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Commission rejects Wal-Mart rezoning proposal
By Lindsey Hodel
Ihodei@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Lawrence planning commission decided in a 6-5 vote Wednesday night to recommend a denial of Wal-Mart's proposal for a new supercenter at Sixth and Wakarusa streets.
The Lawrence city commission will make the final decision no earlier than Nov.12 on the corporation's desire to bring a second store to Lawrence.
Wal-Mart's proposed plan includes the construction of a supercenter store; a larger Wal-Mart with a grocery store.
The current zoning of the site
allows for small-scale development but not for a large commercial retail outlet like Wal-Mart.
The planning commission discussed several issues concerning the rezoning of the area to accommodate a new Wal-Mart; the proximity to Free State High School; the traffic congestion the new store could cause; and the current zoning of the area as a small-scale retail space.
The planning commission's recommendation was based on the fact that the development would not fit the planning commission's Horizon 2020 plan, a plan outlining future commercial development in Lawrence, Bryan Dyer, a city planner handling the project, said.
Dyer said the large size of the development would negatively affect the area.
"The intensity of the development and the amount of traffic that would be created is too much for that intersection," Dversaid.
But John Bisio, Wal-Mart community affairs manager for the Midwest, said the company would still move forward with the second store plan by presenting it to the city commission.
"We still feel the plan has much merit when you take the facts into account," he said. "Lawrence's population has grown and in other cities similar
to Lawrence, we operate more than one store to serve the customers better."
Bisio also said Wal-Mart was taking the Lawrence community into consideration.
Sue Pine, vice chairwoman of the planning commission, voted in favor of Wal-Mart's proposal for its new store.
"Our plans call for an aesthetically pleasing store with lots of landscaping," he said. "We realize that Lawrence is a unique place, and I think we doing a good job at being sensitive to the needs of the community."
She said the commission was responsible for looking at zoning issues and land use issues for the
site, and not at whether a particular company should build there.
But Shaun Morrell, KU student representative for the planning commission, voted against Wal-Mart's proposal. Morrell's vote counts as a symbolic vote and is not included in the final decision.
"Wal-Mart wanted to gobble up all the retail space in that location," he said. "They could have built a smaller store, but they insisted on proposing a supercenter. Why they wouldn't scale it down is beyond me."
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nities had been founded on brotherhood, academies and giving to the community.
A lot of students came to campus with the goal of graduating with high honors, he said. Fraternities lacked an academic focus.
Linda Schwartzkopf, director of greek affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said fraternities suffered from an unfair image problem.
When a fraternity chapter on the east coast is accused of hazing, Schwartzkopf said, everyone thinks the local chapter of the same fraternity
permits hazing.
She said sororities had a nurturing image, and their numbers had steadily increased.She attributed this to the emphasis sororites placed on recruitment.
KU sorority membership has consistently increased since 1997, said Angie Carr, coordinator for fraternity and sorority life at KU.
Meanwhile, the numbers are again shifting in favor of fraternities.
Williamson said membership had begun to increase by 2 to 3 percent nationally since 1999. Again, KU follows the trend.
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receiver. Last week against Texas A&M, Green had a career best five receptions and 62 receiving vards.
Even with the success of Green, he only had 10 rushing attempts against the Aggies in a game in which junior running back Reggie Duncan did not play
Kansas coach Mark Mangino said he was working hard to get his running backs more carries and to refine the receiver's routes to take a load off Whittemore who has carried the ball 48 times during the last two weeks against Colorado and Texas A&M.
"We are getting a little better each week but our strides are not coming
Improvement also cannot come fast enough for the Kansas pass defense which allowed 428 passing yards last week to Texas A&M.
Gage presents problems for Kansas as he stands 6 feet 4 inches tall and needs only three receptions and 87 yards to break the Big 12 career records.
This is bad news for the Jayhawks in their preparations to face the Tigers' freshman quarterback Brad Smith and AllAmerican candidate senior wide receiver Justin Gage.
"He's unbelievable." Mangino said. "As a coach, you can't help but admire his athleticism, his grace and great hands, his ability to run routes and get to the ball. It will be a good challenge for us
"We are getting a little better each week but our strides are not coming fast enough."
Mark Mangino Kansas football coach
and we're ready to meet that challenge."
As extra motivation for Kansas, Missouri has been established as a 21 1/2 point favorite over the Jayhawks.
Mangino said he enjoyed being the underdog, but the intensity of the rivalry is enough to raise the emotions of the team.
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