Wednesday, October 21, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Author speaks to students
Continued from page 1A
- "One kid committed the cardinal sin of hurting his knee," Bissinger said. "People actually had the gall to call him a 'nigger.' He was discarded after his athletic powers were gone."
One University of Kansas student said he related to the small-town atmosphere of high school sports.
Kyle Gorges, Andale senior, said his high school football team also had a strong winning tradition.
Gorges, who played for the Andale High School football team, said when the team won
a game, it was for the community.
In contrast, Bissinger said "A Prayer For the City" dealt with the struggles to revive urban Philadelphia.
For five-and-a-half years, Bissinger said he followed the life of Mayor Edward Rendell in order to write the book.
"I wanted to be there for all the screaming and the tumult." Bissinger said. "I wanted to draw a human portrait of Rendell. Much to my shock, he said, 'Why not?'
Bissinger said he discovered crumbling buildings and rotting factories for miles in Philadelphia.
there," he said. "I could hear the voices and sounds that once defined Philadelphia."
Bissinger said that in the past four years, the population of the city has dropped by 700.000.
"I felt intense sorrow for what was once
Lara Ratican, St. Louis senior, said she could relate to Bissinger's view of America's big cities.
"When I drive through downtown St. Louis, I can see the neglect on the streets," she said.
Bissinger said the most important tool writers could have, whether they were in Odessa, Texas or Philadelphia, was passion.
"When the words finally pour out of you like a waterfall, there's no better feeling," he said. "It's sometimes it better than sex."
City Commission approves new roundabout
By Chris Fickett
Kansan staff writer
The intersection at Monterey Way and Harvard Road soon may look more like the roundabout at the Chi Omega Fountain on campus.
The Lawrence City Commission voted 3-2 last night to accept a plan to improve Monterey Way from 15th Street to Harvard Road.
One of the planned improvements is the installation of a traffic calming device, called a roundabout, at Monterey Way and Harvard Road. The roundabout would function like the Chi Omega circular intersection.
Katherin Steinbacker of E.B.H. and Associates, who designed the improvement plan, said the middle of the roundabout should be occupied by a large tree or a statue and not a fountain.
Steinbacker said the roundabout would improve traffic flow, which now is halted by a three-way stop sign at the intersection.
Commissioners Bob Moody and Bonnie Augustine wanted input from the Traffic Safety Commission on the plan before proceeding.
"I wonder why we don't see more of these in the Midwest," Augustine said.
Moody's motion to refer the
plan to the Traffic Safety Commission failed 2-3.
Steinbacker said the Kansas Department of Transportation strongly supported the installation of a roundabout at Monterey Wav and Harvard Road.
Commissioner John Nalbandian said, "This holds a new possibility for the city. If they can do more for us than the unwarranted stop signs, then I think we should do it. I think this is great."
Trashing the news
The University Daily Kansan distribution box west of Wescoe Hall was emptied by noon yesterday. Almost all of the papers from the distribution box had been dumped in a nearby trash can. Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
Student Senate meeting to gather at Ellsworth Hall
Student Senate is on tour, and tomorrow it hits Ellsworth Hall.
By Seth Jones
Kansan staff writer
Senate will meet at 6 tonight, but not in its usual home in the Kansas Union. The lobby of Ellsworth Hall will be this week's meeting
place for Senate in an effort to gain more student awareness and possibly more student involvement.
Julie Numerich, student executive committee chair, worked to get the meeting at its new location.
"We're having this meeting outside the Union for a lot of reasons," she said. "We're especially happy to have it in a residence hall. There is a large majority of freshmen in the residence halls. Since elections happen in April, many of them have no idea what Student Senate is all about."
Numerich said the beginning of the meeting would be a chance for students to meet their senators.
"They can come and talk to us," she said.
"It'll be kind of like a town meeting."
Kevin Yoder, student body president, said raising campus awareness was a platform on which he campaigned last year.
"A common criticism Senate gets is that the only time they talk to students is when election time rolls around," he said. "This is not only a way to give students the feel for the flavor of senate, but to hopefully get more students involved."
Numerich said to her knowledge, this would be the first time Senate had met away from its regular meeting place.
"If this proves to be successful, we'll do it more," she said. "We might try to have meetings at a scholarship hall, maybe a sorority or a fraternity, maybe at the Burge Union."
This senate meeting potentially will be a quiet one, with only two pieces of legislation.
"You always hope that a meeting will be quick and painless," she said. "I don't want to jinx us and say it will be an easy meeting, because if we're in there until 2 a.m. that would look pretty bad."
Tonight's meeting opens at 6 p.m. with a chance to meet the people involved, then the actual meeting begins at 6:30.
The meeting is open to everyone.
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