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VOLUME 121 ISSUE 130
LAWRENCE
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In march the city began re-enforcing a $50 habitual仇警 offense fine. The ordinance, which passed in 1996, fines individuals who accumulate five or more violations in 30 days.
City cracks down on parking fines
BY ALEESE KOPF akopf@kansan.com
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In the span of one year Jessica Hoffman, a senior from Stilwell, estimates she has received more than 100 parking fines in the downtown area. Hoffman, who works at Britches Clothing Co., 843 Massachusetts St., said tickets had been a constant issue ever since she started working there. Hoffman blames the lack of long-term parking for her perpetual ticketing.
She typically works by herself
for nine or more hours in a day, which makes her unable to add money to the five-hour meters behind the store.
She said the company had tried to find ways to compensate its employees.
"During the week, a lot of the times we'll let the girls go early, but if we're the only one working we can do anything about it," she said.
In March the city began re-enforcing a $50 habitual
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To view coverage about the fine for habitual parking violators, visit kansan.com/videos.
BUSINESS
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Bulkwinkins' Bar, commonly known as the Bull, acquired new ownership. The group of KU alumni that now own the bar hope to make improvements without changing too much.
12 KU alumni buy 'Bullwinkle's Bar'
BY KIRSTEN KWON kkwon@kansan.com
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The popular student hang out, Bullwinkle's Bar, commonly called "The Bull" is under new ownership as of Thursday. Swords, along with his original crew of friends from college, decided to buy the bar when they heard it was for sale — even
"We lived there in college; it was a really good place to us," Jason Swords, a 1994 graduate, said. "My wife and I went on our first date there."
For a group of 12 KU alumni and former Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity brothers, the red shack-like dive bar that sits at 1344 Tennessee St. was more than just a place to grab beers after class.
"This wasn't like 'Hey, our goal is to go find a bar in Lawrence to buy.' Swords said. "We bought it because of what it is: It's The Bull, it's KU and it's me and my buddies. If my friends weren't involved I wouldn't have done it."
Swords works at Sunflower Funding, a hospitality and real estate development company in Kansas City, Mo., and has experience in the bar industry. He heard The Bull was for sale
Swords said his group of friends, and now business partners, all graduated in 1994 and 1995.
though they weren't looking for a new business venture.
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Natalie Sellers, a junior from Council Grove, shows off her longtime friend, Minnie. Sellers and Minnie have been bedtime companions since Sellers was 4 years old.
Childhood pals stick around
Stuffed animals stay with students even after they grow up
Rachel Schallenberg has been sleeping with him in her parents' home since she was 15. Now they spend every night together on her small twobed in Jawhawker
BY ANNIE VANGSNES
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Towers. Normally that would be a little crowded, but it's helpful that he's only two and a half feet tall.
Schallenberg's bedtime companion is a stuffed black panther.
"There's a certain way I hold it.
I sleep on my side and I guess you could say I spoon with it, which sounds kind of weird," Schallenberg said. "its head fits right below my chin. It's easy to rest on. It's comfortable. There's no shame."
Schallenberg, a junior from Olathe, and her panther are one example of what some students
try to hide: the childhood bedtime companion that comes along to college.
Omri Gillath, assistant professor of social psychology, is researching the links between attachment to people and attachment to objects. He said that objects such as blankets or stuffed animals worked as transitional objects for children that helped them become more independent from their caregivers.
"It it helps you to become separate," Gillath said. "We all have them when we are young."
Gillath said that bedtime toys and security blankets were part of the normal developmental process, but that if a person didn't complete the developmental stage properly and became stuck or fixated, the attachment to the object could last into adulthood.
"I'm not saying that anyone and everyone who sleeps with a blankie or Teddy bear is stuck." Gillath said. "But there might be something about the fact that they're still using these transitional objects when they're much older than the
See a light-hearted video about childhood pals at kansan.com/videos.
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'97 Nobel prize winner to speak at the University
Jody Williams is the keynote speaker for Into the Streets Week, an event that features various community service activities. CAMPUS12A
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