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WEDNESDAY
OCTOBER 31,2001
ISSUE 46 VOLUME 112
Pricey chairs, tables missing from campus buildings
By Eve Lamborn Kansan staff writer
Vintage furniture was stolen from two different buildings on or near campus this month.
Two end tables and sixteen chairs with an estimated value of at least $8,000 were stolen from Nunemaker Hall between Oct. 6 and Oct. 14, and seven chairs and three tables, valued atatleast $1,850, were stolen from the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building, 1204 Oread Ave. the night of Oct. 21.
Sgt. Mike Pattrick of the Lawrence Police said he could not confirm whether the two thefts were connected.
"There's simply not enough information to determine that yet," he said.
Both sets of furniture had been in the buildings since they were built, and both sets could be considered collectors' items, said Rev. Thad Holcombe, ECM pastor.
Barbara Schowen, director of the University Honors Program, said she did not know exactly when the furniture had been stolen from Nunemaker, but said the furniture was definitely present during the University of Kansas's Open House on Oct. 6.
"One of our secretaries was just looking downstairs and she noticed that the little tables were gone and then looked in another room and noticed that the chairs were gone," she said.
She said the theft was particularly hurtful because the furniture had been an original part of the building. Schowen said the chairs had been personally selected for the building by Irene Nunemaker, who designed Nunemaker Hall. Nunemaker donated the building to the University in 1970.
The chairs were copies of chairs made by Danish designer and architect Arne Jacobsen, who became internationally known in the 1950s for his furniture designs.
Schowen said each chair cost about $500, making the total value of the stolen furniture at least $8,000. She did know how much the two tables were worth.
"I think everyone felt ripped off and violated." she said.
and violated, the combe said the seven chairs and three tables had been stolen from the ECM building commons area. The value of the stolen furniture was reported to be $1,850, but Holcombe said the actual value was still being determined and could be between $2,500 and $3,000.
$3,000. The furniture stolen from the ECM was by designer Herman Miller and had been put in the building when it was built in 1960.
Holcombe said the theft of the ECM furniture was painful because the furniture had been with the building for so long.
The ECM building is not a part of the KU campus, so the theft was reported to the Lawrence Police Department. The theft from Nunemaker was reported to the University of Kansas Police Department.
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Discount cards discussed
Student Senate balks at organization's request for mailing information
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
Justin Mills is worried that students could receive more junk mail if Student Senate allows Student Advantage to distribute discount cards to all KU students.
The cards, valued at $20, would be free to all students and would offer discounts at 112 local and national stores, he said.
he said.
In return for the free cards, Student Advantage wants the mailing information of all KU students — something
Mills, student body president, isn't excited about giving out.
Mills said the University of Kansas was one of six universities selected by Student Advantage. a national group that offers discounts to students.
"The only way I know to get the card into your hands is to mail it to you," said Judd Berube, comp Student Advant
Mills: Will decide this week whether to accept Student Advantage offer
mail it to you," said Judd Berube, community manager for Student Advantage.
Senate needs the approval of Richard C
Morrell, university registrar, before it can give the list to Student Advantage. Morrell said before he would approve such a move. Senate had to demonstrate a "legitimate and educational need" for giving the mailing information to the company.
Morrell said the Kansas Open Records Act prohibited the University from giving the list to a company if the company's intent was to distribute or sell merchandise.
Mills said he wanted to talk to more senators and weigh both sides of the issue before making his decision later this week.
this week. "As a student, it's free stuff," he said. "But as a senator and a member of the University, it's solicitation and selling personal information."
Hugo Vera, graduate senator, said
the cards may benefit students, but it wasn't worth selling personal information.
enough society. Derek Rader, Lawrence senior, agreed and said he didn't want the University selling his personal information.
He said he thought students received enough solicitation already.
selling his personal information. Berube said Student Advantage had privacy policies that would ensure the mailing lists would not be sold to other businesses.
"I won't use your information for anything but mailing out the cards," he said.
Either way, Rader said he didn't want KU to sell his personal information just so he could get a card he probably wouldn't use.
BUENTIEMPO
Contact Craigmile at 864-4810
Isabel Guilleu-
mas, Spanish
graduate teaching
assistant,
teaches her
Spanish 220
class on the
Stauffer-Flint
lawn. Guilleu-
mas took her
class outside to
take advantage of
temperatures in the mid-70s.
Fate of scholarship hall continues to be disputed
By Courtney Craigmile Kansan staff writer
The Campus Historic Preservation Board and the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission agreed last night to disagree on what to do with three KU-owned houses in the 1300 block of Ohio Street.
The University board, CHPB, and the city board, LHRC, were meeting jointly to come to a consensus on whether to demolish the three properties to build a scholarship hall.
The CHPB met in August and approved the demolition. The LHRC met in September and voted against the demolition.
ber and voted against the two groups failed to reach Because the two groups failed to reach the same decision, the joint meeting was called in hopes that together, the two groups could reach a consensus.
Oread
Because they could not, the State Historic Preservation Officer will review the case and make the final decision regarding the demolition.
The properties are under scrutiny because of their proximity to two properties on the National Register of Historic Places, the Usher House, 1425 Tennessee St., and Spooner Hall, 1340 Jayhawk Blvd.
LHRC Commissioner Jordan Lerner said he was concerned the scholarship hall would
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destroy the neighborhood atmosphere.
"It's a neighborhood," he said. "There are residents; there are businesses on the corners; there is a consistency to it."
But CHPB Commissioner Mary Lee Hummert said the buildings were an eyesore in the neighborhood.
in the neighbor house.
"If anything, rather than contributing to the environs of Spooner Hall, they detract from them," she said.
It was the first meeting of the joint committee, and the consensus among commissioners was that the meeting was successful even though no conclusion was reached.
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN NOWAK/KANSAN
Pumpkins have become the most popular symbol of Halloween. The holiday began as an ancient Druid ritual to celebrate both the final harvest and to honor Saman, the lord of the dead.
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ENROLLMENT: University officials explain why KU students still can't enroll online.
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