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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, SEPT. 21, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 9
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A look at where and when students got parking tickets in the first month of class
EVAN RIGGS
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Campus drivers have received more than 1,800 tickets or warnings since early August, nearly 30 percent for parking in the wrong zone.
"The first few weeks of class are always hectic in parking lots," said Donna Hultine, director of parking.
Of the 1,867 citations given between Aug. 3 and Sept. 8, 843 were given in campus housing lots or the Lied Center — the main parking locations for students living on Daisy Hill — according to data from the Parking and Transit Office.
Hultine said freshmen were sent a "Parking 101" email, but it links to the permit section of the parking website rather than explaining how their permits work.
"We could do a better job with that." Hultine said.
Some students, including Hunter Bessey, a freshman from Shawnee, have complained about a shortage of spaces and have expressed confusion over where they can park.
"After looking at the parking map, I'm still confused as to where I'm supposed to park if there isn't parking in yellow lots," Bessey said.
Right now, Hultine said faculty members that have bought yellow passes in the past are switching to red. If the parking issues drag on, Hultine said the parking department could make changes.
Bessey said he received a $25 ticket for parking in the Jayhawk Towers lot with his yellow pass.
"I'm interested to see how full the lots that changed from yellow to red are." Hultine said.
"Once that's settled, if there's a lot of red not being used, I think the parking commission will talk about possible changes."
However, it isn't just lot changes that are leading to citations. So far, the department has issued 251 warnings for cars facing the wrong way, Hultine said.
With the new license plate scanning technology the department is using this year, cars are no longer allowed to pull through a space to park in a spot. This is so all license plates are facing out into the aisles and can be easily scanned.
Overall, Hultine said parking has issued a total of 537 warnings as of Sept. 16. Between Aug. 3 and Sept. 8, the department issued 334, according to the spreadsheet.
Hultine said 251 of the 537 were for cars facing the wrong
direction. She said the system would keep track of who has received warnings and those people would get a ticket if it happened again.
The rest of the warnings, Hultine said, were for student permits that were parked in staff lots. Some of them were in lots with zone changes from last year, but most were in residence hall staff areas
"I would say because of the new system we've probably written fewer tickets than last year," Hultine said. "We've tried to write a lot of warnings just to get people used to the new zones."
Most parking violations have occurred in the mornings. Of the 1,867 parking citations, 1,323 of them were issued before 12 p.m.
Students have struggled to find parking in some of the larger yellow lots, but Hultine said it's
a matter of making sure people know where the yellow zones are.
"Last week at 10 a.m., the [Rec Center] lot was full and people were circling through the lot trying to find parking." Hultine said. "But when I drove to lots 125 and 127 [near Allen Fieldhouse] there were about 90 open yellow spots."
Eventually, once all parking information is entered into the new system, the license plate scanner will be able to count how many cars are in each lot and calculate how many spots are available. Hultine said that at some point, the department would be able to tweet out which lots are full on a daily basis to help people find parking spots.
- Edited by Scott Chasen
PRICEY PARKING How much a ticket is and how many tickets were given (Aug. 3 to Sept. 8)
Students at a meet-and-greet for Native American students at the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
Back row: Miana Fay, Sherrie Marland, Melissa Peterson, Hannah Byd, Landri James, Becky Welton, and Walter Helms.
Front row: Jordan Little Axe, Sheerena Baker, Natasha Myhal, Sierra Two Bulls and Freddy Gipp.
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Relationship between KU and Haskell is strengthened through partnerships
LARA KORTE
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Students at The University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University have been taking advantage of a student exchange program for years. Recently, however, KU has taken measures to expand relations and community between the two schools, including the creation of two new positions. Becky Welton in the Department of Diversity and Equity was recently appointed as the KU-Haskell community liaison. Welton said she works with Haskell in providing programs for and recruiting exchange students.
"A couple of things we've done is having the orientation meeting at Haskell. We have provided field trips, tours up to KU and give them a walking tour of Jayhawk Boulevard, visited the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the library and then did a driving tour of west campus," Welton said.
Welton, who previously worked on the Haskell campus, said many of the exchange students come to KU for classes not offered at their own college.
"Haskell is a small school and because they're small and have a limited federal budget, they don't have the opportunities at Haskell to take the variety of courses that KU has," Welton said.
As the exchange program grows — currently there are 20 Haskell Students taking courses at KU — there's more of a need to provide a strong Native American community, Welton said.
Melissa Peterson, a doctoral candidate in higher education and administration, was recently hired as the Multicultural Coordinator on KU's campus. Peterson said her job is to help cultural communities on campus grow, particularly among Native American students. Through strengthening cultural bonds, Native American students on campus and those in the exchange program have a higher rate of success, she said.
"Some of the things that I've been working on is building community so I can definitely help with recruitment, retention and graduation," Peterson said.
"We really want to do more and be more inclusive to the community at KU. We want to invite those who don't know about Native American heritage and culture and get them involved," Peterson said.
Peterson is working with the Native Faculty Staff Council as well as the First Nation Student Association in providing programs and resources for both Native American KU students and Haskell exchange students.
"Within the native community, there's always a sense of family and a sense of place. And that's what we hope to provide and invite them into the Office of Multicultural Affairs, because we do a lot of good things for our students," Peterson said.
Having a strong community is important for Native American students, Peterson said.
"It's really important for students who are so far away from home to know that they have people here that think like them who do the same thing that they do," james said.
Senior Landri James, from Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, recently became president of the First Nations Student Association. James, who attended Haskell for two years prior to KU, said she hopes to grow the Native American community, which is currently small compared to other groups.
One of the projects that First Nation Student Association is working on is organizing a powwow in the spring, James said.
"Right now we're definitely underrepresented, we have about six or seven members that come to our meetings weekly," James said.
"I think one of our biggest issues right now is finding an appropriate facility for that event. For the past couple years, we've had it in the Student Union in the ballroom and it's just really
The powwow is open to all Native Americans in the area, James said. Additionally, she said, a successful powwow could mean a stronger Native American community on campus.
"If it's a good powwow, we can get people to tell their friends and family about us and they'll know that we're here," James said.
crowded, so we're trying to get contacts with the right people at the university to help us," James said.
Until the spring, James said that First Nation Student Association will continue working with Welton and Peterson to make both Native American KU students and Haskell transfers feel welcome.
"I would just like to expand our population here on campus and help to bridge the gap between KU and Haskell," James said.
- Edited by Rebeka Luttinger