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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2006
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NIGHTLIFE
New bars not always successful
BY JACK WEINSTEIN
Charlie Myers, a 2003 graduate, thought it would be easy owning a bar in a college town.
Myers opened The Mad Hatter, 623 Vermont St., in late July 2004. He thought his bar would be a success, but was still hesitant about opening a business.
"It's a big risk for someone my age, but on the flip side, I'm young and I don't have a family to support," Myers said. "I could take that risk."
The bar closed its doors last May.
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Myers wasn't alone in wrongly assuming that opening a bar in a college town would be a successful venture; the Mad Hatter was not the only bar that went out of business in the past year to be replaced almost immediately with another.
School struggles to monitor, end fans'interference
ATHLETICS
The Kansas Athletics Department knows all about fans interfering with recruiting.
BY C.J. MOORE
A relationship between KU junior forward Darnell Jackson and KU booster Don Davis, a Jackson family friend, caused Jackson to miss nine games last season. The relationship started in 2003 when Jackson was still in high school and was one of 11 allegations addressed at the University's hearing with the NCAA August 13.
As the opportunity for fans to interfere with athletes increases because of the Internet and sites like Myspace.com and Facebook, com, a new set of problems are
This summer, basketball powerhouse University of Kentucky found out firsthand the damage fans could cause with the click of button. Kentucky had to self-report a secondary violation after fans posted messages on a recruit's Myspace Web site trying to convince him to attend Kentucky.
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Will Copeland, Wichita freshman, left, Jeff Hills, Bonner Springs freshman, and Sam Avery, Chesterfield, Mo. freshman render pencil drawings of their own hands in front of Snow Hall for an introductory art class Wednesday afternoon.
GREEK LIFE
Fraternity fails to pay property taxes
Despite plans for additions to house, Sigma Alpha Epsilon owes more than $31,500
BY DAVID LINHARDT
In the middle of a $250,000 campaign to raise funds to make improvements and additions to its building, Sigma Alpha Epsilon failed to pay more than $31,500 in property taxes that it owes Douglas County for 2005.
Students operate the chapter's house at 1301 West Campus Road, but Rich Litrell, Sigma Alpha Epsilon's treasurer, placed most of the blame for missing payments on an alumni officer.
"We got rid of some alumni officers over this issue," Litrell said. "They were not fulfilling their obligations to the chapter."
Litrell has been the fraternity's
treasurer for about a year and a half. He said he thought a payment of more than $30,000 was made on March 17, but the Douglas County treasurer's office confirmed that no payments had been made as of Wednesday morning.
It's a matter of delinquency causing delinquency, Littell said.
Stacy Kurtz, director of taxation and accounting at the Douglas County Treasurer's office, said that about $7.45 of interest was added daily to the fraternity's delinquent balance.
To date, the fraternity owes about $31,554 to the county for the property tax on its house across the street from Carruth-O'Leary Hall, which is southwest of Memorial
Stadium. Douglas County appraised the value of the house and its land at $2.4 million for 2006.
Litrell said the fraternity planned to use some of the money raised by its capital campaign to finance the tax bill.
The chapter is setting up a plan with a bank to pay delinquent taxes from 2005 as well as the taxes due for 2006, said Kenny Bauman, chapter president.
"We're perfectly capable of taking care of ourselves," Bauman said. "I consider this a personal issue of the chapter."
Litrell declined to comment further on the new treasurer's plan for dealing with the overdue taxes.
William Meier, the chapter's new
alumni treasurer, said the former alumni treasurer had moved to another city and simply stopped his volunteer duties with the chapter.
From summer of 2005 until this past January, Sigma Alpha Epsilon didn't have an alumni treasurer and the property taxes were not paid.
Property taxes are typically paid in two installments: Half due by Dec. 20 of the tax year and the second half due by the following May 10.
If the balance is not paid in full by July 10 the Douglas County treasurer's office is required by Kansas law to publish the property on a list of delinquent properties in the local newspaper.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon was not
the only fraternity — until recently — with unpaid property taxes. The property owned by Theta Chi, 1003 Emery Rd., which Theta Chi purchased from Alpha Xi Delta within the last year, was delinquent in about $4,200 in property taxes until last weekend. The property occupied by Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1111 W. 11th St. — and owned by Delta Tau Delta — was also delinquent when Douglas County initially published its list of delinquent taxpayers.
Kansan staff writer David Linhardt can be contacted at dlinhardt@kansan.com.
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SAFETY
Lawrence Police to increase DUI patrols for Labor Day weekend
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
Labor Day weekend means a day off work and school, and more time for students to party. But the holiday weekend can also lead to more drunken driving arrests.
In an effort to curb drinking and driving accidents this holiday, the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office increased enforcement on city streets last weekend as part of the Special Traffic Enforcement Program.
The campaign, "You Drink. You Drive. You Lose," will last from Aug. 17 to Sept. 4. The program is part of a larger national campaign
Lawrence police are always on the watch for seat-belt violations, child safety seats and speed, but he focus of this Labor Days campaign will be DUIs.
— "Drunk Driving. Over the Limit. Under Arrest." — started by the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
As part of the campaign, Lawrence police will be doing saturation patrols, meaning more police on the streets and more check points.
Kim Murphree, spokeswoman for the Lawrence Police Department, said Lawrence police conducted a saturation patrol on Aug. 19 from 5 to 11 p.m. Out of 80 vehicles stopped, one DUI arrest was made. On Sunday, Aug. 20, a sobriety check lane was enforced from midnight to 3 a.m. Out of 90 vehicles stopped, one DUI arrest was made.
Steve Halbett, program consultant for the Kansas Department of Transportation said there were five national campaigns each year that were mostly linked to holidays. States have leeway in conducting the campaigns, but two are mandated by the U.S. Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Memorial Day and Labor Day.
For KU officers, holidays mean a decreased population around campus. But that doesn't stop officers from making drunken driving
The $11 million national media and enforcement campaign has begun airing radio, TV and online ads in English and Spanish. The target audience is males aged 21 to 34, the portion of the population that is most likely to drive drunkenly.
arrests throughout the year. In 2005 they made 63 arrests.
Douglas County Sheriff's Office Lt. Doug Woods said he hoped the advertising encourage people not to drive drunk. According to new 2005 data released last week by the U.S. Department of Transportation, male drivers aged 21 to 34 make up 33 percent of fatal alcohol-related crashes. Males aged 35 to 44 make up 25 percent. The study also reported that nationwide, 16,885 people died as a result of alcohol-related accidents.
Kansan staff writer Erin Castaneda can be contacted at ecastaneda@ kansan.com. Kansan staff writer David Linhardt contributed to this story.
Anti-drunken driving ads to target males
Federal traffic officials will start a new advertising campaign targeting male drivers ages 21 to 34 in hopes of reducing the number of alcohol-related traffic deaths.
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Percentage change of alcohol-related traffic deaths, 2004-05*
SOURCE: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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