CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Thursday, February 24,1994 3 CAMPUS BRIEFS Taking the cake was a crime: Kitchen raiders to go to court Two students were arrested and charged Monday with petty larceny for stealing food early Sunday morning from the kitchen of Ammi Scholarship Hall, KU police reported. Michael Lang, St. Louis freshman, and Terence Jesse, Lawrence freshman, were accused of stealing a box of cake mix and some packages of cocoa mix from Amini's kitchen at about 4 a.m. Sunday. Kami Thomas, assistant director of student housing, said that she had decided not to press charges at the time but that she had changed her mind Monday. "Some new information had become available in regard to the case," Thomas said. "I reserve the right to change my mind." The case will be handled through municipal court. Jesse said he had called Thomas and had told her that he had eaten in the Amini kitchen before. "I guess that's what set her off." he said. "She didn't like that, that we'd been there before." Jesse said that Jason Hatfield, Salina junior and Amini proctor, Steve Maceli, Lawrence graduate student and director of neighboring Grace Pearson Scholarship Hall, and the KU police officer involved had told him that there probably would not be criminal charges. "I called her and tried to find out why she was making such a big deal of this, but she was adamant about pressing the charges," Jesse said. Jesse said he had received a call from the Lawrence police department on Monday. He thought it was just to clear things up, he said. "They started to read me my rights, and I just laughed," he said. "I mean I couldn't believe it. A friend told me they couldn't take me to court unless it was at least $20 worth of goods. What we took amounted to less than $10." Last night's panel discussion, "Impediments to Black Empowering: Past and Present," was postponed because of snow and has been rescheduled for March 9, said Amber Reagan-Kendrick, organizer of Black History Month events. Union as planned but that she had not yet been able to reserve a specific room. History Month event is rescheduled Reagan-Kendrick, program assistant for the Office of Minority Affairs, said that the rescheduled event would be held in the Kansas One of the panelists, Flecia Thomas, the director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Washburn University, would have had to drive from Topeka last night. Cliff Wiley, the scheduled moderator of the event, lives in the Kansas City area and couldn't make it to Lawrence, Reagan-Kendrick said. Most students probably do not remember the trip to the high school principal's office as the most pleasant experience of their adolescence. Officials from about 300 school But 400 to 500 KU students are expected to volunteer to meet with their former principal, high-school counselor or community college president at today's 45th annual Principal-Counselor-Student and Community College Conference in the Kansas Union. Students,former educators to meet Officials from about 300 schools — mostly from Kansas — are expected to attend the conference, said Nancy Blackburn, assistant director of admissions and conference coordinator. She said the conference would give regional high-school counselors and principals and community college presidents a chance to talk with former students about their preparation for and adjustment to the University. The conference also allows officials to get information about how to prepare their students for the transition to college, Blackburn said. "If they come in prepared, they will more than likely be more successful once they get here," she said. Conferences will be held from 10:30 a.m. to noon today in various rooms at the Union. Most engineering classes to stop for Expo Most engineering classes will be canceled after 2:30 p.m. today and all day tomorrow for the Engineering Expo. The annual event showcases students' work, and 55 high schools from across the state are expected to attend. The Expo will be held A representative of the office of the dean of engineering said that some professors might continue classes and that students were encouraged to check with their professors. from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow at Learned Hall. Projects to benefit pedestrians Crosswalk signals, sidewalks included in Lawrence budget The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday night approved placing pedestrian-activated signals on Iowa Street where it intersects, 15th and 19th streets. So instead of waiting for a break in traffic on Iowa Street, stu dents would be able to walk across the street at both intersections shortly after pushing a button. By Cheryl Cadue Kansan staff writer Compiled from Kansan staff reports Crossing Iowa Street may become a little easier. The commission also approved repairs to the sidewalk and stairs on 12th and Mississippi streets. David Woosley, city traffic engineer, said that the city had approved the signals and repairs because many KU students walked across the busy intersections and because many people used the sidewalk on 12th Street to attend KU football games. Jennifer Brown, coordinator of the Oread Neighborhood Association, said that the association had wanted the city to repair the sidewalk on 12th and Mississippi streets but that past association requests that had been approved had never been completed because of a lack of funds. "The project estimates haven't been done," Wildgen said. "It's possible the money will cover the cost of the projects. Hopefully, we'll get the projects completed this year." $35,000, additional costs could send the price tag past $50,000. In such a case, some of the projects may not be completed. Mike Wildgen, city manager, said the projects and four additional projects had a combined budget of $50,000. He said that though the initial estimated cost of the projects was "It's a frustration to have such a large part of the city's budget going into street improvement and such a relatively small portion going to pedestrian and bicycle-improvement projects," she said. Each year the association submitted repair requests to the Lawrence Traffic Safety Commission because the sidewalks in the Oread neighborhood are heavily used, Brown said. "This is partly due to a drainage problem and partly because of a lot of pedestrian traffic," she said. "Students use it a lot to get to classes, and people also use it to get to games at the stadium." Tom Leininger / KANSAN Let it snow Jian Liu, Beijing, China, graduate student, walks through the snow on the sidewalk in front of Strong Hall. Snow blanketed Lawrence yesterday, and more is expected for the rest of the week. Liu said that he preferred winter to summer because of the cooler temperatures. Conference gives ideas on keeping campuses green By Ashley Schultz Kansan staff writer Five representatives from the University of Kansas attended a conference on campus environmental impacts this weekend in New Haven, Conn. The Campus Earth Summit, a first-time affair, was sponsored by the Yale Student Environmental Coalition from Friday through Sunday at Yale University. The KU Office of the Environmental Ombudsman organized a pre-conference program for Friday afternoon to help universities interested in developing environmental stewardship programs similar to the University's. The office already had set a date for its stewardship program when word came of the Yale summit. The office took its program to Yale to take advantage of the congregation of representatives from about 125 colleges worldwide. About 25 people attended the pre-conference program, most of them representing universities without existing programs, said Sue Ask, associate environmental ambudsman. "People found it really valuable to be able to get in and talk about the nitty-gritty on ways things get done," Ask said. "Hopefully, it will help provide a blueprint for other universities establishing environmental stewardship programs," he said. The program will be an annual event now, said Steve Hamburg, director of the environmental studies program and head of the ombudsman office. St. Lawrence University in Canton, N. Y., volunteered to sponsor the next stewardship program, which will take place at the annual environmental studies programs directors meeting. Hamburg said. Overall, the Yale summit was designed with students in mind, Hamburg said. "Most of the conference was not on a level that dealt with programs like ours that have well-established curricula." "The University of Kansas, for example, has one of the oldest programs in the country," he said. "We have a very well-integrated program. In fact, the University's setup was used as an example at the conference because it integrated practice with curriculum, he said. "In other words, we have an environmental ombudsman office as well as a well-established environmental studies program," Hamburg said. "Students have the opportunity to use the University as a laboratory for understanding the factors of environmental change." Environmental change as a social issue was a topic in the speech of Carol Browner, head of the Environmental Protection Agency, said Alison George, a member of KU Enviros who attended the summit. Vice President Al Gore motivated students via videotape, George said. most of it. "It was great to be around over 400 people who had the same concern for the environment that I do," George said. 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