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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 141
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2005
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SPEAKER
Dole recounts war
Stephanie Farley/KANSAN
Bob Dole, former Kansas senator, spoke to about 800 people at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics yesterday. It was the first time Dole spoke in the building named after him. Dole signed his latest book, "One Soldier's Story," for several hundred people after the lecture.
Former senator discusses new book
BY JASON SHAAD
jshaad@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Bob Dole only heard his mother cry uncontrollably one time. It was when she walked into his room at Winter General Hospital in Topeka and saw him in a full body cast, he told an audience at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics yesterday.
Dole had been wounded in northern Italy while fighting in World War II. The injuries left him temporarily paralyzed.
After a minute, his mother regained control, Dole said. As a result of the stress, she also learned how to hold a cigarette. It was something he taught her.
"It was a habit I picked up in the war," Dole said. "They used to put a little four-pack of cigarettes in your c-rations, a little dessert."
Dole recalled his memories
from the war for the second annual Dole Lecture at the Institute. The lecture focused on Dole's new book, "One Soldier's Story," a memoir about his youth and World War II experiences.
About 800 people attended the lecture, Bill Lacy, Institute director said.
Veterans and students alike
filled Hansen Hall inside the Institute, while others crowded around television screens placed around the lawn and inside two outdoor tents.
"He is a cool guy to listen to," Adam Powell, Garden City freshman, said. "He's got a good personality and he is funny."
Dole incorporated humor
throughout his lecture.
One audience member asked Dole whether his military experience had been good training for his political career.
"Yeah, I got shot at, which is good training for politics," Dole joked.
SEE DOLE ON PAGE 4A
PARKING DEPARTMENT
Students may lose spaces at Lied Center
BY ERIC SORRENTINO
esorrentino@kansan.org
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Andrew Stark purchased a Lied Center parking permit for $50 this year. The McCollum resident was one of 50 students who did not want to pay $85 for a Daisy Hill parking permit.
The Yates Center freshman and other residence hall students who saved $35 on parking permits at the Lied Center parking lot, or Lot 300, this year might not have that option next fall.
The Lied Center permit was supposed to be a temporary, one-year plan, but the parking commission found no alternatives this year. It was not supposed to be offered next year, but the parking department may have no other choice.
Aside from the Lied Center, there are no other places to designate for the overflow of cars from Daisy Hill, Provost David Shulenburger said.
As a result, students who live
in residence halls may have the option of buying Lied Center-only permits again for next year, depending on how the parking commission fields Shulenburger's request
Shulenburger said he would take action on the issue as soon as this week. He sent an e-mail to the commission to try to set up a meeting.
WILDLIFE
"I'm going to ask the parking commission to reconsider the Lied Center matter," he said.
The plan this year was to keep the Lied Center from filling up to the point that it could not accommodate daytime events. Shulenburger said.
The parking department oversold Daisy Hill permits by about 59 percent this school year, said Mary Olson, parking department business office manager. Permit holders outnumber parking spaces by about 450. The Lied Center has 1,042 spaces, Olson said.
Campus a little foxier this spring
SEE PARKING ON PAGE 4A
BY NATE KARLIN
nklarlin@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
What is no bigger than a large hand and can make two cars come to a screeching halt? A baby fox playing on Sunnyside Avenue between Robinson Gymnasium and Summerfield Hall.
Blake Henshaw, West Point, N.Y., junior, saw a fox in the street Tuesday morning when he was walking up the stairs next to Robinson.
Henshaw first saw the family of foxes last weekend as he drove back from his brother's house on Indiana Street, he said.
He said he enjoyed seeing the foxes, but he was also worried about them living by the street.
Henshaw called the KU Public Safety Office about the foxes and was told the office knew about them. Nothing would be done about relocating the animals, though, Henshaw said.
Foxes can be found throughout Lawrence, but they like living on campus for its open spaces and slow-moving cars, said Robert Timm, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
The litter of foxes is nothing new to the campus. This litter is probably related to a litter of pups that was born last year behind Bailey Hall, he said.
As long as people don't cause problems for the fox pups, the University shouldn't take action to remove them because they aren't causing problems, either. Timm said.
The biggest problem the foxes cause is eating food residents lay out for their cats, but not many people mind feeding a fox pup now and then, he said.
"If we have a live-and-let-live attitude then we shouldn't have a problem." Timm said.
That's the kind of attitude Wayne Reusch, assistant director of landscaping, has.
"If someone wants something done about them, they can call a dog catcher." Reusch said.
He said he often encounters wild animals on campus at night and in the early morning.
Rheuben Johnson, owner of A Bee's Keepers and Animal Control in Kansas City, Kan., said University officials should contact a pest service or animal control if they want any wild animals removed from campus.
The foxes could help beautify the campus by eating roadkill and dropped food. They also eat rabbits, squirrels, insects and mice. At this time of year, the foxes will eat mostly nuts because not much food is available, Timm said.
He said the bottom line was that people should appreciate the wildlife that graces the University campus.
A family of foxes have taken up residence in between Robinson Gymnasium and the Computer Science building. Relocation for the animals is not necessary at this time.
Kelly Hutsell/KANSAN
Edited by Jesse Truesdale
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