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Wednesday, June 9. 1993
UNIVERSITY DALLIY KANSAN
Traffic west of KU sparks road survey
By David Stewart Special to the Kansan
The Lawrence City Commission responded to the complaints about drivers who take short cuts between Iowa Street and West Campus Road with a professional analysis of the area.
Tom Swenson, project manager of Kansas City, Mo.-based JBM Consulting Engineers, said the firm would review the number of drivers who use University Drive and Stratford and Harvard roads rather than using the 15th Street intersection.
The analysis, which will cost $10,950, should be completed in six weeks, he said. All other roads also need to be constructed, too, both will be included in the study.
Allen Wiechert, director of Facilities Planning, said the results of this study would help reduce traffic in the residential neighborhoods east of Iowa Street along University Drive and Harvard and Stratford roads.
Lawrence Mayor John Nalbandian said the city would work with the University to make sure that proposed
changes for roads on and around campus will coincide with the University's own plans.
According to Nabandian, some residents who live on University Drive and Stratford Road have complained about the volume of traffic.
"Some of the people wanted to close the streets," Nalbandian said. "They wanted to put cul-de-sacs at Iowa and Stratford and at Iowa and University."
Mike Wilden, city manager, said it would be at least six months before any changes were made.
A more perfect Union
James Carrasco, Hays, lays brick in front of the Kansas Union, Carrasco, who is employed by DNS Masony, said he thought the renovation would be done by mid-July.
Janitor olympic events pique David Letterman's attention
By Carlos Tejada Special to the Kansan
Derek Mitchell, a former employee of the Facilities Operations' housekeeping department, never thought his experience polishing floors and cleaning with sponges might land him on national television.
But on May 18, Mitchell and his former coworkers took part in "Take the Plunge," the University of Kansas' first custodial olympics. Unlike their everyday work, 63 custodial workers threw sponges and maneuvered floor waxers for competition instead of pay.
Mitchell and his teammates won the first-place trophy.
"I was the big mouth of the whole group, but it was a team effort," he said.
The event, which was picked up by the Associated Press wire service, caught the attention of the production staff of the NBC variety show "Late Night with David Letterman," which requested videotape footage, said Dianna Beeber, assistant director of housekeeping and chairperson of the event.
Beebe said members of the day and night shifts of the housekeeping department formed seven teams. The teams played catch with wet
sponges, tossed polishing pads for distance and accuracy, pulled each other in mop buckets and guided floor waxers through obstacle courses.
The olympics, which took place in Anschutz?
Sports Pavilion, were intended to boost morale
and bring the day and night shifts together.
Beebe said.
"It was an introductory, get-your-feet-wet, activity," she said.
Facilities Operations got the idea from Don Aslett, a guest speaker who was scheduled to speak on what was originally just "Custodian Appreciation Day." Aslett, owner of Varsity Contractors, holds "custodial rodeos" for his own company. The department set up the olympics patterned after similar events at Texas A & M and the University of Texas.
Beebe said the olympics might become an annual event but would last a full day rather than this year's half-day event.
"Late Night with David Letterman" saw the AP story and called University Relations and Facilities Operations to request a tape, said a representative for the show.
Although the Letterman staff has not yet received the tape, the representative said the sounded as if it had the potential to be funny and entertaining.
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