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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Monday, November 20, 2000
Sports: The men's basketball team played sloppy but still defeated North Dakota 92-61 on Friday. SEE PAGE 1B
Inside: Students are among those at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome.
SEE PAGE 3A
(USPS 650-640) VOL.111 NO.59 For comments, contact Nathan Willis or Chris Borniger at 864-4810 or e-mail editor@kansan.com
2013.04.18
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Housing harbors stuck students
By J.D. McKen
By J.D. McKee
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Thanksgiving may be a time for many students to give thanks, but not for those forced to stay at McCollum Hall during Thanksgiving break.
McCollum is the only residence hall open during the break. Students who live in one of the closed residence halls and have nowhere to go must move into McCollum for the duration of the break. All other residence halls close at 11 p.m. tomorrow and reopen at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 26.
Kevin O'Connor, Norwood, Mass., sophomore, will move out of Oliver Hall to stay in McCollum during the break. He wasn't happy about the accommodations.
"It's very minimal," he said. "They put little or no effort into it."
O'Connor stayed at McCollum last Thanksgiving as well as during spring breaks.
"It's not like I want to do it, but I have to do it," he said.
O'Connor said he didn't go home for the holiday because airline tickets were expensive and he would be going home for winter break.
Kent Lavene, complex director of McCollum, said students would be given a room and a bed with little amenities.
Lavene also said that the rooms were smaller than the regular rooms in McCollum.
"There's no telephone service or television access," he said.
He said that students did, however, have access to the lounge, the game room and the kitchen.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said there weren't enough students staying in the halls to keep them all open.
"It becomes a very expensive proposition." he said.
Students who live in McCollum during the semester don't have to move out during the break, however.
Stoner said students who knew they would have to stay in the residence halls could choose to live in McCollum so they
HOUSING DETAILS
Thanksgiving Break in the residence halls:
■ McCollum Hall is the only hall that will remain open during break
All other residence halls close at 11 p.m. tomorrow and reopen at 8 a.m. on Sundav. Nov. 26.
Residents who want to stay during break must pay $42 and will reside in McCollum.
Residents of McCollium who want to stay during break do not need to move to another room but also have to pay the $42 fee
Contact the Student Housing Department at 864-4560 for more information.
wouldn't have to relocate.
"It's advertised and published in advance," he said. "If you choose to live somewhere else, you have to relocate."
Lavene said McColllon residents could keep their own rooms as long as they paid the required $42 fee. Altogether, he said he expected about 12 students to stay at
McCollum.
O'Connor said the biggest challenges of staying on campus during the break were finding food and entertainment.
"Besides trying not to go insane, trying to find food takes up a lot of my time," he said. "There is nothing open on Thanksgiving. I had to eat at Burger King last year."
O'Connor said he spent a lot of time driving up and down 23rd and Iowa streets trying to find something open. He also said he bought a lot of prepackaged food.
"There's nothing to do and nowhere to go," he said. "My day is just trying to get to the next day."
Lavene said rooms rented out during break are reserved specifically for that purpose.
"We don't fill those rooms any other time of the year than break," he said.
Lavene said security would be provided for the temporary residents and break resident assistants would also be in the hall.
—Erfinded by Kendra Menson
Student reaches finals for MTV's The Real World
By Kursten Phelps
By Kursten Phelps writer kansan.com Kanson staff writer
This is a true story about a University of Kansas student who is a finalist for MTV's The Real World.
Thomas Franklin Independence senior, is one of 100 finalists for the next season of The Real World, which will
Franklin said his experiences as an African American growing up in a predominantly caucasian envi-
house in Harlem, N.Y., and videotape their every move.
Franklin: has been selected as one of 100 finalists
ronment might have been what made his application stand out from the thousands of other videotapes and applications sent in.
"I think they might be looking at me as sort of a fish-out-of-water because I'm not from a big town," he said. "I'm Black, my hometown is pretty much all White people, and now I'm at KU and president of a fraternity
that's pretty much all White people."
If selected to be on the show, Franklin, president of Phi Kappa Tau fraternity, would spend six months in Harlem, a predominantly African-American New York neighborhood known as a center for African-American culture.
He said he had watched the show before and had decided to submit a video application for fun.
"I just thought, 'Why not try it?' Franklin said. "I just shot it here on campus and told stuff about myself, my hometown and the stuff I'm involved in at KU!"
Along with his position in Phi Kappa Tau, Franklin is a journalism senator.
The next step would be to interview for a spot as one of the last 20 finalists for The Real World and Road Rules, a spinoff that puts six strangers in an RV to the test with daring missions and cramped quarters on the ultimate road trip.
he then got a call from MTV telling him he was one of the 100 first-round finalists. He had a week after that to fill out a 15-page application.
"I don't want to say too much," Franklin said. "I don't want to jinx myself. I just have to be
See STUDENT on page 2A
Fowl ball
Joe Chapman,
Jackson, Miss.,
sophomore,
bowls a strike
using a frozen
turkey, Ellsworth
Hall residents
bowled with
turkeys yesterday
evening in the
event, organized
by the fifth floor
resident
assistants.
Photo by Selena
assistants.
Photo by Selena
Jabara/KANSAN
KU is a traitor to 'Pepsi or die' students
ay Meghan Bainum
writer @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Holly Hearting is a Mountain Dew fanatic. Though she understands why the University decided to switch to only Coke, she still is not happy about it.
"What happened to freedom of choice?"
asked Hearting, Wakeeney senior.
"Somewhere they could have a Pepsi machine, or two Pepsi machines — but they have zero."
University officials signed a contract with Coke for exclusive soft-drink vending rights three years ago.
Hearing has found the one place near campus that still sells Pepsi products like Mountain Dew — The Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road.
She said that if not for this machine, she would be forced to drink Coke. She is so opposed to Coke, she is willing to make special trips up the hill just for a cold can of non-Coke refreshment.
"I'm in Learned a lot, and I always have to go outside in the cold and go to Jayhawk bookstore," Hearting said. "Their Pepsi machine is the only one that's close."
the bookstore stands alone in Pepsi distribution. Neither of the other businesses on the hill, Yello Sub and The Glass Onion, 624 W.12th St., sell Pepsi products.
"I'm in Learned
a lot, and I
always go outside in the cold and go to
Jayhawk Bookstore. Their Pepsi machine is the only one that's close." Holly Hearting
Holly Hearting
WaKeenev senior
Bill Muggy, owner of the Jayhawk Bookstore, said he was happy to give students a choice in beverages. He said as long as students continued to buy Pepsi products, which are available both inside the store and in the machine outside, he would continue to carry them.
He said he felt the same way about carrying Pepsi as he did about selling cigarettes after the University removed cigarette machines on campus.
"I will try to be competitive or take advantage of University decisions," Muggy said. "It's important for students to have options."
John Rader, Anchorage, Alaska, freshman, said he was another Pepsi addict. He said he didn't realize the Jayhawk Bookstore carried the Pepsi products like Diet Dr. Pepper and Mountain Dew he loves, so he had been walking for 30 minutes to a gas station that sells the products.
"I'll get Mr. Pibb and Diet Coke," he said. Hearting, who said she would only drink Coke "under dire situations," is dependent on the lone Pepsi machine at the top of the hill.
"If they got rid of their Pepsi machine I don't know what I would do," she said. "I'd be in big trouble."
- Edited by Erin Adamson
Doggy daycare offers solution for Lawrence pet owners
By Andrea Burnett
Special to the Kansan
"A long time ago, when I first moved to Lawrence, I worked at the animal shelter," she said. "One of the main reasons people brought dogs to the shelter was because they felt guilty leaving them home alone during the day."
someplace Like Home Doggy Daycare, 2140 Haskellm Ave., opened its doors last Monday to the canine community, and owner Janet Trombley said the business had been a long time coming.
Lawrence has a new daycare, but it won't be full of screaming toddlers: This one caters to the four-legged and furry.
"I still wanted to do something for the dogs that were out there," she said. "I began reading books and doing research on the Internet." One year later, her business is up and running.
After becoming a veterinary technician, Trombley began to work at a veterinary clinic — but something was missing.
With a small staff and the resources to care for as many as 20 dogs, the daycare is ready for its canine inhabitants.
Janet Trombley Home Doggy Daycare owner
"We are here for the dogs. We are also here for the owners,but the dogs come first. They need to be here. They need to play,they need to have fun and they need to be able to
Trombley said she wanted pet owners to know what her priorities were.
"We are here for the dogs," she said. "We are also here for the owners, but the dogs come first. They need to be here. They need to play, they need to have fun and they need to be able to socialize."
Her business is set up somewhat like a child's daycare. Giant gyms and toy dot the many rooms created to house the dogs. Trombley's son Tim, who works at the daycare, said he found the environment comfortable.
"We have 10 dogs of our own, so it's kind of
Trombley said her fees were actually lower than other doggy daycare businesses she looked into.
"Basically, when I first looked on the East and West Coast, I knew there was no way I could charge those prices," she said. "I talked to the people in Kansas City and found out that my prices were comparable to thelrs."
like being at home," he said.
The Doggy Daycare costs $17 a day and is open from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Though the price may seem high, it's still only half the price of a child's daycare.
Jeralyn Phillips, owner of Country Meadow Boarding Kennel, 660 E.1452 Road, said the daycare was a first in Lawrence.
Trombley said she was happy to do something for people who are passionate about their dogs.
"It's kind of a new thing around here," Phillips said. "It's been big in other places, but not locally."
- Edited by Koyla Manson
"I thought that this was something I could do for people and their animals so they felt like they could keep them," she said. "People who really want to keep their animals will find a way. This is a way."
Vice, a four-year-old Greyhound, receives a comforting hug from Doggy Daycare owner Janet Trombley. Trombley has decided to introduce one dog a day from the Humane Society into her regular mix of clients' dogs, helping to socialize the dogs and increase the likelihood of their adoption. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
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