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Monday, August 18, 1997
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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KU on Wheels changes gears: New passes, new paint.job
Coordinator says pass sales up by 500
By Tim Harrington Kansan staff writer
A more versatile and colorful KU on Wheels will serve the student's transportation needs this semester.
For the first time in its 27-year history, KU on Wheels is selling both semester and annual passes and sporting new colors on one bus.
"We're trying to give KU on Wheels a face-lift this year," said Scott Kaiser, KU on Wheels transportation coordinator.
Kaiser hopes the changes will increase bus pass sales. So far the changes appear to be effective.
Sales have already increased from last year, he said. By this time last year, KU on Wheels had sold 3,500 passes. This year sales have
increased 15 percent, to 4,000.
Students save $10 by purchasing the $110 annual pass. Semester passes sell for $60, a $5 increase from last year. But buying the annual pass sidesteps the $5 increase.
But the more visible element to KU on Wheels' face-lift is the crimson-and-blue bus driving through campus.
Reflecting what Kaiser calls crimson pride, the bus is a guinea pig to make sure the colors don't chip or fade. Exactly which route the bus will take is undecided.
"It's an idea that's been thrown around for two or three years," Kaiser said. "Somebody just needed to do it."
To the delight of Kaiser and his associates, neither KU on Wheels nor Student Senate had to pay for the new paint job. The Lawrence Bus Company covered the cost.
"It was really a nice gesture on their part," Kaiser said.
The crimson-and-blue bus is the
"It's an idea that's been thrown around for two or three years."
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only standout among the fleet of lime-green buses which have become a fixture on the KU campus.
The crimson-and-blue bus breaks a 40-year-old streak of lime-green buses. The distinctive green color, the same hue often used on fire trucks and ambulances, is considered highly visible to motorists because it is a color not found in nature.
■ KU Religious Advisors Open House, Danforth Chapel, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Monday
Schedule of Hawk Week events
Tours — Personal class tours at 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Watson Library at 9, 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Anschutz Science Library at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Robinson Athletic Center at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m.; and Watkins Memorial Health Center at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
OAKS Brownbag Lunch, 11:45-11:15, Alcove A, Kansas Union.
E-mail Accounts and Computing Information, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., Computer Center lobby.
University Scholarship Center Program, 2 p.m., Spencer Museum of Art Auditorium.
Math Placement Test, 7:30 p.m.
100 Stauffer-Flint Hall. Also offered
Aug. 21, 25 and 28. Call 864-3651
to sign up.
SAA Ice Cream Social, 5:30 p.m., Adams Alumni Center.
Traditions Night, 7 p.m., Memorial Stadium.
Student Employment Job Fair, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., 4th floor of Kansas Union.
- Tours — Personal class tours, 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Watson
Library Tour, 9, 10 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; Art and Architecture Library Tour, 11 a.m., west side of Spencer Museum of Art; Spencer Museum of Art Tour, 1 and 3 p.m.
Faculty Focus: Succeeding in a Large Classroom and Choosing an Advisor, 9:30a.m., Budig Hall.
- OAKS Brownbeg Lunch, 11:45:15, Alcove A of Kansas Union.
- Your Academic Success Part I: Time Management and Reading, 1:30-3 p.m., 3139 Wescoe.
Reaching Out: Volunteer Programs, 3 p.m., 4020 Wescoe.
Beach-n-Boulevard, 7 p.m., Wescoe Beach.
Wednesday
Tours — Personal class tours, 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.; KU Music Library Tour, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Murphy Hall; Map Collection Tour, 10 a.m., first floor, Anschutz Library.
■ KU Parking: What You Need to Know, 9 a.m., Daisy Room in Burge Union.
The on campus section has moved to classifieds. Anyone wanting to place an announcement must now buy the space in the classifieds section for $1 per day. The classifieds office is located in the University Daily Kansan Business Office, 119 Stauffer-Flint Hall.
Faculty Focus: Sexuality and the College Student, 10 a.m., Alderson Auditorium in Kansas Union.
KU Honors Program, 11 a.m.
Nunemaker Center.
Jayhawk Talk: OA Insider Advice,
11 a.m., Mrs. E's Banquet Room.
Office of Minority Affairs Program,
1-4 p.m., 145 Strong Hall.
Buddie Hall Tour, noon
**Add/Drop and Tuition by the Credit Hour, 1 p.m., 4020 Wescoe. Bring a Timetable.**
ON CAMPUS
■ Your Academic Success Part II: Memory and Note Taking, 1:30-3 p.m., 3139 Wescoe.
Lied Center Tour, 3 p.m.
Rock-A-Hawk Intramurals, 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Daisy Hill.
Thursday
Rock-A-Hawk Picnic, 4:30-7 p.m., Daisy Hill.
Opening Convocation, 7:30 p.m., Lied Center.
Unionfest, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kansas Uni
■ Unionfest, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Kansas Union
Student Organizations Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Level 4 Kansas Union. Friday
Student Organizations Fair, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Level 4 Kansas Union. Saturday
Volunteer Activity, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., meet at Kansas Union. Sunday
KU Football "Get Ready Rally," 3-6 p.m., Memorial Stadium.
SUA Movie on the Hill, "Scream.",
8:30 p.m., Campanile Hill, 8:30.
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