WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25,1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A
A VOL.102.NO.48
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
Jayhawk senior runner Chris Gaston is back on track after a preseason injury. Page 1B
SenEx considers a request allowing faculty to remove disruptive students from class. Page 9A
CAMPUS
SPORTS
Settle down, kids
Off and running ..again
NATION
Dallas airport fails test
The city's first blizzard of the season crippled the highly touted but trouble-ridden airport. Page 11A
Jerusalem's fate debated
WORLD
Israelis and Palestinians are tackling the problem of Jerusalem, which both claim as their capital. Page 11A
WEATHER PLEASANT
INDEX
Weather: Page 2A
Campus News...3A
Nation/World...11A
Features...12A
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes...6B
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KU's 20-year campus plan proposes changing Jayhawk Boulevard to a one-way street, reserving the other lane for bicycles.
KU students have watched the convenience of bicycle riding taken from them, with 19 bicycles stolen from campus this semester.
Routes:
Steve Punne / KANSAN
Jaysen VanSickle, Overland Park senior, battles with traffic. Despite the heavy bicycle traffic on campus, cyclists are forced to ride in automobile lanes.
Cycling the yellow brick road
Bicycle paths would help riders get safely through campus
By Joann Birk
Kansan staff writer
Caldwell, Lawrence junior, is one KU student who feels unsafe riding through Lawrence on his bicycle. He said that bicycle paths, both in the city of Lawrence and on campus, were needed to increase safety for bicyclists.
Matthew Caldwell dreads close brushes with automobiles and having angry drivers yell after him to get a car. But it happens all the time.
A larger number of bicycle riders translates into fewer automobiles and less pollution, Caldwell said.
"It makes sense to do everything you can to promote bikes." he said.
Tom Waechter, planning coordinator for facilities management, defined bicycle paths as specific lanes set aside for bicycles. He said that he had helped develop the 20-year campus plan which may result in a more bicycle-friendly campus in the future.
how the campus should grow and change during the next 20 years, included changing Jayhawk Boulevard into a road with single-lane, one-way automobile traffic and two-lane, two-way bicycle traffic. Waechter said that the plan also included coordinated routes, which would make it safer for bicyclists to travel from campus to various parts of Lawrence.
"This is really important because campus is probably the No. 1 destination of bike riders in Lawrence." he said.
Terry Huerter, Lake Quivira sophomore, said that the plan was encouraging but that he would like to see the city cooperate with the University in making Lawrence a safer place for bicycle riders.
Officer Cindy Allis of KU police said that they had received few reports of bicycle accidents on campus but that she assumed that many were unreported. Bicycle accidents which were reported typically involved automobiles, she said.
"I've almost been killed multiple times," he said.
Tony Stanislav, Omaha junior and an employee of Sunflower Bike Shop, said bicycle sales had increased during his three years at the shop. He said that this increase, which seemed to be a trend throughout Lawrence, had led to the need for specific lanes for bicyclists.
Other Big Eight Conference universities differ from KU in their attentiveness to the needs of bicyclists.
Christa Oliver, a sophomore at the University of Missouri, said that Missouri students were safe from cars on campus because parts of the campus were closed to traffic. She said that there were times when there were so many pedestrians on campus that bicyclists could not ride.
Brian Mohr, a senior at the University of Colorado and the student alternative transportation coordinator, said that Colorado was an extremely bicycle-friendly campus. He explained that the city of Boulder and the university there had connecting bicycle paths and that a large part of the campus had separate paths for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Bicycle theft less frequent but still expensive
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Mike Stivers bought a $600 mountain bicycle to ride around town. After thieves stole it from the back porch of a friend's house, he used insurance money to buy an $800 mountain bicycle.
A month later, he parked it on Massachusetts Street. When he returned, the back wheel and the seat were gone.
Now, he's had enough. The enjoyment of riding a bicycle no longer outweighs the burden of keeping thieves from it. he said.
"I don't want to ride a bicycle that expensive around Lawrence anymore," said Stivers, St. Louis, Mo., senior.
savers problem is not unique. According to KU police statistics, 19 bicycles, valued together at almost $11,000, have been stolen from campus this semester. More bicycles have been stolen from off-campus locations, but Lawrence police do not keep statistics on bicycle theft.
"I would say they are a very hot commodity," said Officer Cindy Aliss of the KU police.
Alliss said that KU police encouraged students to register bicycles with them so that they could be identified and recovered if they were stolen. Registration is required by city ordinance, costs 25 cents and will not expire until the year 2000. Also, Alliss advised using a U-lock instead of a cable lock.
In 17 of the 19 reported thefts, a
lock was broken, according to KU police records. Many of those locks were cables, which are not as strong as U-locks. Allis said.
Ryan Carrillo, Prairie Village freshman, can attest to that. She used a cable lock to secure her $350 mountain bicycle outside Oliver Hall. Last week, the lock was severed and the bike stolen.
"I wasn't sure why they took my bike instead of all the others out there, but it was probably because I had a cable lock." Carrillo said.
But no lock is foolproof, Stivers said. He said some thieves defeated U-locks with liquid nitrogen and a hammer. The liquid nitrogen made the lock brittle, and the hammer did the rest, he said.
Also, a hacksaw could get through
a U-lock. he said.
The best remedy for a bicycle left outside is surveillance, Alliss said.
But this is the reason bicycle riders like Stivers are frustrated.
"I wish I could just ride my bike downtown and leave it outside a store," Stivers said. "You can't even sit in class without having to worry."
Carrillo said that she rarely rode her bicycle to class because it was difficult to lock properly.
Keeping bicycles inside might be a solution, but that is often hard to do, Carrillo said.
Perhaps downgrading is the answer. Alliss said.
"I tell parents, if they're going to buy their student a bike to use up here to buy them an inexpensive one," she said.
Lock it up
Campus bike theft is nothing new, but the number of reported thefts has gone down in the last few years.
Number of reported thefts for the following incident years
Kelly Cannon/KANSAN
Fans steal Stouffer's spaces
Parking tough during basketball
By Sarah Wlese
Kansan staff writer
Not everyone is happy that KU's basketball games are just around the corner.
Stouffer Place residents dread the season, but not because they dislike basketball — they are worried about their parking lot's inevitable invasion by basketball fans.
Although the parking department puts up barricades at Lot 114's entrances on 19th Street, people desperate for a spot have moved the barricades and parked there anyway, said Ralph Reed, Lawrence graduate student and Stouffer Place resident.
"Some basketball fans have no respect for anything except, 'How close can I park to Alen Field House, and how fast can I leave after the game?'" he said.
Reed said residents could help put an end to the frustrating situation. The Stouffer Neighborhood Association's parking committee is distributing park petition to all residents this week, he said.
The options are changing the lot to 24-hour restricted, extending the restricted hours and having restricted parking during athletic events that fall on weekends or holidays or not making any changes.
One less lot to worry about Stouffer Place's location makes its parking lot a prime target for out-of-town basketball fans on game nights. The new Super Target soccer field has eliminated about 400 temporary parking lots and is organizing a petition drive to change their lot's restrictions to allow for more parking protection on game nights.
If there was ever to get things changed, it is now, he said. The new SuperTarget soccer field — located north of 19th Street between Stouffer Place and Oliver Hall — has eliminated about 400 temporary parking spots used on game nights, said Donna Hultne, assistant director of parking.
Source: KU Parking Department 19th ST.
If a majority of residents vote for change, the proposal will proceed to the parking board. Reed said.
"If they went to 24-hour restricted, we would have the lot protected before the game so people wouldn't be able to get in in the first place." she said.
The fact that parking in the lot is restricted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday isn't helpful on game nights. The parking department doesn't patrol the lot in the evenings because no permits are required during open hours, Hultine said. And game parkers aren't violating any rules.
Reed said that residents were concerned that people who usually parked there would end up in the Stouffer lot.
Another problem is manpower. Don Kearns, director of parking, said that the department didn't have extra people to man barricades in an open lot, especially on already-busy game nights.
"If I'm not back at Stouffer Place by 5:30 in the evening on game nights, I won't be able to park near my apartment — if I can park at all." Reed said.
The parking board had reservations about changing the 24-hour restriction because that meant the lot would no longer be protected during basketball season, Hultine said. At the time, residents were more concerned about having free visitor parking than game protection.
Huline said this wasn't the first time Stouffer residents had organized a petition drive.
During the 1991-1992 school year, residents successfully petitioned to change the lot from 24-hour restricted to the current restrictions.
"I'm sure the board would be willing to entertain any creative thought as to how to handle the situation over there." Hultine said.
Reed said that he hoped a change would be made before the basketball season began.
THE ISSUE:
Tuition plan calls for new credit-hour rates
if KU's linear-tution plan is enacted, undergraduate may have to pay more for some graduate-level classes
By Josh Yancey Kansan staff writer
Undergraduates who take graduate-level courses may have to pay a bit more than they expected if the University of Kansas adopts a linear-tition plan.
Students now pay a flat fee if they take more than six credit hours. The linear-tuition plan would have students pay by the credit hour. Under the new plan, undergraduates would pay graduate tuition for classes above the 700 level. Graduate students would pay graduate rates for courses numbered 500 or higher and undergraduate rates for courses below the 500 level.
Lindy Eakin, vice chancellor for administration and finance, gave the policy's general argument.
"Courses have different costs," he said. "Graduate classes typically have fewer students and are taught by senior faculty. It's appropriate to charge the graduate rate if you're getting graduate credit."
One problem, said Rich Morrell, University registrar, was that a handful of courses numbered 700 or above were required for undergraduates. He said that his office and the office of academic affairs were considering renumbering the courses to accommodate the problem.
The plan would go into effect for Fall 1996.
neutral, meaning that it was not a University attempt to make more money.
"Nobody feels it's fair to charge graduate rates if the classes are required by undergraduates," Morrell said.
Morrell said the plan was revenue
With existing tuition rates, undergraduate residents in fewer than seven hours pay $89 per credit hour, and nonresident undergraduates pay $279 per credit hour. Resident graduate students in less than seven hours pay $118 per hour, and nonresidents pay $322.
An undergraduate enrolling in nine hours in 200-level courses and three hours in an above-700-level course would pay $795 in tuition: $531 for the lower-level courses and $264 for the upper-level courses. This would be less than the existing $883 flat tuition rate for residents, not including the campus fee.
Morrell offered two examples, using the linear fees.
A graduate enrolling in nine hours in above-700-level courses and three hours in a 100-level course would pay $969 in tuition: $792 for the upper-level courses and $177 for the lower-level course. This also would be less than the existing $1,059 flat tuition rate for residents, not including the campus fee.
Morrell said another of the plan's justifications was that it would help prevent students from loading up on classes during enrollment and filling classes quickly. Because students would pay more for additional credit hours, they would be less likely to enroll in classes they had no intention of keeping, he said.
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