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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS STATE
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.102,NO.110
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1993
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(USPS 650-640)
Election issues voiced
Commission candidates address long-range plans for community programs
By Todd Selfert
Kansan staff writer
In a public forum Feb. 22, some candidates for the Lawrence City Commission were given the opportunity to list the first three issues they would address if elected.
Tomorrow's primary will harrow the field of 12 candidates to six. The general election will take place April 6. A majority of the issues the candidates listed dealt with
"Horizon 2020 deals with a lot of things," she said. "That's probably why it is an issue in the election. It not only deals with land-use, but also with other issues like economic development in both the city and out in the county. It's basically a blueprint of where the city and county want to go in the future."
long-range planning for a new issue discussed was Horizon 2020, a core plan for land-use in Douglas County.
Sheila Stogssill, a planner for the city and county, said Horizon 2020 was important because it would provide the county with a list of goals to accomplish by the year 2020.
County Stogdill said the document was supposed to be finished in September 1993, but would probably not be completed until sometime in spring 1994 because of attempts by the planning staff to incorporate citizens' opinions in the process.
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John Nalbandian, vice mayor, said another issue candidates were considering was public transportation.
"It's a big issue because there is so much money involved and because it would serve so few people," he said. "The city hired a firm to do a major study on the possibility of public transportation in Lawrence earlier this year. I don't remember what the expense of installing that system was exactly, but I remember that it would have forced a raise in taxes plus cost one-dollar per ride."
Chava Martens, Buhler sophomore, dances at the Brazilian Carnival, sponsored by the Spanish and Portuguese Club. The carnival was held in Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., on Saturday evening. Martens was one of 75 people who danced at the celebration.
Masked Dance
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Work begins on financial aid office
Doug Hesse / KANSAN
Joe Ramirez, facilities operations employee, tears down air ducts Friday at the new financial aid office in the east wing in the basement of Strong Hall. The entire project is expected to be finished in about four months. Construction began two weeks ago.
By Dan England Kansan staff writer
The start of the construction of a new financial aid office ended a long wait for both staff and students.
offector of which he began two weeks ago. Del Buono said that no one was sure when the new office would be completed, but that she hoped it would be done by the fall semester.
it seems like we've been talking about a new office for nine years," said Diane Del Buono, director of financial aid.
age room.
The old office has only one problem: It is too small. But that problem was enough to make students uncomfortable and to make it difficult for staff members to communicate. Del Buono said.
One said that when the office was busy, students would have to wait in the hallway, and as many as 10 students would try to stand in an office that could only hold four or five students
The new office will be in the east wing basement of Strong Hall, east of the current financial aid office.
Facilities operations is building the new office, and is in the process of clearing the way for the construction. The room being converted to the new office formerly was used as a storage room.
comfortably.
The crowded conditions made it hard for students who just wanted one question answered, she said. In addition, staff must ask some students questions about sensitive issues, such as their parents' divorces.
then parents to avoid. "Students got really uncomfortable answering those questions with other students breathing down their necks," Del Buono said.
New furnishings to the office during the last three years included seats outside the office so students could sit down while waiting, but they were just temporary solutions, Del Buono said.
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Julie Cooper, associate director of financial data, said she cannot sure if the noise of the construction would affect any of the people working in offices in Strong Hall. She said she had been bothered by noise from construction improvements in the enrollment office.
"Students shouldn't have to wait outside the office at all," she said.
wrote with a real hassle. "Becks said, 'I'm not clothed a harbish, but I felt uncomfortable.'
office at ah, she said.
Jackie Becks, Parsons freshman, said she remembered the beginning of the fall semester when the office was overcrowded.
"Sometimes you hear these noises and you don't know where they're coming from," she said. "But with the good stuff that comes out of it, you just deal with it."
Oread residents propose strict parking ordinance
By Will Lewis
Kansan staff writer
An ordinance drafted by the Oread Neighborhood Association that would restrict some parking northeast of campus to residents of the area could cause relief for some people and grief for others.
"These streets are very close to campus and are very congested," said Olga Torres, a Colombia graduate student who helped draft the proposal.
KU students and faculty who park in the area make it difficult for residents in the area to find a parking space near their homes.
The draft ordinance lists several advantages of having controlled parking, including reducing hazardous traffic conditions, facilitating accessibility to a parking space and promoting traffic safety and the safety of pedestrians.
"It seems like it's going to be a good thing for the neighborhood." Torres said.
Because the terms of the ordinance have not been finalized, residents should voice their concerns at the association's meeting at 7:30 p.m. March 10 at the Lawrence Public Library, said Jennifer Brown, coordinator of the association. A final draft then will be submitted to the Lawrence City Commission.
"At this point, we want to have a neighborhood meeting on it to get more discussion about it," Brown said. "Our perception is that people are parking on neighborhood streets. There's not much on-street parking for residents."
issuing new parking permits that would be required from 2 to 10 a.m. is the key to solving the problem, according to the draft ordinance.
the draft ordinance.
The permits would cost $20 and could be purchased by any tenant or owner of real estate in the area. Each living unit would only be allowed to purchase two permits. Guest permits could be requested through the Lawrence city clerk's office.
The permit system has been effective at other university towns, Brown said.
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The draft ordinance would not allow residents of scholarship halls to park in the area. The halls' residents park on the streets when their designated lots are full
the streets wherein Pat Cox, president of Stephenson Hall and Funningdon, Pa. sophomore, said the scholarship hall parking situation would be worsened if the halls were not included.
"Where else would we park?" Cox asked. "There's already overflow in the lots."
overflow in the lots."
Brown said she hoped this concern would be voiced at the
meeting.
"If that's a concern, we'd sure like to hear from students who have that concern," she said.
Many area residents are fed up with spending time hunting for a space.
she had to plan her day around it.
ing for its space. Kris McCusker, San Francisco graduate student, said parking was so bad around her home at 1212 Louisiana that she had to plan her
You won't leave the house between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Mr. McCusker said. "I have to restructure my entire day in order to do anything."
Although she does not mind walking, she said she should have a place to park.
it's a drag that this is my house, I pay the rent here and I don't have a place to park," she said.
Anne Wax,
Omaha, Neb..
junior, lives at 1235
Tennessee and said
that parking was
not a big enough
problem to require
a permit.
"You already pay enough in rent," Wax said. "It seems kind of ridiculous that you'd have to pay for parking, too."
Parking proposal
The Oread Neighborhood Association is proposing to limit parking in these streets to these streets to residents of the area only.
9th St.
Source: Oread Neighborhood Association
Jayhawks win state showdown
Recognizing women's history
The Kansas women's basketball team defeated Kansas State yesterday, and moved into third place in the Big Eight Conference.
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By Frank McCleary
Michaela Hayes, representative of Women's Student Union, said that when she was growing up, there was little emphasis placed on women's roles in U.S. history in classes and in text books.
Kansan staff writer
The month of March is designated as Women's History Month, a time to recognize some of those accomplishments that may have been missed.
"If the history wasn't about a man," Hayes said, "it was in a little blue box in the history book."
According to a 1988 Congressional resolution giving March of that year the title, the crucial roles women have played in economic, cultural and social aspects of U.S. society have often been overlooked.
And although they often have been leaders in movements for social change, their contributions have been undervalued, the resolution said.
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Hayes, Dallas junior, said this month's activities would serve as a supplement to what was taught in the classroom.
Sandra Albrecht, director of KU's Women's Studies Program, also said women's history had not been as recognized as much as white male history in the U.S. educational system.
"Much of what women have done has been invisible," Albrecht said.
She said she hoped that this month would help make people aware of women's contributions to history
related to women's history this month.
Barbara Clark, manager of Teresa Nova Books, 920 Massachusetts St., said the store would sponsor several activities
atted to women's history this month. "The store is going to help provide women with information," Clark said.
Ballard is on leave this semester to serve as a state legislator.
"Hopefully, one day there will be no need for a Women's History Month," she said.
honor, but lay her
Albrecht agreed, saying that women's
history needs to be integrated with all history.
Hays said that although it is important to have a month dedicated to women's history, recognition should not be just one month, but all year.
The Emily Taylor's Women's Resource Center also will sponsor three workshops for the month. Barbara Ballard, director of the center, said that the theme of its activities was "Discovering a New World: Women's History."
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will sponsor three workshops in March in observance of Women's History Month:
Thursday — "Power: Are Women Afraid of it ... Or Beyond It?" from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
march 10 — Women's Leadership Styles," from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
March 16 "Discovering a New World: KU through the Eyes of International Women Students," from 7 to 9 p.a. at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. The Office of International Student Services is co-sponsoring.