WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 26, 2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 5A
Another Stouffer Place building to see apartment renovations
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
Residents moving into Stouffer Place building 12 in January will have some different scenery.
Ken Stoner, director of Student Housing, said renovations to the building would make it similar to other Stouffer Place buildings that have already been renovated. He said each building was built with one or two bedrooms. The renovated apartments were constructed with two or three bedroom apartments.
"There is more demand for two- and three-bedroom apartments, so we are attempting to address that demand for them," Stoner said.
The renovations are expected to be completed in January, Stonersaid.
Stoner said the apartments were originally built between 1956 and 1960.
He said the buildings had 12 one- and two-bedroom apartments. There are only eight apartments in the renovated buildings because of the third bedroom added to some apartments.
Seth Fishman, complex director for apartment living, said each resident received a notice about the renovations to ensure residents were not concerned about noise and safety around the building.
"We talked with the contractors about safety concerns, making sure they are aware of the safety of children," Fishman said.
Fishman said because children had tendencies to wander, there was a concern, but the contractors were understanding.
"I think it's a good thing and my husband would agree," Van Pelt said.
She said she had no concerns about the workers because they were fairly safe.
Lysette Van Pelt. Lawrence junior, said the renovations were necessary because many of the buildings were not in good condition.
Stoner said he didn't know when the next Stouffer Place building would be renovated. He said after the Stouffer Place renovations were complete, Ellsworth Hall renovations would begin.
"We talked with the contractors about safety concerns, making sure they are aware of the safety of children." Seth Fishman complex director for apartment living
Contact Clarkson at 864-4810
STUDENT SENATE
AGENDA FOR
SEPT. 26, 2001
Student Senate will meet at 6:30 tonight at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Items on the agenda, which are subject to change, include:
A resolution to support the PROMO Pride In Scouting Rally
Bill to amend Student Senate rules and regulations
Bill to fund the KU chapter of the NAACP
Bill to fund proponents of animal liberation
Bill to fund the KU Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (KUSSHA)
Bill to fund the School of Edu-
Arthropathy Assessment
Bill to fund the Fall 2001 Ameri-
can Red Cross Blood Drive
Baker Center
Bill to fund the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics (SOMA)
Bill to fund the Undergraduate Anthropology Association
ican Red Cross Blood Drive
Bill to fund Inspirational Gospel Voices
-Luke Daley
Conference to bridge gaps between urban, rural life
By Eve Lamborn
Kansan staff writer
Growing up in western Kansas, Andrew Giessel lived about an hour from the nearest mall.
The Larned junior grew up on a farm on the sparsely populated, rural side of Kansas. Out of his high school class of 88 students, four came to KU, but only two are still here two years later.
Giessel said he noticed a difference in the way of life when he moved east to Lawrence.
"There were some adjustments I had to make," he said. "They deliver pizza here."
Amanda Meglemre lived less than a mile from Oak Park Mall in Overland Park while growing up in Johnson County. The Overland Park sophomore estimates that about half of her graduating class of 448 students came to KU.
She said she agreed that an economic divide existed between urban and rural Kansas.
An economic policy conference, which will take place at KU in October, "Economic Development in the Two States of Kansas: Bridging the Rural/Urban Divide," will focus on lessening the disparity between the city and the countryside in Kansas.
"Most rural counties are smaller now than they were 50 to 100 years ago."
David Burress research economist at the KU Policy Research Institute
David Burress, research economist at the KU Policy Research Institute, said many counties in rural Kansas have suffered a population decline in every census since records were kept.
"Most rural counties are smaller now than they were 50 to 100 years ago," he said.
Fifty years ago, 60 percent of Kansans lived in nonmetropolitan areas and farming contributed $1 of every $4 earned in the state. Today, 40 percent of residents live in nonmetropolitan areas and they contribute less than $1 out of every $2 earned.
Burress will be one of the presenters at the conference, which will include business people, economists, and Kent Glasscock, speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives and a Republican candidate for governor.
Burress said the differences between urban and rural Kansas were also cultural.
He pointed to fewer paved roads, more expensive access to the Internet and fewer libraries and schools as differences between urban and rural living.
"Economics has a cultural impact," he said.
Burress said increases in farming efficiency have caused this population decline, but one solution to pumping money back into rural areas is to promote tourism instead.
"What all rural areas have is the outdoors," he said.
Contact Lamborn at 864-4810
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