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The LPD is continuing additional efforts of its own to curb and control drinking this fall.
"It is safe to say that we are doing more enforcement than we usually do this time of year," said Trent McKinley, LPD spokesman. "The alcohol seems to be more ramped up this year."
Since the first weekend of the school year, LPD has conducted alcohol enforcement every weekend. McKinley said the many of the responses made by LPD during the weekend involve alcohol in some way.
"Most every disturbance call, most serious accidents that we've seen, they all have some kind of
alcohol component," McKinley said.
A specific LPD game day shift may also result in more students cited for alcohol violations. The department is dedicating 14 officers to patrol and respond to calls around the area surrounding the stadium.
McKinley said the specific shift contains officers from various departments working overtime, and it is intended to put less strain on the department on game days and throughout the week.
"If there are no calls for service, we expect our officers to be productive," McKinley said. "And that's usually when they start looking for the alcohol or making traffic citations."
But for students like Ryan
Guetzkl, a senior from Olathe, the efforts don't seem worthwhile if they aren't affecting everyone.
"Underage drinking is not anything to condone, but I feel like, depending on how bad the ticket is, it can ruin a lot," Guetzkl said. "And if everyone's doing it, it's not really fair."
McKinley acknowledged there is no way to catch everyone but said until things slow down, their efforts will most likely continue.
"Usually we see it level off after a few weeks of enforcement and people change their behavior," McKinley said. "We aren't seeing that yet, and as long as there is a need for it and we have the resources for it, it'll continue."
Edited by Laken Rapier
Fake ID Task Force 101 results:
RENFE DUMLER/KANSAN
Lawrence police have been enforcing alcohol laws aggressively this year. Special task forces will be active in coming weekends.
- 13 licensed establishments were checked
- 11 citations were issued for 14 charges:
- 8 possession/use of a fake or other's ID or driver's license
- 1 possession of liquor in public
Source: Lawrence Police Department
The LPD game day shift activity:
- 5 minor in possession of alcohol
- 153 parking violations
- 7 alcohol violations
- 16 alcohol violations warnings
- 25 disturbance with no-neapons calls
- 1 urinating in public
Source: Lawrence Police Department
- 9 arrests
LAWRENCE
Fire in Oread neighborhood
Damage was visible from the third-floor of the building, extending down to the second-floor.
James King, a Lawrence-Douglas County fire marshal, said the building was evacuated and an all-clear issued around 11:30 p.m. He said no one was injured.
Fire crews responded at 10.16 p.m. to a fire at Berkeley Flats Apartments at 1123 Indiana Street.
Resident Aaron Heintzelman, a junior from Leavenworth, lives in the second-floor apartment below the fire. He went out for 30 minutes to get dinner and came back to find flames.
"I don't know if I have an apartment or if I can even go in there yet," Heintzelman. For more information, check Kansan.com.
Rachel Salyer, Luke Ranker
An apartment fire broke on Wednesday night at Berkley Flats
Apartment outside of Memorial Stadium. No one was injured.
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CAMPUS
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Stephanie Hindle, a freshman from Parsons, talks to Lisa Hines, exhibit coordinator of the Glass Walls Exhibit for PETA, about the display in front of the Student Union Thursday. "We want to educate people about the agriculture industry," Hines said. "We don't want to depress them but to empower them to make individual choices."
Exhibit shows graphic reality of slaughterhouse
REBEKKA SCHLICHTING rschlichting@kansan.com
Students can experience the horrors of slaughterhouses this week by visiting Peta2's giant inflatable barn exhibit in front of the Kansas Union.
"We've found that students are horrified to learn that cows have their throats slit while they're still conscious and that chickens are scaled to death in boiling hot water before being turned into Mcnuggets," said Ryan Huling, manager of college campaigns and outreach for Peta2. "It's simply not the kind of industry that students want to support."
Peta2 is touring colleges across the nation this fall with their Glass Windows exhibit. The tour started on Sept. 10 and will end after Thanksgiving. It will be in front of the Kansas Union today and tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The exhibit is split into two sections. The first section has facts and pictures of animal cruelty along with examples of the small cages the animals are crammed into. The second section is a theatre with imitation cage seats and a graphic video showing the animals' harsh living conditions and painful deaths.
"Wow," Laisa Alcantar, a sophomore from Garden City, Kan., said after touring the exhibit. "I've never seen a video like that. I was kind of shocked at the things that happen in slaughter houses. I was appalled. The worst part was seeing the piglets being thrown down to kill because they were sick. There should be a better way to feed the population that isn't that cruel."
Huling said the purpose of the exhibit is to remind students of what's behind closed doors in factory farms and slaughter houses and to look at the humane alternatives available, including vegetarian barbeque riblets, vegan pizza and other credulity-free options.
"Ignorance really is bliss when it comes to this kind of thing," said Blaine Knox, a senior from Salina, Kan. Peta2 is the student division of PETA, which works with high school and college student groups around America on issues that directly affect students at their schools. Huling said Peta2 has seen a tremendous increase of students who identify as vegetarian since they were founded in 2002.
Some students hope for better living conditions for the animals but remain steadfast in their appetite for meat.
Peta2 coordinated with the University's Compassion for All Animals student group in 2011 and 2012 to write a petition for more vegetarian and vegan options at the campus dining halls. Parendi Birdie, Compassion for All Animals founder, said the petitions were successful, and KU Dining Services will be adding more vegetarian and vegan options in the future.
Compassion for All Animals promotes a lifestyle free of cruelty and exploits by spreading awareness about animal cruelty through discussions, lectures and volunteering at the humane society.
Last spring, Compassion for All Animals hosted the University's first cruelty-free fashion show, "Free Food, Passion and Compassion." The student group also won the Student Group of the Year Award by Peta2 in recognition for its extraordinary efforts to help end animals' suffering worldwide last semester.
"All animals deserve the right to live free of suffering." Birdie said.
— Edited by Stéphane Roque
ELECTION
Voter registration available for students through SUA
HANNAH BARLING
hbarling@kansan.com
Instead of just complaining about political issues to their friends, students have the opportunity to voice their opinions this election season.
Student Union Activities is hosting a voting registration booth on the main floor of the Union.
The booth is targeted toward students but welcomes anyone to register. Andrew Mechler, coordinator of Social Issues with SUA, said there has been a moderate turnout of students since the booth opened last week.
The 2008 election had the second largest number of youth voters. According to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, an estimated 23 million Americans voted under the age of 30.
enriching students and getting them to think about the world around them," Mechler said.
The booth fulfills our goal by
Members hand out forms at Tea at Three on Thursdays and Tunes at Noon on Fridays. People may pick up forms, fill them out and return them to the volunteers who then bring them to the courthouse. Forms are also available to pick up any time at the SUA box office.
"I haven't registered yet because I have been trying to figure out how," said Laura Bondank, a sophomore from Grapevine, Tex. "For in-state students the voting booth is a convenience, but for out-of-state students it's a life saver."
Students expressed their views on the importance of registering and actually voting. Gordon Cave, a senior from Augusta, gave his opinion specifically on why voting as a college student is important.
"It's important for us to
register because who we elect now will be making decisions about our future regarding student loans, pell grants and keeping college affordable for people of all backgrounds," Cave said.
Other students acknowledged the importance of voting, but feel their vote isn't imperative.
Thora Ansell, a sophomore from Houston Tex., has registered to vote but doesn't plan on doing so. "The majority of Texans are conservative and my views are more liberal. I know it's important but feel my voice wouldn't be heard," she said.
SUA will be hosting an election watch party Tuesday, Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. on the main floor of the Union.
Edited by Sarah McCabe
Kansas voter registration requirements include:
- Being a citizen of the US,
- Being a resident of Kansas,
- Be 18 by time of election,
- Not be imprisoned by conviction in any state of federal court of a crime
punishable by death or imprisonment for one year or longer,
- Not claim the right to vote in any other location or under any other name
- Not be excluded from voting for mental incompetence by a court of competent jurisdiction.
Source: Registertovote.org
Index
My McDermed, a junior from Topeka, looks for cool posters at the poster sale on the fourth floor of the Student Union Thursday, Sept. 19 afternoon. McDermed says that she likes looking for cool posters that interest her.
CLASSIFIEDS 11
CROSSWORD 6
CRYPTOQUIPS 8
OPINION 5
SPORTS 14
SUDOKU 8
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