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No-smoking areas in University ignored, few charges reported
Photo illustration by Jared Soares/Kansan
By Brandon Baker
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Kansan staff writer.
Non-smoking doors are reserved for pollution free access to buildings for students. The Department of Human Resources has not clearly defined the punishments for violating these areas with a lit cigarette, but it will look into the matter when a complaint arises.
Smokers lingering outside of buildings can either be a welcome sight or an annoyance for University of Kansas students.
Litter is one complaint voiced by the student body. Lorene Damewood, assistant director of Custodial Services, said all 130 employees on the housekeeping staff had picked up cigarette butts that missed the trash cans or ashtrays.
"It brothers me that people are such slobs," Damewood said. "It looks sloppy to have people throwing trash on campus. There are containers for that."
Damewood said she didn't like the litter and she wouldn't even if she was a smoker.
Amanda Wright, Lawrence graduate student, doesn't smoke and said she didn't think cigarette butts caused a litter problem.
"I haven't noticed too many cigarette butts on campus," Wright said.
The University of Kansas has a no smoking policy in campus buildings, including residence halls and Unions. The Office of the Provost establishes the smoke-free entrances and Facility Operations implements the signs. These entrances create a no smoking area within a 20-foot radius of doorways.
But that doesn't always keep the smokers away.
Frederico Ferrara, professor of political science, said he doubted the University could keep smokers away from the entrances and had never been scorned for smoking near the doors.
"It would be hard for anyone to complain," Ferrara said. "It's pretty crowded out here sometimes."
Ferrara said in Venice, Italy, smoking in campus buildings was common. He went to the University of Pedova for two years and said students there could smoke in the hallways.
"I would smoke in the building if I could," Ferrara said.
The punishment for smoking in the no smoking area is not clearly stated in the University's smoking policy. The department of human resources addresses all complaints or suggestions about these policies.
Ola Faucher, director of human resources, said she received about three complaints per semester about smokers disregarding the posted signs. Faucher said complaints were taken care of within the building.
Melissa Smith, director of health education, said 58 percent of the students from the University surveyed in the National Health Assessment said they had never smoked. The survey also found that only 21.6 percent of the students had smoked in the last 30 days. Twenty percent of students hadn't smoked in more than 30 days.
Brian Powell, Olathe senior, is a smoker and works at the Hawkshop in the Kansas Union. Powell said one in four customers purchased cigarettes. The Hawkshop cigarettes cost $4.90 a pack, no matter what the brand. Powell said he was reluctant to buy cigarettes from the Hawkshop because of the prices.
Powell said he would rather buy a pack of cigarettes at a gas station or at Dillons where the cost isn't as high.
At Dillons, 1740 Massachusetts St., the cheapest pack of cigarettes, Sundance, costs $2.79, while the premium brands, Camel and Marlboro, cost $4.39 a pack.
Edited by Maggie Newcomer
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Lied Center executives consider new multicultural presentations
The Lied Center administra
"They'll see it's not just what happens on your toes, but about running a dance company and all its facets," Christilles said.
Karen Christilles, associate director of the Lied Center, said this fall dance students would take part in a mentoring program that would allow them to shadow members of the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago troupe.
By Amy Kelly akelly@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
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This fall, the Lied Center will offer a wide variety of entertainment options including a production of The Music Man on Nov.15.
"Look out there and you'll see all of Kansas," said Van Leer, executive director of the Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Drive. "That's why I'm doing what I do—for Kansas."
Peering through the Lied Center's sweeping, second-story windows, Tim Van Leer said his motivation for working as executive director of the center was out on the horizon.
But rather than simply watching performances from box seats, students have received opportunities to work one-on-one with the touring artists.
Van Leer and his staff have taken that idea to heart by going beyond the glitzy stage sets of shows like Cabaret into the day-to-day life of Lawrence residents.
For the past 10 years, Kansas audiences have witnessed everything at the center, from the murderous divas of Chicago to the gravity-defying acrobatics from the Dynamo Theatre, an internationally renowned theater company.
For the past 10 years, audiences have witnessed everything at the Lied Center, from the murderous divas of Chicago to the gravity-defying acrobatics from the Dynamo Theatre.
tion has already interacted with the Chicago troupe by commissioning a dance performance, which the dance company will premiere Oct. 4.
"To a certain extent, you have to have faith and trust," Van Leer said. "We do. We are confident that what they are going to end up putting together is going to be something, that when the audience sits down and sees it, they will respond to."
Responding is what the center's staff has sought from the student body at both the University of Kansas and at Haskell Indian Nations University.
For the third year, Lauren Stewart, Wichita junior, will serve on the Friends of the Lied committee, which helps select the center's cultural events.
"We don't really have so
much to do with the programming because that doesn't get put on immediately," Stewart said. "It's just great to represent the students, particularly with the educational opportunities."
Haskell students have a long history with the center as well.
In 1903, a Haskell band played in the Lied Center's first Concert Series and has continued that creative tradition.
This year, traditional Native- American drummers from Haskell will collaborate with Yamato, Japanese Waidako drummers. The two groups will exchange techniques with traditional Native-American drummers as KU percussion students observe.
Christilles said that incorporating Haskell students was a way to break down walls between different cultures.
"We certainly can't do everything," Christilles said. "But it's something we can become more conscious about."
Edited by Saju Ng'alla
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