THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 116 ISSUE 2
ALCOHOL SALES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2005
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Union hung out to dry
Senate does not agree with choice
BY JOHN JORDAN
jjordan@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
University of Kansas administration decided students will not be drinking beer at the Kansas Union any time soon.
The Office of Student Success rejected a proposal Friday by the University of Kansas Memorial Corporation Board to serve beer in the union. A petition Student Senate passed last February spearheaded that proposal.
Jason Boots, University Senate Executive Committee chairman, who worked on the petition and on the Memorial Corporations Board, said he was disappointed the proposal was denied.
"It would have been a great opportunity for the University to show students how to drink responsibly." Boots, Plainville, Texas senior, said.
Boots said he understood that the University, and not Student Senate, would be held accountable for any problems involving students and alcohol that occurred at the union, and therefore understood why the University was leery of selling alcohol.
Marlesa Roney, vice provost for student success, said her office was concerned that selling alcohol in a place that allows
"I had hoped we could make it work, but the risks were too high," Roney said.
minors might cause the University to accidentally serve underage drinkers.
The petition to investigate selling alcohol in the union passed through Senate in February. It said the University should look into selling 3.2 percent alcohol-content beer on campus to teach students to use alcohol responsibly. The petition noted that other Kansas Board of Regents institutions serve 3.2 beer, and that the Kansas Union sold beer until 1997.
The union quit selling beer after an off-campus car accident involving two KU students. The union was not at fault for the accident, but stopped its beer sales as a result.
Kansas State University sells 3.2 beer at the bowling alley of its student union, said Terry Eddy, Kansas State Student Union recreation manager.
No senators objected to the petition, said Ray Wittlinger, Senate executive secretary and Olathe sophomore.
The petition went from Student Senate to a committee of students, faculty and union administrators to be developed into a proposal, said David Mucci, director of Memorial Unions.
aimed to develop a proposal that showed the Kansas Union could implement alcohol sales responsibly if given the chance.
Mucci said the committee
The KU Memorial Corporation Board approved the proposal on May 7. The proposal included the sale of 3.2 beer in Jaybowl and in Milton's Coffee Shop from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. Alcohol consumption would be allowed only on the first floor of the Kansas Union in the Hawk's Nest and the bowling alley.
Mucci said the proposal allowed the area where alcohol would be served to be open to minors as a way to help downplay the use of alcohol.
Mucci said alcohol shouldn't be a necessity for students, but students shouldn't be unable to have a beer, either.
The Office of Student Success, who nixed the plan, disagreed.
Creating a situation where minors could be in the same place as legal drinkers could lead to underage drinking, Roney said.
Boots said although everyone seemed to like the proposal, he wasn't too surprised the University opted out of selling alcohol on campus. It probably didn't want to get in trouble. Boots said.
"Law, lawyers and suing seem to get in the way of these things," Boots said.
- Edited by Erin Wisdom
Photo illustration by Ryan Howe/Kansas
Students' reactions to beer ban differ
BY GABY SOUZA
gsouza@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Dan Ahl leaned back in his chair and laughed, watching his co-worker roll a bowling ball down the lane to smash a few more pins.
It was a slow night at Jaybowl.
the bowling alley in the Kansas Union. There were no customers, and the two workers had resorted to bowling to make the time pass,
"Beer could have attracted lots of customers, especially students," said Ahl, Albany, N.Y. senior.
University of Kansas administrators announced Aug. 12 that all plans for alcohol sales in the Kansas Union were off.
The plan, which was supported by students and the union, would have allowed 3.2 beer sales in Jaybowl, as well as the Hawk's Nest. Administrators cited a potential threat of underage drinking as a reason for the
cancellation of sales.
Keyarash Jahanian, Kansas City, Kan. junior, agrees that alcohol sales in the union would have been a bad idea.
Jahanan works as the Hawk Nights coordinator for Student Union Activities. His job is to organize events that are alternatives to alcohol use. The success
of his events depends on whether beer is allowed in the union
"Alcohol totally conflicts with what I want to do and my committee's mission and motto," Jahanian said.
Joy Hsu, Chino Hills, Calif. graduate student said off-campus businesses profit plenty of underage drinkers.
Some students on campus do not see the potential problem with underage drinking, and do not see it as the issue at hand.
Sarah Bahmaie, Overland Park senior, said prohibiting alcohol sales at the union would not prevent underage drinking.
ADMINISTRATION
SEE REACTION ON PAGE 5A
New fee for appeals
BY ALY BARLAND
abarland@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
KU PARKING TICKETS
People may want to start thinking more carefully before parking illegally on campus.
Fiscal Year Appeals Dismissed Upheld Dismissal Rate (July 1 to June 30)
Donna Hultine, director of KU Parking, said the implementation of the new fee will deter students from filing frivolous appeals.
As of Aug. 1, the KU Parking Department will assess a $5 fee to anyone appealing a ticket. If the appeal is granted, the additional $5 fee is dismissed.
- "Some people appeal to relieve holds or buy time." Hultine said.
2002 963 373
2003 1,837 593
2004 1,850 422
2005 *1,589 393
- Margretta de Vries, court clerk for the parking department, said a major factor in deciding to implement the fee was that the number of appeals the
590 39 percent
1,223 32.3 percent
1,404 23.1 percent
1,218 22.3 percent
*Number of tickets with decisions. 18-19 percent of tickets are still in appeal process.
Source: Margaretta de Vries, court clerk for the parking department
parking department received doubled from fiscal year 2002-2003.
Hultine estimated that the amount of appeals denied this year will bring in around $3,000 from the new fee.
de Vries said she thought the increase in appeals was due in part to the availability of appeal forms online, making it more convenient for students to file an appeal.
SEE APPEALS ON PAGE 5A
BUSINESS
Bookstore managers complain about change
BY TRAVIS ROBINETT
trobinett@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Area bookstore managers are upset with the KU Bookstores about its new sale guidelines of course pack materials.
Bill Muggy, Jayhawk Bookstore owner, said that starting this semester, course pack materials will only be available through the KU Bookstores at one selling price — the same price an individual student would pay, thus possibly eliminating a profit margin for other bookstores that buy the materials.
Course pack materials are anything not published by a major publisher, such as class notes, online assignments, lab manuals or even an entire textbook the instructor put together. Muggy said.
Before the change, there were two ways his store obtained course pack materials, Muggy said. Jayhawk Bookstore, 1420 Crescent Road, would place an order through KU Printing Services for as many copies as it thought it could sell. The second option allowed Jayhawk Bookstore to work directly with the departments that created the materials and pay them whatever they needed to recoup their costs.
The alternative to buying the materials at full price is that if the instructor drops off materials at the KU Bookstores, Jayhawk Bookstore would be granted a copy of whatever those materials were, Muggy said. Then, the KU Bookstores would charge for labor and copying.
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