THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5A
New signs may improve Alumni Place parking
By Matt Stumpff
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Improved sinage might help curb the problem of illegal parking at scholarship hall lots, the University of Kansas parking department said yesterday.
The department plans to install larger signs near the Alumni Place parking lots, which residents say fill with automobiles Thursday through Saturday nights because of the lots' proximity to the Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th St., and The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St.
Unauthorized drivers might not notice the current lot signs and think it's parking for the Wheel, said John Westerhaus, Overland Park junior.
The Stephenson Hall resident said he had noticed more towing
in the parking lot for this year at the hall located at 1404 Alumni Place.
Donna Hultine, interim director of the parking department, said residents might notice an increase in towing partly because the department added a full-time night position to patrol the lots. Hultine said the parking department towed 23 cars in September. She did not have past figures.
Hultine said the parking department made the decision to post larger signs at a parking commission meeting Tuesday.
"I think if people understand that it was University property, they wouldn't park there," Hultine said.
Rob Farha, owner of the Wheel Cafe, said he rarely had customers come back and say their car had been towed.
"When they do, they don't hold
it against me," Farha said. "They know I can't do anything about it."
Jen Marcee; Leavenworth freshman, said a friend visiting her apartment had her car towed last week from a scholarship hall lot. Her friend didn't see the signs, she said.
April Benson, Grand Island, Neb., sophomore and Sellars Hall resident said she had to use the lot at 12th and Louisiana streets on weekend nights. Benson said she didn't feel safe walking three blocks from the lot to her hall at 1443 Alumni Place.
Facilities operations will create new signs for the Alumni Place lots when the parking department decides what information should be on the signs. Hultine said she planned to have new signs up in about two weeks.
- Edited by Adam Pracht
Automobiles fill Stephenson Hall parking lot, 1404 Alumni Place. Residents say overflow from The Wheel Cafe, 507 W.14th St., and The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St., fills the lot.
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Students start Model U.N. group, prepare for debates
By George Schulz
gschulz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas students interested in international politics have formed a Model United Nations club on campus, and the group plans to eventually participate in Model U.N. conventions with students nationwide.
Model U.N. clubs simulate hearings and debates on current issues of global politics and international affairs addressed by real U.N.delegates.
Laura Rose Barr, Villa Park, Ill., freshman and president of the new group, led the effort to form a Model U.N. club on campus. She said Model U.N. clubs were already in place in other schools around the country, including the University of Illinois, Duke University, Harvard University and Columbia University. Barr said she had been involved in her high school's Model U.N. club.
"It changed my life," Barr said. "I'm now planning on going into a career in international politics."
Barr found an adviser, Donald Haider-Markel, assistant professor of political science, and the group had its first meeting Sept. 30. A second meeting was held Monday to elect officers, and another meeting for interested students will be held soon, Barr
"It changed my life," Barr said. "I'm now planning on going into a career in international politics."
Laura Rose Barr President, Model Untied Nations Club and Villa Park, III., freshman
said. About 35-40 students have expressed interest in the club so far.
"I suspect the interest will be broader once more students find out about Model U.N." said Haider-Markel.
The group has applied to the Student Organizations and Leadership Development Center, and later, the group will work out how to get funds for Model U.N. students to travel to other cities for conventions.
The conventions will include student groups from around the country, each composed of 10 to 15 students and assigned a country to represent during debates and committee hearings. Each group will hold positions on current issues, taking into consideration the political, cultural and social make up of the country it's
representing.
Students had varied feelings about joining a Model U.N. club.
"I wouldn't do it because it seems like a lot of work," said Laura Nolle, Naperville, Ill., freshman. "But I think there are still a lot of people who would be interested in it."
Frank Auten, Lawrence senior said he would consider joining the club. He said students should understand how important of a role the United States played in the United Nations.
The KU club plans to travel to St. Louis for the Midwest Model U.N. in February for its first convention. A smaller convention will tentatively be held Nov. 17 in the Kansas Union. Individual KU
students will represent countries on a security council committee simulation.The United States,the United Kingdom,France,China and Russia are permanently on the security council with other countries rotating throughout. The smaller simulation on campus would hopefully prepare new Model U.N.students for what a conference would be like,Haider-Markel said.
Barr said she hoped the new group could someday make it to Model U.N.conventions in Europe.
For more information on the new Model U.N., e-mail Laura Rose Barr at rosebair@ku.edu.
- Edited by Amy Schmitz
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