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"One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary raw material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child."
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2008
— Carl Jung
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How to get alerts about late buses
BY HALEY JONES hjones@kansan.com
KU on Wheels has a new alert system that contacts bus riders by text message, phone call or e-mail if the buses on their routes are delayed, are taking a detour, have missed stops or aren't running because of snow days.
Students can sign up for the alert system for free through MV Transportation, the company that operates KU buses. MV Transportation implemented the alert system in the middle of September.
Mike Sweeten, division manager for MV Transportation, said the company had been developing
the software since late 2007 and started testing it this past summer. MV Transportation worked with the Transit Commission, the governing body for KU on Wheels, throughout the software's development. Sweeten said he didn't know the exact cost of the alert system because it had been developed in stages and only recently was completed.
Sweeten said the system used GPS to track the performance of all bus routes by transmitting signals through timing points located on all the routes.
local service providers, such as Nextel's GPS technology. He said MV Transportation provided the system as part of its contract with KU on Wheels at no extra cost to the University.
"The system allows us, operationally, to see what's happening," Sweeten said.
Sweeten said the GPS system was developed and installed using
Although students have three alert options, Sweeten said that the text message alert was the most popular and that students chose to receive a text at a ratio of eight to one over phone and e-mail alerts.
Sweeten said that MV Transportation sent alerts two to three times a week and that they had been used about 15 times since the alert system became available.
Derek Meier, Independence sophomore and transportation coordinator, said the system enabled better communication
between riders and the service provider.
"It gives students a way to know if they will have major problems that could affect their travel plans," Meier said.
"I trust the bus to get me to class at least within a couple minutes of class." Flanders said.
Charlie Flanders, Shawnee freshman, lives in McCollum Hall and rides the bus to every class. He said the buses were often a few minutes late and sometimes he was late to class. He said he never considered walking to class.
Flanders said he hadn't signed up for the alert system but planned to do so.
Edited by Lauren Keith
What do you think? BY DEBORAH FRASER
BY DEBORAH FRASEI
DO YOU THINK THE DEBATES, INCLUDING TONIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, DID OR WILL DO ANYTHING TO CHANGE PEOPLES' VOTES?
ALEX BOWMAN
Medicine Lodge sophomore "It may affect a few people's votes, but I place little or no faith in the system."
ASHLEY CUPICH Wichita freshman
"Yeah, probably. People will hear what candidates will change and change their votes because of what they say."
JOSEPH DENNISON
Burlingame sophomore "It will probably affect a small group, but most people already know who they're voting for, and it will further ingrain that opinion."
"The debates help people know who not to vote for. It makes the arguments between the parties easier."
LINDSEY COGGINS
Waterville freshman
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on campus
The lecture "The Historical Precedents behind the Russian-Georgian Conflict" will begin at noon in 318 Bailey Hall.
The student group event "The United States Supreme Court: A Preview of Next Term" will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the McCook Room in the Burge Union.
The student group event "Brazilian Week: Feijoada Fundraiser" will begin at 1 p.m in the ECM Center.
The lecture "Evolving the Future: Toward a Science of Intentional Cultural Change" will begin at 2:30 p.m. in Room 2092 in the Dole Human Development Center.
The University Senate Executive Committee Meeting will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room in Strong Hall.
The meeting "Introduction to Research for New Faculty" will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the First Floor Conference Room in the Multidisciplinary Research Building.
The lecture "Study Group with Dole Fellow Joe Gaylord" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
The meeting "Goldwater Scholarship information session" will begin at 4 p.m. in Nunemaker Center.
"Etiquette Dinner" will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Malott and Kansas Rooms in the Kansas Union.
The ceremony "Kemper Awards Program" will begin at 4 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The lecture "The Post-World War II Conservative Intellectual Movement in America" will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Conference Hall in Hall Center.
The film event "Turkish Film Series: Ekiya (The Bandit)" will begin at 7 p.m. in 318 Bailey Hall.
The concert 'Jazz Ensembles I, II & III' will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Lied Center.
on the record
The KU Public Safety office reported that on Oct. 3, three Texas Instruments graphing calculators, valued at $255, were removed from Haworth Hall, an Apple laptop valued at $1,300 was removed from a room in McCollum Hall, and a vehicle parked in a KU lot suffered $1,200 in damage when someone walked on the roof of the car sometime between 11 p.m. and midnight.
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