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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 17
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005
SAFETY
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Patrol checks drivers' levels
Checkpoints aim to thwart drunken driving
BY STEVE LYNN
slynn@kansan.com
KANSAN WRITER
Max Hire wasn't sober when he saw the checkpoint ahead on Kentucky Street. He made a U-turn on a one-way street to avoid it.
A police officer immediately pulled him over on 19th Street at 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 3.
Hire, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, was one of four people charged with driving while intoxicated last Friday and Saturday night at a checkpoint on the 1800 block of Kentucky Street.
"I was a little bit over the limit," Hire said.
If students drink and drive this weekend, they should expect their chances of getting caught to increase. Sgt. Dan Ward of the Lawrence Police Department said the department will conduct a checkpoint and saturation patrol tonight, similar to the checkpoint and saturation patrol police conducted last Friday and Saturday, said.
The checkpoint will be set up at a different location than the one conducted
on the 1800 block of Kentucky Street between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. last Friday and Saturday. Ward said.
Federal law requires the department to conduct a number of checkpoints because the city received $2.2 million in federal funds for the traffic unit, Ward said. The department has completed more checkpoints than required, he said.
The entire traffic unit, which consists of seven vehicles, six officers and one sergeant, will conduct a saturation patrol in Lawrence tonight, Ward said. Last week, the traffic unit patrolled from 5 to 10 p.m. on Friday.
The saturation patrol made 26 stops and gave out 10 speeding tickets, nine moving violations and one seat belt violation, Ward said. The checkpoint yielded four DWIs, one drug possession and six minors-in-possession.
"It's quite labor-intensive," Ward said of the checkpoint. "We have charge vehicles that apprehend people who try to avoid it."
Hire won't be able to avoid the expense and inconvenience of a DWI.
He said he would have to get a job to pay for an attorney, $500 for the bond to leave jail and court costs. He also said trips to see his family in Kansas City would be more difficult without a car.
"Nothing's been as fun. At the game next day, all I could think about was the DWI." Hire said.
— Edited by Patrick Ross
GREEK LIFE
Sororities ensure safe rides home Members place phone calls from stadium
BY LOUIS MORA
lmora@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Getting home safe after parking next to Memorial Stadium late at night is only a phone call away for sororities located along West Campus Road.
Sigma Kappa, Gamma Phi Beta and Chi Omega have instituted a system that allows members to call on other members to provide a ride back when they are unable to find a spot near their house.
Members see the system as a way to prevent incidents like the one that occurred on Tuesday Aug. 30, when a female student was robbed near Memorial Stadium and 11th Street.
"We have made it clear that no one
should walk from the stadium by themselves," said Valerie Hooper, Hutchinson junior and president of Gamma Phi Beta.
Sigma Kappa, 1325 West Campus Road, uses a community cell phone plan called Safe Sigma that women can call at any time.
Amanda Zimmerschied, Lawrence sophomore and member of Sigma Kappa uses the Safe Sigma system two to three times during the week.
Each day a member signs up to take calls and provide rides to any members parking in the stadium lot.
"It makes me feel so much more safe knowing I will have a safe ride back to the house." she said.
SEE SAFE ON PAGE 4A
FINE ARTS
Luke Jordan, art and design lecturer, adjusts the height of the projector for an upcoming video display at Spencer Museum of Art. The project has taken several months to prepare and will have its grand opening on September 22.
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Exhibit showcases workers
'At Work' chronicles changes
BY MALINDA OSBORNE
mosborne@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
John Pultz acknowledges the reaction Lee Friedlander's photographs can elicit from viewers.
"You never want to be at a computer again after looking at some of his pictures." Pultz said.
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Lee Friedlander, a propher, pays tribute to the American worker in a collection entitled "Lee Friedlander At Work". His photographs will be displayed at the Kress Gallery in the Spencer Museum of Art beginning tomorrow through Dec. 11.
John Pultz, curator of photography for the museum. brought the
You never want to be at a computer again after looking at his pictures."
John Pultz
Curator of photography
exhibit to the museum. Pultz said he has always been impressed with how Friedlander managed to make potentially mundane subject matter exciting.
"At Work," a collection of six commissions from museums, magazines and businesses, chronicles the changing work environment in the United States.
The earliest photos date back to the late '70s in Ohio, a large manufacturing headquarters. The most recent are from the '90s, which is of telemarketers in Omaha, Neb.
"It's fortuitous that these were commissioned when they were," Pultz said. "The times during which he took these photographs parallel the changing work environment,
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Earl Iversen, Assosciate Professor of Design tests the projectors that will be used for the upcoming display at Spencer Art Museum. This project will display local employees doing their daily tasks at work.
shifting from blue-collar, manufacturing jobs to white-collar information-based ones."
"At Work" was organized by the Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus, Ohio.
Free from contraints on how to display the exhibit, Austin Porter, graphic designer for the Spencer museum, worked with the exhibition designer, Richard Klocke, to
SEE SHOWCASE ON PAGE 4A
LAWRENCE
The 1969 Wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital is in the early stages of being torn down. LMH workers in that wing began moving items to storage for the upcoming demolition.
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LMH proposes expansion of its facility
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
trobinett@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Lawrence Memorial Hospital could be using $35 million to expand the hospital because of a need to handle an accelerating increase in patients.
Michele Berendsen, spokeswoman for LMH, 325 Maine St., said that eight years ago 15,000 patients visited the hospital, a relatively low number compared to the 29,000 patients last year and the expected 30,000 plus visitors once the project is finished.
If the city gives us the permit in a timely process, demolition will be completed by the end of the year."
Michele Berendsen
LMH spokeswoman
The concern about the difference caused Skanda Skaandravl, director of facilities at LMH, to fill out a demolition permit application on Aug. 24 for the Department of Neighborhood Resources to approve.
If Neighborhood Resources approves the permit, demolition of a wing of the hospital built in 1969 will begin soon after.
end of this year," Berendsen said.
After demolition concludes, construction would begin to improve the hospital in many different areas. Berendsen said LMH wanted to increase square footage of the wing by up to 50 percent.
"If the city gives us the permit in a timely process, demolition will be completed by
Berendsen said the surgical facility would be enhanced, because the current facility was 20 years old, out of date and not prepared to meet the demand to potential changes in technology.
SEE LMH ON PAGE 6A
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kansas vs. Appalachian State
Kansas vs. Appalachian State With opening game struggles now behind them, the Jayhawks will look for an improved effort against the Mountaineers tomorrow. PAGE 8B
Homecoming will bring on the hilarity Seth Myers and Kenan Thompson, of "Saturday Night Live" fame are scheduled to headline this year's homecoming events. This year's homecoming theme focuses on Halloween. PAGE 1B
Volleyball Invitational
The Jayhawks will prepare for the Big 12 during the weekend while playing host to successful teams. Virginia Commonwealth will be one of their opponents as well as Michigan State. PAGE 18
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