NEWS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2005
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ON THE RECORD
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♦ Two 20-year-old KU students reported that they were victims of a battery at 1:05 a.m. Sept. 9 at the 600 block of Massachusetts Street.
♦ A 20-year-old KU student reported getting punched about 2 a.m. Sept. 5 at the 1400 block of Tennessee Street.
- A 23-year-old KU student reported $150 damage to a side mirror on a Pontiac Grand Am about 2:40 a.m. Sept. 9 at the 1400 block of Kentucky Street.
ON CAMPUS
A 33-year-old employee of a construction company reported an $82.50 spool of cable stolen and $30 damage to a door sometime between 4:30 p.m. Sept. 2 and 8 a.m. Sept. 6 in Hashinger Hall.
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A 47-year-old KU employee reported $80 stolen sometime between 5:15 p.m.
Sept. 6 and noon Sept. 8 in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
♦ The KU Music and Dance department is putting on a Hurricane Katrina relief concert tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10. Profits will go to the American Red Cross.
♦ The Study Abroad Information Fair will be held in the main lobby of the Kansas Union from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Student Union Activities is hosting an informal chess tournament in the Hawk's Nest of the Kansas Union on Wednesday at 6 p.m. The winner will receive a Master's chess board and a gift certificate.
Bundling boosts textbook prices
BY AY BARLAND
abarland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A government study on textbook pricing has left bookstore directors at the University of Kansas wanting more answers.
AGovernment Accountability Office (GAO) report has released results of its study on college textbook afford- ability.
The National Association of College Stores offered a free webcast to provide information on the study's findings to colleges across the coun-
Tim Norris, director of KU bookstores, said he could see the value in bundling but also had some doubts.
ing additional materials in their courses.
He said that bundling becomes a problem when it includes new
bet a lot of these supplements could be transmitted electronically, and we should push the publishers to do that."
Rick Hale Professor of aerospace engineering
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try. A forum met at the Kansas Union to view the cast.
Norris and David Mucci, director of KU Memorial Unions, said they were disappointed in the report.
GAO found that, in the last two decades, textbook prices have increased about 6 percent annually. The primary reason for the price increase was bundling, which is the packaging of textbooks with additional materials, such as CD-ROMs. According to NACS, the use of bundling is increasing because more instructors are requir-
rial that students must pay for but never use.
"It is a pretty timid report all the way around in my opinion," Mucci said.
aerospace engineering, attended the webcast viewing.
It costs how much? Where the cost of a textbook comes from
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Mucci said online-only use of textbooks in the future was fea-
He suggested that faculty and bookstores push for publishers to use other means of technology to reduce the need for bundling.
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"I bet a lot of these supplements could be transmitted electronically and we should push the publishers to do that." Hale said.
not change much on campus because of the limited questions that it asks unless it's used in legislation." Norris said.
The Kansas Legislature currently has no pending legislation involving textbooks.
sible. A move toward digital textbooks would effect royalties for textbook authors and the ability of students to actually hold the material in their hands.
Norris said the report will probably not change anything at the University.
"I think this one report would
— Edited by Katie Lohrenz
URBAN RENEWAL
KC revitalizes corner famous for jazz
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It's been nearly two decades since there has been a corner to stand on at 12th and Vine, an intersection made famous in the song "Kansas City."
That hasn't stopped tourists from visiting the empty field east of downtown to get their pictures taken at the site in an area that once thrived.
On Sunday, a baby grand piano-shaped piece of land — and a parking lot painted to resemble piano keys — were formally
named "Goin' to Kansas City
Plaza at 12th Street and Vine."
The landscaped park will become a sculpture garden with trees and flower beds, ornamental lamps and a 13-foot plaque that tells the story of 12th Street, once the city's main drag.
"A lot of folk come here and take pictures, so now they can take a picture standing at the new street sign in a nice park," said Ollie Gates, a Kansas City barbecue magnate who was among those who worked for
a decade to create the park. "It also helps create some beauty in this area. This was a forgotten area and perceived as undesirable. Now look at it."
The area around 12th Street and Vine was cleared amid urban renewal efforts in the 1970s, and the streets were realigned in 1977. The city left a street sign to note the spot's significance.
From the 1930s to the 1950s, places such as the Reno Club, Orchid Room, Jockey Club and Boulevard Room thrived.
with jazz luminaries like Count Basie, Charlie Parker jamming all night at the local clubs.
"Almost every door you went in had a band," said Myra Taylor, a singer and dancer who started working on 12th Street in the 1930s. "They had so much to offer. Food, clubs, dancing, all up and down 12th Street.
A law enforcement crackdown on liquor in the late thirties hurt business at the clubs, and live musicians gradually were replaced with jukeboxes.
Female teen shot in west Lawrence
A 19-year-old female was arrested on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder of an 18-year-old female about 7 a.m. Friday, said Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department.
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The 18-year-old was shot about 10:20 p.m. Thursday in the 600 block of Eldridge Street, Ward said.The victim's injuries were not life-threatening, he said.
TOPEKA - Partisans fighting over Attorney General Phill Kline's pursuit of abortion clinic records have burned up a good deal of time portraying it as a battle over something other than abortion.
Partisans fight over abortion records
Kline's fellow abortion opponents have emphasized his stated desire to go after predators who sexually abuse young girls. County prosecutors who've sided with Kline have said he's also fighting to preserve their ability to investigate crime.
The clinics argue the sanctity of patients' medical records is at stake. If Kline prevails, no one's medical records may be private, they contend.
But an hour's worth of arguments last week before the Kansas Supreme Court and the spin surrounding them only served to emphasize that abortion is the issue.
Kline is aggressively pursuing the clinics. Eric Rucker, his chief deputy, told the Supreme Court he believes each record contains evidence of multiple crimes on their part — which would amount to several hundred misdemeanors and felonies.
- The Associated Press
THIS WEEKON CAMPUS
Audition for Black Student Union's Variety Show
Wednesday, Sept. 14
6pm - 9pm
Burge Union
Gridiron Room
Looking for: singers, dancers poets, & rappers
OPEN TO EVERYONE!
Queers & Allies
Social Meeting September 13,7:30pm International Room. Kansas Union
www.ku.edu/qanda
1st Meeting of the Semester Tuesday Sept 13th @ 8pm Alderson Auditorium
- Great way to meet people and get involved at KU
- Practice & watch
KU Habitat for Humanity Creating life-long links between students and service!
- Résumé builder
visit www.kuhabitat.org
- Make a difference in your community
September 12, 2005
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