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September 19, 2002
Vol. 113. Issue No. 21
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Kansan sportswriters face-off in virtual football showdown p. 9A
'Journey' for the disabled
By Todd Rapp
trapp@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Three KU men from Pi Kappa Phi started their days this summer by cycling 75 miles.
Adam Heasley, Overland Park junior, Jared Leonard, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Wes O'Neal, Lawrence senior, were cyclists for the Journey of Hope, a cross-country cycling event that is part of Pi Kappa Phi's philanthropy. Push America.
The philanthropy is dedicated to improving the lives of people with disabilities through service, volunteerism, education and awareness.
Three other KU Pi Kappa Phi men took part in the event as crew members: Jared Harpole, Bartlesville, Okla., junior, Jeff Serbus, Lawrence junior, and David Buchanan, Wichita junior, a former cyclist for the Journey of Hope.
The Iourney of Hope consisted of
two teams that rode two different routes for a total of 8,015 miles in 65 days. The journey began June 2 at the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, and the two teams rode together until they reached Fallon, Neb., where their routes divided. One team cycled to the north through cities including Salt Lake City, Lincoln, Neb., and Milwaukee. The other team cycled south through cities such as Phoenix, Albuquerque, N.M, Atlanta and Charlotte, N.C. The journey ended Aug. 4 in Washington, D.C., where the teams met and rode the last mile to the Capitol together.
Crew members took care of acquiring water, ensuring cyclists' safety, finding directions and providing roadside assistance, Buchanan said. Each team had five vehicles, donated by Saturn, which enabled the crew to drive alongside the team.
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(From left) Adam Heasly, Overland Park, junior, Jared Leonard Kansas City, Kan, senior, Jeff Serbus, Lawrence, junior, Jared Harpole, Bartleville, Okla, junior, David Buchanan, Wichita, junior, and Wes O'Neal, Lawrence, senior, participated in Journey for Hope this summer. The Pi Kappa Phi members each raised 4,000 dollars to embark on the cross country bike ride to benefit people with disabilities.
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Students circle the Daisy Hill parking lot to find a spot: Despite the 70 added spots, the lot is still full.
Ellsworth Hall renovation increases Daisy Hill parking
By Matt Stumpff
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
With 450 fewer students living on Daisy Hill this year, the problem of finding a close parking spot has eased.
Fewer residents need a place to park as a result of Ellsworth Hall closing this fall for renovations.
Donna Hultine, interim director for the KU Parking Department, said the department had sold 115 fewer parking passes for Daisy Hill compared to last year. Renovation equipment for Ellsworth takes up 45 of the permit spaces. The 70 extra spaces gained from the hall's closing have decreased the number of people who need to park at the Lied Center, Hultine said.
east side of Lied would be filled in the morning,"she said. "Lately, only the first two rows fill up."
"It seems to me that last year the whole
Students who lived on Daisy Hill in previous years have noticed the decrease of cars in the lot.
"Last year was really bad. I could never find a spot," said Jessica Turner, Omaha sophomore and second year resident of Hashinger Hall. "I haven't noticed the lots being as crowded this year."
Turner said she hadn't walked home from the Lied Center lot since last year, when it was an everyday experience for her.
However, the lots fill to the point where residents still have to park at the Lied Center, leading some students to complain.
"Parking sucks here," said Joann Do,
Dodge City freshman.
The McCollum Hall resident said she had never found a space in the Daisy Hill lot after coming home from late-night study sessions.
Walking home alone from the Lied Center made for an unsafe atmosphere. Do said.
But Lt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said no criminal acts had been reported since the start of school this year or last year during the same time period for the Lied Center lots.
The parking department has no plans to expand the lot when Ellsworth reopens next fall. Hultine said more people than ever would likely be forced into the Lied Center lot.
"There's definitely a trend that more people bring cars each year," Hultine said.
New building still needs name
Construction is still occurring on the yet to be named building adjacent to Learned, the engineering building.
By Jena Goepert
jgoepert@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas is grooming its new engineering building to have 82,000 square feet of classroom and research space, but it still hasn't given it a name.
Carl Locke, professor and former dean of engineering, spearheaded the project, which he expects to be completed by next fall 2003. Locke said the building would probably be named after some of the main donors.
Construction of the three-story building in front of Learned Hall is expected to cost $15 million and is funded solely through private donations, said Jill Hummels, public relations director for the school.
The Kansas University Endowment Association handles all private donations made to the University and has organized funds for the construction of the engineering building. John Scarffe, director of communications, said many variables went into deciding the future name of the building.
Although a walkway will connect the building to Learned Hall by a walkway, Hummels said the new building would be a free-standing structure and would need its own name.
He said the convention for naming buildings was to name the structure after the donor who had pledged about half of the total cost of construction. He said the
The Endowment Association is asking for more donations, which would pay for extras in the building, and is presenting proposals to donors in an effort to secure a name, Scarfie said.
According to the chancellor's 1996 policy, to name a building, an advisory committee meets to review recommended names. The committee includes the Provost, several vice chancellors and the directors and presidents from several University organizations. From there, the committee makes a recommendation
association had enough money to complete construction of the engineering building, but no donor had pledged enough to meet that naming standard.
to the chancellor, who then forwards his recommendation to the Board of Regents.
Jeanette Johnson, assistant to the Provest, said the committee typically named a building to honor a person's service or donation to the University or to uphold tradition of honoring former chancellors.
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers is the only former chancellor whose name does not appear on a campus building, Johnson said. Chalmers was at KU from 1969 until his resignation in 1972.
His name is still on the list of possibil-
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By George Schulz
gschulz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Members of the Womyn's Empowerment Action Coalition are not afraid of the word radical.
The University of Kansas women's rights group plans to send a troupe of "radical cheerleaders" clad in black and armed with homemade pompoms and signs to the Oct. 12 Homecoming Parade to protest rape and violence committed against women.
But "radical" is not the only word that can be used to describe WEAC. Every member has a different definition of feminism and a different reason for being involved.
The group is consensus-based and has no designated leaders. All members vote to decide what activities the group will be involved in.
"People see feminism as monolithic, as one single thing, and they characterize it in the most hideous way they possibly can, which is a gross mischaracterization," said Beth Peterson, Peterson, a Kansas City, Mo. senior, is a member of WEAC "People should be aware of the fact that there are a lot of different kinds of women
She said the degrees of feminism embraced by women sometimes clashed, but the goal was the same: full admission of women's rights and the right of women to live in safety. She said many women on campus who may or may not identify themselves as feminists sent their children to child care at the University.
who come to WEAC meetings," she said.
"Women all over this campus are benefiting from feminist actions in one way or another," Peterson said. "The fact that there are women at all at this University, or any University for that matter, is due to women saying they have a right to an education."
WEAC gathers every other Wednesday at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.
In response to recent reported rapes on campus, the group is considering organizing a panel discussion of experts on women's issues and self-defense training in the dorms. A small demonstration is scheduled tomorrow from 12:15 p.m. in front of Wescoe Hall.
The club has begun organizing for "Womyn Take Back the Night," an event designed to discuss feminist issues.
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