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CAMPUS
Parking regulations change in summer
Student drivers have more parking options in summer months
BY LUYAN WANG
lwang@kansan.com
Unlike the fall and spring semesters, students who drive to school can park their cars in residence hall parking lots without fear of being ticketed during the summer semester.
But yellow zones are ticketed in summer, and a summer semester parking permit costs $37, according to University Parking and Transit Department Director Donna R. Hultine.
"It is much easier to find a parking lot in the summer."
zones and the Park and Ride lot tor free this summer.
Students who live off-campus can always buy yellow permits, but because the permits are usually oversold during the regular semesters, they may not be able to park exactly where they want, according to the Parking and Transit department website.
"But I usually park off campus in regular semesters," Latif said, "which is hard because it's hot outside."
Shaheen Latif, a graduate student from Olathe, said she takes advantage of the free parking during the summer.
Students with housing parking permits can park their cars in yellow
Students can park at Oliver, Gertrude Sellars Pearson and Corbin Halls, scholarship halls and residence halls on Daisy Hill for free in the summer.
DONNA R. HULTINE.
University Parking and Transit
Department Director
"It is much easier to find a parking lot in the summer," Hultine said.
Carlos Garcia, a graduate student from Mexico, parked his car in a
Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
As of May 17, scholarship and residence hall parking lots are open and free to park in without a permit for the summer. This lot, outside Battenfeld Scholarship Hall, is one such area that students can park in without a parking permit.
yellow zone near the Dole Human Development Center on Sunnyside Avenue and went to the Bursar's office, which he wouldn't have been able to do in the fall or spring semester. Garcia was glad he didn't have to walk
a longer distance in the hot, summer weather.
According to the University Parking and Transit department, students can park in yellow zones and residence hall parking lots without being ticketed when classes are not in session. Between July 31 to August 19, students can park in any students lot without a permit.
Residence halls will be ticketed again beginning August 19. Red, blue and gold zones are ticketed all year whether classes are in session or not.
POPULAR YELLOW ZONES
- Burge Union (1601 Irving Hill Road)
- Watkins Health center
- Allen Fieldhouse (1651 Naismith Dr)
Memorial Stadium
Robinson Center (1670 Naismith Dr)
POPULAR HOUSING PARKING LOTS
Louisiana Street between 13th and 14th streets
Oliver Hall (1815 Naismith Dr)
Alumni Place (1266 Oread Ave)
Red, blue and gold zones are restricted year-round.
Source: www.parking.ku.edu
POLITICS
Colombia elects KU grad as new president
BOGOTA, Colombia — A graduate of the University of Kansas, also a member of a powerful political clan, won Colombia's presidency Sunday, routing an eccentric outsider in a runoff.
The victory for Juan Manuel Santos, a 58-year-old economist, was a ringing endorsement of outgoing conservative President Alvaro Uribe, whose U.S.-backed security policies he helped craft and promised to continue.
In his victory speech before a crowd of 10,000 in a Bogota coliseum preceded by a traditional music and dance troupe, Santos
lionized Uribe.
"If we have come so far it's because we have been standing on the shoulders of giants," he said, calling Uribe "an exceptional person who transformed our country"
With nearly all polling stations reporting, Santos had 69 percent of the vote. Two-time Bogota Mayor Antanas Mockus had 28 percent. It was largest margin of victory in a presidential vote in modern Colombian history, said Carlos Ariel Sanchez, director of the national electoral council.
More than 3 percent of voters tendered protest ballots, indicating dissatisfaction with both candidates.
Associated Press
STATE
Elementary students help K-State research
HUTCHINSON — Some Hutchinson elementary school students are helping Kansas State University with a summer research project.
The students from Prosperity Elementary are observing different varieties of tomatoes and sweet peppers for the research project.
Charlie Barden, a Kansas State professor, says the Reno County project is the first to use elementary students to collect data on the plants.
The Hutchinson News reports
that the students will note such things as whether the plants develop diseases, their size and uniformity.
The students' teachers will use the project to help with several classroom lessons when school resumes in the fall.
Associated Press