THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
NEWS
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POTTER (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Courtesy of University Archives, Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
**Students swim** and canoe in Potter Lake on a sunny afternoon in 1920. Potter Lake was built in 1911 and, until 1924, was used for swimming contests, rowing and ice-skating. Today, however, the lake is overrun with plant life, which has turned the lake a lime green color and suffocates the fish that live below. The lake also emanates a powerful odor that keeps students out of the water and the surrounding area.
held thousands of pounds of plant material this year, which is one of the leading causes of oxygen depletion.
The abundance of plant life increases oxygen levels during the day, he said. But once the sun goes down, no more oxygen is added to the water so plants, fish and decomposing material deplete what oxygen is left.
Campbell said the process may become more severe this fall, as aquatic plants die off and leaves fall in the lake and decompose.
Campbell said the other problem with the lake is that, like other lakes in Kansas, Potter Lake is man-made — the proper term is reservoir.
Each lake in the state has a lifespan measuring how long the lake will last before it fills with sediment, he said.
Allen said that the aerators and skimmers were short-term solutions, and that the group was trying to raise the $70,000 required to remove the sediment and essentially restart the lake as a long-term solution.
WHERE POTTER LAKE POLLUTION COMES FROM
Stormwater runoff, which contains pollution, is transferred to Potter Lake from various places on campus. Here's a look at the top four contributors.
Campbell said he would like to see people physically remove the plant life that suffocates the lake and the fish in it.
to be taken," he said. "Chances are that we'll see these kinds of things continue to increase in frequency from now on until we do something about it."
"It's going to take some continued study and monitoring to ultimately come to some decisions about what course of action needs
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HORROR (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Another reason Simon wants recognition is to have events on campus.
groups, like a gay student group and have a gay horror night," Simon said. "Or from other countries. We have someone that joined from South Korea. We could talk about Korean horror."
"A lot of film club people meet at their houses," Simon said. "But I want big screens."
Photo illustration by Tanner Grubbs/KANSAN
Some think the group could help the reputation horror has recently taken on. John Tibbetts, professor of film who has taught horror classes, said he feared the trends in horror that had developed lately.
A new group has formed to promote horror films on campus and is hoping to become an official University organization. The group is still looking for a faculty sponsor.
"I love horror." Tibbetts said. "I love the whole subject. But recently it's all teenage pures. Before that it was goths. When horror becomes a fashion statement, I have a problem with it, because real horror cuts so much deeper."
Claire Howard, Pittsburg freshman, said she thought contemporary horror could use the help.
"I like being scared, but not disgusted," Howard said. "I'm not interested in seeing someone saw their own hand off."
"I think horror movies that come out now are too into gore and really stupid plot lines," Bell said. "If you write horror it's just 'How can we make this person's death interesting?'"
Clinton Bell, Pittsburg freshman, agreed and said there could be an overload of gore in newer films.
No plans for any event have been made yet, pending the pursuit of official student group status.
"My goal is to do something really cool for Halloween time," Simon said. "I thought, for sure, we had to have something in October or we would be a total failure."
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Simon said he hoped to have the group ready to plan events as Halloween approached.
MOPED (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
This year moped parking permits were lowered from $25 to $15 per year, which is the same as a motorcycle permit. The price will remain the same next year.
existing lots or that we have to take away from automobile parking," Steve Schrock, chair of the Parking Commission, said.
Rebecca Beaulieu, Lawrence junior, said she thought that because motorcycle lots were so close to campus and the permits were so cheap, it was still convenient to ride to class.
Both Schrock and Hultine said these changes were important to the University's well-being and were being made mainly for safety reasons. Their goal is to keep as much traffic off of Jayhawk Boulevard as possible. They said students rode their mopeds all the way up to the bike racks, creating the possibility for pedestrian collision, instead of stopping at the sidewalk and walking it to the bike rack.
ped riders. Hultine said the Parking Commission was still considering ways to accommodate additional cycle parking.
"Almost everyone who spoke up about the change has had a close call with moped riders on the sidewalk," Hultine said. "No one has been hurt yet, but we need to make sure that doesn't change."
"Riding a moped on campus is no more dangerous than riding a bike," Flickinger said. "We respect people on the sidewalk and road as much as they do us."
"Even with the changes," she said, "it's still a great alternative to walking and riding a bike."
Hultine said the lots already designated as motorcycle parking areas could be expanded in order to accommodate the additional mo-
Flickinger said she didn't think that changing the on-campus policy for moped parking would change much.
Although moped riders on campus will have to adjust to the policy change, Schrock said the commission was doing its best to locate where the additional parking was needed.
"It's possible that students who ride mopeds won't like the change," Schrock said. "But ultimately this is a safety issue and needs to be addressed."
ADMINISTRATION
Registrar's Office makes transcripts available online
Students can request to get PDFs on Web site for higher fees
Edited by Jacob Muselmann
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT rsegebrechtkansan.com
The days of having to make a trip to Lawrence or wait for the mail to receive a KU transcript have ended.
Since July 1, the Office of the University Registrar has given students and graduates the option to order and access their college transcripts online. Joan Hahn, assistant registrar at the Registrar's office, said the growing demand for transcripts online had already become evident.
"It didn't take long at all," Hahn said. "The online orders outdistanced the paper orders within the first couple of weeks."
Hahn said that after Oct. 1, all former and current students
wanting transcripts would have to order them online because the University would no longer accept paper transcript orders from anyone but employers.
The new online ordering
The price for priority requests, she said, has increased from $15 to $20.
Ashley Thompson, Overland Park graduate student, said she thought the extra convenience of the online system would be worth the cost after she struggled to access her transcript last December.
Thompson was living in Washington at the time and trying to apply for graduate school. She said she eventually ended up sending her younger sister into the Registrar's office
system is not the only change the University made to the process for obtaining transcripts.
to pick up her transcript.
"We've done this for dozens of schools across the country."
ASHLEY THOMPSON Graduate student
Hahn said the added speed and accessibility would cost students an extra $2 on top of the $8 fee that already existed for regular requests.
"Applying for grad schools is quite a process in and of itself," Thompson said. "I think if I could have just printed off my transcript myself, if I could have just scratched that off the list, that would have made it a lot
RON HYMAN
General manager,
Avow systems
He also said that one of the greatest benefits of the PDF transcripts, in addition to their easier accessibility for students, was their security.
more pleasant. It would have most definitely simplified things."
The University contracted with Avow Systems, a company that has set up similar systems with other universities, for the project.
Avow Systems general manager, said KU students could receive a secure PDF version within minutes of completing the online priority request anywhere in the world.
Ron Hyman,
Hyman said. "The system that you've put in place certainly is the Cadillac of all systems. The way you are handling this is the most advanced that we've done."
"We've done this for dozens of schools across the country."
After students finished submitting their requests, he said, they would receive an e-mail with a link to a secure Web site. Hyman said there, they could either enter their online KUID and password or they
could opt to answer a series of personal questions to verify their identity.
Bill Myers, director of KU Information Services, said Information Services helped work behind the scenes to make the program both as secure and as convenient as possible for students.
He compared the security of the new system to other secure Internet resources already implemented at the University, such as Enroll & Pay.
"It's definitely as secure as anything." Myers said. "When things involve student, faculty and staff information, they have to meet government standards."
Hahn said the University had the eventual goal of using programs for students to obtain other secure documents online, including enrollment certification forms and statements of degree.
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