UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday,March 16,1993
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Van gives KU students a lift
Service provides rides for disabled
By Vicki Bode
Venon staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Renee Knoeber/ KANSAN
Wendy Petier, Lincolnshire, Ill.
senior, broken her leg while sliding down a snow-packed campus hill two weeks ago.
Jon Flom, St. Louis senior, helps Keith Soh, Johor Baru, Malaysia, senior from the vehicle. The Lift Vantakes students with physical disabilities and injured students to and from their homes and classes.
But a transportation service financed by Student Senate and operated by the University's motor pool helps students like Peiler get to class.
The Lift Van provides transportation to students who are temporarily and permanently disabled from their homes to class, said Silvia Vargas, graduate assistant coordinator at the motor pool, which is a part of the University's facilities operations.
"If the student needs to be taken from class to class, we will do that, too." Vargas said. "We try to be very accommodated."
So accommodating that the van's drivers carry students' books and supplies to their classes.
Peiler said the van was dependable.
"They will get you to class no matter what," she said. "I don't know
what I would do if the van wasn't available. It would be impossible for me to take the bus."
The Lift Van, which started in 1979,
provides an alternative to the KU on
Wheels bus service, which does not
accommodate students in
wheelchairs.
The van service is available only to KU students. It costs $1 for each trip or is free for students who have a bus pass.
"A student can ride for one day or six months," Vargas said. "But, if a student is going to ride for more than two weeks, they need to bring a doctor's note."
students using the van had permanent disabilities, while 60 percent had temporary injuries.
Vargas said that 40 percent of the
Vick Helsel, manager at the motor pool, said the University was required by the Americans with Disabilities Act to provide transportation for students with disabilities.
The Lift Van transports about six students a day. It runs from 7:30 a.m. until the last student's class ends.
"If a student needs our service at night and we have a driver available, then we will take them," Vargas said.
we can take them, Vargas said. The Lawrence Bus Company has a lift van that is used when the motor pool's van is not available.
Students represent Morocco in mock league
By Brett Riggs
Students from 10 colleges simulated debate from the real League of Arab States at the regional conference, which was sponsored by the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations and Northwestern College.
Three KU students received honors this weekend in the University's debut appearance at the Model League of 28 States in Orange City, Iowa.
Kansan staff writer
Andy Nolan, Hutchinson sophomore, Jon Tevehouse, Coffeyville sophomore, Sami Aawad, Overland Parksenier, and Elizabeth Erickson, Lincoln, Neb., sophomore, made in the delegation that represented Morocco.
Nolan and Tevehole were voted secretary general and vice secretary general, respectively, for next year's event by the league's general assembly. The secretary generals are the presiding officers of the league.
Tevehode and Awad received recognition as outstanding speakers within their league councils. Tevehode represented the delegation in the political council, while Awad spoke for the delegation in the economic council.
are the presidents said but he
"I was surprised to be nominated because we had the smallest delegation," Tevehouse said. "But I think people respected us."
Erickson said the mock league allowed students to represent Middle Eastern nations and profess their actual viewpoints on certain Middle Eastern and international issues.
"We debate current Middle Eastern issues and policies," she said. "We write resolutions and try to get a consensus." Erickson sad she got the idea to participate in the league from her politics of the Middle East class.
"I respect the Middle Eastern culture," she said. "The conflicts they are currently trying to resolve will impact the rest of the world."
Tevehole credited the delegation's success to the research it did on Moroccan policies.
Both Tevehouse and Erickson agreed that the goal for next year was to increase KU's participation.
"We think KU made a strong start," Erickson said. "Next year we hope to represent two states."
ALL ROADS LEAD HOME TO THE HILL
ATTENTION, 1993 GRADUATES
Get ready for a SIX-MONTH FREE RIDE as an ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBER
■ Your membership trip begins with the SENIOR COOKOUT,
5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 21, in the Adams Center parking lot.
Sponsored by your Student Alumni Association
Tour the Center and activate your FREE SIX-MONTH LEARNED CLUB MEMBERSHIP.The Club is the perfect place to dine before or after Commencement exercises,before KU football games and whenever you're on campus. Sponsored by the Alumni Association
Then go west for the JAYHAWK JOG, a 5- and 10-kilometer road race for students and alumni, or the HAWK WALK, an untimed campus walk, 8 a.m., Saturday, April 24, starting at Nichols Hall on Campus West. Call 864-4760 to sign up. Sponsored by SAA
We will follow you with Alumni Association benefits, but be sure to LEAVE US YOUR NEW ADDRESS.
Last stop is the COMMENCEMENT BREAKFAST. 8 a.m., Sunday, May 16, for graduates and their families (program begins at 8:30). Sponsored by SAA, the Alumni Association and the Board of Class Officers
■ As you graduate, don't forget to take along your JAYHAWK BANK CARD, the only VISA or MasterCard that lets you show your 'Hawk heritage wherever you go.
Remember, wherever your new life takes you all roads lead home to the Hill. As an Alumni Association member you'll never be far away!
KANSASALUMNI
Watch for our brochure in the mail. For more information about the Jayhawk Bank Card call the First Bank Card Center at 1-800-222-7458.