THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
JRP bus route to be canceled
By Caleb Mothwehr
cnothwehr@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students will have one less bus route next semester.
The KU on Wheels transportation board voted unanimously on Monday to cancel the bus route that travels from GSP-Corbin Hall, through campus and to Joseph R. Pearson Hall, which houses the school of education. The change will be effective starting on the first day of classes next semester.
Eric Braun, chairman of the transportation board and St. Louis senior, said KU on Wheels administrators had received little response from students after they first released that they were considering canceling the route.
"If we had the money,we'd love to keep that route." Braun said.
The bus used for the JRP route will now move to Daisy Hill as a park and ride bus, he said.
Braun said there was greater need for a bus on Daisy Hill, especially once the weather gets worse.
"Daisy hill routes are packed and it's not even cold yet," Braun said.
KU on Wheels was originally able to add the JRP bus because the renovation of Ellsworth Hall allowed fewer students to live on Daisy Hill. Administrators were expecting about 300 riders per day, but were only seeing about 60 per day.
Students who ride the JRP bus are unhappy with the decision.
"I really rely on the bus since the weather is getting colder," said Rachel Franks, Leawood junior.
Adam Reese, Manhattan freshman, said that, although not many students were riding the bus, he disagreed with the decision to cancel the route.
"It seems ridiculous that they raise tuition but have to cut things like this," Reese said.
Web portal to improve online services
By Kyle Ramsey
kramsey@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
—Edited by Christina Neff
University of Kansas officials unveiled yesterday the initial version of a student Web site titled Kyou.
The Web site is a portal, or gateway, to other links frequently used by students. It consolidates online services under one address, which eliminates the need to bounce back and forth between several sites and the KU home page. Students can log-in one time to access the site, which has links to e-mail, grades, class schedules and
Although a few bugs remain in the Kyou system, the site was launched to allow students to explore the concept and help developers polish the final product.
Blackboard.
The site, www.ku.edu/kyou, is the first section of a two-part launch. The initial site integrates services that are already available, but scattered throughout the University's network.
It also adds a few new services, such as online access to financial aid information and the new digital library.
The project has been allotted
$224,000 through the student technology fee.
The site aims to solve two common problems for students, said Julie Loats, Web administrator and director of the Kyou project.
The first is providing a single log-in for every online service provided at the University.
The second is virtually extending the office hours for some campus services beyond the standard 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. to 24 hours a day.
"It will take us a long way in terms of clarifying for students what it is they can do in terms of business transactions online with the institution," Loats said.
Phase two, to be launched sometime next semester, will integrate online enrollment, the course catalog and personalization of the site.
"Everyone can kind of make it their own thing," said Marilu Goodyear, vice provost for information services.
A service coordination group will research what services students want added to Kyou for phase two, Loats said.
Edited by Amanda Sears and Erin Ohm
Oh, deer: breeding season here
By Aaron Passman
By Aaron Passman
apassman@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The holiday season is here, but it is also a less recognized, but often very dangerous time: deer-breeding season.
Deer-breeding season occurs between October and December, the time of year when drivers are most likely to get into a deer-related accident. But deer accidents can occur any time.
Brandy Furst, Lawrence freshman, had a run-in with a deer in February 2000. Furst was driving to Paragould, Ark., when a doe and fawn came in front of her car.
"I was going around a corner on a dark windy road when a big doe ran out in front of my car and I hit it going about 40 miles per hour," said Furst. "It rolled over about five times into the ditch and then I saw it get right back up on its feet and run away with the baby."
The deer left a small dent in the hood of Furst's car, but despite the small damage, Furst said she was shaken up by the event.
"It scared me to death and I was screaming a lot." Furst said.
Web site, the Department of Transportation logged 10,184 deer-vehicle accidents in 2001, with 418 injuries and no deaths. Since 1996, there has been a yearly average of 6,679 deer accidents on Kansas highways.
Deer accidents on the Kansas Turnpike are at a normal level for this time of year, said Ed Hanton, patrol administration assistant for the Kansas' Turnpike Authority.
"We're on pace to be about the same as last year or maybe even less," said Hanlon. "It's pretty hard to predict mother nature, though."
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol
There has been a yearly average of 254 deer accidents since 1999 on the Kansas Turnpike, including 216 this year.
The Kansas Highway Patrol Web site suggests that drivers be on high alert at dawn and dusk, when deer are out and visibility is low. The site also advises slowing down and paying attention to deer-crossing signs, posted where deer-vehicle accidents have occurred in the past.
Hanlon also specifically recommended that drivers not swerve when a deer gets in their path, because swerving can lead to worse damage, such as rolling the vehicle.
Students rebuild park
By Justin Henning
jhenning@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
In its current state, Clopper Field is a park full of light poles, some fields and a tree.
But University of Kansas architecture students want to add a walking path, two soccer fields, a bigger playground, public restrooms and benches.
Located in the Argentine community of Kansas City, Kan., the eight-acre park has been in need of re-development for years, according to neighborhood groups.
That's where Shannon Criss' class of fourth-year architecture students comes in.
"We were willing and available," the associate professor of architecture and urban design said.
Her students prepared three design proposals to improve the safety, accessibility and new
recreation features of the park.
The proposals were then pitched to various community groups.
"We talked to a class of fifth graders who told us about the tennis courts," Nicole Hipp, St. Louis senior, said. "They said that nobody ever used them, and then said 'but this is what we like' and suggested basketball courts."
Clopper Field was created in the 1920s as a place for community baseball games.
—Edited by Sarah Hill
In its more recent years, the park has been neglected despite it being in the middle of a dense residential neighborhood.
For now, the class will only install four benches in the park in December.
"This is the first step to a long, enduring relationship, to actually build what students are imagining." Criss said.
— Edited by Chris Wintering
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