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Calendar
Tuesday, Sept. 10
What: Study Abroad Fair
When: 10.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, 4th Floor
About: Programs table and coordinators talk one-on-one with students interested in studying abroad
Wednesday, Sept. 11
What: SUA Presents: Open Mic Night
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Alderson
Auditorium
About: An entertainment contest for
a cash prize open to students
What: Volunteer Fair
When: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, 4th Floor
About: Volunteer clubs and local programs
table in the lobby to give information on
volunteer opportunities
Thursday, Sept. 12
**What:** Queering the Bible
When: 7 to 8 p.m.
Where: ECM Center, Main Floor
About: A presentation by Rev. Dwight Welch on being Christian and challenging social norms
Cost: Small donation requested for 6:30 p.m. dinner
CITY
What: The Role of Islam in Post 9/11 America
When: 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Woodruff Auditorium
About: A lecture by Arsalan Iftikhar, international human rights lawyer and author
What: Sexy Science
When: 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: Dyche Hall
About: Games, activities and snacks for KU students 18 years or older. Maybe you'll learn a thing or two.
Friday, Sept. 13
What: Sand Volleyball Tournament
When: 4 to 7 p.m.
Where: Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, Sand Volleyball Courts
About: Six-person team or club tournament for cash prizes, presented by Student Union Activities
Blue traffic light causes drivers to be cautious
JENNIFER SALVA
jsalva@kansan.com
The new lights found at 23rd and Iowa Streets and 23rd and Louisiana Streets will help enforce red light violations. The lights do not contain censors or cameras.
There is a new color of traffic light at the intersections of 23rd and Iowa and 23rd and Louisiana streets. But it does not mean drivers have to do anything differently—except be more cautious.
These small blue lights fixed above the regular traffic colors help police officers determine if a driver passes through a red light.
The light does not contain sensors or cameras, but simply turns on with the red stoplight. This allows police officers to determine if a light is red from any vantage point in the intersection.
The new tool will potentially increase the enforcement of red light violators, according to Sergeant Trent McKinley, spokesperson for the Lawrence Police Department.
"Maybe they would be more careful about running the so-called yellow light."
"We can park in an area where we can see the blue light, and merge into traffic to stop the violator," McKinley said.
Eric Fitzsimmons, a post-doctoral researcher at the University Transportation Research Institute was a key developer of the blue-light project. The project is funded by the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Mid-America Transportation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It includes two intersections in Lawrence and two in Overland Park, Fitzsimmons said.
This is easier than crossing through a red light to pull over a driver, McKinley said. He also said the blue lights could cause drivers to be more careful.
"You see a lot more people hitting the breaks," McKinley said.
The two intersections chosen for the project, which are intersections with frequent red-light running, were selected by the city, Lawrence Police Department and Fitzsimmons' research team.
"Ultimately, this project is designed to help the city in hopefully reducing the number of serious intersection crashes that result from someone running a red light," Fitzsimmons said.
Trenton Corcoran, a senior from Ottawa, thought at first that those blue lights were to illuminate signage beside the traffic lights at night.
He is not concerned with the new
According to Fitzsimmons, stu-
traffic additions because he does not think that driving through red lights is a problem in Lawrence.
"I guess I'm impartial," Corcoran said. "I've lived in Lawrence two years now and I don't see a lot of red light running."
"If you see a yellow light and don't think you can make it safely through the intersection, come to a stop and wait," Fitzsimmons
dents and staff should not be concerned with the new lights, especially if they do not run red lights, Fitzsimmons said.
said. "It's only 60 to 90 seconds—but we all know it feels like forever—but you could be saving a life."
Edited by Heather Nelson
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Accomplished alumnus presents business lecture
JOURNEY CAPETTINI
jcapettini@kansan.com
Robert Steven Kaplan, a KU graduate and author of "What You're Really Meant to Do," presented a lecture about personal achievement last night at the Lied Center. In his book, Kaplan takes common questions such as "what does it mean to be 'successful?'" and "how do you achieve your dreams?" and addresses them at a unique, individual level.
Like the book, Kaplan's lecture focused on how success can be measured differently for each person, and how to discover one's self rather than achieve the world's view of success. Kaplan said his lecture is adaptable to any age group, as he typically sizes up the audience to establish his approach.
"When I talk to an older group of CEOs I focus more on leadership and commitment," Kaplan said. "With younger groups I talk about finding yourself, visions, priorities, relationships and potential."
Kaplan's theory on how to be successful is to know one's own strengths, passions and story, and to understand the effects of traumas and failures. According to Kaplan, one must first act on their beliefs with courage and interpersonal skills, and then find a way to add value to the world around them.
"People can't think 'what's in it for me?' Kaplan said. "Even if it is for money, the money will come as a result of adding value to others."
The lecture was put on by the School of Business as part of its Anderson W. Chandler Lecture Series, but Kaplan emphasized that the lecture was not about business at all. Instead, he said it could be helpful to anyone.
According to a School of Business press release, after his undergraduate years at the University, Kaplan graduated with a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard. He has since held a number of positions, including head of Asia-Pacific Investment Banking, global co-head of the
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