FRIDAY, NOV.16, 2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Late-night safety concerns students
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
Despite security measures and safety precautions taken on campus, some students still don't feel safe after dark.
Angela Ruble, Great Bend senior, said she worried if she could make it to her car safely in the evening. Ruble works at the Budig Hall computer lab, sometimes until midnight, and has to park her car at Memorial Stadium.
"If you walk down the Hill to the stadium, it's not well lit," she said.
Sgt. Troy Mailen of the KU Public Safety Office, said that most of campus was well lit, but he encouraged students to avoid the unlit areas and walk in groups at night.
"There are strength in numbers," he said.
There are also 56 emergency phones located throughout campus, Mailen said which connect directly to the KU Public Safety Office with the push of a button.
Jennifer Dziuvenis, Tampa, Fla., senior said she noticed there were some emergency phones on campus, but she didn't feel they were helpful.
"They are kind of few and far between," she said.
Dziuvenis works in Haworth Hall and is occasionally there in the evening. She said she did not feel safe on campus in the evening.
Matt Bunyard, Wichita senior, said he was not too worried about being on campus late at night. Bunyard, who works at the Budig Hall computer lab, said he occasionally worked until midnight. He said some areas by Memorial Stadium were not well lit.
Mailen said it was important to take security precautions when on campus in the evening
After-dark crime statistics at KU
Source: KU Public Safety Office crime log
Mailen said students could call Saferide for a ride home. Saferide operates every evening from 11 p.m. until 3 a.m. and provides free rides home for students from anywhere in
Lawrence, In addition, Mailen said officers constantly patrolled campus at night.
Contact Clarkson at 864-4810
Group discusses importance of wetlands
By J. R. Mendoza Kansan staff writer
Some members of a group trying to protect the Baker Wetlands from the completion of the South Lawrence Trafficway explained the importance of the lands last night in the Kansas Union.
About 15 people attended the presentation, "The Value of the Wetlands," by the Wetlands Preservation Organization from Haskell Indian Nations University. The Multicultural Resource Center sponsored the event, which was part of First Nations Peoples Heritage Month.
Mike Conners, a representative for the organization, and Stan Ross, faculty adviser for the organization, explained the history of the conflict about the wetlands and the trafficway. They also gave reasons why they thought the wetlands, located south of 31st street between Haskell Avenue and Louisiana Street, were valuable.
Contreras said the wetlands were valuable because of cultural, spiritual, medicinal and environmental reasons.
He said Haskell students used the wetlands as a place of refuge to talk about spirit, and sacred burial
grounds were located in the area.
Contrexus said that the Kansas Department of Transportation had offered to replace the Wetlands with a man-made version
"There's no way they can duplicate the biodiversity," he said.
The conflict concerning the wetlands has been going on for decades. Recently, the department proposed four routes to complete the trafficway: 31st, 35th, 38th and 42nd street alignments. Trafficway opponents want a route south of the Wakarausa River, which is consistent with the 42nd street alignment.
The transportation department
is completing environmental and engineering studies until January
Ross said the organization's goal was to protect the wetlands.
Antonie Dvorakova,
Moravsky Pisek, Czech Republic,
graduate student, said she
attended the presentation
because she didn't know much
about the issue. She said she
learned more about the wetlands
and planned to visit the area.
The organization meets at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Building 125 at Haskell.
Contact Mendoza at 864-4810
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