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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 32
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2005
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Funds short for repairs
Renovations put on hold
BY GABY SOUZA
gsouza@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The University of Kansas has a list of facilities improvements to make, but it will have to turn to private funds to complete the repairs.
The School of Business is outgrowing its space in Summerfield Hall, and the conditions of the building are getting progressively worse. Murphy Hall, the main building of the School of Fine Arts, is in need of further
The School of Business is looking for nearly $35 million in private funds to build a new location. The school's differential tuition would help pay for the building, said Don Steeples, vice provost of scholarly support.
renovation as it approaches its 50th anniversary. And the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences has a list of improvements that need to be funded.
Toni Dixon, director of communications for the School of Business, said Summerfield
has quite a few limitations. The building is not big enough to hold the growing number of faculty and staff, and it is not technologically advanced. Specifically, the facility lacks conference rooms and computer laboratories.
"It's been at the back of people's minds for a while," Dixon said.
The School of Business will probably be relocated between Carruth-O'Leary Hall and Potter Lake, Steeples said. The University will either build the new building while Carruth-O'Leary is still standing or tear down the building and then
The School of Business is looking for nearly $35 million in private funds to build a new location. The school's differential tuition would help pay for the building, said Don Steeples, vice provost of scholarly support.
build.
Dixon said she hoped the building would be built within the next five years.
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Taylor Miller/KANSAN
very tough
ert, Winfield
senior, has to
carry a desktop
computer down
three flights of
stairs Tuesday
after waiting
several minutes for an
elevator that wasn't working.
Humpert, who
works for the
University, was
trying to get the
computer to her
van at the loading
station and
said she hated
it when the
elevators stopped
working. Many
such complaints
are made about
conditions in
Wescoe, Mallot,
and Summerfield.
Polzin's $450 Trek bicycle, and convenient means of transportation, had been stolen.
Tanner Polzin walked along the bicycle rack outside Templin Hall, looking for his ride to class Monday morning. Only his broken cable lock remained, still hanging from the rack.
"I have class sometimes from 9:30 to 2:30 straight and my classes are far apart," Polzin, Hoisington freshman, said. "I might have to get a Wal-Mart one."
Since Sept. 12, at least eight other University of Kansas students and employees have reported to the KU Public Safety Office that their bicycles were stolen on campus or in surrounding neighborhoods. This number almost exceeds the total number of 10 bicycles reported stolen during the 2004-2005 academic year.
a number of bicycle thefts recently. The office is looking into the problem, he said.
To prevent dents could prop-
theft, stuerly lock
their bikes by removing the front wheel and chaining both wheels and the frame to a bicycle rack, Bailey said. Or, they can buy a good-quality u-lock — many of the stolen bicycles were locked with cable or chains, he said.
Tom Fulbright, salesman at Sunflower Bike Shop, 804 Massachusetts St., said a $15 cable lock might work for bicycles left in areas of heavy traffic. A $35 u-lock would work better, though a professional could outsmart any locking device, he said.
A u-lock is shaped like U, and its strong
design makes it more difficult to cut or break than a cable lock.
Fulbright said since Kryptonite u-locks had been redesigned to better thwart people from picking the locks, sales had increased.
Doug Wahl, owner of Lawrence Pawn and Jewelry, 944 E. 23rd St., said people often attempt to pawn bikes at his shop. Before he buys a bike, Wahl said he checked for a yellow sticker that proved the bike had been registered with the police department. Then he calls the police department to double check.
- Edited by Patrick Ross
Aug. 18-Sept.29, 2004 Four bikes reported stolen to KU Public Safety Office.
Bike thefts on the rise
Aug. 18-Sept. 27, 2005 Fourteen bikes reported stolen to KU Public Safety Office and the Lawrence Police Department.
Fall 2004-Spring 2005 Ten bikes reported stolen to KU Public Safety Office.
Sources: KU Public Safety Office, Lawrence Police Department
Jonathan Kealing/KANSAN
A stitch in time
Murphy Hall staff member Gail Trottier, left, and Katherine McRobbie, Overland Park senior, sew solider costumes for "Three Sisters" Thursday morning in Murphy Hall. The play takes place during the turn of the century in Russia at a time when soldiers were part of the privileged upper class. The show opens at 7 p.m. on Monday in William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall.
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Westar scandal stresses ethics
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
▼ SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The School of Business has a business ethics class, but it is not a requirement for students. The class was last taught by H. Joseph Reitz in the Spring 2005 semester.
The School of Business maintains its policy toward educating students on ethics, even in the wake of the David Wittig scandal.
Chad Anderson, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said his professors had not really dwelt on the Wittig incident.
"They kind of touched on it, but we never got an opinion from them," Anderson said. "They just asked us questions on what we thought about it."
Richard DeGeorge, professor of philosophy, also taught the business ethics class every year up until two years ago.
The school's reaction to the Wittig incident helped get student's attention focused on the need to study such subjects in their classes."
Douglas May Professor of business
He said the school should consider making an ethics class a requirement for students, preferably as a requirement before they are admitted.
De George said his class introduced students to the techniques of moral argument and the language of ethics in order to articulate and defend their position. In addition, he said he strove to familiarize students to what current ethical issues are.
The David Wittig scandal has
become the latest incident in corruption of business ethics.
Wittig, a 1977 graduate of the School of Business and former chief executive of Westar Energy Inc., was found guilty of 39 counts from money laundering to conspiracy. Six of eight Westar board of directors who served under Wittig were also KU alumni.
Douglas May, business professor and co-director for the International Center for Ethics in Business at the University, said the School of Business had been dedicated to teaching business ethics and infusing it throughout the curriculum since the late 1980s.
"The school's reaction to the Wittig incident helped get students' attention focused on the need to study such subjects in their classes," May said.
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Greeks stick together in off-campus living Senior fraternity and sorority members live together off campus because they like being around their brothers and sisters. PAGE 2A
Softball scrimmage shows Jayhawk success The Jayhawks' defeated the William Jewell Cardinals 13-1 after 13.5 innings. Although the game was informal, coach Tracy Bunge said the Jayhawks gave a strong performance. PAGE 11A
Tough game for Kansas After three victories, Kansas will face its first conference opponent Saturday in Lubbock, Texas. Kansas will have to emphasize its offense if it is going to avoid its first season loss.PAGE 12A
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