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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Tuesday
February 17, 1998
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Vol. 108 • No. 101
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New proposal would fine students who run booths
By Marc Sheforgen
msheforgen @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
(USPS 650-640)
The parking board approved a plan to fine students without on-campus parking passes who are caught disregarding stop signs at traffic information booths.
The plan ultimately will have to be approved by Chancellor Robert Hemenway, but Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking services, said she expected it to clear without any problems and go into effect in August.
The plan would require parking attendants to warn drivers caught passing by the booths the first time. They would take down the booth runner's license plate number on the second offense, and fine the person $65 on the third offense.
But some students said the plan would not slow them down when they approached the booths.
Hultine said that the campus was too congested with illegally parked cars and that the threat of a fine probably would deter people from running the booths.
"I don't think we're going to have to issue a lot of tickets," she said. "I think that once the word is out, people just won't do it."
Brad Likens, Overland Park junior, said he had been driving through the booths about once a day for the last two years and that even with the new plan, he would not stop.
"They're not going to be able to stop anybody," Likens said.
He said that he thought a fine already had existed but that he ran by the booths anyway.
"If the parking situation around campus wasn't so asinine, people wouldn't have to run the booths," he said.
Likens said he agreed that the campus was too congested but that the answer was to open more parking spaces elsewhere.
"I don't think they could take down my license plate number in the time it takes me to go through there," he said.
Jon Heinz, Minneapolis, Minn., junior, said the new plan would be effective at stopping booth runners. But he said he would continue to drive past the stop sims.
BOOTH RUNNER BUST
First offense: verbal warning
Second offense: record license plate number; written warning mailed to driver
Tired of thieves?
Avoiding bike theft
Simply fastening a kryptonite U-lock on your bike won't necessarily keep your property from being stolen. Many bicycles are locked improperly, allowing thieves to remove them from where they have been parked.
Third offense: $65 fine
Andrew Rohrback/KANSAN
Bicycle owners: lock up wheels
Bv Laura Roddv
roddy@kansan.com
Kanson staff writer
Megan Strahan, Salina sophomore,
just wants her bike back.
Strahan discovered Sunday morning that her bike had been stolen from a Lewis Hall bicycle rack.
Strahan said she was not sure if she would buy another bicycle.
"I'm kind of scared to leave it out there for so long." she said.
Thirty-three bicycles were reported stolen to the University of Kansas police in 1997. Twenty-one were taken from Daisy Hill residence halls, and seven were taken from other KU residential locations. Five were stolen from other nonresidential campus locations.
To prevent bicycle theft, KU police recommends that bicyclists use a U-lock. To properly use a U-Lock, riders must remove the front wheel, place it toward the back of the bike and put the lock through both wheels and the frame.
pus were not secured with U-locks.
Sgt. Chris Keary of the KU police said that many of the bicycles stolen on cam-
"No lock is totally secure," he said. "Anybody can get through any lock with enough time."
Dan Hughes, manager of Sunflower Outdoor and Bike Shop, 844 Massachusetts St., estimated that the store sold 1,000 locks each year. The bike shop will be moving back to its original address at 804 Massachusetts St. in a week and a half.
U-locks range in price from $25 to $60. The store's cable locks, which are smaller and less expensive, range from $10 to $20.
Hughes offered some theft prevention advice to bicycle riders. The most important thing is that students always lock their bicycles, he said.
"You're better off to take the two minutes to lock up." he said.
Hughes also recommended that riders lock their bikes in well-lighted, well-traveled areas and try not to park in the same location every day.
The policy encourages students to register their bicycles with the City of Lawrence. Bike stickers can be obtained from the KU Police Department, Student Union Activities or the Lawrence Police Department for 25 cents.
Kim Grassmeyer, assistant director for the department of student housing, said that although students may take bicycles to their rooms, all of the University's residence halls had bicycle racks.
University policy does not allow students indoor space for bicycle storage, nor does it permit students to hang bicycles from walls, ceilings or pipes in their rooms.
Bike theft locations
Daisy nil
Ellsworth Hall 6
McColum Hall 6
Hashinger Hall 4
Lewis Hall 5
Other residences
Oliver Hall 2
Amini Hall 2
Jayhawker Towers 2
Stouffer Place 2
Other buildings
Marvin Hall 1
Wescoe Hall 1
Allen Field House 1
Robinson Center 1
Murphy Hall 1
National Panhellenic visits University
By Carl Kaminski
The committee, which meets once every two months at its headquarters in Indianapolis, came to the University after an invitation from the Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta and Gamma Phi Beta sororities.
ckaminski@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Carl Rammski
ekminski@kminski.com
The National Panhellenic Conference Executive Committee convened for the first time at a college campus when it visited the University of Kansas last night.
Kansan staff writer
The committee spent the day with sorority chapter presidents and KU faculty and alumni.
At 7 p.m. at the Lied Center, members of the committee discussed the role they played while working with sororities around the world. The committee also addressed questions from sorority women.
The national committee is made up of five representatives. They are Chairwoman Lissa Bradford of Kappa Alpha Theta, Secretary Marian Williams of Kappa Kappa Gamma, Treasurer Sally Grant of Alpha Phi, College
Each sorority at the University submitted two questions to the committee members before they arrived. The discussion focused on answering those questions.
Sarah Remley, Prairie Village senior and former president of Kappa Alpha Theta, said she had been in contact with Bradford, a former member of Kappa Alpha Theta, because Bradford was the panhellenic representative for her chapter.
Committee Chairwoman Elizabeth Quick of Gamma Phi Beta and Chairwoman of Alumnae Maureen Svind of Delta Gamma.
Remley said the University's Panhellenic Association helped her bring the committee to the University.
"No one has even asked them before to do it," said Kristen Merchant, Lenexa junior and Panhellenic Association vice president for interfraternal affairs.
Williams said she was impressed with the University's Panhellenic Association because it was one of the best in the country and because it still was trying to improve.
"It's a very mature Panhellenic Association that wants outside resources to come in and help." she said.
The members of the committee travel around the country promoting sorority membership and addressing issues among greek systems.
"We try to get the word out that belonging to a sorority has a positive influence on your life." Grant said.
Lindsey Lundholm, Omaha, Neb., senior and a member of Gamma Phi Beta, introduces Betty Quick, college panhellenic committee chairwoman. The National Panhellenic Conference Executive Committee spoke at 7 p.m. yesterday at the Lied Center. Photo by Jav Sheard/KANSAN
Politician to expound education philosophy
By Sara Anderson
sanderson@kansan.com
Konson staff writer
Daniel will speak on the topic of, "Liberation Education: A Strategy for the 21st Century." at 7 p.m. The event is free.
Missouri Rep. Lloyd Daniel, author and poet, will convey one of the messages of African-American History Month tonight at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
Julius Williams, assistant director at the Office of Minority Affairs, said Daniel was a pro-active speaker and would have
Deniel: Will discuss education strategies for the 21st century.
a positive effect on students.
"He's based in a pro-Blae, pro-ideal ideology, which focuses on what we can do, rather than blaming others," Williams said. "With that positive attitude, his information is presented in the same manner. He has a keen set of values and puts together a good intellectual package."
Daniel said the focus of his program would relate to the concept that in the 21st century, schools would need to deal with how to think and analyze instead of what to put on a test.
"It's around the concept of life-long learning and about empowering learners to move into a position where they can think for themselves and analyze, not just go for a job but how to start a business," Daniel said.
Daniel said that because the theme of the month was entrepreneurship and economic development, he would focus on how alternatives could be used effectively.
"We'll also talk about how people of color, women and working class people in general can use alternative leaning models inside of schools, but especially in a community-based and media-based fashion, to further their access to power and to build their own value structure," Daniel said.
"They will see that he's sincere, charismatic, compelling and continues to struggle for historical accuracy," Williams said.
Williams said students would appreciate Daniel's earnest and honest approach.
Daniel is vice chairman of the Missouri House of Representatives Committee on Tourism, Recreation and Cultural Affairs.
Daniel also has published three books and taught at several institutions including the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
He also serves on House committees for appropriations, for natural and economic resources, for social services, Medicaid and the elderly and for ways and means.
Daniel will receive a $1,200 fee for speaking and is sponsored by the Black Student Union and Student Senate.
Correction
An article in yesterday's Kansan incorrectly identified Allison Arbuckle as a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. Arbuckle is a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Correction
4
Because of a reporter's error, the front page of yesterday's Kansas incorrectly listed Myers Retail Liquor, 902 W. 23rd St., among five establishments in the Lawrence area involved in a string of robberies. Casey's General Store in Perry was among those five stores robbed and was left out of the story.