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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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She said she'd use the rental program if the cost was reasonable.
Sylas May, a freshman from Derby, bikes to class because he likes the freedom of biking and he finds it difficult to understand the bus schedules. He said he thought students could benefit from a bike renal program. He said it would give people more access to easy transportation.
"There are definitely kids who want to get to class faster," he said. Diskin also said he thought there is a large number of out of state students who would use the program.
Kaden Diskin, a freshman from Wichita, said he bikes to class regularly, but if something were to happen to his bike he would use a bike rental program. He said he thought a lot of students would take advantage of a rental program.
"I would consider using it during early fall and spring," Burroff said.
Myron Liu, a member of the bike rental focus group, said the bike rental program would consist of either automated or manned stations across campus where bikes can be rented from and returned to. Liu, a senior from Lawrence, said the New Venture class was in the processes of surveying students for the preferred location of rental stations.
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Mackenzie Burroff, a freshman from Kansas City, Kan., left her bike at home, but would ride a bike when the weather is nice.
Student bike rental options examined
Student Senate and an entrepreneurship class are considering an on-campus bike rental program.
Student Senate Outreach Director Brandon Woodward said Student Senate has been working with students in ENTR 450: New Venture Creation/Business Plan Development to develop a bike rental program. He said students have expressed the need for such a program for years.
"One key location will be at the Rec Center," Lin said. "We'll consider the results to
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decide exactly where, and how many locations."
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Other locations considered include both the Kansas and Burge Unions and student housing locations.
Funding for the program is still unknown, but Liu said an optional campus fee would give students an unlimited number of rentals and rental time.
Liu said his group choose to work with Student Senate to develop the bike rental program.
Liu said about 50 students are enrolled in the class, which is divided into nine groups. Each group must work with a client to develop a structure and funding for that business.
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"By the end of the semester we will have a complete business plan." Liu said.
"It's been an amazing learning experience being able to work on something that could be a part of how students get to and from class in the future," Liu said.
Sign up for text alert at www.
alertsku.edu/signup.shtml.
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CAMPUS
University to send test text message
The message is one part of the University's multifaceted emergency alert system, KU Campus Alerts, which also includes a public address system, email alerts and web page alerts.
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people who have not yet signed up for it. He said the University tries to schedule them on days without other kinds of tests, such as fire or tornado drills. The University has employed the text alert since shortly after the 2007 school shooting at Virginia Tech, Martin said.
The message will read: "THIS IS A TEST of the KU Alert text messaging system for situations of imminent danger on campus. This is only a TEST," according to a University press release. Only those who have signed up for the text alert system will receive the message.
At least 21,000 students, faculty and staff will receive the same text Wednesday at noon.
Jack Martin, a University spokesman, said the University schedules drills such as these each year both to test the system and spread the word about it to
WIDE OPEN READING
SAME BOOKS, NEW SPACE
Marilyn Stokstad, left, professor of art history, and Lorraine J. Haricombe, dean of KU Libraries, spoke Tuesday at the opening of a new reading room named in Stokstad's honor at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library. The library's collection is not open for circulation, so the reading room is the central area for patrons. The new space, called the Marilyn Stokstad Reading Room, is designed to accommodate more patrons and includes a separate room for study groups. Stokstad, a professor of art history, funded the reading room with a $250,000 donation to KU Endowment in January, 2010.
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Sale raises money for art club
ACADEMICS
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If the phrase 'holiday art' evokes thoughts of glitter, snowmen and overwhelming amounts of red and green, the holiday art sale in the Kansas Union showcasing students' work will be a welcome surprise. The sale includes pieces from the University's ceramics, textile and metalwork clubs, but nothing overtly seasonal.
"We try to encourage it as a 'gifts-to-give sale,' said ceramics club president Ashley Bowser, a senior from Topeka.
Nici Ashner, a junior from Overland Park, folds scarves during the holiday art sale. The crafts on Ashner's table were made in the installation piece "Earthworks" by Neil Gross this past spring.
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Ceramics students crafted bowls, mugs and plates, along with less traditional items such as a skull and fortune cookies, complete with folded paper fortunes. Delicate silver jewelry is available at the metalworks table, while the textile club sells hats, scarves and hand-sewn felt ornaments.
Many pieces cost less than $30, although some of the larger or more labor-intensive works can cost more. Artists set their own prices, said textiles club president and Pittsburg senior Caroline Howard, which is part of what makes the sale a good real-world experience for art students.
"It will be a baby step, an experience in to how to price, market and' present your work." Howard said.
For underclassmen majoring in
art who have not yet decided on a specialty in their program, the sale also provides an opportunity to see which kinds of art are the most in demand by consumers. Students can see what sells, and what doesn't, and use that information to direct their studies.
Participating artists benefit in another, more immediate way. They receive most of the profit from their sales, with a portion
going to their club. Bowser said that last year the ceramics club raised $2,000 from the sale, and the money went toward sending club members to a conference.
Although the clubs posted fliers around campus advertising the sale, many students, such as Ann Gorsuch, a senior from Overland Park, stopped by while passing through the Kansas Union.
"I was expecting the prices to
be a lot higher, but they're actually pretty good and a lot of the stuff is really cool," Gorsuch said. "I'm thinking about getting my parents an early Christmas present."
The art sale is on the 4th floor of the Kansas Union and runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.today and Thursday.
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Today's Weather Forecasts done by University students. For a more detailed forecast, see page 2A.
HI: 50
LO: 20
Nicer, but still a bite in the air.