monday, august 25, 2003 news the university daily kansan 5A City: Observe Good Neighbor laws By Abby Mills amills@kansan.com kansan staff writer To help returning students fit in with the community around them, the city of Lawrence wants to remind students about the Good Neighbor ordinances, a group of laws that aim to keep neighborhoods clean and orderly. neighborhoods clean and ordery Bob Yoos, Lawrence solid waste division manager, said students have trouble with these laws because they don't know about them. about them. "If they've just moved into town, there are so many things to learn," he said. "Where do I put my trash?" is not the first thing that comes to mind." Yoos said students should be aware of trash disposal regulations. Trash may be set out for pick-up up to 24 hours before the 7 a.m. collection time. Residents are required to keep other trash off their lawns. It is illegal to store items such as couches, refrigerators or televisions on front yards or porches. Yoos said most large trash items may be taken with the regular pick-up. Yoos said residents should call the city to dispose of large appliances because they require a special pick-up. The city is required to take freon out of appliances such as refrigerators or air conditioners, and the city recycles metal from large appliances. The city also recycles yard waste, such as grass and leaves, by composting. Yoos recommended residents put yard waste in paper bags or trash cans because plastic bags can taint compost. The city gives compost away once a year and uses it for city projects. and uses Lawrence has no curbside service for other recyclables, but Community Living Opportunities and Jeff's Curbside Recycling both offer the service. Another Lawrence waste law forbids people from removing any item that was set out for trash pick-up. While the city never condones going through trash, Yoos said, the law is rarely used against people searching for usable items. "The law is meant to prevent people going through trash for personal identification and to keep trash from being scattered about," he said. about, he said. Yoos said trash regulations, like other Good Neighbor ordinances, are complaint driven. The police will not get involved unless someone alerts the department to an offense. nances. Patrick said there is no set decibel level at which noise becomes too loud. ment deals most with students violating parking and noise ordinances. ment to an officer. Sgt. Mike Pattrick with the Lawrence Police said the depart- becomes too loud. "That's kind of a deal where we ask, 'How much would disturb a normal person?' he said. normal person. When police receive a noise complaint, Patrick said, they will try to get whoever is in charge to stop the noise. He said if the noise stops, no citation is usually issued for a first complaint. for a first complaint Patrick said problems arise when a party gets so big, the people in charge of the property can no longer control the noise. no longer need it. "If they can't control it themselves, we get into a situation where the police assist in dispersing people," he said. "Those people don't want a citation and they need our help to stop that." Pattrick said another common complaint against students is leaving cars parked too long on the street. Cars on the roadway must be moved every 48 hours. If someone complains about a car parked too long, police will come to mark the vehicle. If the vehicle hasn't moved 48 hours later, officers will mark the car with an orange sticker. The car will be towed 48 hours after receiving a sticker. IMPORTANT NUMBERS TO HELP STUDENTS COMPLY WITH GOOD NEIGHBOR ORDINANCES Pets: Animal control-832-7650 Lawrence Humane Society — 843-6835 Parking and noise complaints: Lawrence Police Department — 832-7650 ■ Waste: Recycling issues — 832-3030 Trash issues — 832-3032 ■ Other: Legal services — 832-3400 Neighborhood resources — 832- 3100 Other Good Neighbor ordinances forbid parking on unimproved surfaces such as grass or dirt, require pets to be on leashes and prevent fireworks in the city. Officials at Lawrence Municipal Court said penalties for citations vary depending on which ordinance was violated and the offender's prior record. — Edited by Joey Berlin Popular clothing retailers battle over trademark 22. The New Albany, Ohio based company has sued rival retailer American Eagle Outfitters, seeking to prevent it from using the number on its clothing. COLUMBUS, Ohio — Abercrombie & Fitch says its chain of Hollister stores owns the number 22. lotting. The lawsuit filed in Columbus federal court asks a judge to order American Eagle to stop using 22 on its clothing and advertising, to destroy any clothes or ads that use the number and to give Hollister any profits from clothes already sold. Abercrombie says Hollister owns the number 22 because it has appeared on the chain's clothing since the stores opened three years ago. The Associated Press ee years ago. Hollister never registered a trademark on the number, but the company claims common-law rights to the trademark because the number is used on Hollister's merchandise, packaging and Web site. site. "The suit speaks for itself," Abercrombie spokesman Tom Lennox said. American Eagle is based in Warrendale, Pa., but its majority owner is Columbus-based Schottenstein Stores Corp. Federal courts have ruled at least three times in four years that Abercrombie can't prevent American Eagle from selling clothes that look like Abercrombie's. American Eagle called the No. 22 lawsuit frivolous in a letter to Hollister, saying Hollister uses several numbers on its apparel and therefore can't claim a trademark on any of them. LAWRENCE—In the days before the start of his senior year, Brandon Cox joined hundreds of other University of Kansas students in a bid for something vital to continuing his education: a job. levels. Students like Cox, an in-state philosophy major paying his own way through college, have been particularly hard-hit. He is taking 20 credit hours per semester and expects his tuition to rise by $800 this year. Students attending four-year public colleges and universities in 49 of the 50 states will feel the pinch of tuition hikes ranging from 1.7 percent in Montana to 39 percent in Arizona. Only Mississippi kept tuition at 2002-03 levels. The Associated Press The crowd filling out applications at a campus job fair last week was just one sign of the times as Kansas and other public universities raise tuition this fall by percentages that often hit the double digits. Kansas mimics nation in tuition increases $800 this year. Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, said the tuition hikes were part of a pattern that began when governments gradually began shifting the burden of funding education to students and their parents in the late 1970s. With family wealth supporting students at the high end of the economic spectrum, and increased financial aid assisting those at the lower end, Nassirian said students from middle-class backgrounds have borne the weight of cost increases. The increasing costs are evident in student loans: Sallie Mae. the country's largest provider of guaranteed loans, granted $6.8 billion in student loans during weight of cost increase. the first half of 2003 — compared to $5.6 billion in loans issued during the same period in 2002. at a uniform low tuition tion To continue dedicating 20 percent of its tuition revenue to providing assistance to qualified students, the school has eliminated more than 150 staff positions and has closed public access to a national anthropology museum. Provost David Shulenburger acknowledged that the increases — 17.7 percent this year to $4,100 — induced "sticker shock" for upper classmen who arrived as freshmen expecting to receive an undergraduate degree at a uniformly low tuition rate. But no faculty jobs have been lost and, in fact, Kansas plans to use the increased revenue to hire more teachers while boosting the salaries of part-time student teaching assistants. Some schools are trying out innovative ways to make themselves more attractive. Miami University of Ohio is preparing for the 2004 introduction of a plan that will charge identical tuition to in-state and out-of-state students. Director of Admissions Mike Mills said the school hopes the plan will bring in more out-of-state students who have been considering expensive private schools. Residential scholarships of up to $10,000 annually will keep the school affordable for instate students, he added. The five-year plan at the University of Kansas will cap in-state tuition at $5,900 in 2006, aiming to give future students the promise of an education at a relatively low price. But that won't help Cox. But that won't happen. "I think it's pretty unfair," he said as he filled out applications at the job fair. "I came here thinking it would be pretty affordable and pretty flat as far as tuition. But that hasn't been the case." Beginning and Intermediate Knitting Classes Starting Soon! 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