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LOCAL ENDORSEMENTS Yesterday the Kansan editorial board presented picks for the national elections. Today, it endorses local candidates. PAGE 5A
SPORTS
International students look forward to seeing their home countries play sports. Sometimes, they only way to check out scores is online.PAGE1B
KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004
VOL. 115 ISSUE 48
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Amanda Tuck, Overland Park freshman, runs the JayWalk desk in Anschutz Library. JayWalk volunteers will escort students to their destination when they feel uncomfortable or unsafe walking alone.
JayWalk users volunteers low
Eleven JayWalk users so far this year
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGIA
lfrancovigia@kansan.com
KANSAN STARF WRITER
The number of JayWalk volunteers is lagging compared to last year. The program has the minimal number of volunteers needed to run the campus peer walking program, said Cayla Witty, JayWalk volunteer coordinator.
So last week, Witty said JayWalk had to close the Monday after fall break because not enough volunteers were available.
The program has fewer volunteers than last year and a disproportionate number of males to females, 26 males and 17 females. It has 43 walking volunteers and five desk volunteers compared to 60 total volunteers last year, Witty, Wakefield sophomore, said.
Witty expects more people to use the program in light of recent crimes. Tristan Deweese, JayWalk business manager, said that one night two people needed escorts, but only one pair was available.
Two volunteers, one male and one female, together walk the people using IavWalk.
The program began operating in Anschutz Library on Sept. 12. Of the 15 users so far, all have been female, though the program is open to both female and male students, faculty and staff.
Witty said she wanted to expand the program to satellite locations at GSP-Corbin and Ellsworth Halls. Witty said JayWalk would probably expand to GSP-Corbin by the end of the semester. She said she needed at least 12 more volunteers to sustain an additional site to cover all of the shifts.
Witty said three volunteers who come in regularly and are on time will get scholarships at the end of the semester. JayWalk began offering scholarships as incentives for volunteering this year. The volunteer who staffs the desk will get a scholarship of $500 and two walkers will get $250 at the end of the semester.
JAYWALK INFORMATION
JayWalk is located at the KU Info desk in Anschutz Library from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday.
Call 864-3222 to use the program.
Each volunteer has a 20-minute
To volunteer, applications are available at the Student Senate office, in 410 Kansas Union.
training session in which they are briefed in safety guidelines, Witty said. The volunteers wear orange vests and carry flashlights when they escort walkers, but are not required to have formal defense training.
Brent Carpenter said he had volunteered to be a JayWalk walker five or six times since the program restarted this fall. On average, he worked one two-hour shift per week. Of those times, Carpenter said he has been called only once to walk with someone. Carpenter said the student said she just wanted to be safe.
"She said she was glad we were here." Carpenter said.
Witty said she thought JayWalk usership would pick up once more people were familiar with it. Student Senate recently amended its Rules and Regulations so that the Campus Safety Advisory Board would oversee JayWalk. Witty said senators asked whether the program was justifiable if usership was low.
With only 15 students so far using the program, the cost of one walk is about $345. But Witty didn't think the program needed a minimum number of users to continue.
The program costs $5,200 to maintain per semester. The costs include scholarships, coordinators' salaries and equipment such as flashlights.
"It's hard to put a price on safety," she said.
- Edited by Rupal Gor
Condition critical
Student falls from house; roof in violation of city code
TEPHANIE FARLEY AND AMANDA O'TOOLE
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITERS
Officials with the Department of Neighborhood Resources determined that the house where a KU freshman from Lenexa fell off a roof Sunday was in violation of a city code.
The code states that elevated areas 30 inches and higher require railings.
The house at 1045 Tennessee St. did not have a railing.
Sara Anne Driessel was in critical condition yesterday after falling off the third-story roof early Sunday morning, said Bob Hallitan. University of Kansas Medical Center media relations coordinator.
She fell from the west side of the roof of the house while she was outside smoking about 3:40 a.m., Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department, said.
He said someone inside the house heard a crash and went outside to see what the noise was.
The person discovered Driessel on the ground and called 911 for help.
"It looks to be a very tragic accident." Ward said.
Ward said Lawrence police were the first to arrive on the scene.
The roof was accessible by a door, but Ward said houses with these were not meant to be stood on and were not safe.
Amanda O'Toole/KANSAN
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Sara Anne Driedell, Lenexa freshman, fell off the third-story roof of this house at 1045 Tennessee St. Sunday. She used the door visible on the third floor to access the roof. She was still in critical condition yesterday.
Multitasking
Chris Thomas, Olathe senior, reads as he walks up a hill near the Campanile
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Senators unpaid dedicated
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGLA
lfrancoviglia@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Some students may be drawn into college politics by the promise of celebrity and popularity. Some may do it for the money. But for student senators at the University of Kansas, it's a labor of love.
The only paid positions are those of the Student Senate Executive Board. Student senators at the University don't have a history of receiving compensation, and there are no plans to change that.
But next year at Washington State University, all student senators will begin receiving paychecks. The student senators voted to set aside $18,000 to pay themselves, saying that a monetary incentive would keep senators accountable.
"I don't think we've ever thought about paying student senators," said Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president.
Dunlap, Leawood senior, said Student Senate didn't have trouble finding students interested in being senators.
"It attracts people that care about the University rather than a financial incentive," he said.
Dunlap said the University had to mandate Student Senate to increase pay for StudEx positions by 50 cents when a bill within the senate to increase it was rejected.
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Students can find Thanksgiving hosts
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Where to go when the residence halls close is one question international students consider whenever Thanksgiving break nears, Paula Adriazola said. She stayed with a group of friends last year and didn't have as much fun as she wished.
"I wish I knew of the homestay program last year," Adriazola, Bolivia junior, said.
The program is open to the 1,615 international students at the University of Kansas. Students in the program join a Kansas family during break, Nov. 24-28.
Applications from families and international students are due Monday to the office of International Student and Scholar Services.
For 50 years, the Betty Grimwood
Thanksgiving homestay program has been an option for international students during Thanksgiving break.
"As an international student I think the program is important because when you first get here you don't know how traditions are for American families." Adriazola said.
Carol Dias da Silva, ISSS program coordinator, said it was a good opportunity for students because they experience an American family holiday. It is a free option for international students, Silva said, because the families were volunteering the holiday stay and meals.
It is also a chance for the international students to share their experiences from another culture with the family. It's a two-way street, Silva said.
Betty Grimwood began the program began in the town of Burns — located
northeast of Wichita — in 1954. The ISSS office named the program after Grimwood following her death in May 1999. The spirit of opening one's home to international students continues among the town's 271 residents.
"We've been volunteering for 11 years, since Betty came to our door and asked us to volunteer when we first moved in." Burns resident Sue Hoffman said.
Families who volunteer to house international students tend to have an interest
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2. general information from the student (i.e. where they want to stay, what they like to eat)
HOW TO APPLY FOR THE HOMESTAY PROGRAM
The application consists of three forms:
3. a signed commitment to participate in the program over the Thanksgiving break
Applications are available in the ISSS office, room 2 in Strong Hall.
1. an explanation of the program
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Football
Source: ISSS office
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It's been more than three years since the Jayhawks won a road game against a Big 12 Conference foe. They need to end that streak Saturday to stay in bowl contention. PAGE 1B
City Commission
Red Lyon took it's attempt to build a storefront and a patio — mostly to accommodate smokers — to the city commission, but the city commission denied the Tavern. PAGE 3A
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