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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 24, 2001
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ISSUE 21 VOLUME 112
HUMAN CHESS
Dance, the Spirit of Cambodia tells the story of Prince Rama and his brothers' efforts to rescue his wife with a mixture of traditional and modern Cambodian dance. The performance, a project of the Royal University of Fine Arts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was Saturday night at the Lied Center. The show was part of the Lied Center's 2001-02 World Series.
CITYGOVERNMENT
Demolition on hold for now
By Jeremy Clarkson Kansan staff writer
Demolition of the houses on the 1300 block of Ohio street has ground to a halt — temporarily.
On Thursday night, the Historic Resources Commission met with members of the Oread Neighborhood Association and the University of Kansas to decide the fate of the houses.
The commission voted unanimously against the demolition of the houses. Now,members of the Historic Resources Commission and the University's Historic Preservation Board will each appoint three people who will meet within 30 days to work out an agreement.
If an agreement cannot be reached Raymon Powers, the State Preservation officer, will make the final decision about the fate of the houses.
On Aug. 21, the University's Historic Preservation Board unanimously approved the demolition of the houses for the construction of two new scholarship halls.
Dennis Enslinger, Historic Resources Administrator, said the demolition was halted because it would encroach upon the agreement between the neighborhood and the University
He said the next step was to try to work out a compromise.
Janet Gerstner, board member for the Oread Neighborhood Association, said the decision to hold off demolition was good because a compromise could be reached.
Neighborhood votes 'no'
What happened: The Historic Resources Commission unanimously voted against the demolition of the houses in the 1300 block of Ohio St.
What it means: The demolition was
embarrassing halted.
What's next: The Historic Resources Commission and the University's Historic Preservation Board will each appoint three people to try to reach an agreement in the next 30 days.
She said the organization was more than willing to work out an agreement so the houses could remain a part of the neighborhood.
"All of them are over 100 years old and they define the character of our neighborhood," Gerstner said.
Clay Britton, Olathe sophomore, said he thought the neighborhood belonged to the Oread Neighborhood Association and he understood why the group didn't want the demolition to continue.
Gerstner said she would approve if the University renovated the houses, then turned them into scholarship halls, because the houses would remain a part of the neighborhood.
"I don't think we should ignore it," Britton said about the Oread's concern. "We should respect what the community wants because it's their community."
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Counting Crows concert canceled
Schedule conflicts announced Friday; students will be reimbursed
ENTERTAINMENT
By Luke Daley Kansan staff writer
Students who waited outside the Student Union Activity box Sept. 17 for tickets to the November 7 Counting Crows concert will need to return their tickets.
Traci Pillard, Salina junior and live music coordinator at SUA, said that the band had canceled the last week of its tour, which included the concert scheduled for the Lied Center, because of unspecified scheduling conflicts.
A press release from Clear Channel — the company that co-produced the concert with SUA — confirmed on Friday afternoon that the concert was officially canceled. SUA will refund all tickets.
Pillard said that the announcement came through KUJH, which faxed the release to the SUA office.
She said the notice looked more like an informal flier than an official notice.
"I think that with all of the work that was put into the show, things could have been ended more professionally," she said. "There should have been something just a little more personal than just a flier."
Pillard said that 746 tickets were sold Sept.17, before sales were suspended, with 1,204 tickets left to be sold.
She said that she had been working on bringing the Counting Crows to the University since July.
She also said she felt bad for the students who camped out in the fourth floor of the Kansas Union on the night of Sept.16 to get tickets.
Anne DeCicco, Wichita senior, said that she had waited in line three hours for tickets.
She said the way the band canceled the concert was a letdown.
Show cancelled
What happened: The Counting Crows canceled its Nov. 7 concert at the Lied Center.
What's next: Students and fans who purchased tickets can return them to the Student Union Activities box office for a refund.
"We and all of my friends are going to be disappointed about it," DeCicco said.
Dawn Patterson, SUA program advisor, said SUA would begin refunding tickets sometime next week.
She said she sympathized with Pillard — who spent 15 to 20 hours per week organizing the event — and the students who waited for tickets.
"The people who I really feel bad for are the ones who slept here," Patterson said. "There's one thing that we can't give them back and it's their time."
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ADMINISTRATION Chancellor to report for jury selection
By Paul Smith
Kansan staff writer
This week may mark a new first for the administration of Chancellor Robert Hemenway; jury duty.
Hemenway will report to the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., tomorrow to be a part of a jury selection pool.
Twelve jurors and four alternates will be chosen from the 97 persons in the pool, said Ralph DeLoach, clerk of the federal court. DeLoach added that the jury could be in court for up to two months during the scheduled trial involving Medicare fraud, which is a federal offense.
Hemenway acknowledged that jury duty could complicate his sometimes 70-hour work week at Strong Hall, but he is determined to perform his civic duty.
"I'll just have to do my 70 hours at
nights and on the weekends," Hemenway said.
Gay Lynn Clock,
the chancellor's secretary, said his schedule for this week was
full, with other major
events scheduled in the near future.
"We have the big Dole groundbreaking on Oct. 5," said Clock, referring to the ceremony opening construction of a new building for the
Hemenway:
Summoned for
jury duty
Dole Institute. "So if he is called, we hope it doesn't extend that long."
Hemenway served as a juror before coming to the University of Kansas, but this is the first time he's been called by a federal court.
"I feel it's an important civic duty," Hemenway said. "If you are chosen for a jury, you really feel a part of the democratic process."
DeLoach said the Medicare trial was a rare case and estimated that the court heard only one or two cases each year that lasted more than three weeks.
"Unless it's an unusual case, they usually last two or three days," DeLoach said.
Jury duty pays $40 a day plus 34.5 cents per mile for commuters, DeLoach said.
INSIDETODAY
As for Hemenway's jury duty paycheck: "I'm inclined to say I'll give it to the Endowment Association for student scholarships," he said. "I don't think it'll be so much that it'll make an impact on anybody's ability to go to school."
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COMING IN TOMORROW'S KANSAN
NEWS: Some students are now being charged to play the carillon in the Campanile.
SPORTS: A round up of the weekend's soccer tournaments.
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