THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18, 2007
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007
NEWS
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PLATFORMS (CONTINUED FROM 1A)
parking in the past but now short term meters are in place, Hultine said.
Another platform called for evening transportation for students parking in inconvenient locations on campus.
Hultine said a type of night shuttle could be set up to transport students.
"It would depend on what the Transportation Board could decide on services based on their budget," Hultine said.
Setting up a satellite parking office in the Kansas Union would enable students to pay parking tickets and purchase permits without trekking to the Parking Department, located at the parking garage near Allen Fieldhouse.
"This is an idea that we have explored." Huline said.
Love and Wittlinger said that renovations to the shack would make it better used by students.
The renovation of the Jayhawk Central Information Shack, located between Bailey and Stauffer-Flint halls, along Jayhawk Boulevard, became a platform issue for United Students.
She said the satellite office would be full-service but that students probably wouldn't be able to address ticketing issues. Hultine pointed out this was the first year candidates had come to her to discuss ideas before releasing their platforms.
JAYHAWK CENTRAL INFORMATION SHACK
Mark Reiske, associate director of design and construction management, said he could recall two times when Senate requested studies to see what could be done to renovate the shack in the past.
"The studies looked at things like adding electronic information systems and storage," Reiske said.
Reiske said the renovation was possible, but was just a matter of finding the financial support.
RELOCATING THE UNIVERSITY CAREER CENTER
The University Career Center helps prepare students transitioning from college to the real world and assists students in career development.
Love and Wittlinger's platform called for the movement of the Career Center to Javihawk Boulevard
as a way for students to take better advantage of the center's services. A new location was not specified in the platform.
David Gaston, director of the University Career Center, said the move would benefit students.
"Moving to where students attend most of their classes would be a huge benefit," Gaston said. "It's a hike to get to where we are currently at."
TECHNOLOGY INCREASES
Improving technology on campus is an issue Love and Wittlinger addressed with two platforms.
The Microsoft Campus Initiative would provide Microsoft Office for students.
Each student would receive the programs for a small fee after the University invested in the initiative.
The KU Bookstores at the Kansas Union sells the new Microsoft Vista, which ranges in price from $160 to $400. The cost for students under the plan could be around $50 or $60, depending on other funding for the initiative, said Allison Lopez, public relations and marketing manager for information services.
Lopez said the University could work out a contract with Microsoft and pay one big fee to get the package. She said a contract would depend on student demand for the programs.
"Some students wouldn't need the programs because they already purchase it with their computers," Lopez said.
The second technology platform asks for the University and the Kansas University Endowment Association to provide updated technology in classrooms. The Endowment Association receives donations and is usually asked to spend the donation in a certain way, said Rosita Elizalde-McCoy, senior vice president for communication at the Endowment Association.
Elizalde-McCoy said typically 95 percent of donations were designated to a specific area and the last five percent are for unrestricted use. Chancellor Robert Hemenway determines where the need exists for funding and the executive committee of the Endowment Association approves the funding.
"Last year Endowment gave the University about $99 million, of that about $7.1 million was for unrestricted use." Elizalde-McCoy said.
She said that some of that money
went to improve technology in class rooms.
Lopez said there would need to be more data on the use of the technology.
"We would need to know if instructors would use the equipment on a daily basis or only every once in a while," Lopez said.
She said each department had different needs technology-wise.
RECYCLING
Love and Wittlinger proposed a platform to add permanent recycling bins to the Park and Ride lots. The drop-off sites would be more convenient for students who recycle.
Jeff Severin, director of the center for sustainability, said there had been trailers set up by Memorial Stadium, but there wasn't a lot of participation.
Severin suggests setting up a designated time for drop-offs.
"Recycling on campus would be more convenient since students are already coming to campus," Severin said.
ADAMSCAMPUS
Increased awareness for the Adams Campus Challenge was another platform addressed by Love and Wittlinger. The Adams Campus Challenge is a course of outdoor activities by Clinton Lake that use ropes, tree logs and cables.
Making groups become more aware of the challenge and possibly adding a center to hold meetings were included in the platform.
'A' GUARANTEE AND ACADEMIC DEAD WEEK
The feasibility of Love and Wittlinger's academic platforms
— creating an "A" guarantee for the credit/no credit option and instituting a "dead week" before finals — were reviewed by University officials last week.
Todd Cohen, director of University Relations, and Rich Hale, University Senate president and associate professor of aerospace engineering, both said policy changes were possible if students made a case before University governance.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
Edited by Ryan Schneider
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Hilton ordered to court for probation violation
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LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton was ordered Tuesday to appear in court May 4 for allegedly violating her probation in a reckless driving case by driving with a suspended driver's license.
City prosecutors are seeking to revoke Hilton's probation on grounds that she violated its conditions, which could result in a sentence of up to 90 days in jail.
In January, Hilton pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.
On Feb. 28, she was ticketed for misdemeanor driving with a suspended license after her car was pulled over on Sunset Boulevard. Police said they saw her car speeding with its headlights off.
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Outside court, Hilton's attorney, Howard Weitzman, was asked whether the matter was close to being resolved. "It is," he said without elaboration.
The prosecutor didn't comment to reporters.
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