THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15,2014
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everybody.
The new facility would be near 2nd Street and McDonald Drive, just south of the 1-70/Kansas Turnpike, or about nine blocks north of Memorial Stadium. McKinley said the location for the new facility is in a centralized spot so police officers can get to places quickly.
Mayor Mike Amyx also said the city wants a new facility where all the police officers and personnel work from one location. He said they want this facility to be affordable and to be in the best location possible for accessing all of Lawrence.
McKinley said most students they serve on a daily basis are students who live in off-campus facilities. The University has its own police, the KU Public Safety Office, for on-campus crimes. McKinley said even though Lawrence police and the Public Safety Office have separate areas of jurisdiction, they work together when it's needed, like with investigations.
"If there was ever a major incident on campus, the Lawrence Police Department would have a very large response to that. We could even be first to respond to that in some cases," he said.
"It's been a goal of the governing body over a number of years to be able to get the entire police department under one roof,"
Amyx said.
The city has tried to get as much information as possible to the Lawrence public so they know what they're voting for and why. Amyx said residents and visitors spend money in Lawrence and both need and use the police department's services, so the sales tax seems like the best way to create financial support for the new facility and to enhance police services.
"It's something that I think that the sales tax, in this particular case, is the fairest way to pay for the building," he said.
McKinley said the last time there was a building built specifically for police was in the 1940s, and they tried to get approval for a building in the mid-1990s.
"We don't know what we would do if it [sales tax increase] doesn't pass, other than to continue trying to limp along as we've been doing for a number of years," he said.
If the sales tax increase is approved by voters, the collections for the facility will start April 1,2015, or sooner if the law allows it, according to the facility's page on the city's website.
For more details on this proposal and to view maps of the current facility locations and the location of the future facility, go to www.lawrenceks.org/police-facility.
School of Social Welfare grant to improve master's program
Edited by Alyssa Scott
ALLISON CRIST
@AllisonCristUDK
Eighty-five students pursuing a masters degree in social work through the advanced standing program will now be able to do so completely cost-free.
This program aims to prepare students for social work practice at clinical and macro levels.
Thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, the school of Social Welfare will be able to get rid of student loans for some, and improve the M.S.W. program across its different locations. The grant will be implemented for the 2015-2016 school year.
"By the rules of the grant, 75 percent of the money has to be for students," said Alice Lieberman, professor of social welfare and co-principal investigator for the grant. "The other 25 percent will be used for development of additional education modules through value added experiences, but also in trying to bring these students from different locations together."
Included in the program are the Lawrence campus, the Edwards Campus, Fort Hays State University campus.
and the Garden City College Campus. The program extends to Western Kansas because of the lack social workers, Lieberman said.
"We want to concentrate the education where it's most needed," Lieberman said. "People who go to school in Western Kansas tend to stay, so we hope that our program will help the underserved area."
"This money that's been awarded to the program will offer a great amount of support to individuals that might not be able to pursue a higher education."
KENDAL CARWELL
Western Kansas M.S.W.
program coordinator
Kendal Carswell is the Western Kansas M.S.W. program coordinator. His main job is maintaining fidelity between the Lawrence and Edwards campuses with the Western Kansas program.
"This money that's been awarded to the program will offer a great amount of support to individuals that might not be able to pursue a higher education," Carswell said.
"Also, our program will be able to better provide the services we already offer."
One of these services is combining interpersonal education with interprofessional experience. Social work students will be able to work with employees from other disciplines, like psychiatry, nursing, physical therapy and more — though the program will specifically collaborate with the KU Medical Center.
For students like Chloe Ireland, a senior from Lenexa, and student at the Lawrence campus, a program with opportunities like these are hard to pass up. However, she knows how expensive it can be.
for the advanced placement program for the Masters of Social Work, it is a one-year summer, fall, spring, year and it costs around $15,000. Being a social worker, you know that you aren't going to make a decent amount of money, so the thought of adding that to loans is extremely daunting," Ireland said. "The program receiving the grant, that will enable it to help fund students for the program, will make it possible for more students to get their degree."
Ireland chose social work for the same reason fellow social
work student Haley Koralek did, to help people.
"Everyone needs to reach social justice. I can't stand to watch people not reach their full potential because of some of the decisions they've made in their lives. They don't deserve it and their kids don't deserve it. I want to help people better themselves," Koralek said.
Koralek is a student at Fort Hays State University participating in the Western Kansas program. Her hometown, Ellsworth, is just an hour away, which is a big part of her decision on attending Fort Hays.
"I'm glad I can get the same experience as someone who would study social work at a much bigger school like KU, without having to move away from my family," Koralek said.
Koralek's stance is exactly what Carswell aims for, as he said the distance program is precisely like the KU program, just off-site.
For more information about the program, visit https://socwel.ku.edu/ academics/degrees/msw/ advancedstanding-fe/ fieldeducation.
Facilities Services sees rise in campus pest reports
— Edited by Ashley Peralta
CHANDLER BOESE
@ChandlerBoese
Every morning she teaches Mary Klayder, a professor in the English Department, experiences unwelcome guests in Wescoe Hall.
"There are definitely cockroaches in the bathroom in the morning." Klayder said.
Facilities Services had 61 pest control reports filed in September, compared to 60 in July and August combined. FS said American cockroaches are the most commonly reported.
Caitlyn Sutherlin, a freshman from Shawnee, has also seen pests in Lewis and Hashinger halls, including a cockroach and a centipede.
"There are definitely cockroaches in the bathroom in the morning."
MARY KLAYDER
English professor
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In September, 61 pest control reports were filed, as opposed to 60 in July and August combined.
FS said during the fall, the pests try to enter the buildings to escape the cold. They said the University's
On-campus pest control, a service managed by Facilities Services (FS), is on the rise during the fall, according to information provided by FS.
pest problem is average for having this amount of buildings.
The University also said the buildings that tend to have the most problems are older with active steam tunnels.
In regards to which pests are most prevalent on campus, FS said there may not be one particular pest that is worse than the rest, but American roaches do get the most attention.
To handle these issues, FS has a contract with Midwest Exterminators, a local company. Michele Boone, a general technician from Midwest Exterminators, works with the University to manage its pest problem.
Boone is on campus a couple of days each week, in addition to being on-call whenever an issue arises in a specific office or classroom. She said each academic building is swept once every two weeks for pests.
In order for her to go to a building to deal with an issue, a student or staff member must fill out a request through FS, Boone said.
This initiative is called Integrated Pest Management, and it has been in effect for about 10 years, FS said.
When dealing with a pest problem, however, Boone and FS are somewhat limited in how they can
handle it. Boone said there is a University-wide environmental initiative which asks her to avoid using harmful chemicals as much as possible.
Vince Avila, deputy director of FS, said the initiative is about protecting staff and students from harmful chemicals. When strong chemicals are used on pests, it's also harmful for any bystanders who breathe in the chemicals.
Avila said the chemicals
discovered, according to FS.
If there is a pest problem on campus, in housing facilities or academic buildings, it can be reported by going to Facilities Services' website http://facilities.ku.edu/service_request.shtml.
Edited by Alyssa Scott
currently used by Midwest Exterminators and FS are weaker so they don't harm humans, which also means they're weaker on the pests.
While these methods are much safer for staff, students and the environment, problems take much longer to solve once they are
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