union
Stained glass window vandalized
By Graham K. Johnson
Kansan staff writer
Jeff Kuykendall went to work Sunday but instead of repairing a damaged window, he had to talk to police about vandalism.
Kuykendall, a glass blower for the Phoenix Gallery, 919 Massachusetts St., arrived at Smith Hall around a.m. Sunday to repair a stained glass window damaged by vandals last April. Kuykendall said he noticed more damage to one of the window's panels and taunting graffiti. Kuykendall said he immediately reported the incident to police.
He said he found a half of a concrete cinder block on the ground outside the window. Kuykendall said he assumed that the block had been thrown at the top panels and then fallen outside. Still, Kuykendall said he was curious how the perpetrators did it.
"The part that is amazing to me is throwing something that high and hard
Jeff Kuykendall, a glass blower working for the Phoenix Gallery, scrubs dirt and residue off a panel from the Smith Hall "Burning Bush" stained glass window. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
enough to break through the window," Kuykendall said.
Tony Augusto, representative for the KU Office of Public Safety, said an estimated $1,800 in damage was done to both the stained glass window pane and the plate glass in front of it. Augusto said that the incident occurred between 3:15 p.m. Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
Augusto said that the KU Office of Public Safety was handling the investigation. He said that no information on suspects or motives was available, but that citizens with information or leads could call KU Crime Stoppers (864-TIPS). A $500 reward is being offered for information on the initial incident. A dollar amount for the second incident has not been set.
Marion O'Dwyer, owner of the Phoenix Gallery, said her company was hired by the owners of the building and the Friends of the Department of Religious Studies, to restore and to repair damage from the first incident. The window has been in place since 1966.
"We've already taken on the original repairs, so we'll just have to add this on to our work schedule." ODwer said.
The stained glass window in Smith Hall was damaged last Sunday for a second time by vandals, just as the initial damage was to be repaired. The hole in the window is in the second panel from the right. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
Kuykendall said he began work on the window Friday and had removed all the panels except the top row. He said they planned to replace the plate glass with safety glass in order to provide more protection for the window in the future.
Kuykendall said that although this new damage was less severe, it could add a week to the repair time because of the difficulty of removing the top windows. He said the original repairs were scheduled to take take two to three weeks. The original damage that occurred in early April, also involving a concrete block, was estimated at $1,700.
Kuykendall said he also found a message written in red lipstick on the window just above the cinder block that read, Too Bad. Dream on. (Expletive).
Kuykendall said he suspected that the message was directed at the restoration efforts and the that the vandalism was prompted by a Lawrence Journal-World article Saturday detailing their efforts. But Kuykendall said he would not let it
oother him.
"Whoever this is seems to be really determined to impress upon us that they are not going allow this window to be repaired," Kuykendall said. "But I am not going to take it personally. I wouldn't give them that satisfaction."
O'Dwyer said that she has repaired many stained glass windows, but rarely because of vandalism.
"It's always a shame when people have to express themselves violently," O'Dwyer said.
University libraries to move materials
By Elissa Harris Kansan staff writer
Three will relocate 300,000 less-used books,dissertations
If the University libraries could tell you about their troubles, you would get an earful about overcrowding. But relief is coming.
Beginning next month, about 300,000 materials will be moved from Watson, Murphy Art and Architecture and Spahr Engineering Libraries to the first floor of
Anschutz Science Library.
The move should begin during the first week of August, said Kent Miller, library facilities manager. It is likely to continue through the fall semester.
Maintaining good service depends on good organization. The libraries' staff members will inform each other every day about the location of materials, said William Crowe, vice chancellor for information services and dean of libraries.
Watson will be moving about 185,000 materials, most of which have not been checked out since 1979. Moving these books, journals and dissertations should provide space for new acquisitions during the next four years, Crowe said.
He said that University libraries
acquired two miles of materials every year.
"Moving the materials will be like passing an egg from one hand to another," Crowe said.
The materials being moved include older works of bibliography, library science, journalism, philosophy, psychology, religion, social sciences, language, anthropology, management, printing, railroads, theater and recreation.
Online materials will not relieve the libraries' needs for more space, Crowe said. It will be a long time before people are not dependent on printed materials, he added.
To fight the crunch for space, Murphy Art and Architecture Library has been installing compact shelving.
"We were one of the libraries that had reached almost 100 percent capacity," said Susan Craig, art and architecture librarian.
The art library is moving its least-used materials, Craig said. These include dissertations and theses written by KU students in the departments of art history, art, design and architecture and pre-1900 art-auction catalogs. Craig estimates the move will provide three or four years of growth space.
Sphar Engineering Library will move part of its dissertation collection.
The Senate Library Committee will begin making preparations this fall for another move in 2002.
More information on the move can be found at http://www.lib.ukans.edu.
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