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THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
VOLUME 118 ISSUE 42
Sykes cancels comedy night because of conflict with sitcom taping
Wanda Sykes will not be performing at the Homecoming Comedy Night scheduled for Oct. 29 because of taping conflicts with the CBS sitcom "The New Adventures of Old Christine."
A performance by Bright Eyes will be the homecoming kickoff instead.
Student Union Activities will be giving full refunds at the SUA and Lied Center box offices. They will also sell half-price tickets to the Second City Touring Group performance on Nov. 7 at the Lied Center.
The Second City Touring Group is a group of six improvisation comedians that has nurtured famous Saturday Night Live talent such as Chris Farley and Dan Akyroyd.
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AIRBUS RELEASES A380
Jumbo jet to make its first commercial flight Oct.25
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ROCK STAR PARKING
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Parking permit requirements at the Student Recreation Fitness Center may be changing. A proposed pass system allowing students to work out without a yellow permit will be considered at the Nov. 13 meeting of the Parking Commission.
Parking changes proposed
Pass system could open spots in front of recreation center
BY ERIN SOMMER
esommer@kansan.com
Students will have to wait another month to find out whether they can park near the Student Recreation Fitness Center without a yellow permit.
Hultine said that commission members suggested a system in which students would park in the lot near the recreation center and swipe their KUID cards inside. They would then receive printouts with the time they checked in, which they would take back to their cars and place on their dashboards for a short amount of
posal made by Ray Wittlinger. Olathe senior and student body vice president, last week at its first meeting of the year. His proposal would allow students with any student parking permits, but not just the currently required yellow permits, to park in the first row
The Parking Commission tabled a proof parking spaces in front of the recreation center.
Donna Hultine, director of the parking department, said that after Wittlinger tabled the proposal, commission members asked him to present the proposal again at the next meeting with a more developed idea of how the Parking Department could oversee that students without a yellow permit would use the spaces to work out and not just to go to class.
Donna Hutline said she expected the proposal to pass at the next meeting on Nov.13 as long as the system would not require a large amount of additional technology or expense.
"I don't want to have to follow people into the building and make sure they work out," Hultine said. "If you swipe your card, that is oversight without anyone doing much more work."
time while using the recreation center.
Hultine said she expected the proposal
to pass at the next meeting on Nov. 13 as long as the system would not require a large amount of additional technology or expense.
She also said it would need to be discussed with Mary Chappell, director of Recreation Services, before it could be implemented.
Chappell said that anything the recreation center could do to allow more students to work out would be good.
Wittlinger said that he and Hannah Love, Dodge City senior and student body president, would look into the logistics of setting up a pass system between the Parking Department and the recreation center before the next commission meeting.
"Wed have to work on printing something off". Chappell said.
Chappell said that she would be open to a discussion of how the recreation center could help the Parking Department to
open spots specifically for students who are working out.
"We were really pleased with the suggestions that the board had because it was basically what we had suggested in the campaign," Wittlinger said.
When Love and Wittlinger ran for their positions last spring as part of the United Students coalition, one of their platforms was to open part of the parking lot outside of the recreation center for students who wanted to work out but did not qualify for a yellow permit, such as freshmen or students living in the residence or scholarship halls.
Wittlinger said that this meeting put them another step closer to fulfilling that platform.
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CYBER SECURITY
Facebook accounts may pose dangers
Students need to take a second look at their Facebook accounts before they are forced to face some unflattering consequences, computer security analysts said in a lecture Monday night in Oliver Hall.
The presenters urged students to scan their Facebook posts and photos for incriminating evidence and other things that might affect their social and professional lives.
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"Saving Face on Facebook and Dealing with Identity Theft" was one of the events highlighting October as Cyber Security Awareness Month. Students were educated on the prevention of identity theft and other security measures.
BASKETBALL
Recruits wanted: Self searching for right players
Only two players have verbally committed to Kansas so far for the recruiting class of 2008. The Jayhawks could have up to seven scholarships available after this season.
Several players Kansas offered scholarships to, such as DeAndre Liggins and Romero Osby, turned the Jayhawks down. This is unlike previous years when Kansas coach Bill Self would sign up to three McDonald's All-Americans in one class.
Still, recruiting analysts said Self had enough time to get a successful class. Dave Telep of Scout.com said the Jayhawks would end up with a few top-100 recruits.
Condos prepare for fall opening
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A new upscale condominium project is opening in Lawrence this fall. The Bella Sera at The Preserve condominium project should open in early November, according to Jes Santularia, one of the project's developers. Bella Sera, 4700 Bob Billings Parkway, has been under construction since May 2006.
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The Bella Sera project is the second of its kind to open in Lawrence in the past two years. The Hobbs Taylor Lofts at Eighth and New Hampshire streets opened in January 2006.
Pat Brady, a senior mortgage consultant for Capital Federal Savings in Overland Park who has seen several new condo projects in the Kansas City metro area, credited baby boomers and empty nesters with the trend.
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