14 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WWW.KANSAN.COM | NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007
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Apartments shun unwanted swimmers
Property managers use various tactics to try to keep non-residents out of pools
By Susan Schwarz
sschwarz@kansan.com
Get caught, get kicked-out: Lawrence apartment complexes are busting intruders for stealing residents' sun-time.
Jessica Stewart, manager for Tuckaway Apartments, said Tuckaway attempts to keep nonresidents out of their pools by stopping people they do not recognize. Stewart said she knows most of the Tuckaway tenets by appearance and all by name. Management asks people to leave if they do not live at the complex.
Stewart said she expects students to use apartment pools they do not belong to.
"It's pretty typical. I went to pools in college that I didn't belong to.
It's not a huge deal, but it does take away from the tenants that live here," Stewart said.
Two weeks ago, Tuckaway had
to drain their pool to remove glass fragments. Stewart said this was a result of the "party scene" that occurs when unwanted guests leave their beer bottles and cigarette butts behind.
Nicole Weitkamp,
was walking to the pool. Weitkamp explained to the employee that her friend, who lived at the complex, said she could swim there.
"It's pretty typical. I went to pools in college that I didn't belong to. It's not a huge deal, but it does take away from the tenants that live here."
JESSICA STEWART
Tuckaway Apartments Manager
Overland Park graduate, attempted to use the Tuckaway pool earlier this summer. She said a Tuckaway employee questioned her as she
"If I had another month," Weitkamp said, "I would probably try again if I was going with other people."
Weitkamp said the employee told her she could not use the pool and asked her to leave. With Weitkamp's time in Lawrence winding down, she said getting caught once was enough and she might not try again.
Kelli Scheuerman, community manager for The Reserve, said The Reserve had problems with damage caused after hours. This caused the staff to close the pool the following day to clean it and balance the chemicals.
Scheuerman said The Reserve has several tools to keep intruders off of their property, one of them being a digital camera system.
Erica Rowe, Kansas City, Mo., senior, who lives at The Reserve, said the unwanted guests at the Reserve pool caused her to stop visiting the facility.
"I do know a lot of people from around Lawrence come to our pool who don't live here." Rowe said. "I am kind of annoyed by that because they bring all of their alcohol and leave bottles and cans everywhere and sometimes in the pool."
Susan Rinky, property manager at The Legends, said her apartment complex does not have a set way to monitor for unwanted guests. Rinky said all guests must be accompanied by a resident. Rinky said unwanted guests have not become a problem at The Legends, but if any guest or resident gets rambunctious, they are asked to leave.
Sarah Mann, Overland Park junior, goes to The Legends pool with her sister, who lives in the complex. Mann said she thinks a lot of people are kept out of The Legends because they need a key to get into the pool.
Edited by Joe Caponio
》 ENTERTAINMENT
Misfit rock band makes tour stop in Lawrence
By Sam Carlson
scarlson@kansan.com
Lead singer Scott Yoder, dressed in jeans and a tie-dyed shirt, kept high-energy beats flowing for about an
The last time The Pharmacy played in Lawrence it was in a basement, the location of which they can't remember. The Seattle-based punk band came last Thursday, to the Jackpot Saloon where a group of about thirty fans rocked to their tunes.
hour. Until the band left the stage to pack up their instruments and hop in their van to drive overnight to their next destination: Boulder, Colo.
The band's current marathon of a tour-80 shows in three monthshas left the four members with many stories to tell.
Most recently, the band enjoyed some quality time at Montana Mike's Steakhouse, 1015 Iowa St.
"We went there and I had a hamburger the size of my face," said keyboardist Stefan Rubicz, 20.
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Bassist Ryan Thompson, 23, said his father's graduate advisor, who is now a University of Kansas faculty member, picked up the tab. Free meals are appreciated, band members said, as they're usually "pretty broke."
Once in Minneapolis, the quartet had $10 collectively, and Thompson stripped for money. He made $6 for his performance.
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The Pharmacy has also had a few run-ins with the law.
In New York City, Rubicz had to go to the police station after his friend was involved in an altercation.
In Kentucky, the group said they were almost arrested for swimming in a closed public pool.
"I spent like four and a half hours there just talking to all these cops. It was like NYPD Blue," Rubicz said.
The experience helped the band define its type of music their. Rubicz showed an officer some pictures of the band and the officer said, "Oh, so you're one of those grunge-punkpsychedelic bands." The band still uses the descriptor today.
Edited by Ben Smith
in brief
Motorsports team earns highest ranking ever
Jayhawk Motorsports placed second in the endurance portion of the 2007 Formula SAE West Competition on June 13 in Fontana, Calif., its highest placing ever.
The team built, designed and drove a formula-style race car for the competition where the car was judged in categories such as track endurance, acceleration and presentation.
Robert Sorem, faculty adviser for the team, said the team has been fully working on the design since last August.
The team also earned $4,300 for placing high in sponsored awards and placed in the top 10 in different events of the competition sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers.
"I think it will reflect on the Engineering school positively," Sorem said, "It shows our students showcasing their abilities."
Jayhawk Motorsports competed against 80 other teams around the world and placed 14th in the overall competition.
— Alaide Vilchis Ibarra