Monday, November 20, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 5
Stouffer Place residents criticize parking
Cost of parking poor quality of lot have tenants upset
By Rob Pazall
writer@kanson.com
Kansas staff writer
A pothole in the parking lot in front of Stouffer Place Apartments No. 11 is in need of repair. Stouffer Place residents were denied two-for-one parking permit which has left them questioning the condition of their parking lot. Photo by Selena Jabara/KANSAN
Stouffer Place Apartment residents were denied two-for-one parking permits this month and the apartment parking lots have been in need of improvements for three years — leaving some residents wondering why they pay to park.
Alejandro Parra-Briones, Puebla, Mexico, graduate student and Stouffer resident, said he sent two e-mails to the KU Parking Department with four questions about parking situation in Stouffer Place but received no answers.
"Just say, question one no, no, question two, no," he said. "I'm paying what they're asking and I'm not receiving service."
He said he expected a reply because the parking department's web site provided the department's e-mail address and asked for questions and comments.
"They said to make contact," Parra-Briones said. "But if they don't read the mail, they should remove the address from their site."
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking, said the parking department switched e-mail servers from Groupserve to Outlook and she had found about 400 e-mails directed to the wrong area.
"When we switched e-mail I know we had some glitches," she
said, adding that the department had fixed the glitches and e-mails were now coming in.
Curt Boschek, Lawrence senior and Stouffer Place resident, said he often saw nonresidents parking in the StouFFER Place lots and he had never seen anyone checking the lots.
"It annoys me that we pay and they don't check our parking lots," he said.
Trisha Kroll, president of Stouffer Neighborhood Association, said the association had been seeking improvements for three years and had been assured Stouffer was next in line for capital improvements in summer 2001.
Parking permits at Stouffer Place are $75 per year, and Hultine said the parking department earned close to $15,000 a year from permit
sales at the apartments.
The cost of resurfacing their parking lots was $400,000, she said, so the department had to earn enough money before it can take on the project.
"The money people pay for permits eventually goes toward maintenance," Huitine said. "It doesn't provide nearly enough to gut out a lot, though."
She said Stouffer Place was
undersold and that the parking department was driven by demand.
"We have them in the plan but there were lots that we needed more space, like lot 90 south of Robinson," Hultine said.
The parking department's web site is www.ukans.edu/~parking and the department can be reached at kupark@ukans.edu.
Edited by Clay McCuistion
Orientation office looking for summer assistants
By Jennifer Valadez
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The office is looking for about 16 students to work full-time during freshman and new-student orientation this summer.
Summer is six months away, but the Office of New Student Orientation might have the answer for students already looking for a summer job.
"They should be able to work during the summer months," he said. "It will be a full-time job for them. They won't be able to
Josh Burdette, coordinator of recruitment, said the assistants, who are paid $7.50 an hour, were required to commit a great deal of time to the position.
"We're certainly looking for outstanding students who are interested in applying so that new students can find someone they can relate to."
they can relate to."
Kristin Adkinson
orientation associate director and orientation assistant supervisor
hold any other jobs just because of the amount of hours they will be working."
Burdette said the selection process included simulations in group leadership, public speaking and one-on-one interviews.
"Students should have good
communication skills, be motivational, bright and creative," he said.
Kristin Adkinson, orientation associate director and orientation assistant supervisor, said the recruiting staff also looked for diversity in the selection of its team of assistants.
"We've always done a good job to get a diverse staff not only ethnically, but in involvements on campus and different majors," she said.
Adkinson said the recruitment process had begun and applications would be available Monday, Nov. 27.
An informational meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 29, at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union, and at 6 p.m., Tuesday,
ORIENTATION LEADERS
Students interested in applying for the summer job should pick up an application, available Monday, Nov. 27 at the Office of New Student Orientation.
Informational meetings:
informational meetings.
7 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 29, at
the Pioneer Room in the Burge
Union.
6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union
Dec. 5 at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
"We're certainly looking for outstanding students who are interested in applying so that new students can find someone they can relate to," Adkinson said.
Burdette encouraged all interested students to apply for the positions.
"The interview process is a good one and very similar to one you'd find in the business world and job market," he said. "It's a good experience."
Jenny Mckenzie, Topeka junior, worked as an orientation assistant last summer and said the job was a great opportunity to work with incoming students and their families to help them become acquainted with the University.
"You're one of 16 people representing KU for the entire summer and the first student contact that freshmen have at KU," she said. "It's a great sense of reward because you've helped them become familiar with the University."
— Edited by J. R. Mendoza
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