UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, August 18, 1997
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Student Development Center to hire liaison
Position will focus on Queers and Allies
By Ryan Koerner
Kansan staff writer
The Student Development Center, formerly the Student Assistance Center, is doing its part to continue a commitment to diversity at the University of Kansas.
A vacant part-time, graduate-level liaison position that assists homosexual students and works with Queers and Allies soon will be filled.
The position was created in the Fall of 1990 to develop a relationship among the Lawrence community, the University and the gay and lesbian communities. The position, in its original description, was created to aid in the assistance of gay and lesbian students. The description has since been changed to include bisexual and transgender issues.
"There needs to be someone within the University organization who acts as a liaison to the community for the gay, lesbian and transgender students, is aware of these issues and can be sensitive to their issues," said Lorna Zimmer, who oversaw the position as director of the Student Assistance Center before the it was renamed.
"It is also important that there is someone here to be a conduit for these students within the University," she said.
Zimmer said the job opening had been announced in the spring. But the chosen applicant declined the job offer. The center decided to postpone accepting applications again until after the beginning of this semester to distribute applications to a larger pool of students.
One responsibility involves working with Queers and Allies, 423 Kansas Union.
"We definitely expect QNA to aid us in our search for an effective liaison," Zimmer said. "They will help us identify candidates for this position."
Kathleen Shay, president of Queers and Allies, will work closely with the center's liaison.
"Ideally I would like someone who is active and will talk to the individual faculty about the things we would like to do, and also to relay
Hispanic-American Leadership Organization (HALO)
864-4256
864-4256 Block Student Union
Black Student Union 864-3984
Hillel (Jewish)
864.3948
International Student Association 864.4848
Queers & Allies 864-3091
Asian-American Student Union Contact through adviser, Alan Omoto, 864-3412
Multicultural Resource Center 864-4350
Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center 864.3552
International Student Services 864-3617
Office of Minority Affairs 864-4351
back to us the faculty ideas about how to get things accomplished," Shay said.
In-line skaters must roll off the Hill
By Mary Corcoran Kansan staff writer
Despite its functionality and increasing popularity, inline skating remains illegal on the University of Kansas campus.
lawrence statute number 17-702.1 states that "it shall be unlawful for any person to use a coaster, roller skates, skateboards or other similar device on sidewalks ... in the area of Jayhawk Boulevard from West Campus Road to 13th St. 1000 feet on either side of this side of this corridor on the University of Kansas campus."
The law was proposed in 1992 after a series of mishaps involving skateboards and roller skates, said Sgt. Chris Keary of the KU police department.
"We were having a lot of damage done to windows," he said. "The impact point was low to the ground, so we could tell what had happened. We also had a skateboard fly off the toe of Wescoe and hit someone on the head."
Signs around campus read "No skateboarding" but not
all KU students understand that the ban on skateboards also includes in-line skates, Keary said.
Many students at the University think the law is unfair.
"I understand why they would use it for skateboards," said Madonna Sheen, Olathe junior. "But even an amateur rollerblader has more control on blades than most skateboarders do. They are two different sports and two different ways of using things."
Sheen has been in-line skating for four years and continues to skate on campus despite the law.
Keary said the police department tried to use discretion when officers caught in-line skaters on campus.
"Rarely do we ever write them up," he said. "We usually warn them and tell them that it is illegal. We might write out a citation if they weren't cooperative or were repeat offenders."
Although officers usually do not go out of their way to find and ticket in-line skaters, Keary said if he saw people skating on campus, he would stop them.
"It's illegal to do it," he said. "It's not to be done."
Sylas and Maddy's Homemade Ice Cream, 1014 Massachusetts, offers Lawrence residents a new place to beat the summer heat. The store rotates 23 flavors of ice cream from a stock of 130 varieties.
New store offers customers ice cream, homey ambiance
By Rachelle Detweller Kansas staff writer
Nothing cools down the summer heat like a good old-fashioned ice cream cone, and with the opening of Sylas and Maddy's Homemade Ice Cream at 1014 Massachusetts St., there is one more place in town to beat the heat.
Sylas and Maddy's serves 32 flavors of homemade ice cream. The store rotates 32 flavors from a stock of 130 varieties. Each flavor is made in-house with fresh ingredients. And because no shipping is required, the ice cream contains no preservatives, said co-owner Cindy England.
cream with a flavor unlike other stores, said England.
A scoop of ice cream atop a waffle cone costs about $2.
To ensure a homemade taste, certain varieties, such as the coconut cream pie or the watermelon sherbet, contain whole pies or fresh fruit. Even the sundaes are made with homemade brownies. Fresh ingredients are used to create a premium ice
Creating the flavors took time and several inedible errors, but the selections finally clicked, said co-owner Kevin Cole.
He also said experimenting with different recipes as a child helped him develop new flavors.
"My dad's an ice cream-aholic," said Cole. "He was constantly making ice cream when I was a kid, and I was constantly eating it. So it's like father, like son. It's fun to make up new flavors and find out what's edible."
The store creates an atmosphere for people to come in, meet and chat while eating from a selection of homestyle malts, sundaes and cones, said England.
England said people came for ice cream, but stay for the home-style environment that her family and Cole created. The co-
owners did all the work to the store themselves.
She said Cole had handmade all the tables from scrap lumber and that he also had laid the wallboard and tile. Hardwood floors and the store's name painted on the window give the store its small-town feeling.
The name is a joke between England's family and Cole. Maddy is England's dog and Sylas is Kevin's cat. What began as a battle between the differences of cats and dogs turned in to the name of their business.
England said that she hoped their ice cream was the best in town, but said she always was looking for improvements. If customers suggest a new ice cream flavor that receives England and Cole's approval, the customer will win a silver ice scoop with a wooden handle, a gift certificate to the store and the honor of having an ice cream named after them.
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