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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
WEDNESDAY APRIL 20, 2005
CAMPUS
Applications being accepted for Student Senate positions
Nick Sterner, new student body president, and Marynell Jones, new student body vice president, are accepting applications for the executive staff of Student Senate.
The executive staff works directly with the president and vice president. Positions include chairman of the Student Executive Committee, two Student Senate Legislative Directors, an executive secretary, a communications director and a treasurer.
Sterner said applications were available in the Senate office but had to be completed online at the University's jobs Web site, http://jobs.ku.edu/
In addition those executive staff positions, Sterner is looking for candidates to fill two other special positions. He is looking for a coordinator for the Big 12 Student Government Conference, which will be held in Lawrence next fall, and for a Web master to maintain Senate's Web site.
Web master to maintain databases
Any student can apply.
"We are looking for any students interested in serving the students." Sterner said. "These are very important positions that help with the progress of student life."
Sterner and Jones will hold interviews this weekend and will name new members of the executive staff at next Wednesday's joint Senate meeting.
Daniel Berk
Three arrested for break-in at Lambda Chi Alpha
Lawrence police arrested two men and a woman in connection with a break-in at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity house, said Sgt. Dan Ward, Lawrence Police Department.
Police arrived at the vacant house, 1510 Sigma Nu Place, at about 9:30 p.m. on Monday after someone called the police, Ward said.
The caller told police that three people were sneaking around the house and that they eventually entered. Ward said.
Police arrived and arrested the individuals, 23-year-old Matthew Fitzpatrick, 24-year-old Anthony Brittain and 34-year-old Chantel Guidry, Ward said.
The items were valued at $11. Ward said
They were also possession of property taken from the house, including a soap refill cartridge, a three-ring binder and an electrical power strip.
The items were valued at $11, Ward said. On April 16, Lawrence police responded to a report of criminal damage at the fraternity house. A window, valued at $200, was damaged.
Policy prevents recycling tulips
Joshua Bickel
CAMPUS POLICY
BY ADAM LAND
aland@hansau.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER*
Tulips fill flower beds all over campus each spring, but their days are numbered. Landscape crews uproot them in April to make room for summer flowers. The leftover tulips are discarded and Facilities Operations crews purchase new bulbs in the fall when it's time to plant them again.
The sweet smell of spring was uprooted last week by the landscapers from Facilities Operations. It happens every year at this time.
Tulips planted in front of Strong Hall in November are uprooted around the middle of April every year, said Mike F. Lang, project manager for Facilities Operations landscaping division. Lang said the plants don't look as good if left in place year after year.
"The tulip is our spring perennial," Lang said. "They are biannual plants that look good in the spring."
Facilities Operations buys about 1,400 tulips every November, he said.
A crew of four people is given the task of planting and uprooting the plants at the different times of the year.
Each individual flower costs the University of Kansas about 19 cents, bringing the total per planting to $266 a year.
The red and yellow tulips are purchased from either local or national businesses, Landscaping purchases the flowers from the lowest bidder. This year's tulips came from Burgundian, a national business out of New York.
All the tulips are shipped directly from the Netherlands, where they are grown.
When the plants are uprooted, they are thrown away, Lang said.
Some students and members of the community have expressed interest in the bulbs once the University is done. Lang said.
Others simply want the University to either sell the plants or find some other alternative for them.
Although the flowers are thrown away, there is nothing landscaping
"I'm a diver, and instead of throwing money away, get us a new pool," said Casey Topol, Mamaroneck, N.Y., senior. "At least put something stationary in or something that will last."
can do, Lang said.
"I would be more than happy to give them away, but I can't," Lang said. "These flowers were purchased with state money, so I can't give them away."
"They don't give any of us the authority to declare surplus," said
Steve Green, associate director of Facilities Operations management information. "We can't declare the status of state property."
Because the tulips are now gone for another year, the landscaping crew is concentrating on planting their summer flowers.
Petunias, begonias and other flowers will line the entrance to Strong Hall for the summer and most of the following fall semester.
Bulbs for those flowers can cost up to $3 apiece, Lang said.
- Edited by John Scheirman