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THE UNIVERSITY HARLY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007
CAMPUS
Avoid impound, rack your bike
University adds racks to reduce congestion
BY DYLAN SANDS
dsands@kansan.com
Three University of Kansas departments plan to install more bicycle racks on campus next month. The departments are giving students the chance to make their suggestions as to where the racks are needed most.
The Center for Sustainability is working with Facilities Operations along with Design and Construction Management to design the new racks. Don Steeple, vice provost for scholarly support
"More people are conscious of the price at the pump and they're starting to ride bikes to school."
expressed the need for more racks to accommodate the rising number of bicycles and mopeds on campus.
Riat said. "For the most part, those locations largely coincide with the suggestions we've received from students.
"More people are conscious of the price at the pump and they're starting to ride bikes to school." Steeples said.
Christian Beer, Wunsiedel.
"There been a lot of interest in the new racks being placed around Budig Hall, Twente Hall, Blake Hall and Anschutz Library," Severin said.
Doug Riat, Director of Facilities and Operations, said new bicycle racks will probably be on campus by the end of September.
According to the Parking Department Web site, there are bicycle racks next to practically every building on campus. Some students, however, have stated more racks are needed at several locations, jeff Severin, director of the Center for Sustainability, is fielding requests from students.
"We have identified five or six places where we should be placing racks by the end of next month,"
Riat said those areas include buildings along Jayhawk Boulevard such as Lippincott Hall, Bailey Hall, Wesco Hall and Budig Hall.
DON STEEPLES Vice provost for scholarly support
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"I see a lot of people just chaining their bikes anywhere because they can't find a rack," Beer said. "The art and history."
museums don't have any racks and you have to walk all the way from the rack at the Union."
Chaining bikes to light posts and other areas can prove costly for students. The University can remove or impound an improperly chained bicycle or other vehicle if it obstructs entry to a building, or is in the way of maintenance crews. The cost for retrieving a bicycle or moped from A&M Towing is $30.
Steeples said he did not know exactly how many bikes have been removed from campus. "I'm not sure if it's in the hundreds, but it's definitely more than a handful," he said. "We see bikes chained to trees and light posts and you know they wouldn't put them there if there were enough racks."
Students can e-mail Jeff Severin, jseverin@ku.edu, at the Center for Sustainability to make their suggestions.
— Edited by Ashlee Kieler
Brandon Smith, Lawrence freshman, takes his bike from the racks in front of Budig on Monday. Smith put his bike on a rack that was already used because of the lack of free spots.
Dani Marvin/KANSAN
NATION
Rider hazing charges dropped
BY TOM HESTER JR.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
TRENTON, N.J. — A judge on Tuesday dismissed charges against two Rider University officials in a case involving the drinking death of a fraternity pledge.
Superior Court Judge Maria Sypek approved a request by Mercer County Prosecutor Joseph Bocchini Jr. to dismiss the aggravated hazing counts against Dean of Students Anthony Campbell and Ada Badgley, the school's director of Greek life.
The two administrators and three Rider students were indicted on Aug. 3 in connection with the death of freshman Gary DeVercelly Jr., 18, of Long Beach, Calif.
However, prosecutors said they decided there wasn't enough evidence to take the officials to trial.
"We could not meet our burden of proof," Assistant Prosecutor Skylar Weissman said.
DeVercelly died March 30, a day after drinking at a party at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity 01, the private college's campus. Authorities said he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.426 percent, more than five times New Jersey's legal limit for driving.
Badgley was unaware of the events that led to DeVercelley's death, said her attorney, David Laigae. "Ms. Badgley cannot be guilty of a crime for something that she did not participate in or have knowledge of," Laigae said.
Campbell's attorney, Rocco Ciparone Jr., welcomed Tuesday's decision as "the correct and only result."
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