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THURSDAY,SEP.3,2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 5
NEWS ROUNDUP >> YOU NEED TO KNOW
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STUDENT SENATE started the first legislative season of the year with committee meetings on Sept. 2 Read our explainer: News >> PAGE 02
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Lot 90, located between Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center and Capitol-Federal Hall, is the largest yellow parking lot available to students
JAMES HOYT/KANSAN
Student starts online petition to increase parking spaces in on-campus yellow lots
DARBY VANHOUTON
@darbyvanhoutan
A petition to increase student parking spaces has garnered more than 1,440 signatures since it was posted on Sept. 1, and the number of signatures continues to climb.
Alex Hardee, a senior, started the petition after arriving on campus for her practicum orientation and discovering the parking changes.
"I came up to a lot that used to be yellow, and it was all red permit only," Hardee said. "Later I checked out other lots on campus that used to be yellow to see the same thing."
She said she noticed the lot
was only one-third full
Before starting the petition, Hardee said she made sure that she had support from at least 40 people on campus. She found strong support not only from undergraduate and graduate students, but also from parents.
The goal of the petition is to bring back at least half of the on-campus yellow spots.
In the first Student Senate meeting on Sept. 2, Student Body Vice President Zach George said he planned to meet th Hardee on Thursday.
Amber Lessor, a graduate student who was one of the first people to sign the petition, shared the same sentiment as Hardee. She said she hoped to see change — for the spots that were allocated to red and blue lots to be reverted back to yellow.
"Parking has always been an issue, but now they are taking away spots" Lessor said.
Lessor said she was most frustrated about the half-empty red lots that used to be yellow. She said she had to park more than 30 minutes away in the only yellow spot she could find.
Donna Hultine, director of parking, said that it was too soon to make changes.
"We will continue to watch how zone changes are being
used." Hultine said. "We need several weeks under our belts before we make changes."
Hultine said 161 spots had been added for students with yellow passes. However, most of those spots are not on the main campus. The lots that lost yellow spots are places like the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center and the Burge Union. JRP Hall and the lot on Illinois Street and Sunnyside Avenue are no longer yellow zones.
Students are only able to buy passes for available spots at residence and scholarship hall lots, yellow lots and the Mississippi Street parking garage near the Kansas Union.
Hultine suggested students use Park and Ride lots in West Campus and catch the bus to main campus.
She said lots 301 and 302 in Park and Ride in West Campus were mostly empty and students could drive down there, park and take a bus to get to class within 10 minutes instead of driving around for 30 minutes.
"That might just be the reality for this year," she said. "I think people just aren't familiar with the new yellow lots yet."
- Edited by Minami Levo nowich
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For a foodie in Lawrence, the last few weeks have been pretty awesome.
EATS
We've been publishing a lot of news about food in the last couple of weeks — check out our last few stories and prepare for mouth-watering deliciousness.
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Chick-fil-A in Lawrence: Chicken sandwich enthusiasts will be happy to know that the first standalone Chick-fil-A in Lawrence opened on Sept. 2. People camped out for a ticket, which entered the first 100 into a drawing to win one Chick-fil-A meal per week for a year.
The Waffle Iron, located at 7 E. 7th St., will reopen this weekend. Owner Sam Donnell will be serving an array of waffles Fridays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Read more on Page 5.
a taco stand in the Bull: Beer? Check. Moose Bowls? Check. Late-night tacos? Check. 14th Street Tacos has opened shop in the corner of Bullwinkles Bar.
Ladybird reopens: The diner, best known for its pies and donuts, was damaged by a fire earlier this year. It reopened on Aug.13, and the staff is serving up a tasty slate of entrees and desserts.
Not Pictured:
Leeway Franks:
Lee Meisel, the owner, used his experience in the food industry and memories from his childhood to create his hot-dog restaurant
that uses high quality meats and ingredients.
1900 Barker:
Brothers Taylor and Reagan Petrehn are
self-proclaimed foodies who've opened a new bakery and coffee shop at 1900 Barker Ave. The cafe is open four days a week, and the brothers said the community has rallied around them in support of the new venture.
Jefferson's Restaurant is back again:
The wings staple, at 743 Massachusetts St., reopened on Sept. 2 after a fire damaged the building earlier this year.
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