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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2. 2004
LATE NIGHT:
Tradition occurs
over fall break
Marchiony said Kansas's event has become one of the most popular traditions because of the fans' passion for lavihawk basketball.
At Late Night, team members perform dances and skits, and various athletics teams are introduced. A scrimmage takes place before fans as the grand finale.
"There are a lot of great KU fans, they'll be that night, and I'm sure some students will show despite fall break," Marchiony said.
Justin Ladden, New Orleans sophomore, will be in Lawrence during fall break and will attend Late Night, but is upset his friends will not be able to go.
"I think this is a big thing for the University," Ladden said. "They should change it back to the week of homecoming because I wouldn't want my friends to miss it again."
Homeless shelters receive extra funds
By Stephanie Farley
sfarley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
— Edited by Jon Ralston
Last Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission gave $11,610 to the Community Drop-In Center, Salvation Army and the Lawrence Open Shelter. Sept. 11 will mark the first Saturday the CDIC has ever been open, which is being made possible because of the extra money.
will meet with the commission in December to discuss the progress, and possibly budge more funding for 2005.
The CDIC provides anyone a place to do their laundry, eat breakfast and make phone calls. Tami Clark, director of the Community Drop-In Center in Lawrence, said if anyone wanted to educate themselves on homelessness, they were welcome to come down to the CDIC and grab a bowl of cereal and a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and just start talking to people.
Sue Hack, city commissioner, said the commission granted the request from Clark because the commission was able to help out financially. Hack said there were two parts to the request: one part was for immediate help, and the second was to be included in the city budget for 2005. The Task Force on Homeless Concerns
Tami Clark is the director of the Community Drop-In Center in Lawrence. The CDIC gives homeless residents of Lawrence a place to shower, eat and do laundry.
Clark said she found the CDIC job in the paper. The description involved the words "coordinator" and "homelessness."
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She showed up at a vacant building with a cardboard table with four board members seated around it. She realized that she could have a lot of fun with this job, but at the same time had no elue how to help or build a relationship with someone who was homeless.
"It's amazing what a simple hello and acknowledgement of their existence can do for a person," she said.
She heard some people experiencing homelessness say they felt invisible because no one wanted to look at them. The most common human reaction to seeing a homeless person is guilt, Clark said.
Hack said the increased funding to the CDIC will provide more hours for a case worker.
Kristen Harms, case manager for the CDIC, helps people who come into the CDIC find
employment and housing. She tried to provide support and encouragement for them because they didn't have anyone to be their advocate.
Clark said being able to increase Harms' hours as a case manager would help her get more jobless people employed.
Employment leads to housing. Clark said.
The first day the CDIC was open, it served about six people. The CDIC is now serving 50 to 70 people a day.
Clark said she wanted the CDIC to be a place where people, homeless or not, could overcome stereotypes, break down barriers and get to know each other.
Clark said she wanted people experiencing homelessness to be able to feel like they were a part of society.
Edited by Jon Ralston
MILLER: Appeal to attend church, visit children postponed
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Miller, 45, was released from jail on Aug. 11 after being held since July 31.
According to Douglas County jail records, he was released after a $150,000 bond was paid in cash.
On Aug.19, Miller asked that some of the restrictions of his bond be changed, to allow him to attend church on Sundays and have supervised visits with his children.
The Douglas County Courts ordered that there would be no changes to the conditions of his bond until after the preliminary hearing, said Kenney.
Witnesses in the trial include Miller's children and Kris Sperry, Lawrence native and chief medical examiner for the state of Georgia.
Miller and his wife attended Victory Bible Church, 1942 Massachusetts St. Mary Miller was also involved of with the Lawrence Children's Choir.
A memorial service for Mary Miller was held at Victory Bible Church August 10.
She left behind Martin, her husband of 25 years, and two teenage children, Melodie Ruth and Matthew Joseph Robert.
Edited by Janette Crawford
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HALLS: Students pay full rate for smaller rooms
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said the students living in the end rooms were late enrollees. More late enrollees and fewer cancellations were the two main reasons students were in end rooms this year, Stoner said.
Stoner said there were usually about 100 to 150 students who either don't show up or leave during the first two weeks of classes. The department took this into account when renting rooms to students in the residence halls
"We always overbook a little." Stoner said.
Stoner said students had been placed in end rooms in the past, particularly in 2002-2003 when Ellsworth Hall was being
renovated. Stoner said the department wanted students out of temporary rooms as soon as possible.
Matthew Thornton, Pittsburg, Kan., freshman, also lives in an end room. His roommate moved out Tuesday. Thornton said he was frustrated at his lack of options.
"I wasn't able to pick anything else when I got here," Thornton said.
Thomton was also a late enrollee. He said he was mainly upset at not having access to the Internet because the University's official means of communication with students was through e-mail.
Many students living in regular rooms sympathized with the students in the end rooms.
Dan Hoyt, Dodge City sophomore, lives beside Sigley. He said Sigley and other late enrollees were being penalized because of their situation.
"They applied late, but that's no reason they have to stay in the closet," Hoyt said.
Hoyt said end-room dwellers shouldn't have to pay the same rate he does because they only had half of a room.
Stoner said students living in end rooms paid the regular double-room rate of $1,138 per semester. He said students were not given a discounted rate because they contracted for a double-rate room.
could move to rooms that opened up in other residence halls, with the understanding that they would return to McCollum or Oliver should a room open up there.
Students in the end rooms have options. They could stay in the end rooms and wait, or they
Stoner said students could get out of their contracts with the Department of Student Housing and live in Naismith Hall. He said students would have to pay Naismith's rate because it was an off-campus residence hall.
Kathy Oropeza, manager of Naismith, said the Naismith's management and the Department of Student Housing had worked out a group rate for students coming from the end rooms. She was not able to disclose the exact rate.
— Edited by Marissa Stephenson
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