LPD, bomb squad investigate suspicious package
ALLISON KITE
@allie kite
The Lawrence Police Department responded to a call reporting a suspicious package on 11th Street between Vermont and Massachusetts streets around 12:30 p.m.
The suspicious package, which Sgt. Trent McKinley described as a "black duct-taped package," contained a bottle with a still-unidentified liquid inside. McKinley said when the
police department received the call, officers identified the package as a potential explosive, and blocked off that section of 11th Street. The bomb disposal squad from Leavenworth County arrived and began testing.
Though the bomb disposal squad and the police department don't yet know what is inside the bottle, they determined it was benign, meaning the area is safe for citizens. The squad took the package to its facility in Leavenworth County
for further testing, and the police department reopened the street at 3:45 p.m.
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McKinley said at this time the police department does not know who placed the package or their intent. He said anyone who may have information should call the police department at 785-832-3000.
The Kansan is still reporting on this story; check back for more details.
Edited by Casey Hutchins
Members of the Leavenworth County bomb squad investigate a suspicious package found on 11th Street between Vermont and Massachusetts streets. The package was deemed benign.
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Part of Jayhawk Boulevard to close at night this week
Javhawk Boulevard will be closed between Poplar Lane and Sunflower Road every night this week from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m. until Saturday morning.
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AMBER VANDEGRIFT
@AmberVandegriff
Jayhawk Boulevard will be closed between Sunflower Road and Poplar Lane this week, beginning at 10:30 p.m. each night and open back up at 6 a.m. each morning until Saturday morning, weather permitting, said Paul Graves, the deputy director of the Office of Design and Construction Management.
Graves said this is due to landscaping on Jayhawk Boulevard. Construction for the new business school building will close Schwegler Drive to eastbound traffic. According to Graves, vehicles will be redirected to Lot 90 and Watkins Student Health Center via 18th Street until Sept. 12, when Schwegler Drive is re-opened, weather
permitting. He said buses will still be running.
Graves said Engel Road is expected to be under construction until mid-September, due to the building of two new residence halls on Daisy Hill. Since parking lots 102 and 103 have been permanently closed, temporary parking is available at the Lied Center.
"The construction sites are supposed to be fenced so that it protects students from inadvertently walking into them, and in some cases that requires sidewalks to be rerouted or temporary detours, like the one on Schwegler, but for the most part, it should be fairly minimal impact for students," Graves said.
Changing for Excellence promotes efficiency, saves money
Edited by Alyssa Scott
MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHartford
The 10 initiatives were created alongside the Bold Aspirations plan in response to budgeting and funding pressures. The University partnered with the consulting group Huron to address and eliminate inefficiencies that
Ten departments have implemented or are implementing new initiatives as part of the administrative plan called Changing for Excellence that focuses on becoming more efficient.
"The goal was to become more efficient both in response to monetary pressures that all of us in higher-ed feel and to increase accessibility and affordability for our students, but also to plow some money back into the academic research enterprise," said Barry Swanson, associate vice provost for Campus Operations.
The departments include budgeting, procurement strategic sourcing, human resources, facilities,
were creating unnecessary costs to departments..
construction management, enrollment management, information technology, libraries and research administration. The University addressed all of the initiatives at once.
Gavin Young, assistant director for strategic communications for the Office of Public Affairs, said that the savings are funding University priorities like faculty
"We are really trying to fix things versus patching things up." Swanson said.
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- Enrollment rates for the freshmen and graduating classes are increasing (last year's freshmen class was the most diverse class)
- The projects have helped with faculty and student recruitment
- Money saved from the projects is going toward a first-year experience program, a center for undergraduate academic success and research projects
- Less tuition money is going toward business processes
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