THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
MUSICIAN
Singer, songwriter, student
Not everyone wants to miss school to attempt a professional recording career on shows like 'American Idol'. Nick West Maciag, Plano, Texas, senior, is a full-time student majoring in economics. He also is trying to make a name for himself in the music industry.
Maciag, who goes by Nick West, said he began recording music his freshman year of high school, but didn't consider becoming a professional artist until a year and a half ago. After learning about the University, he decided to attend for a new experience to help inspire his music and take on economics as a major.
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CAMPUS
Student earns inauqural award
Brenna Daldorph began working at the Hall Center for the Humanities last fall, and now Daldorph's service has paid off as she has been named the first Hall Center Scholar. She received a $500 stipend, and she gets to interact with speakers when they give lectures.
Daldorph, a Lawrence sophomore, is a National Merit Scholar, a Chancellor's Club Scholar and a member of the University Honors Program.
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SAFETY
Campus police put brakes on bicycle traffic violators
BY MARK DENT.mdent@kansan.com
Stop signs apply to cyclists as well
Heavy traffic, a stop sign and a hidden police car stood between John Louis and his 1 p.m. test.
The traffic? Louis leuwed through it like a "Proger" expert on his bike.
The four-way stop at jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Drive was no trouble for Louis; he rode right through it.
But the police car was trouble. The officer turned on his lights, pulled the Bentonville, Ark., junior over and gave him a
It's likely many members of the biking community would agree with Lewis. Stand at the four way stop at Jayhawk Boulevard and Sunflower Drive at any passing period, and you'll see almost every bike rider
like the punishment doesn't fit the crime."
"Lawrence and KU advocate for alternative transportation, and then the pull stuff like that? That's no way to do it. The punishment doesn't fit the crime."
JOHN LOUIS Bentonville, Ark., junior
$120 ticket. He was late for the test.
Police officers issue $120 tickets for bike riders who don't stop at campus stop signs, the same amount they charge drivers. According to the KU Public Safety Office, KU Police has ticketed at least 10 bike riders in 2007, up from four in 2005. Captain Schuyler Bailey said that number could be even higher because some violations are likely filed as vehicles. "Lawrence and KU advocate alternative transportation," Louis d, "and then they pull stuff like it? That's no way to do it. I feel
Louis said he understood that they pulled people over for safety reasons. He just wonders why they have to charge $120 for the violation. Louis also said he thought bikers could stay safe without worrying about stop signs.
》 ACTIVISM
"I trust my ability to see and my yielding," he said. "Cars aren't always watching you but as long as you keep your eyes open you're fine."
go through the stop sign without hesitation. Lewis estimated that more than 60 percent ofriders go through stop signs.
said it's a major safety issue.
Still, KU Police officers don't pull cyclists over just to make them late for tests. Bailev
He said when bike riders didn't stop at stop signs they also posed a threat to pedestrians. Bike riders should also take care when passing cars, Bailey said.
"If a bike strikes a car" he said,
"or a car strikes a bike, the cyclist is always going to lose."
Edited by Luke Morris
Group concerned with global warming, pollution
The 2020 Vision campus group, which aims to reduce oil consumption, is tabling on Wescoe Beach this week to promote their campaign against two coal-based plants that Sunflower Electric Power Corporation wants to build in Holcomb, Kan., because of the amount of pollution the plants would release.
The group is having students sign postcards that they will send to Gov.
Kathleen Sebelius, who will be making a final decision on the issue at the end of the month. There has been controversy over the issue for some time, because the plants would bring jobs and money to the growing area of Holcomb. Environmental groups working against Sunflower Electric feel that the plants will add to global warming, and should not be built.
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》CONSTRUCTION
Three projects start 5-year maintenance plan
Three construction projects at Wescoe Hall, Haworth Hall and the underground utility tunnels are moving into the first stages of design, and construction is set to begin later this year.
These projects are part of a $38 million legislation law that was created this year, and the projects at the University of Kansas will total around $9,951,000. These three projects are part of a five-year plan to work on deferred maintenance project, and the first year of the
plan was approved to begin in August.
Wescoe Hall will be getting 11 or 12 new classrooms with media capabilities as well as offices on the first floor, and will replace the heating and cooling system on the second and third floors. Construction on the underground utility tunnel, which connects vital utility services to 50 campus buildings, will improve the infrastructure of the University. Construction at Haworth Hall will replace chemical fume hoods and the current air handlers.
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