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Research aided A $17 million grant recently awarded to the University will provide needed assistance to researchers on and off campus. PAGE 3A
off campus. PAGE 3A
Concepts of dance
Projects by architecture that explore dance movements are display between
Marvin and Lindley Halls until fall break. PAGE 3A
Jayhawk volleyball loses
The Kansas volleyball team narrowly loses to Nebraska
in a four-game set last night. PAGE 12A
Altitude no problem
The thin air of the Colorado mountains can be intimidating but shouldn't phase a team
that played in Wyoming earlier this season PAGE 12A
Breaking barriers
Prentice Gautt associate commissioner for the Big 12 Conference was the first African American on the Oklahoma Sooner football team. PAGE 12A
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KANSAN
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Thursday, October 9, 2003
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
By Danielle Hilliz
dhilix@kansan.com
Kansas man writing
Blue phone crisis use rare
The blue phone did not stop the suspect from grabbing the victim and pulling out a knife. Though she escaped, the victim used her cell phone instead of the blue phone.
An emergency blue phone was within sight when a masked man attacked a University of Kansas freshman last Friday morning in the Lied Center parking lot.
Long-heralded by the University as a cornerstone of campus safety, blue phones are directly connected to KU Public Safety Office dispatch. John Mullens, an assistant director of public safety, said that the phones were
"Honestly, we don't necessarily expect to get something we would run red lights and have sirens for," he said.
intended to be used in all emergency situations, but that the phones weren't often used to report serious crimes.
In 2002, the KU Public Safety Office received an average of 13.33 calls per month from the blue phones. So far in 2003, the office has received an average of 19.33 calls per month.
"Fortunately, we don't have the kind of activity that would put them in constant use for flat-out serious things," Mullens said.
Mullens said a majority of calls from blue phones concerned personal emergencies, such as flat tires and broken down vehicles.
Some students question whether a blue phone would be effective in a serious situation, such as the assault last Friday.
like Friday morning so they have the phones can be a deterrent, but they're not a complete preventative measure." Mullens said.
Though the phones aren't often used to report serious crimes, Mullens said the phones were designed to prevent crimes like Friday morning's attack.
"If someone grabs me, I won't be able to get to a blue phone," Crystal Harness, Highland sophomore said. "Attackers know where phones are as well as everyone else does."
SEE PHONES ON PAGE 6A
Thirty interior and 34 exterior phones
2003 BLUE PHONE CALLS
The KU Public Safety Office tracks of the number of calls received from emergency blue phones. So far this year, the department is averaging 19.33 calls per month.
January: 15
February: 14
March: 12
April: 22
May: 30
June: 20
July: 19
August: 21
September: 2
Source: KU Public Safety Office
Keeping cheap chic
Local shoppers pick thrift stores to find bargains
By Kevin Kampwirth
kkampwirth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
For Lawrence resident Shannon Green, the choice is obvious.
"Here, this Gap jacket costs $20. At the Gap it costs $60. I don't see the dilemma," she said.
The "here" Green spoke of refers to Arizona Trading Company, 734 Massachusetts St., one of several second-hand clothing stores in Lawrence.
Megan True/Kansen
Second-hand stores, or thrift stores as they are commonly referred to, have been a popular shopping destination for students for years.
ATC buys, sells and trades clothing and other accessories like shoes, belts and hats.
students for years.
"People are really embracing the idea of buying used clothing over the past few years," said Heather Neuburger, buying manager at Arizona Trading Company.
Under its system, someone interested in selling clothes brings the items into the store. A selling manager then quotes them a price based on the type of item and its quality.
"We typically look for clean items that are currently in style," Neuburger said. "Things that are trendier at the time."
Bryan Farley, Stillwell sophomore, searched for bargains in the Salvation Army yesterday afternoon. Friend and friend Steve Clodferter go to the Salvation Army every Wednesday because it's family-50-percent-off day. Farley and Clodferter said they tried to keep their spending under $3.
If the item is sold, the seller gets either 40 percent in cash from what the item sold for, or 60 percent in trade, meaning the seller could use that 60 percent towards buying something in the store.
Neuburger said the store tried to keep its prices relatively low to be fair.
"We want to provide our customers with good deals, but we also want to give people who sold us the clothes their money's worth," she said.
Deanne Ruebhausen, Leavenworth resident, said she did most of her shopping at ATC and similar stores.
"You find stuff in these places that you wouldn't find in chain stores like Abercrombie. Ruebhausen said. "But at the same time, you can find stuff from Abercrombie for $50 less than you would pay there."
Low prices are probably the biggest draw to thrifting. But for many, like Dan Lynch, Chicago senior, the comfort that used clothes provide is the main selling point.
"It takes a solid five years to really break in a new T-shirt to the point of being comfortable," Lynch said. "Why waste the time when you could go to a thrift store and get an already broken-in shirt for like a dollar?"
The Salvation Army thrift store, which sells everything from clothes to furniture, is one of the more popular locations for local thrifters.
Like the majority of thrift stores in Lawrence, the Salvation Army thrift store and pickup, 1818 Massachusetts St., takes donations instead of buying items.
Proceeds from the sales benefit an adult rehab center for drug and alcohol abuse in Kansas City, Mo.
"A large part of our sales come from students," said William Collette, store manager. "Clothes and furniture seem to
sell especially well with them."
Goodwill, 2200 W.31st St., is another thrift store that relies on donations. Goodwill, a charity organization as well, gives 85 percent of its proceeds to various charity programs the store is involved with, like benefitting the homeless.
Goodwill is popular with students as well, but appeals especially to women, Becky Riley, store processing manager, said. The store now offers a student day every Wednesday when those with a student ID get 20 percent off of purchases.
keep as running.
At both Goodwill and the Salvation Army thrift stores, prices are generally low, with many items selling for less than two dollars.
"We have a lot of student regulars," Riley said. "Our regulars are what really keep us running."
The DAV Thrift Store in Southern Hills Mall, near 23rd St. and Ousdahl Rd., is a store that benefits Disabled American Veterans charities.
Brenda Climer, store manager, said one strategy the store used, pricing
American Vegetarian DAV Thrift Store sells everything from clothes to dishes to books.
"You find stuff in these places that you wouldn't find in chain stores like Abercrombie. But at the same time, you can find stuff from Abercrombie for $50 less than you would pay there."
Deanne Ruebhausen thrift store shopper
most items at 99 cents, really worked to draw people in.
in law people mean.
The prices are nice, but for Lynch it's also about morals and questioning what chain stores mean.
"To me it means paying $50 for something that was made for five dollars by some seven-year-old kid in a sweatshop in Indonesia making 50 cents an hour," he said. "Thrifting just makes more sense to me."
Edited by JJ Hensley
Fieldhouse seating could shift control
By Robert Perkins
rperkins@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
At today's University Council meeting, the control of faculty and staff basketball seating will hang in the balance.
Kansas athletics director Lew Perkins has approached the University Senate Executive Committee, also known as SenEx, and asked it to decide how faculty and staff seating should be allocated.
Tuesday, the committee members
Perkins
These opportunities include the possibility of better seats for some faculty and staff members than they have now.
hired to pursue this opportunity and planned to ask the council for the goahead to start negotiations with Perkins.
"Obviously, we're taking the heat," said Ray Davis, associate professor of public administration, and SenEx chair. "But at the same time, we're providing opportunities for faculty."
san members At a meeting with Perkins on Monday, Davis and Lloyd Sponholtz, president of University Council, began precursory negotiations for the number and locations of the seats.
"The athletics director proved to be pretty malleable," Davis said, describing the deal that they worked out as "amazingly gracious."
The deal includes 500 to 600 seats in the lowest sections of the four corners, 900 seats on the second tier of the corners and no seats in the third tier.
This would triple the number of faculty and staff members in the lowest tier and completely remove them from the third.
In addition, Perkins told Davis and Sponholtz that depending on demand, he would find 150 to 200 more seats after the first game if they're needed.
Part of the pressure to redistribute faculty and staff seats comes because of the Williams Fund.
The Williams Fund was started in 1949 by Dick, Skipper and Odd Williams to support athletic scholarships.
Benefits of donating to the fund include the opportunity for better basketball tickets.
Rebuild leaders. Some older ticket holders and members of the Williams Fund no longer donate but have better seats than faculty and staff members who do.
While this inequity has some people upset, trying to sort it out has the potential to cause lust as much turmoll.
Committee members described SenEx handling the issue as a win-win situation for Perkins.
In the short term, Perkins would be shielded from complaints about the new arrangement.
In the long term, more people would donate more money to the Williams Fund in hopes of getting better basketball tickets.
Since Perkins began to look at prior
seating during August and Sen-
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