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Friday, February 13, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
KC man,2 students hurt in wreck
Student brakes to avoid hitting empty police car
Two cars collide with a Douglas County Sheriff's vehicle on eastbound Clinton Parkway, Lt. Kevin Harmon left his car yesterday morning to chase a suspected criminal. The accident closed Clinton Parkway. Photo by Sean Holley/KANSAN
By Rannie Wachter
rwacher@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two University of Kansas students and a Kansas City, Mo., man were injured yesterday in an accident involving a Lawrence police car on Clinton Parkway.
Justin Jay, Lawrence junior, and Jennifer Oakson, Lawrence sophomore, were treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, 325 Maine St.
Sgt. Susan Hadi said the accident occurred at 10:40 a.m. in the
Max Roberts, a 63-year-old man was taken to the the University of Kansas Medical Center. He was treated in the emergency room at 2:30 p.m., and is in serious condition.
3300 block of Clinton Parkway, when a Jeep Cherokee going east in the right lane ran into the rear of a Geo Tracker.
Hadi said Roberts was driving the Tracker and Jay and Oakson were in the Cherokee.
Hadl said the Tracker was braking to change into the left-hand lane because a Lawrence police car was parked in the right lane.
"The car was parked with all its lights flashing." Hadl said.
She said the vehicle was parked
because the officer driving, Lt. Kevin Harmon, had just begun a foot chase of a suspected criminal.
"The officer spotted an individual who we were trying to arrest on warrants." Hadl said.
After being struck by the Cheroeke, the Tracker collided with the unoccupied police car. When the accident occurred, the officer stopped chasing his suspect.
Hadi said the suspect fled to the north and entered the area of La
Petite Academy, 3200 Clinton Parkway.
"There were kids on the playground, and the officer was telling the teacher that she should take her students inside the building." Hadl said.
Other officers were called to set up a security perimeter in the neighborhood when the accident happened.
Hadl said significant damage was done to the left rear section of the police car.
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Senate seeks options to fuel Saferide future
Suggestions include aid from city, bars
By Marc Sheforgen
msheforgen@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Saferide may be able to keep fuel in its tanks for years to come, if long-term financing comes through.
Student Senate is exploring three options to help finance the University's free service. By finding outside sponsorship, Senate will be able to budget less money to operate the service and will be less likely to increase student transportation fees in the near future.
Whitney Black, off-campus senator, is exploring financing options from Lawrence bars.
Black said a revenue option might be to advertise for local drinking establishments on the sides of Saferide vehicles.
Black and others plan to put a specific proposal together next week.
"Everybody loves Saferide, and I think a lot of bar owners would love to participate," she said.
Madel said she would like to see a program implemented where bars donated money according to how many of their patrons were served by Saferide in a month.
Peach Madel, owner of the Sandbar, 117 E. Eighth St., and the president of the Kansas License Beverage Association, said she and other bar owners would be interested in supporting Saferide.
A second option may be to get sponsorship from the local Anheuser-Busch distributor, McDonald Beverages. Molly McNearney, Nunemaker senator, has contacted Greg McDonald and said he had expressed interest.
Scott Kaiser, Senate transportation coordinator, said financing for Saferide was important but an alcohol-related sponsor might hurt Saferide's image.
Kaiser said the service's primary concern was to get students home safe, drunk or sober, and during the week most students were not returning from bars.
Michael Young, Nunemaker senator, said a third option would be to apply for tax revenue from the city.
The city has tax money available for alcohol education, prevention and treatment. Earlier this year, Senate applied for tax revenue to help finance Saferide, but was rejected on the grounds that the service did not meet the criteria.
None of the options are likely to affect this year's service.
Young said a reapplication effort showing Saferide fit the necessary criteria would increase the chances of the service receiving financing.
Student leaders lobby for Legislature money
By Brandon Copley
bcopley@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Dick Bond, Kansas Senate President, was talking policy with a pair of college students, one from Kansas State and the other from the University of Kansas. Eventually he had to ask.
"Isn't there a basketball game this weekend?" he said, in reference to tomorrow's game in Manhattan.
"A lot of times there's a perception that research and regional institutions are competing for everything they get," she said. "But there are issues we can unite and work together on, and that can only help our cause."
Samantha Bowman, Student Legislative Awareness Board director at the University, said informal conversation was important because it helped show that students from Regents institutions get along well.
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The students focused their discussions on technology enhancement and the Comprehensive Grant Program, both included in the governor's recommended budget.
The students were in Bond's office as part of the Regents' Lobby Day. Student leaders from the six Regents institutions spent the day lobbying for increased funding for technoloev and tuition grants.
The technology enhancement would provide $3.8 million from the state and $1.9 million from the universities to pay for equipment upgrades. The enhancement also creates an ongoing source of funds by promising two state dollars for every dollar raised by a student fee increase.
Student Body President Scott Sullivan, who spent the morning at lobby day, said the University hoped to benefit from the state's budget surplus of more than $300 million.
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"The two-for-one matching is something that will be around for years to come," he said. "We've been seeing the money provided for education go down every year, and this is a good opportunity to reverse that trend."
"Any time somebody goes out of the way to come and see us, we pay close attention because issues are obviously important to them," Sloan said.
Rep. Tom Sloan, R-Lawrence,
met with Tom Moore, Lawrence
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