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The exterior of the new Chick-fil-A standalone location in Lawrence at 2735 Iowa St.
Chick-fil-A to open on Sept. 2 on Iowa St.
VICKY DIAZ-CAMACHO AND ALANA FLINN
@KansanNews
After years of success at its location in Wescoe's Underground on the University campus, Chick-fil-A will open a standalone location at 2735 Iowa St. on Sept. 2.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. and is projected to end at 9:30 a.m., according to the Lawrence Chamber website.
Those who are committed to being at the grand opening can camp out for a "First 100" ticket, which enters a person into a drawing to win a grand prize of one Chick-fil-A meal
per week for a year. Official rules can be found online.
"I missed having a real Chick-fil-A close by ... I got really excited that I could go back to having my chicken sandwiches all the time."
CAMERON FIFE
Lawrence resident
Richie Hernandez, a junior, said he has mixed emotions about the new Chick-fil-A, mainly because he loves their food, but disagrees with their politics.
"I do plan on being at the grand opening, just to see what will be going on from a political standpoint," Hernandez said. "One of my majors is political science, and I just want to get a real world perspective on how the protesting goes on if there is any." So far, there have been no official reports that protesters will be attending the opening. Cameron Fife, a Lawrence resident, said he grew up eating Chick-fil-A and couldn't wait for one to be close by. "I grew up in Georgia where Chick-fil-A originated, so I grew up eating it all the time," Fife said. "When I moved to Lawrence, I missed having a
"I feel like it'll be really good from a revenue standpoint because so many people eat Chick-fil-A at the Underground and love it, but now you just have to go down Iowa Street and drive through," he said.
Hernandez said he thinks the new location will add convenience for those trying to grab some chicken nuggets.
real Chick-fil-A close by, so once I knew they were putting one in, I got really excited that I could go back to having my chicken sandwiches all the time."
Chick-fil-A will also be collecting children's books to donate to local organizations.
Hoverboarding on KU campus is legal, but riders must follow laws
MCKENNA HARFORD
@McKennaHarford
Students are allowed to hoverboard on campus and on city sidewalks without receiving citations, according to the KU Public Safety Office and the Lawrence Police Department. Hoverboards are hands-free motorized skateboards, popularized by movies like the "Back to the Future" series. Captain James Anguiano said that under state traffic ordinances the hoverboards could be considered electronic personal assistance devices, like a segway, that are not banned from sidewalk use.
"It's kind of like a pedestrian on wheels," Anguiano said. People on hoverboards will
have to follow pedestrian traffic laws, including using crosswalks. Police can issue a citation for not following those laws.
The city ordinances prohibit skateboards, rollerblades and bikes, which must follow traffic laws, on the sidewalk. Trent McKinley, a spokesman for the Lawrence Police Department, said the department would not be issuing citations for hoverboards right now because the ordinance does not cover them.
Hoverboards have been cropping up on campus and in Lawrence, most recently in an Instagram video from men's basketball point guard Devonte Graham.
- Edited by Emma LeGault
ALEX ROBINSON/KANSAN Pedestrians ride hoverboards in front of Wescoe Hall on Monday.
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