Volume 125 Issue 34
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Monday, October 22, 2012
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HOUSING
Regents approve plan to build two new halls
NIKKI WENTLING
nwentling@kansan.com
Changes are underway for Daisy Hill.
The Kansas Board of Regents approved the University's request to build two new residence halls at its meeting Oct. 17. According to the meeting agenda, the halls will be built south of Templin Hall — one hall west of Hashinger Hall and the other west of Lewis Hall.
According to a University news release, the locations of the new, five-story halls will create a quadrangle with existing halls. Each hall will hold 350 people.
Construction is expected to begin in January 2014 and be
completed by the August 2015 move-in date. Once the two halls are built, McColum will be razed and the space will be used for parking.
"I do think we need more parking in that area, but I think it's kind of sad because McCollum is the oldest," said Maya Porter, a sophomore from Olathe who lives in Ellsworth Hall.
"I'm okay with it," Tian said. "When I lived there, I wish it had been renovated."
Deyu Tian, a senior from Yantai, China who lived in McCollum for two years, said he made a lot of friends in the hall, but he understands the need to demolish it.
Building the halls, demolishing
McCollum and creating a parking lot in its space is expected to cost $47.8 million.
According to the meeting agenda and the University press release, the project will be funded through the sale of bonds issued by the Kansas Development Finance Authority.
"The bond repayment will come from a higher housing rate in the new buildings," the press release read. "It will be paid by students who choose to live in these new buildings, not by general tuition or other means."
— Edited by Joanna Hlavacek
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The Kansas Board of Regents approved the request to demolish McCollum Hall. The construction is scheduled to begin in January 2014, and it will be completed by August 2015.
CRIME
University student charged with aggravated battery
RACHEL SALYER
rsalyer@kansan.com
A University student was charged with aggravated battery and four other charges Thursday in Douglas County District Court.
Won Mo Kang, 19, was also charged with two counts of battery, criminal restraint and criminal damage to property.
Sgt. Trent McKinley, a Lawrence Police Department spokesman, said the charges stem from an Oct. 16 incident in which Kang and an acquaintance allegedly had several disagreements at various Lawrence locations, including on campus.
McKinley said the victim sustained serious injuries, but none were life-threatening.
Kang, who has no criminal history, was originally arrested on suspicion of kidnapping. Prosecutors allege he would not allow the victim to leave her home, and Huff ordered no contact between Kr
District Judge B. Kay Huff set Kang's bond at $7,000.
He told Huff that school was part of the reason the altercation took place.
Kang said he only planned on going to school until his next
"I really do study hard and that is what caused the fight on the 16th," Kang said.
no contact between Kang and the victim.
"I know it's bad timing when you're a student," Huff said, "but I need to ensure the community is safe."
Kang
court date and asked for leniency in his bond, which Huff denied.
If convicted for aggravated battery, the most serious of the
charges, Kang could face up to 34 months in prison.
JOBS
Kansan seeking editor business manager
Kang's next court date is scheduled for Oct. 29 at 2 p.m.
The University Daily Kansan is accepting applications for Spring 2013 editor-in-chief and business manager. The positions are responsible for overseeing for the editorial and advertising content of The University Daily Kansan and Kansan.com. Experience with The Kansan is not required but is encouraged.
Applications can be found at employment.ku.edu. The deadline for applications has been extended to 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 31, and the Kansan will interview applicants in the first two weeks of November. Send questions about the application process to editor@kansan.com.
Ian Cummings
POLITICS
Netsey Allen designed this poster encouraging young people to vote as part of a class project. The posters were submitted to a contest sponsored by the American Institute of Graphic Art's Get Out the Vote initiative, and Allen was one of several finalists from the University.
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Design students selected as finalists in 'Get Out the Vote'
lmayfield@kansan.com
LINDSEY MAYFIELD
/mayfield@kansan.com
As a sophomore, Erin Zingré said she remembers seeing older students' submissions for the Get Out the Vote initiative and wondering what she would submit if given the chance. This year, as a "super senior", she got that chance.
"My initial thought was how about we have a donkey and an elephant on a couch smoking a bowl of pot with the caption 'Don't be a lazy ass?' Zingre said. "They were my target demographic, puthodes who don't get out in the booth."
Zingrre was right to target apathetic college students with her work. Less than half of voters ages 18 to 24 say they are definitely voting in this year's election, according to a fall 2012 poll released by Harvard University's Institute of Politics.
Get Out the Vote is a national initiative sponsored by The American Institute of Graphic Art (AIGA).
The posters are currently on display in an exhibit in New York City until Nov. 30. Submissions from Bastein and Mullett were enlarged to be centerpieces in the exhibit.
"I was especially surprised when I found out how big they were," Bastein said. "They're like eight feet tall, which is huge. So I was surprised and happy and proud of us."
This is AIGA's second year sponsoring Get Out The Vote, and the first year AIGA has hosted the exhibition in New York City.
There were 50 finalists, including other University students Eric Norton, Jon Duong, Kelsey Allen, Emily Mullett, Cat Coquillette, Jing Jian, and Alyssa Bastein, Jian and Bastein both had two posters selected.
A group of design students participated in Get Out the Vote during the 2008 election, as well. Professor
The rules were simple: Create a nonpartisan poster that motivates people to vote in the presidential election on Nov. 6.
"I think that made them, as a group, more apt to want to vote," Dooley said.
For Zingré, that research process included the comic blog "Hyperbole and a Hal" After scrapping her initial animals-smoking-pot idea, Zingré chose to create a series of six posters that used internet memes and a part of a quote from the blog. She said her poster appeals to young people because it is "weird."
Patrick Dooley, who assigned the project, said it caused students to think of voting as a privilege.
"I've had several people come up to me," Zingré said. "They didn't know where it came from or what it was but they were like, I'm intrigued. What is that weird little lima bean monster?"
Dooley said the design students primarily researched why people didn't vote.
Copies of all eight Get Out the Vote finalists can be viewed online.
- Edited by Allison Kohn
(From left to right) Emily Mullett, Alyssa Bastien, Erin Zingre and Kelsey Allen. All are seniors in the graphic design program, and they designed "Vote" posters.
Index
CLASSIFIEDS 7
CROSSWORD 6
CRYPTOQUIDS 5
OPINION 4
SPORTS 12
SODIUM 8
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