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Delicious barbecue
Hungry? Check out Jayplay to feed your hunger with some finger-
lickin' good barbecue at some lesser-known Kansas City joints. PAGE 3A
Making it safe to swap Students at the University of Kansas could be sharing files legally if the University accepts an invitation to develop an online music delivery service. PAGE 3A
Senate fails authorship bill
A bill that would grant non-senator students the right to author
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Fam and Friends
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player and coach Don Fambrough will host a benefit event tonight. Fam-
brough reflected on the KU-MU rivalry as the Saturday game approached. PAGE 1B
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KANSAN
Vol.114 Issue No.26
Thursday, September 25, 2003
The Student Newspaper of the University of Kansas
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
Liquor stores open Sundays
By Amanda Kim Stairrett
astairrett@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence liquor stores will be open this Sunday for the first time. City officials started notifying store owners today that they were allowed to do business from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sundays.
Dan Blomgren said he was eager to see how much business would be generated on Sundays.
"No one knows how much will be made," said Blomgren, the owner of Cork & Barrel Wine and Spirits. 2000 W. 23rd St. "Let me open my doors and see."
Lawrence resident Emily Nelson said she and her friends would be recovering from Saturday night when they went to buil alcohol this Sunday.
"My friends and I will definitely be going to Jensen," she said.
The group will only have to travel a short distance instead of making the trek
to Missouri.
Steven Berger said Sunday alcohol sales would detract from Saturday and Monday sales figures. Berger owns The Wine Cellar, 2100 W. 25th St.
Berger said he expected Sunday alcohol sales during the school months would bring in more business, but sales during summer months would decrease.
Tom Dangermond, owner of Dangermond Retail Liquor, 923 N. Second St., said the effects of Sunday sales would be
good in the short-term, but when Topeka allowed Sunday liquor sales the positive effects would even out.
Topeka could allow sales as soon as Oct. 26, when the city will vote on the issue. A group of Topeka liquor store owners wants to prevent Sunday sales in its city because the cost of paying employees outweighs the advantages of staying open.
SEE LIQUOR ON PAGE 7A
Parking
Z. Gordon Strau
Parking on Daisy Hill is tight this year because of the large number of freshmen who own cars. The University of Kansas parking department annually oversells permits for Daisy Hill.
Parking spots hard to find
By Maggie Newcomer
mnewcomer@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
The influx of freshman drivers is to blame for the lack of parking spaces at residence halls.
Twenty years ago 30 percent of college freshmen had cars while 70 percent do today, according to the Midwest Campus Parking Association.
Alan Wong lived on Daisy Hill his freshman year and said the lots were always full.
trouble even finding room for it in the parking lots.
"If it's after 10 p.m., just go to the Lied Center," the Topeka senior said. "Because you're not going to find a spot."
Wong now has a motorcycle and has
Claire Foushee, Lenexa senior, lives in a scholarship hall and said while she always found a spot somewhere. it wasn't always in the most convenient place.
In the last fiscal year, the University of Kansas made $691,000 from parking tickets, according to the parking department. That's in addition to the $1.75 million from permits.
Residence halls aren't the only overcrowded lots at the University. The
Drivers forced out of their designated parking lots have to live with the constant fear of being ticketed, or worse, towed.
SEE ALCOHOL ON PAGE 7A
OVERSOLD PARKING LOTS
Permit type Spots Permits
Gold 319 418
Blue 483 493
Red 1,495 1,807
Yellow 5,639 6,870
Daisy Hill 1,166 1,570
Oliver 399 440
GSP/Corbin 313 420
Alumni Place
(scholarship halls) 291 323
Jayhawk Towers 367 442
- Does not include the 294 handicapped or 282 metered spots
Parking employees misread, 'not jerks'
By Kevin Kampwirth
kkampwirth@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Editor's note: On Tuesday night, Kansan staff writer Kevin Kampwirth followed a KU parking department employee through a shift. Below is his account.
Myth: In their white Chevrolet trucks employees of the University of Kansas parking department patrol on-campus parking lots with Gestapo-like fanaticism, zealously issuing tickets to cars just waiting for the opportunity to tow one of them.
This view, however, is a gross misconception.
Public safety is the main concern, said Matt Graber, parking department employee.
"We're really not going out of our way to bust people." he said.
Graber works the night shift for the parking department. His shift typically starts around 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. and ends around 11 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. During this time, Graber drives around and patrols various campus parking lots and takes care of other things, such as emptying payment boxes.
Tuesday, Graber started his patrol at 5 p.m. following his usual route.
The disdain on people's faces was apparent as his parking department truck eased down Jayhawk Boulevard.
"People flip me off a lot," he said. "I've probably been called every name in the book."
Victim of assault raising awareness
SEE PARKING EMPLOYEES ON PAGE 7A
By Johanna M. Maska
jmaska@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Her bruises are as raw as the memory of the sexual assault.
Alexa Redford is too scared to go back to her single apartment. At 2:30 a.m. last Wednesday, she was attacked while walking home from work near 11th and Tennessee streets.
"I remember seeing somebody and I had the typical feminine response to tense up," Redford said. "All of a sudden I felt myself shoved against a wall and he was putting his hands all over me. He pushed me onto the ground and I was kicking."
Redford kicked and screamed until he ran off, newspapers only reported she resisted, she said.
"I wanted a line in there that said, 'she kicked his ass.' Redford said.
Redford, Prairie Village senior, is a rare case in the world of sexual assault: She stopped the assault and she wants to talk about it.
"What courage," said Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director for the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. "It's pretty uncommon that a woman will speak out. The misplaced blame often keeps women from talking about their
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Jared Soares/Kansas
Alaska Redford, Prairie Village senior, was sexually assaulted at 2:39 a.m. on Wednesday at the intersection at 11th and Tennessee streets. She kicked and screamed until her assailant fled.
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