Thursday, November 12, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
Intersection's safety targeted
Senate urges chancellor to fix Daisy Hill roads
By Seth Jones
Kansan staff writer
Before Student Senate even had a chance to look at a resolution about the safety of 15th Street and Engel Road, it became personal.
R. J. Woodring, Nunemaker senator, found out firsthand how dangerous the intersection could be when he was involved in a non-injury, two-car accident at 6:11 p.m. Tuesday.
The University Affairs and Student Rights committees both passed the resolution that urges the Chancellor to support a plan to improve the intersection. The intersection has the highest number of accidents of any intersection on campus, said Tom Moore, campus director of the Student Legislative Awareness Board.
"It was pretty timely when you think about it." Woodring said.
He was headed south on Engel Road toward McCollum Hall and sat at the stop sign waiting to cross the busy intersection for eight minutes, he said.
"It was dark, and the intersection was poorly lit," Woodring said. "Finally I saw an opening and I took it, but a car came over the hill and hit me in the side."
John Mullens, assistant director of security and emergency planning, said
an innovative answer was needed to solve the intersection's problems.
"This is something you can't just apply the old standards of solutions to." he said.
Mullens said that even though blasting the hill and making a tunnel and a bridge at the intersection had been suggested as a joke, it might not be too far fetched.
"It was jokingly said, but it may be seriously considered," he said. "It would eliminate the traffic of the intersection totally, and it would give pedestrians and bike riders an unobstructed path to the dorms. But you could imagine what something like that would cost."
in the finance committee, a bill to allocate $2,400 to the Kaw Valley Independent, a biweekly Lawrence publication, was ruled out of order.
A debate that went on for more than an hour raised partisanship concerns. The Kaw Valley Independent was created by Action Alliance, a registered political campus group. The newspaper is not registered with the University.
The funding requested was for printing costs
Some members of the finance committee opposed giving funds to the publication because Senate rules and regulations prohibit the funding of partisan groups.
Kip Curtis, managing editor of the publication, said that senators were missing the point in a partisan debate.
"Our paper exists so we can a) be a
PASSED, a bill to amend the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities. The bill made minor wording updates to the Code.
Student Rights
University Affairs
OTHER LEGISLATION
PASSED, a resolution concerning the safety of the intersection at 15th Street and Engel Road. The resolution asks that Chancellor Hemenway support a plan to improve the intersection.
■ PASSED, a bill to allocate $307 to the Music Therapy Student Association.
Finance
■ RULED OUT OF ORDER, a bill to allocate $2,400 to the newspaper the Kaw Valley Independent.
Seth Hoffman, Nunemaker senator,
supported the bill.
place where students can learn to work for a newspaper, and b) any student can participate and have a voice," he said.
"This supports freedom of the press; students can put in whatever they want," he said. "I think this is exactly the type of thing Senate needs to support."
Joe Walberg, finance committee member, opposed the bill because he viewed the newspaper as blatantly political.
"I read the Kaw Valley Independent quite often. Overall, it's a quality publication," he said. "But I don't think it qualifies for Senate money," he said.
Police capture woman after 30-mile car chase
By Keith Burner
Kansas staff writer
Lawrence police arrested a 34-year-old Lawrence woman yesterday, following a two-county car chase that began in Bonner Squares.
Bonnar Springs police had attempted to pull the woman over about 3:30 a.m. for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, but she kept driving, police said.
She drove about 30 miles to her mother's house in Lawrence, and police followed her all the way with their lights and sirens on, said Lawrence Police Set, George Wheeler.
Wheeler said it was not a high-speed chase, just a chase in which the suspect kept driving.
After leaving Bonner Springs, police chased the woman west down Kansas Highway 32 and onto Highway 24.
The woman followed the highway to the North Lawrence exit, where she left the highway and entered Lawrence driving south.
The chase continued south down Third Street, where Lawrence police joined the chase about 4 a.m.
After crossing the Kansas River, the chase continued south down Vermont Street until Eighth Street, where the woman turned east.
Police pursued the woman down Eighth Street until Pennsylvania Street where the woman turned south. She drove south to 15th Street, where she turned east.
"The suspect got out of the car and attempted to run to the apartment. And the Bonner Springs officer tackled her, whereupon she attempted to kick out the officer's car window."
George Wheeler
Lawrence Police sergeant
She then drove to Haskell Avenue, where she drove south until she reached the 1600 block and stopped at her mother's house.
"The suspect got out of the car and attempted to run to the apartment," Wheeler said. "And the Bonner Springs officer tackled her, whereupon she attempted to kick out the officer's car window."
Police said the woman told the arresting officers that an acquaintance in Lawrence had needed the car the next day. To avoid having it impounded in Bonner Springs she drove the car to Lawrence.
Lawrence police arrested the woman and placed her into the Douglas County jail.
She was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, reckless driving, attempting to elude a police officer and for three outstanding Douglas County warrants, jail officials said.
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