THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2006
NEWS
5A
MEMORIAL (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Gwen Griffin was one of Hirsch's students. She submitted a carefully cited paper complete with extensive research for his romantic poetry class in 1987, and he returned it to her with an insightful remark.
"Where are you in this paper? I want to hear your voice," he told her.
Griffin said Hirsch became a mentor, friend and colleague.
Before he died, Griffin called Hirsch every night and read poems, sang songs and read him the box scores for the Cubs and White Sox.
"He's always been in my corner," she said with tears streaming down her face.
Lara Mann, who graduated in May, said Hirsch was the first person to call her a poet. She joked that she made sure she had an hour to spare when she stopped by his office to
visit him.
Michael Yellow Bird, professor of Indigenous Nations Studies, said Hirsch was a brother. He was "someone you know you can count on" and "someone who conquers your heart," Yellow Bird said.
"His spirit to me was that of a master teacher," he said. "Our students sought him out."
James Carothers, professor of English, shared many meals with Hirsch and his wife Elaine, before she died some years ago. Carothers said both were "extraordinarily interested in other people", but he made sure to point out Hirsch's foibles as well. He said Hirsch would not be comfortable wearing wings and a halo.
Hirsch played poker with Carothers and a group of men for two decades. Carothers said Hirsch would often break into song during the games. Hirsch started going to the Lawrence Athletic Club during his wife's illness. Carothers said he transformed from a man who refused to have his picture taken, to one who would willingly pose for them. A photo of him grinning widely with his muscles protruding from a singlet was displayed prominently at the reception of his memorial service.
"He believed in me, even when I didn't. Even when I was picking up towels," Richards said.
Kansan staff writer Darla Slipke can be contacted at dslipke@kansan.com.
Chad Richards, Hirsch's trainer of nine years, said he felt the same as many of Hirsch's students.
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WAL-MART (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
She said that Wal-Mart personnel had been working closely with the Planning Office to amend the proposal since the Planning Commission met in August.
"Since that time, they've revised the plan to meet the conditions of approval," Pool said, but added that approval was ultimately in the hands of the City Commission.
Many of the Planning Commission's hesitations about the original proposal have been addressed. Revisions of the Retail Market Study and the traffic impact study were submitted.
Specific changes to the plan were also addressed. Those included the requirement to use 30 percent native materials — brick, stone and wood — to the exterior of the building.
the addition of more green space and the movement of one of the pad sites to the Wakarusa side of the development.
Angie Stoner, a Wal-Mart spokeswoman, said she thought the company had made the necessary changes for approval.
She said Wal-Mart had submitted a plan for the development of a store that "the city would be pleased with."
Wal-Mart and the city agreed to put a six-month hold on a lawsuit in which the store sued the city because Wal-Mart alleged it was illegally denied a building permit. That timeframe ends today. If the plan is denied or sent back to the Planning Commission, both sides would need to agree to an extension.
Stoner couldn't comment on what Wal-Mart would do if the plan wasn't approved.
City Commissioner Dennis "Boog" Highberger said he hadn't made a final decision about how he would vote tonight. He said that although the changes made were substantial, he was not sure if they were enough.
"I'm not convinced yet that what was put forward complies," he said. "It's not unlikely that the proposal would go back before the Planning Commission."
Kansan staff writer Jack Weinstein can be contacted at jweinstein@ kansan.com.
Edited by Nicole Kelley
》 CONGRESS
Foley testimony continues
Committee investigates duration, knowledge of improper conduct
BY LARRY MARGASAK ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee questioned Speaker Dennis Hastert's top aide for more than six hours Monday, as investigators tried to determine whether Hastert's office knew at least three years ago of Rep. Mark Foley's comes on male pages.
Campaigning for a Republican candidate in Tennessee, Hastert said he plans to testify before the committee this week.
The closed-door testimony by Hastert chief of staff Scott Palmer could help determine who is telling the truth about when the speaker's office first learned of Foley's conduct. Hastert has said it was in the fall of 2005.
"What Mark Foley did was wrong. It was ethically wrong. It's a shame. It's actually disgusting." Hastert told reporters after a campaign rally.
In Washington, Palmer's lawyer, Scott Fredericksen, said his client hasn't changed his version of events. The Hastert aide has disputed one account that he personally was notified about Foley in 2002 or 2003.
Fredericksen said the testimony was "consistent with the position he's taken all along."
Palmer停 the longest time in the committee offices than any other
witness, entering at 1:57 p.m. and leaving at 8:18 p.m. This is the third week of testimony, as the committee tries to learn how the Republican leadership handled Foley's inappropriate conduct.
The speaker has a lot riding on the outcome. He has fended off calls for his resignation with statements that his staff acted properly after the 2005 notification, and quickly had a lawmaker and the House chief clerk confront the Florida Republican.
Hastert said he didn't learn about Foley until late September, when the scandal became public and Foley resigned.
The speaker's timeline could be shattered if the committee believes former Foley chief of staff Kirk Fordham, who already has testified before the ethics panel. Fordham has said publicly that he told Palmer about Foley in 2002 or 2003, and subsequently learned that Palmer spoke with Foley on the subject.
Hastert's version, issued as an internal report, said his staff learned in the fall of 2005 that Foley had sent overly friendly e-mails to a former Louisiana page. The report said the staff did not see the texts of the e-mails, which asked about the 16-
"What Kirk Fordham said did not happen," Palmer said weeks ago in his lone public statement on the matter.
year-old's birthday and requested a picture.
The report said the speaker's office contacted then-chief clerk Jeff Trandahl, who went to confront Foley with Rep. John Shimkus, R-III, and chairman of the board that oversees the page program. They ordered Foley to immediately stop communicating with the youngster.
The report added that nobody in Hastert's office knew, until the messages became public, that Foley also had sent sexually explicit messages to other former pages.
Ironically, the internal report did not mention any role played by Palmer, despite his status as Hastert's top assistant.
The speaker has left himself one major escape route, publicly pledging to fire any of his staff members who were found to have covered up knowledge of Foley's conduct.
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BUS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
Jason Boots, student body president, said it was obviously necessary to increase student fees if students desired a universal fare-free system.
A fourth proposal envisioned virtually unlimited funding, which Boyle conceded was rather unrealistic.
The degree to which these fees would be raised depends largely on what improvements students want, he said.
Boyle recommended replacing current KU on Wheels buses — some as old as 20 years — with newer, used buses.
Boots said this would mean a higher increase than what would be needed to fund the elimination
Various universities of comparable size with fare-free systems have fees ranging from $30 to $60.
of fares.
"We would like to think it would be on the lower end," Boots said. "But it would be nice to have a system completely tailored to what students want."
Seth Lorimer, Overland Park senior, attended the meeting in an attempt to see the impact a merger might have on both the school and the city.
"It makes a lot of sense to merge the systems," Lorimer said. "The University should get involved with the city as a whole."
Another issue raised by those in attendance was how maintenance
"They've basically set a precedent with the fire station by giving land: helping the city that helps themselves," Huckle said.
would work with two separate systems working together.
Marian Huckle, chairwoman of the city's public transit advisory committee, said she felt the University should help with land for a new maintenance facility.
The final report and recommendation are expected to be finished sometime in November.
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@kansan.com.
Edited by Aly Barland
ARCHITECTURE (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
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Megan Hunziker, Mike O'Donnell and Matt Pauly won the Best Unbuilt Project Award in a national competition. The group members said they entered the competition to get more experience.
Grabow said that winning an award in the competition could give the students an advantage when they applied for jobs compared to other applicants who also just entered the job market.
our names," Hunziker said.
Hunziker said the judges liked the functionality of the design, the separation of the spaces and the movement of people throughout the building.
"I was shocked when they called
He said the group members were proud and confident of their work but were surprised because they were up against professional architects.
Pauly agreed that he was surprised when he found out the group had won.
The group entered the competition for experience more than anything else, he said.
As a teacher, Grabow said it was gratifying for him that his students had done so well and the award illustrated the high level of professional training the architecture school gave to students.
Kansan staff writer Kim Lynch can be contacted at klynch@kansan.com.
Edited by Nicole Kelley
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