Friday, September 14, 1977
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Bike Regulations to Be Discussed
Lawrence and University of Kansas police were to discuss enforcement of bicycle traffic and safety regulations today, according to Richard Stanwix, Lawrence
Mike Thomas, director of KU Traffic and Security, and Stanwix were scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. in the Lawrence police station at 749 Vermont St.
Stanwick, Thomas and representatives of the University Senate Executive Committee have had several meetings recently to discuss bike regulations, Robert Ellison, captain of security services at KU Traffic and Security, said yesterday.
"We can ticket bike riders for things like busting stop signs," Ellison said, "But we haven't been doing it because of the numbness in our hands and because of the crowded court bookets."
Ellison said KU policemen had been stopping people who were riding at night while they were drinking.
"We don't want to get involved with ticketing people, though," he said. "We prefer the positive point of view—selling safety."
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One of the purposes of the meetings between Stanwix and Thomas has been to outline a series of safety rules to be published in area newspapers.
Most of the reported violations involving bicycles concern running stop signs, riding from between parked cars and failing to proper light signs and reflectors, Ellison said.
Bicycles are covered under the Lawrence
Uniform Traffic Code and other city ordinance.
Regulations contain sections concerning keeping to the right, using proper hand signals, riding single file and being "careful and courteous at all times."
A headlight and rear reflector visible 500 feet away are required for night cycling.
Licenses, which cost 25 cents, must be purchased within 30 days of the bike's purchase. Licenses are available at the Traffic and Security office in Hoch Auditorium and at the Lawrence police station.
Former city laws required inspection of a bike before a license was issued, Ellison said. However, he said, only information about the bike and serial number of the bike is needed now.
City ordinance provides for a $25 fee for any violation, including riding without a license.
Registration of bikes is also important in case they are stolen, Ellison said. Many bike thieves only intend to ride the bikes a short distance, he said, then they dump them somewhere. Registered bikes are easier to trace to their owners.
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Bicycles have been jamming campus streets, slowing traffic, and endangering both motorists and cyclists. Police will concentrate on these incidents.
KU Grad Describes Oxford Life
There isn't much similarity between Queen's College, Oxford, England, and the University of Kansas, according to Lewis J. Furphy, a professor of psychology who was here for a visit yesterday.
"The entire method of teaching is different," he said. "The work is individually individual."
Wall, who graduated from KU with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average, is reading for a bachelor of letters degree in social anthropology of North Africa, from Oxford.
Each Oxfordian is given a tutor who assigns readings to the student each week,
"The student must then synthesize the material and write an eight to 10 page essay."
Attendance at lectures is optional and the lectures may be on any topic, he said. They might cover a book the teacher is writing at or even the teacher's reminiscences.
eight-week terms with six-week vacations in between.
Students at Oxford attend class for three
WALL SAID he seldom attended the lectures because he could get the knowledge firsthand from books instead of secondhand from the instructors.
Wall spent his summer vacation in Grenoble, France, studying French. He said he studied French because it was the second language he learned and that it is beneficial in his North African studies.
He said instructors and students at Oxford referred to each other on a first name list.
"It's a far more intimate atmosphere," he said, "on a personal and intellectual level."
"PROFESSORS AT OXFORD aren't caught up in the publish-or-personly syndrome that affects KU," said Wall. "If a teacher is not ready to commend the of the commons and drink, that's okay."
All of the students and instructors visit the Victoria Pub, the traditional Oxford Township library.
“There are some fantastic minds at Oxford who have never published. I know one professor who wrote three articles in 40 years and one revolutionized thought on the subject.”
Wall is the eleventh Rhodes recipient from KU.
Wall urged all qualified students to apply for the Rhodes scholarship.
Most of the Rhodes scholars came from Midwestern schools, Wall said. Students shouldn't be afraid of the Ivy League competition, he said.
it costs you nothing to apply and if you get it, it could change your life," he said.
Wall said he had never met a student at Oxford who wasn't interested in studying.
"If a student is interested in studying, Oxford is the place to go," he said. "There's a very high level of intellectual awareness there."
The Revue will be March 1 and 2.
Kahler said she expected fraternities, securities, residence halls and scholarship halls to sponsor a YY-sponsored production. The deadline for submitting preliminary scripts is Oct. 12.
Interviews for Staff Of KU Revue Set
--second floor, but I don't really know what caused it. A plumber or somebody was in a floor with a cutting torch and the space must have hit some of the fiber board."
Interviews for the production staff of the annual show will be at 6:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the KU-Y office in the Kansas Union.
"Rhythm and Rhyme, a Sojourn with Time," is the theme for this year's Rock Chalk Revue, Chris Kahler, Cheyenne, the artist and racer of the Revie, announced yesterday.
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