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SMOKE SIGNALS
Governor Mark Parkinson said he would consider a new tax on tobacco products for increased revenue. Holly Cento, Mission Viejo, Calif., junior, spends $20 a week on Camel Lights adding up to more than $1,000 a year.
Taxes for tobacco could rise
BY ALY VAN DYKE
avandyke@kansan.com
Sam Anderson, Lawrence
unior, said when he started
smoking his freshman year, Pall
Mollansen 62.0C
However, if the state deficit doesn't get any lower, that cost could go up yet again.
Facing a shortfall as high
Proponents of the cigarette tax tout added revenue, decreased health care costs and fewer smokers among the benefits of increasing the excise tax.
"There have to be more reasons than just cost for people to successfully quit smoking."
The addicted, however, don't see it in quite the same light.
KEN SARBER Student Health Services
as $1 billion for this fiscal year, Governor Mark Parkinson has said he would consider turning to a cigarette tax for revenue.
"I think it's bullshit," Holly Cento, Mission Viejo, Calif., junior, said.
She said shed been smoking for three years and now burned through more than $20 a week for her Camel Lights — that's more than $1,000 in a year.
"They're making enough money off us already," she said. "It's not fair for them to keep doing that."
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Check out Kansan.com for an interactive map about Tobacco taxes in the U.S.
GENERATED REVENUE
Should the Kansas Legislature approve another tax hike, it would be the second increase in tobacco taxes within one year, following the 62-cent federal tax increase this past April. However, a state increase on the tax would be Kansas' first in eight years.
The state's last hike in the cigarette tax was in 2002, which raised
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TOBACCO LAW CHANGED
Effective Sept. 22 the Food and Drug Administration enacted a ban on all flavored cigarettes, including clove, candy and fruit flavors. The ban is intended to stop young people from picking up the habit.
According to the FDA, 17 year-old smokers are three times as likely to smoke these varieties than 25 year-old smokers.
Alex Noor, the owner of the Tobacco Mart on 23rd St., received a letter about the ban about two months ago. Even though he stopped ordering the flavored cigarettes, he still has some in his inventory. He said he was not clear on what to do with them.
"I guess we're supposed to throw them away or destroy them." Noor said. "I don't really know."
He said he was not too concerned about the ban because flavored cigarettes only made up about 1 percent of his total sales.
-Zach White
GAME DAY
Parking turns a profit for students
BY JESSE BROWN jbrown@kansan.com
Home football games have always been a big event at the University, but with the team's recent bowl game victories, Saturdays have become even more highly anticipated. With more tailgating and more people crowding onto campus, there's one thing that will be in short supply at tomorrow's game: parking.
Some students attempt to capitalize on that shortage by charging for parking in their driveways and yards - prime positions for tailgating - and can make upwards of $200 per game.
Alyson Lippert, Overland Park sophomore, rents a house near Ninth and Missouri streets and said this was her first season charging for parking. The owner of the house suggested to Lippert and her roommates to charge for parking to make some extra cash on game days.
"For me, it goes into savings," Lippert said. "I don't work that much so I don't make a lot of money, and so I need it for summer and stuff that I really need."
Lippert and her roommates charge $30 per car and make between $150 to $210 each home game. They split the income three ways.
Joel Cundiff, Overland Park senior, rents a house near Ninth and Maine Streets and said he and his roommates put the money from parking to good use.
"We use it to pay for our utilities and the extra stuff around the house." Cundiff said.
Cundiff said they usually made $200 at each home game by charging $20 per car.
Cundiff and his roommates have a verbal agreement with their homeowner who only has one stipulation: a parking spot has to be saved for him each home game.
SAFETY
Joe Kieltyka, Cundiff's homeowner, said a lot of homeowners don't let students keep the money charged for parking, but he said
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Recent assault gives good reason to review importance of self-defense
BY LAUREN HENDRICK
lhendrick@kansan.com
It's been a week of fright for many young women living in Oliver Hall, 1815 Naismith Drive, after a freshman woman was knocked unconscious and raped in her dorm room last Sunday night.
"We're all pretty scared," Diana Milbourn, Plano, Texas, freshman and Oliver resident, said. Milbourne said she has been afraid to go in and out of her room since the incident occurred. "I'm afraid to take a shower," she said.
Police said the student was attacked when she returned to her room after dinner at about 6
sciences about 45 minutes later and reported to University police that she had been sexually assaulted. The victim's roommate was not in the dorm at the time of the attack
p. m. The victim said the intruder grabbed her, pushed her against a wall and knocked her unconscious. She said she regained con-
police spokesman, said students needed to lock their doors at all times and be good neighbors by reporting suspicious behavior and
Capt. Schuyler Bailev, University
intruders.
"We're all pretty scared ... I'm afraid to take a shower."
DIANA MILBOURN Plano, Texas freshman, Oliver Hall resident
In order to enter a dorm on campus, residents are required to swipe a valid student ID card during all hours of the day and night. Students are required to check in with the residence assistants on duty and present their student IDs between the hours of 11 p.m. - 7 a.m., as are their guests.
that anyone could enter her dorm throughout the day because people who didn't live in the dorms could easily follow an authorized
Milbourn said she was concerned
However, Diana Robertson, director of student housing, said the authorized entrance was effective.
student entering the building.
"Like any system, it requires the diligence on behalf of those using the system," Robertson said.
She said students needed to be conscious of people following them into the dorms and report intruders.
Sydney Matheny, Dodge City freshman and Oliver Hall resident, said even though she locked her door all the time, she too worried that the entrances to Oliver weren't monitored throughout the day. She said she was also bothered
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Annie McKay, assistant director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, reminds students to be aware of their surroundings. She said students could adopt habits to ensure safety.
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