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VOL.116 ISSUE 28
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2005
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PARKING DEPARTMENT
Ticket payment standing still KUnited plans digital option
BY JOHN JORDAN
jjordan@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Paying parking tickets online is not going to happen anytime soon.
Lending a hand
A plan by KUUnited to let students pay their tickets online is in the works, but probably won't take effect until next fall, said Donna Hultine, KU Parking Department director.
The Parking Department has run into stumbling blocks with getting a payment system on the Kvou portal. Hultine said.
The department has the software to let students and faculty pay tickets online, but issues with secure credit card payments have been slowing the process.
Students can currently pay tickets at the Parking Department, by mail or over the telephone with a credit card.
with KUnited last semester. He said the commission hasn't discussed the online payment system in its first two meetings, but would address it soon.
Jason Boots, Plano, Texas,
senior, serves on the parking
commission and campaigned
KUnited put the issue on its platform because it thought the system was a simple, convenient thing students could use, Boots said.
"This is probably something that could be implemented rather easily," Boots said about that platform issue.
He said he got at least one parking ticket per semester, and had to take time out of his day to pay the ticket in person at the Parking Department, north of Allen Fieldhouse.
He said he would like to see the online payment system available next semester, but thought it could take longer.
Justin O'Neal/KANSAN
"If they're giving us good reasons why this is taking longer than expected, that's not a problem," Boots said.
SEE TICKET ON PAGE 6A
Abdul Yahaya, president of the Big 12 Council of the Black Student Union and senior at Kansas State University, hands a $1,205 check to Wendy Leedy of the Douglas County Chapter of the Red Cross. Six representatives from each black student government in the Big 12 Conference meet four times a year. The organization met Saturday at the University of Kansas to donate money collected for hurricane relief efforts on the Gulf Coast.
STUDENT HOUSING
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Roger and Annette Rieger talk with guests during an open house that followed the dedication of Dennis E. Rieger Scholarship Hall on Saturday. The Rieger family pledged $3 million to build the hall, which is named after Roger's brother, Dennis, a 1967 graduate of the University. A portrait of Dennis hangs on the wall behind Roger and Annette.
Rieger Hall honors alumnus
BY LOUISE MORA
lmora@kansan.com
KANSAN SCRIPT WRIFFER
A three-year wait for Roger and Annette Rieger ended Saturday morning when they took part in the dedication of Dennis E. Rieger Hall, 1323 Ohio St..
With about 100 family members, friends, students and Lawrence residents in attendance, the Riegers expressed their desire to build a diverse community and preserve the memory of Roger's brother, Dennis E. Rieger.
The Rieger family pledged $3 million to build the hall. They said they wanted to create an environment that would benefit students of different races and economic backgrounds. Diversity of scholarship recipients has been lacking in the
Annette Rieger said helping build the University's 11th scholarship hall and sixth women's scholarship hall was even more rewarding than she had expected.
Rieger said his brother wasn't a famous athelete or a well-known business executive,but having a building in his honor would preserve his memory.
"The commitment of the University, to use the scholarship hall and the scholarship hall system to promote economic and racial diversity is better than we ever expected," she said.
Annette Rieger said she wanted this house to be a diverse community that would continue in the future.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway said the number of minority students in scholarship halls increased with the addition of Rieger Hall.
past.
Michelle Tran, Derby junior and president of Rieger Hall, said the makeup of the residents in the hall reflects the diversity that the Riegers have strived to accomplish.
Dennis Rieger graduated from the University in 1972 with a political science degree and earned his a masters in business administration in 1974.
She said the hall, which has 50 residents, houses women from all across the country as well as international students.
Roger Rieger, 1967 graduate, said the hall was also a way to preserve the memory of his brother who died of diabetes at the age of 47.
Roger Rieger said his brother wasn't a famous athlete or a well-known business executive, but having a building in his honor or would preserve his memory.
"Everyone has amazing stories. We come from all different backgrounds." she said.
"His name will be spoken as long as this beautiful building stands," he said.
Edited by Katie Lohrenz
ADMINISTRATION
Diversity on campus increases More minorities enroll at KU, figures still lag behind state
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
U. S. resident minority enrollment African Americans Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans rose 117 students from 3,420 in Fall 2004 to 3,537 in Fall 2005.
Minority enrollment has risen at the University of Kansas again this semester, though it remains disproportionate to the population of Kansas.
Since 2003, minorities have comprised 10 percent or more of the student population, and the numbers have steadily in-
work in industrial and agricultural plants.
But Roney said the numbers reflect hard work and not any demographic shift.
"It's not by chance those numbers are going up," Roney said.
Alex Gonzalez, Garden City sophomore, said his par-
Although the percentages are growing for minorities, when you walk down Jayhawk Boulevard,you will see predominately that it is a white campus."
Marlesa Roney
Vice provost for student success
creased. Minorities comprise 11.9 percent of this year's campus population. They make up 15 percent of the population of the state of Kansas.
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success, said that progress had been made but there was still room for improvement.
"Although the percentages are growing for minorities, when you walk down Jayhawk Boulevard, you will see predominately that it is a white campus."
Part of the increase in minorities can be attributed to the general increase in minority populations throughout the nation and in the state, especially in the southwest corner of the state, where many Hispanics
ents continually pushed him to attend college.
"My parents wanted us to go to college because they have worked so hard and they wanted it easier for us," Gonzalez said. "My dad is 55 and still working in the feed yard."
Part of the University's success in recruiting minority students is
due to informational sessions for prospective students.
In 2000, the Multicultural Student Recruitment Board was established to tie together minority recruitment programs across campus and to coordinate efforts among the admissions office and the various schools and departments.
The board drafted the Multicultural Student Recruitment Plan, which outlines recruiting efforts. It promotes focusing on community-based recruitment, providing transportation for campus visits, creating more scholarships for minorities and facilitating personal contact with current minority students.
The Multicultural Road
ENROLLMENT
Fall 2005
♦ Native Americans 379
♦ Asian Americans 1,158
♦ African Americans 1,003
♦ Hispanic Americans 999
Fall 2004
♦ Native Americans 366
♦ Asian Americans 1,165
♦ African Americans 967
♦ Hispanic Americans 922
Fall 2003
♦ Native Americans 344
♦ Asian Americans 1,131
♦ African Americans 904
♦ Hispanic Americans 902
Source: University Relations
Show, which travels around the state, and a program started this spring that targets Hispanics in Dodge City and Garden City are two examples of board's initiatives.
Roney said it was due to programs for current students as well as the efforts of individual staff members, like Santos Nunez, coordinator of the Multicultural Resource Center and Robert N. Page Jr., director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, who helped bring minorities to the University.
Simon #James, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, is an engineering major who received a minority scholarship from the School of Engineering. He came to Kansas mostly because of Page, who is a family friend, he said.
"I wasn't sure where I wanted to go, but with Robert Page, I knew I would have a role model and someone to look out for me if I came to KU," James said.
Page said no one could take full credit for the University's success, but that everyone involved had a part.
— Edited by Jonathan Kealing
Hovering parents create annoyance University students fall victim to the "helicopter parent" phenomenon as clingy parents pester their children with daily phone calls. PAGE 3A
Softball winning streak
The Jayhawks went undefeated in a series of four games at the Kansas Softball Invitational this weekend thanks to strong pitching and an improved offense. PAGE 1B
Kansas pride still high
Kansas pride still high The soccer team continues to look ahead the remaining games despite a 1-0 victory against Baylor and a hard-fought 3-2 loss to Texas A&M this past weekend. Kansas plays Friday at Nebraska PAGE 1B
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