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Wednesday, August 25,1976
University Daily Kansan
Skateboarding popularity booms
By BRYANT GRIGGS Staff Writer
The summer season just about over,
it is safe for skateboarding has become
few, sad. If you don't see it,
In parks and city streets throughout the country, kids of all ages have displayed great skills in maneuvering these four-wheeled surfboards.
"It's hard to say when the first
skateboard was actually invented," said Dave McIntyre, director of the Pacific Skateboard Association, "but it is believed to be around the 1940s."
"I personally remember constantly going around on a skateboard through California."
Bus, train plans beckon travelers
Students suffering from wanderlust but blessed with leisure time and extra cash may want to consider the unlimited travel packages on the Greenbay and Trailways bus lines.
But regardless of when the skateboard was actually invented, its importance today is far greater than that of the 1940s.
The U.S. A. Rail Pass is available in 14,
at the U.S. Post Office, to the holder
to coach seating accommodations
for coach seating accommodations.
The Greybound and Trailways bus lines have unlimited travel plans also, but theirs are more expensive.
Amtrak's Lawrence representative, Fred Meisel, said Amtrak's U.S.A. Rail Pass entitled the purchaser to unlimited travel on Amtrak trains.
A sizeable cost difference exists between Amtrak's unlimited travel plan and the travel passes offered by the two bus lines. Cupit said that a 30-day bus pass cost $250, while a 60-day bus pass cost $425.
Ken Cupit, Lawrence bus depot ticket agent, said the Greyhound Ameripass and the Trailways Eagle Pass were totally interchangeable and were honored by many
Antikra agent Meisel said a 14-day pass cost £250 on the railroad plan, the 36-day pass cost $75.
Meals and motel room accommodations
are available in any of the prices, the two
weekly agents are.
Cupit said the buses stopped for food and cupit at selected spots along the bus route. Those occasional rest stops and the buses' takeout plates were less frequent, takes longer than train travel, he said.
Meisel said The Lone Star, the Amtrak train that serves Lawrence, was equipped with both a dining car and a beverage-lounge car. He said a meal on the train could cost as little as one dollar, depending on the person.
A direct express bus trip to San Francisco from Lawrence takes slightly less than 48 hours. The same trip takes 34 hours on the train.
Schedules may cause problems for some travelers using the Amktra system. Lawrence is served by only one passenger departes at 11:19 a.m. daily. Miel said.
Both Meisel and Cupit said that the trains and buses weren't crowded now. But, they said, students planning to travel on holidays would make them reservations well in advance.
Police plan no changes
Despite another increase in enrollment at the University of Kansas this fall, the KU Police Department doesn't plan to change procedures in handling campus traffic.
According to Capt. Bob Ellison, it is too early to tell whether there will be a great increase in the number of cars on campus this fall.
A delay last week in obtaining campus parking stickers apparently wasn't caused by an increased demand for parking permits.
"Some people just bring a car for a week or two and then take it back home," Ellison said Monday. "After the dust of enrollment settles, we will be better able to tell."
No new parking areas will be added to the campus in the immediate future, Ellison said. Parking lots will be built around new buildings, however, including the computer building and the satellite student union. Those buildings are to be completed in 1978 or 1979.
A KU POLICE Department employee said the company that prints the parking stickers sent them to the University late. The companies are now available, the employe said.
"The parking areas have always been adequate, but their users don't always be there."
L. T. E.W. FENSTEMAKER also said the parking areas on campus should meet parking needs for this year.
"We've always had enough places to park," he said. "aware of alternate parking areas, he's said."
Fenstemaker said two alternate parking lots were next to the football stadium and could be entered from the intersection of 11th and Maine. The lot, S and S-1, are parking areas for people with green, yellow or brown parking spaces. These areas were occupied by 250 shoppers at Fenstemaker who he seldom had seen more than 15 or 20 cars parked there.
THE ONLY PROBLEM encountered this week resulted from resurfacing work in O-Zone, southwest of Watkins Hospital, he said.
Fenstemaker said 85 to 90 percent of O-Zone was available for parking. The south entrances are still closed, he said. Work on the lot slowed during enrollment, Fenstemaker said, but will be completed as soon after traffic decreases next week.
The installation of a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Jayhawk Blvd. and Sunflower Dr., will cause the only change in traffic flow this year, Fenstemaker said.
Enhusiasm has flourished on the coasts in states such as California, Maryland, Florida and New Jersey, and it has begun to creep into the Midwest.
"The rise in skateboarding has been more rapid in the last 12 month than it has in the past," said Jorge Cebra.
"I have been after the skateboard associations to formulate rules for six months," McIntyre said. "The PSA has been the only organization to have a complete set of written rules available to the public."
skateboard safety, he said, it goes to board associations, who sponsor events.
Office ... Student Senate
JOB OPENING AVAILABLE Part-time Student Employment
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Length of Appointment . . . September 1976 to March 1977
Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100^00 / Month
"As of now riders are required to wear a helmet while competing in tournaments. If no helmet is worn, photographs will not be taken of them or published." McIntyre said.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The position entails executive/administrative responsibilities over:
(1) the accounts of the Student Senate (primarily the Student Activity Fee, the Student Transportation Fee, and bus pass sales) totaling three-quarter million dollars,
(2) the permanent property inventory of the Student Senate, total valuation of over one-quarter million dollars,
JOB REQUIREMENTS
The United States isn't in enjoyment the fad of skateboarding. The Japanese, Italians, French, Canadians and South Americans have joined in, McIntyre said.
(1) Knowledge of simple accounting procedures,
(3) the office of the Treasurer including supervision of two other employees.
(3) experience in office management.
This September 4th and 5th, at the Long Beach, Calif. Sports Arena, there will be a skateboard contest with the winner taking home an endurance group suit that tours throughout California.
With so much vigor toward skateboarding in California and all over the United States, one is tempted to say that the skateboard has become a fixture in American society. It has at least created such a demand that vendors have skateboards may range from $60 to $115.
(5) attendance at Student Senate, Finance & Auditing, and Transportation Committee meetings.
(4) basic office skills,
Skateboarder riders frequently shun safety precautions, and serious injuries occur
"Nowadays skateboards are built with a built-in safety factor and are much better and safer," McIntyre said.
The factor most influencing the rise of skateboarding in America was the rapid development of truck wheels and chassis," he said. "There's a transition from one inch hard wheels to the roadline wheels, which are much softer," McHenry said.
(2) experience in inventory accounting.
That transition has made the board much easier to operate and much safer to ride, by reducing the risk of injury.
FACTS ABOUT THE POSITION
If there's a blame for the lack of
In a lifetime it may seem so hard to say how many fads have come and gone, but for skateboard riders, skateboarding is here to stay.
Position available 7 Sept. 1976. Application closing date is 1 Sept. 1976. Interviews on 2-3 Sep. 1976. Pick up applications at Student Senate office, Suite 105, Carnegie Hall. "An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified men and women of all races are encouraged to apply."
The Student Senate is funded from the Student Activity Fee.
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