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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,2004
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Senate funds wireless Internet
BY LAURA FRANCOVIGUA
francovigia@kansan.com
KANSAN STaff WRITER
Student Senate voted unanimously to pass the bill that will allocate $45,000 to wireless Internet on the University of Kansas campus.
- The bill passed two of the Student Senate committees last week, and full Senate voted to finalize the bill last night. The funds Senate will allocate to wireless Internet are only about 20 percent of the total cost the University will pay to go wireless. The rest of the funding will come from the state and
from tuition. So far, wireless Internet has cost about $250,000, but the cost grows daily as more nodes, which send out the wireless signal, are placed around campus.
around campus.
Cost will depend on the number of departments that want access to wireless.
"For those students who think Student Senate doesn't do anything for them," said Jeff Dunlap, student body vice president, "this is a tangible benefit they're going to be able to use for years to come."
The funds to pay for going wireless will come out of Senate's reserve
account, which has about $550,000. This money is reserved for projects that will have long term benefits for the majority of the student body. Senate will only allocate funds to wireless Internet this year for the initial costs, but the University will be the sole source of funds.
Ryan Faulconer, finance committee chain, said the money that Senate would allocate to this is a worthy use of the reserve account.
reserve account. In the planning stages to go wireless, KU Information Services asked Student Senate which campus areas would be most beneficial to students.
A bill to fund $580 for the KU Juggling Club passed.
The $45,000 that Senate allocated last night will help pay for wireless Internet access and broadband expansion.
A bill to fund $6,500 for Homecoming educational speaker Bill Rancic passed.
In other Senate legislation:
A bill to fund $1,000 for Homecoming speaker Bill Cosby passed.
Rancic passed.
■ A bill to fund $15,000 for the KU
History Galleries passed.
A bill to fund Jaywalk was tabled. Senators debated whether Jaywalk should be funded by the Campus Safety Fee or by the student activity fee.
fee.
A bill to fund the Korean Student Association was tabled because senators were unsure whether an English translator was available at meetings. All student organizations must be open to all students, according to Student Senate guidelines. No members of the association were present to defend their bill.
Edited by Ashley Doyle
Identity theft strikes student
BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANAN STAFF WRITER
Ryan Whitney signed all the checks. More than $250 later, someone caught on. A server at Vermont Street BBQ, 728 Massachusetts SJ., noticed something didn't match up.
The card read Whitney Ryan
The card shown is Whitney Ryan, Tulsa, Okla., junior, was a victim of identity theft. Her Visa credit card was stolen and recovered by Lawrence police Sunday.
Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department said that two men were arrested for the theft. He said the man ran up a bar bill at Vermont Street BBQ and tried to pay with the Visa card. The individual who had possession of the card was a 20-year-old transient, without a residency, and the other was an 18-year-old male with a Tonganoxie residence.
"It is creepy to think that you might not even be aware that your card is gone and that someone is pretending to be you," Ryan said.
Ryan's card was charged nine times before being confiscated, used three times at Wal-Mart and three times at Amoco Oil, and at three fast food restaurants. The total amount charged was $260.37.
Ryan is not alone as a victim of identity theft in Kansas. In 2003, 1,378 people were victim to identity theft from existing accounts in Kansas, according to the Federal Trade Commission Web site. Of that total, 30 percent were between the ages of 18 and 29, and 25 percent were between the ages 30 and 39. Kansas ranked 26th in the United States in number of identity thefts.
The Kansas statute on identity theft defines it as knowingly obtaining and using a personal identification number for the intent to defraud for economic benefit. It is a felony under Kansas law.
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PREVENTIDENTITYTHEFT
Match your credit card receipts against monthly bills.
Report lost or stolen credit cards immediately to credit card company and police.
Cancel unused accounts.
Do not leave receipts at AIMs, bank counters or gasoline pumps.
Do not keep your Social Security number or passwords in a wallet or purse.
Treat credit cards and checks as if they were cash.
View your credit report
Access it by calling a national credit bureau or the Call for Action consumers' hotline at 1-866-ID-HOTLINE
AREYOU ATRISK?
Take the ID Theft Test online at www.idtheftcenter.org to find whether you are at risk for identity theft. The test is under the Consumer Resources link.
Sources: KU Public Safety Office, Visa.com,
Lawrence police, ldthefcenter.org
Candidate focused on students
elections
Boyda answered questions from students and Lawrence residents at an open forum yesterday afternoon at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Nancy Boyda, Second District U.S. House Democratic challenger, said she would address financial troubles for students and abuses in the judicial system if she wins the November elections.
Boyda is running against Republican incumbent, Jim Ryun.
Boyda said she was particularly concerned with how the national deficit would affect college students.
Boyda said her concern for her family and children was the reason she was
"It's what got me up to do this is in the first place," she said.
running for Congress.
would affect college status. The deficit will come back to college students who already have to deal with paying back college loans when they graduate, Boyda said. She said the increase in tuition, coupled with the decrease in grants, would pose a problem for college students in the future.
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Nancy Boyda, second district challenger for U.S. House of Representatives, fields questions yesterday in Alderson Auditorium. Boyda spoke about many issues, including leadership.
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The Natural History Museum's famed horse, Comanche, is moving to a new home within the building. PAGE 3A
K-10 death a reminder of car safety
Soccer
Mathew, who wasn't wearing a seat belt at the time, hit the shoulder of the road and was ejected from his vehicle as it began to roll.
BY AMANDA O'TOLE
otoole@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
While the gentle twists and turns of Kansas Highway 10 may seem like a relaxing drive, that section of highway has claimed nine lives from 1999-2003. University of Kansas freshman Andrew Weir joined that statistic last week when he was pronounced dead at the scene of a one-car accident.
His only knowledge of the accident comes from witness accounts.
The 25-mile stretch of K-10 from Lawrence's east city limits to the Interstate 435 exit hosts anywhere from 25 to 30 thousand vehicles each day, and even more than that on holiday weekends, Kim Stich, informational specialist for Kansas Department of transportation, said.
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The cause of Weir's accident is still under investigation, said Lt. Kathy Tate of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Mathew was driving from Olathe to Lawrence in his silver Honda Accord when a deer ran onto the road.
were lain.
K-10 is still daunting for 2004 KU graduate Tommy Mathew, who was in an accident just a few miles outside of Lawrence on New Year's Day 2003.
Eichhorn said. According to Kansas Department of Transportation accident reports, about 75 percent of the accidents that happened from 1999 to 2003 were classified as property damage only.
where he underwent surgery.
He sustained injuries to his back, head, pelvis and bladder. He spent six months in bed and two additional months learning how to walk again.
Kansas Highway Patrol Lt. John Eichkorn said most accidents are the result of inattentive drivers.
About 24 percent of the accidents were injury accidents. One percent were fatal.
"I still get an eerie feeling driving down the road," he said.
The car landed on the unconscious Mathew, crushing his pelvis.
Matthew, tracing He woke up in a helicopter en route to University of Kansas Medical Center where he underwent surgery.
He still has a steel plate in his pelvis and eight screws in his leg.
result of malt-tasking People multi-tasking while driving risk the chance of an accident, Eichkorn said.
More than a year and a half later Mathew is still recovering.
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