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BIG-TICKET SEATS
Select-a-Seat creates windfall
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Pat and Joe Hirt, Lake Quivera, look over their men's basketball season ticket seats with Kim Miller, KU ticket office manager, after taking part in the draft for season ticket seating in Allen Fieldhouse Thursday evening. The Hirts said they were satisfied with their seats. "We're just glad we're in the building," Pat Hirt said.
Williams Fund points system allows season ticket holders to choose Fieldhouse seats
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BY THOR NYSTROM
tnystrom@kansan.com
The Select-a-Seat draft was conducted last week in the Booth Hall of Allen Fieldhouse. The Select-a-Seat program was created by the Athletic Department during the 2004-2005 academic year. It is a system where donors are given points for the money they donate to the Williams Educational Fund, and extra
points based on their relationship with the University.
The season ticket holders with the most points began choosing seats for the upcoming basketball season at 10 a.m. Aug. 13. Every 10 minutes, a new group would show up and select from the remaining seats. The draft went until 8:30 every night and ended Aug. 16.
The Williams Educational Fund is made up of alumni and fans of Kansas
Athletics. It is comprised of more than 4,200 members, and benefits more than 550 student-athletes.
Instituting the Select-a-Seat program based on points from the Williams Fund has been a financial windfall for the Athletic department. Before the points system went into effect, the Williams Fund grossed about $5 million annually, according to Jim Marchionny, associate athlete director. That number has
increased to more than $11 million annually.
This year will bring change to the Select-a-Seat process. Seat selection will now take place every other year, instead of annually. Because of this, season ticket holders will have the seats they select in 2007 for two years.
According to the Athletic Department's
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Newspaper changes front page
Notice something different?
We've made a change to our front page this semester, and we hope you like it. As you
can see, were featuring one main story on the cover each day. The rest of the stories don't start until inside. In their place on the cover is a quick rundown of the stories — "blurbs," as we're calling them — that will aim to give you everything you need to know about any given story.
The idea is to provide insight into more of our daily content by including more stories on the front page, while
This is a progressive change for The Kansan, and we've already heard positive feedback. But, I want to know what YOU think. Take a look through the paper and let me know what works and what doesn't. As always, I look forward to hearing from you. Enjoy.
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also leaving it up to you whether you want to go inside to read the full story. As with any redesign a newspaper goes through, there will
be hiccups, Friday, for example, didn't tell you where the stories were located inside. We'll work on that.
- Schmidt is a Liberal senior in journalism
Race for safe water runs through Lawrence
Twenty citizen runners are making their way around the world to raise awareness about the lack of safe drinking water in parts of the world.
The Blue Planet Run passed through Lawrence Saturday morning at the entrance to the Wells Overlook
County Park
Members representing two of the four teams exchanged the baton and recited the message of the run.
The Run will pass through 16 countries before ending in New York City on Sept. 4.
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Satellite office tabled for now
The Parking Department is putting plans for a satellite office in the Kansas Union on hold because new online services have led to fewer students purchasing parking permits and bus passes in the department.
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Hultine credits the shorter lines to the extended time that students have to buy parking permits online. This is the first year that students can purchase permits online until Aug. 31. The previous deadline was July 31.
Donna Hultine, parking director, said that last week the line to purchase permits never went beyond the department's lobby. She said that this is different than previous years and that the change has made her question whether a satellite office is necessary.
KU Student Health Services is celebrating more than 100 years of service with a contest that gives students a chance to decorate a blank Jayhawk statue. The design must meet the themes: "KU Student Health Services: Celebrating a Century of Caring."
Contest lets students create Jayhawk statue
The winner will be in charge of the whole project, from design to installation. Student Health Services will give the winning designer a $500 stipend and a plaque on the statue will feature the artist's name. The statue will be displayed in the lobby of Watkins Memorial Health Center., to remind all who enter of Watkins' dedication to the students at the University of Kansas.
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Dean moves toward Texas
After cutting a path through Jamaica on Sunday, Hurricane Dean continues on its course toward southern Texas.
The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to approach Category 5, the most dangerous classification, before it reaches the Cayman Islands and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula later today.
While it is uncertain whether the storm will reach Texas, residents are taking no chances.
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