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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Friday, Oct. 4, 198F
Ride board helps students map travel plans
By Bob Tinsley Of the Kansan staff
Hitchhiking sometimes is dangerous, but at the Kansas Union, aspiring travelers can find rides that even mother might approve.
The map on the wall of the Union's fourth floor lobby is covered with the names of people seeking rides and drivers in search of passengers.
Katherine Gilee, assistant director of Union programs, said yesterday that the map had hung in its present position for at least 10 years.
"There is really no way to tell how many people have used it because it is self-serviced." Giele said.
Giele said she was not sure about the origin of the map.
"It it got started because there were people who wanted rides and to share rides," she said.
Tags to place on the map hang on the wall nearby or are available at the Student Union Activities office on the fourth floor of the Union.
Britton Wheeler, Stuart, Fla.,
senior, tried unsuccessfully last week
to use the map. She had hoped to find
a ride to Tallahassee, Fla., for the
KU-Florida State University football game last weekend.
"I asked a lot of friends whether they were going, but even the band chickened out and stayed home," she said.
said. As it turned out, so did Wheeler
However, she said that when she was a freshman, she used the map to find a ride to Florida for spring break. Although she didn't make it to Tallahassee last week, she said the map was effective.
"I've had experience at other universities where it works also," she said. "It gives you a chance to get to know other people."
Eric Jeffreys, Kansas City, Mo,
senior, agreed. He said he still
hadn't found a ride to New York for
Christmas.
"I've got a girlfriend who lives up there." Jeffrews said.
This is Jeffreys' second attempt to find a ride using the board. Once, he and his girlfriend rode to Boulder, Colo., with a person they met through the map.
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Most of the requests that hang on the map spread across the Midwest and crowd the East Coast.
"That one time I got calls from 14 people asking me about it," said Unterreiner, St. Louis freshman. "I ended up taking 10 people back."
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