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LIFE AFTER A&M HOW WE XII G12SPORTS.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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TRANSPORTATION
BOBBY BURCH
bburch@kansan.com
After implementing a cooperative public transportation system, Lawrence and the University of Kansas have been recognized by the Federal Transit Administration for the largest increase in ridership among urban transit providers in the state.
The collaboration between University and city transit services led to more than 1 million total riders throughout Lawrence in 2010, according to the Federal Transit Administration.
The city of Lawrence increased its ridership from 549,186riders in2009 to 670,756 in 2010—a 22 percent increase.
Ridership on University Park and Ride buses increased nearly 12 percent, from 424,539 riders in 2009, to 475,007 in 2010.
The award was presented to the city last week at the annual meeting of the Kansas Public Transit Association in Manhattan.
Danny Kaiser, assistant director of University Parking and Transit, said that University and Lawrence transit officials began to jointly coordinate new bus routes about three years ago. The group's plan was launched in an effort to improve accessibility and efficiency of the public transportation system in Lawrence for both riders and transit providers.
"It just didn't make a whole lot of
sense — one bus following another down the street," Kaiser said. "What we've done is to try to take a look at the city as a whole."
Kaiser said that the improved transit system provides several benefits to the Lawrence community, including a more environmentally friendly service that reduces traffic congestion and use of fossil fuels.
Robert Nugent, public transit administrator of Lawrence, said the comprehensive transit system provides convenience for community members, including University students.
"Anybody can ride transit just about any time of the year," Nugent said. "We've restructured our service so KU students could not just use the service
on the 160 days that they're in session, but so that they can use it many more days."
As a result of city and University cooperation, all University of Kansas students are welcome to ride city bus routes by showing a student ID card. Conversely, all Lawrence citizens with a city bus pass can ride University bus routes.
For more information, call KU on Wheels at (785) 864-4644 or visit www.lawrentcensit.org for Lawrence, and www.kuonwheels.ku.edu for the University.
Edited by Josh Kantor
Kansas Ridership
--while, 11 of the top 40 recruits will be playing football in Austin, Texas this season.
— Source: Federal Transit Administration
— Clayton Ashley
A&M is making a move that will put them in the lower echelon of the top football conference instead of remaining in the upper echelon of one of the top conferences (albeit a very unstable one).
Quite simply, this is Texas A&M giving the finger to Texas for being better than them in nearly every way, shape and form. Instead of beating the Longhorns head-to-head, they decided losing more games in a better conference would be the proper form of revenge.
So now it's the Big 12's turn, as they can say goodbye to Texas A&M. You can be sure they will take pleasure in watching them get "whooped" more often than not.
Edited by Sarah McCabe
program joins the West Coast Conference.
Jan 19,2011 University of Texas president William Powers said Texas is "firmly committed" to the Big 12 and that league officials knew Texas was pursuing a network deal.
Aug 25, 2011
Texas A&M president R. Bowen
Loftin sends a letter to Big
12 commissioner Dan Beebe explaining that Texas A&M is considering leaving the Big 12.
Aug 25, 2011
Aug 30,2011
New York Times report that it notified the Big 12 of its intention to leave the athletic conference.
become the 17th member of the Big East conference after leaving the Mountain West.
Jul 1, 2011
The Governors of Colorado and Utah deem June 30 'Appar-12 Day' as the Utah Utts and the Utah Buffaloes to official members
of Pac-12
Aug 29, 2011
Aug 29, 2011
The New York Times reports that
President R. Bowen
Loftin informed Big 12
Board Chairman Brady
Deaton that the Aggies
will officially withdraw from the
conference so they can Tuesday
Aug 31, 2011
Aug 31, 2014
Texas A&M officially
notifies the Big 12 of its
intention to withdraw
from the conference.
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Sara McClinton and Chelsea Albers may each be in their first season with the Jayhawks, but coach Ray Bechard is counting on both of them to contribute, and contribute early. McClinton started all three of the team's victories in the season-opening Georgia Buldog Invitational over the weekend, and Albers started both of the Saturday sweeps.
"We're going to put the best six out there, and sometimes that's a bit of a stretch for freshmen to do that," Bechard said. "But we have a bunch of confidence in both of those young ladies."
McClinton finished the weekend with 11 kills, including seven in the finale against Georgia. To secure her role as a starter for the season's first three games, McClinton had to play catch-up with the upperclassmen who stayed over the summer.
"I knew we had a good opportunity to compete with some of the upperclassmen for the spots, but you can't come in and expect to start," McClinton said. "You have to
Albers had an impressive first start on Saturday morning, recording six kills in the sweep against Liberty. She may have ensured her spot as a starter through a decorated high school career at Papillion LaVista, where she notched a state-leading 487 kills in 2009 was named the Omaha World-Herald's Girl's 2010-11 Athlete of the Year her senior season.
"That is a tough call," Bechard said. "You need to kind of get a sense for where you think the progress will be within the first month and if this is a kid that can help us by mid-
Starting so early is an unexpected perk for Albers, but it is one she said she plans on working hard to maintain. Both freshmen had to work hard just to avoid being redshirted by Bechard, who said the decision to sit and develop a player for a year is a difficult one.
training in Italy, the freshmen were not permitted to tag along. Still, the upperclassman have tried to make the Nebraska' natives feel at home, Albers said.
"They have worked hard to include us and not make us feel like freshmen," Albers said. "Speaking for myself, I feel like they treat us like volleyball players and not by our age."
work to achieve
it. That was my goal, to come in and start, but I guess I wasn't expecting it so soon."
Since Bechard was hired as the coach of the volleyball team 14 years ago, he has had a player from Nebraska on his roster every season. Albers and McClinton first met as opponents in the state's notoriously competitive high school volleyball circuit. They would later come to know each other better as teammates at the even more competitive club level.
"Growing up in Nebraska, I think it gave us a huge advantage," McClinton said. "High school volley
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