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"Everyone just jumped for their lives. It was like an absolute horror. The whole side of the boat looked like an opener on a can."
Bob Carroll, a rider on the Staten Island ferry that crashed into a pier yesterday
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thursday,october 16,2003
Campus KU Center for Research tabs Wilson interim vice provost
George S. Wilson was selected by the KU Center for Research as new inerim associate vice provost yesterday.
Wilson is a Higuchi distinguished professor of chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry. His research aided in the development of the implantable sensor for glucose used in diabetic patients.
James A. Roberts, interim vice provost for research, said that Wilson's experience prepared him for the position.
Wilson is a trustee of the center for research and a member of the group's executive committee. He also serves on the Life Sciences Research Council.
As vice provost, Wilson will oversee research space, investments in research and the Lawrence campus research centers and institutes.
Meghan Brune
GSP-Corbin parking garage reopens after three weeks
Residents of GSP-Corbin Hall can park in their parking garage again.
Portions of the parking garage of GSP-Corbin reopened yesterday.
The garage was closed for almost three weeks to replace a waterproof coating that wasn't working.
Two-thirds of the garage was reopened Friday. The garage was scheduled to reopen tomorrow,but workers finished more quickly,than expected.
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Salvation Army facility to be double the area of original
The Salvation Army Lawrence Corps
announced plans yesterday for a new community resource center and transitional housing facility. The site for the center will be at an undeveloped block at 18th and Haskell Streets.
Rich Forney, corps administrator estimated that construction would begin in one year and the center would open six to nine months later.
The Lawrence Salvation Army will begin its fundraising drive in January. Forney said it would need about $4 million to complete the new center, all in local funds.
Forney said he was confident all the funds could be raised in the community
"When they realize the need for this, people will respond," he said.
The proposed 32,000 square-foot center will hold a gymnasium, classrooms, a dining area, chapel and separated sleeping quarters for the homeless. A food bank will also be included.
The building will be more than double the current facility's size, which is located at 946 New Hampshire.
Every area in the facility is being used at double or triple its capacity, according to Forney. He said the basketball court was used for night lodging and the facility has no room for storage.
Amanda Kim Stairrett
9-year-old boy dead in bus accident in western Kansas
SHIELDS — A tractor trailer carrying sand collided with a school bus in remote part of western Kansas yesterday afternoon, killing a 9-year-old boy and seriously injuring three others students, police said.
Joey Speer, of the Dighton area, died from injuries sustained in the accident, said Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ron Knoefel.
Three other students — an 8th grade girl, 5th grade boy and a 4th grade girl — were airlifted to Wichita with serious to critical injuries, Knoefel said.
The accident happened around 3:45 p.m. when the bus failed to yield, Knoefel said. Witnesses said the bus had just dropped off a few students when it was hit by the tractor trailer.
The body of the bus was ripped from the vehicle's frame, and it could be seen last night in a ditch south of the accident scene.
Police were still investigating at the accident scene, about 35 miles northeast of Garden City, as of late last night.
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Witness spots people near scene of Kansas City blaze
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A witness saw several people climbing over the fence of a Kansas City lumberyard early Sunday as it burst into flames, fire investigators said Tuesday.
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The investigators are trying to determine whether an arsonist sparked the blaze at Schutte Lumber Co. and whether it is connected to two other recent lumberyard fires in nearby Clay County.
Fire investigators already have confirmed arson was the cause of an Oct. 6 fire at Porter Building Supply in Kearney and another blaze early Oct. 7 at a Porter distribution center in Mosby.The two businesses were owned by the same family.
Larry Scott, a spokesman for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, said investigators were trying to determine where the fire started and the path it took. Investigators also were checking to see if anything was missing from the scene, Scott said.
The Associated Press
Karen Schoor, labor supervisor, Sean DeGraff, facilities specialist, and Bob Hardister, general maintenance and repair technician, loaded a desk onto a truck headed to West Campus yesterday. The effort was part of a project to rid the campus of useless materials that are taking up space. Unwanted items will be recycled, donated or thrown away.
Eric Braem/Kansan
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Who is the statue of in front of Allen Fieldhouse?
It's Phog Allen, who coached KU basketball for 39 years. The Fieldhouse was named after him. The statue cost $140,000 and is nine feet tall.
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