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TRANSPORTATION
Transit firm advocates KU, city bus merger
BY MARK VIERTHALER
It was officially recommended that the University and the city public transit systems should completely merge during a public presentation Tuesday.
Dan Boyle from Dan Boyle and Associates, a transit advisory firm, presented the final recommendation that both parties pursue a phased integration of all transit services in Lawrence during the next five years.
The Student Senate transit committee, provost and vice-provost and Lawrence City Commission will receive the recommendations today and enter into discussion.
Danny Kaiser, assistant director of parking and transit, said he was pleased with the results, but the recommendations didn't surprise him.
Boyle said one of the key benefits for the University would be the replacement of old buses.
The recommendation did not include a complete replacement of the KU on Wheels fleet, but suggested a more economic replacement system by buying newer buses. Boyle said both the T and the KU on Wheels buses would be slowly phased from old to new during a period of several years.
Student's fees would be the sole source of funding, so each student would automatically get an unlimited access pass to all the bus systems, Boyle said. Although this recommendation would require a rise in student fees, he said it could help boost KU on Wheels' ridership.
Boyle previously estimated the increase would be close to $50 per student. The money would also go toward vehicle replacement.
To raise students' fees, there must be a referendum and the majority of students must approve the increase.
Tom Worker-Braddock, Boulder, Colo., graduate student, said he was concerned that integration of the two systems would mean KU on Wheels would no longer serve the purpose of running students to campus.
Boyle said KU on Wheels would remain an express route for students to campus even under the integration options.
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MED CENTER
KU Hospital donates $400 million
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
The University of Kansas Hospital has offered millions of dollars to extend its affiliation agreement with the University of Kansas Medical Center. The total of the offer is nearly $400 million.
The proposal covers 10 years and was announced Monday in a letter to Med Center faculty from Barbara Atkinson, KU Medical Center executive vice chancellor and executive dean of the KU School of Medicine
Dennis McCulloch, spokesman
for KU Hospital, said that under the proposal, KU Hospital would continue to provide its current $30 million a year in support of the Med Center and the $400 million would be applied toward hefty increases in other areas.
Atkinson's letter indicated that while the offer was a "generous expression of support," there were a number of conditions and restrictions that would need to be evaluated.
One condition is that if the proposal is accepted, St. Luke's Hospital
in Kansas City, Mo., would not be able to continue to host full residency affiliations. There would still be a possibility for residency programs in areas where the School of Medicine has particular needs that can't be met at KU Hospital. A new governance structure for the current residency program would also be created.
Additionally, the School of Medicine would focus primarily on research and education while KU
$140 million over 10 years in clinical salary support
$100 million for a new clinical cancer facility
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$60 million for a clinical ambulatory care building
10 year affiliation proposal
$45 million over nine years to support 50 to 75 new residents for the KU Hospital
$34.5 million over three years to support Phase 1 of the KU
Cancer Center operations
$10 million for an out-patient
30 million for an outpatient clinical electronic medical record system
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$6 million in one-time support for the School of Medicine
$3 million in land for a new educational building
Source: Barbara Atkinson's letter to KU Medical Center faculty
ENTERTAINMENT
Street musicians find home downtown
Artists perform for donations love of music
BY BEN SMITH
Joe Schreiner, Lawrence resident, performs a mixture of original material and cover songs Tuesday on Massachusetts Street for tips. Schreiner was homeless until a friend recently provided shelter for him and his girlfriend. His situation is indicative of many street musicians. "I'm trying to redefine what it is to be on the verge of homelessness," Schreiner said. "The majority of the community here seems to respect our way and like us."
Joe Schreiner likes to wear black oxford shoes and a clean gray linen suit to work every day along with the traditional tools of his trade; a guitar and harmonica.
He purchased the suit from one of Lawrence's thrift shops and his father gave him the guitar.
For more than five months, the thin man from Topeka has frequented the benches and sidewalks, near the US Bank building at Ninth and Massachusetts streets, smiling and strumming his guitar, with his companion and business manager, Tabatha McCoy.
Crooning like a happy-go-lucky rock star, Schreiner serenades the public with his own lyrics and melodies.
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"It's always open mic night on Massachusetts Street," Schreiner sang recently as one clean-cut college-aged man walked by clapping and smiling.
Schreiner is one of nearly a dozen Lawrence "buskers," street musicians who play in public areas collecting tips with coffee cans, upturned hats and open instrument cases from bustling downtown crowds.
McCoy and Schreiner spent the summer living out of McCoy's car, scrounging clothes from thrift stores and food from LINK and the
Salvation Army before they were fortunate to find a friend who has let them stay in a camper during the winter months.
Schreiner attended classes at Allen County Community College before taking to the street to play his guitar. He and McCoy quote
Carl Jung, Gautama Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi while they talk about their passions for music and poetry.
Schreiner is upbeat about his prospects. He said Lawrence was a more transient and homeless-friendly place than other communities.
Kristin L. Bovard-Abbo, graduate student in English and a scholar
"I'm trying to redefine what it is to be on the verge of homelessness," Schreiner said. "The majority of the community here seems to respect our way and like us."
of French Medieval literature, said that the buskers of Massachusetts Street had many qualities that scholars attributed to troubadours, composers and performers of songs in 11th and 12th century Europe.
PROFILE
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Students honor motivational chemistry professor
BY DANNY LUPPINO
When Paul Hanson decided to become a college professor, his intention was to teach at a small school where he could also coach cross country.
After 10 years at the University of Kansas, Hanson, professor of chemistry, hasn't coached any runners, but he has motivated hundreds of aspiring medical professionals through his daunting organic chemistry course.
Apparently his students have felt well-coached. During the football game on Nov. 18, the senior class named Hanson the winner of the 2006 Honor for an Outstanding Progressive Educator, or H.O.P.E., Award.
"The students have a lot at stake, so you're motivating them," Hanson said. "You're trying to get them through it."
"I'm deeply honored," Hanson
said. "I nearly fainted out there on the field."
The H.O.P.E Award is an annual honor for teaching excellence. Students nominate teachers through e-mail and seniors vote again to narrow the list to six nominees before the Board of Class Officers selects a winner.
Hanson said winning the award was directly related to his move last year from small classes to the large organic chemistry lecture. Hanson said that section had about 100 prepharmacy students and 250 to 300 pre-medicine students.
Joseph Heppert, chairman of the chemistry department, said Hanson excelled at getting his students through his often challenging class. He noted Hanson's frequent office hours and the lines of students who accompany them.
"It's clear to students that he really cares about how they do in the classroom." Heppert said.
Luke Walker, Leawood senior,
took Hanson's organic chemistry
class last year. He said Hanson's
enthusiasm was key to helping him
enjoy a subject he would not ordi-
narily have found very interesting.
"He was real energetic, very animated," Walker said. "That definitely helped. It grabbed attention. It could have been a lot worse with a different teacher, but he made it pretty interesting — about as interesting as organic chemistry can be."
"That's a very major achievement." Hepper said.
Heppert also credited Hanson with bringing an enthusiasm to lectures that made the material more interesting to students who largely take the class for professional ends.
Kansan staff writer Danny Luppino can be contacted at dluppino@kansan.com.
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Paul Honson, professor of chemistry, reviews an organic chemistry exam with Kelsy Jonce, Laramee, Wyo, sophomore, who is one of about 500 students in his Chemistry G24 course. Hanson was recently awarded the 2006 Honor for an Outstanding Progressive Educator (H.O.P.E.) Award. Recipients of the awards must be nominated by their students.
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