2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 2005
What do you THINK?
BY MEGAN PENROD
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Do you think the University's policies on hazing are too strict?
"I think to a certain extent that they are, but I think if they are applied fairly to all the houses, they know what is expected of them."
-Alicia Stuart, Shawnee, senior
"I think it should take place actually. Not like hard-core hazing, but the level of it is part of the whole deal for joining the frat and whatever, you know. I think initiation is a good thing. I don't like extreme hazing, but KU should allow some hazing."
-Derek Tokarz, Chicago sophomore
"I think that it's a good thing because I know some sororites and fraternities do get kind of crazy, and I think that KU has done a good job with what they've done in the past and now."
-Heather Morton, WaKeeney freshman
"It sucks that people screw things up like that because not all hazing is that bad. I guess I'm indifferent about it, and I think that some hazing goes way too far and you shouldn't punish everyone for one person's mistake. I think some hazing should be allowed because it's part of the system, and it kind of teaches the freshmen they're the bottom of the barrel. With stuff like that it should be the individual people who are punished — not the entire fraternity."
-Jenna Purinton, Overland Park junior
"Aren't there like different levels of hazing? They don't always beat up the freshmen. I think that hazing isn't right, but to a certain extent it can be OK. I mean, you shouldn't be hurting your pledges and stuff like that, so I don't think it's right."
-Ryan Easter, Springfield, Mo., freshman
ON CAMPUS
- Applications for the Kansas/Asia Scholars 2006 summer trips are due at 5 p.m. tomorrow in 201 Bailey Hall. The trips to China and Japan begin in late May. For more information, contact Jaimie Oborny at 864-3849.
- Nick Sterner, student body president, and Marynell Jones, vice president, will lead a reading of the preamble of the Constitution in observance of Constitution Day at 1 p.m. tomorrow on Wescoe Beach.
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STUDENT HOUSING
Firefighters prepare to leave Hashinger Hall after a fire early yesterday morning. The fire was caused by an old air-conditioning unit as it was being scrapped by construction crews.
Ty Beaver/KANSAN
Morning fire causes delays
BY YELENA PAVLIK
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
A fire outside Hashinger Hall yesterday morning caused a traffic jam in surrounding streets and temporarily stopped reconstruction work on the building.
There was no damage to the building and no injuries were reported, Lexie Engleman, of the Lawrence Fire Department, said.
"We tried to put it out with a garden hose at first, but it was too wide around and we did not have enough pressure to put it out," Brian Mueting, superintendent for Murray and Sons, said.
The fire started as construction workers from Murray and Sons Construction Company tried to remove an air-conditioning unit that was no longer in use.
After receiving the report, local firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire. The building was evacuated and construction workers were told to wait outside.
"You could see a lot of heavy smoke on the east side of the building. We found out that it was contained to the AC unit," Engleman said. "It did not go inside the building."
tained, traffic in the streets surrounding Hashinger backed up, causing a traffic jam.
While the fire was being con-
Jessica Martinger, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels, said the buses had to be re-routed.
"They could not go across Engel and 15th, so they were redirected to go around the Lied Center and then back to campus. They were a few minutes off of schedule." Martinger said.
"I was standing outside of McCollum Hall waiting for the bus and I saw a bunch of smoke billowing and I thought it was a fire. I was definitely worried about getting to class on time," Carolyn Coyle, St. Louis freshman, said.
Students said they were not expecting the chaos that surrounded their usual bus stop.
According to construction workers, the incident will not delay construction on Hashinger.
"It was not a very big deal. It was more of an unscheduled break." Matt McPherson, a foreman for Murray and Sons, said.
After the fire was extinguished, firefighters searched Hashinger for traces of carbon dioxide and then allowed the construction crew to return.
— Edited by Anne Burgard
ADMINISTRATION
University inks printing relationships
BY FRANK TANKARD
fankard@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
KU employees are still adjusting to life without KU Printing Services as the University continues to work out the kinks in a new system of private vendors.
"I guess we didn't realize how much they really did," said Dorice Elliott, chairwoman of the English department.
Since 1902, KU Printing Services handled printing duties big and small, including supplying business cards and stationery and producing glossy law school brochures and professors' textbooks.
The service closed in the spring and most of its work was outsourced. The University is still finalizing contracts with vendors it is using now.
Barry Swanson, associate comptroller and director of purchasing, said he expected to complete contracts with FedEx Kinko's and other vendors as soon as next week. A FedEx Kinko's is tentatively scheduled to open in the Kansas Union by late October, he said.
Swanson said University departments now go directly to private printers for jobs under $5,000, and vendors bid on jobs that cost more. Robin Miller, administrative assistant for the School of Law, said she had been using Printing Solutions for envelopes, business cards and stationary. She said the company had been doing a good job, but she hadn't had many major transactions with outside vendors yet.
partment recently had newsletters produced, FedEx Kinko's made the copies, ProPrint affixed the labels and a third vendor mailed them.
Elliott said going through multiple vendors wasn't always easy. She said that when the English de-
"We're still able to do everything we want to do, and sometimes it's cheaper this way," she said. "But it certainly less convenient."
Off-campus bookstores complained this semester about being unable to sell course-pack bundles
unless to send course pack burials — notes, textbooks and other materials put together by professors. In the past they ordered some of the materials from KU Printing Services. Now they must find other ways to produce course packs.
Kristin Vickers, store manager of University Book Shop, 1116 W. 23rd St., said that next semester she planed to get original manuscripts from either professors or KU Bookstores and hire a printer to produce them.
KU Printing Services had responsibilities other than printing. It also sorted federal mail and delivered campus mail, which is sent between people on campus. Now an outside vendor sorts federal mail and KU Libraries delivers campus mail, said Stan Waller, library transportation coordinator.
Swanson said replacing KU Printing Services hasn't been easy because of its size and reach. He said the University was continuing to make changes to the new system.
"It's a transition time, and things will not be perfect in that time," he said. "I like to hear the comments. I need to hear the comments, and as they come in we'll address them."
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