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wednesday,may12.2004
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PETITION: Signatures needed
the public will be able to vote on the smoking ban issue.
Boulter said he expected to collect the needed signatures within two weeks of circulating the petition. If this happens, the public could vote on the issue in either August or November.
A month ago, before the commission voted on the issue, Boulter sent out informal petitions in his coffee shop and bar. These informal petitions were not used to turn the smoking ban issue to a public vote, Boulter said. They were used to show how many people stood against a ban.
In the first four or five days, he had gathered about 750 signatures, he said. He collected about 2,000 before the commission meeting.
"But four people have told 2,000 people that they don't have the right to make their own
"The views of the city commission are probably the views of the people in Lawrence," said James Mostrom, assistant manager of EightOneFive, 815 New Hampshire St.
choices." Boulter said.
Even if the issue does come to a public vote, some bar workers say that the ban will remain intact.
Judy Keller, member of Clean Air Lawrence, a group dedicated to ending smoking in workplaces, also said she thought the ban would remain even if the public voted on it.
But Mageri said he thought that people could reverse the smoking ban.
"If it wasn't that it could see favorable action, I don't think people would go through getting signatures and getting a petition," Magerl said.
Edited by Kevin Flaherty
because she wants to be strong for them. Harrison said when someone was injured, she has always been the type to do something about it.
FACES: Harrison loves nursing
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When Orrick fell and scraped her knee a few weeks ago, Harrison insisted on cleaning it and wrapping it for her.
Dana Steele has known Harrison for six years and calls her an adopted little sister. Steele, Shawnee resident, met Harrison through her job at a beauty salon, where Harrison also used to work. She said Harrison always talked about being a nurse.
Steele calls Harrison a compassionate and loving person. When Steele was pregnant with her second daughter, Harrison was always there for her even though she had moved to Lawrence for school.
Harrison went with Steele to
almost every doctor's visit. When Steele had body aches from the pregnancy, Harrison would rub her back and legs. She called her all the time to make sure she was doing OK.
"She was here in a heartbeat if I needed her even though she was 45 minutes away." Steele said.
Harrison said nursing and taking care of people was worth every minute of her time. Ideally she wants to work in a large to mid-sized metropolitan area hospital like Kansas City.
Wherever she ends up, Harrison is prepared for anything and takes care of anyone. She has no hesitation in dealing with anything the job asks of her, even cleaning a few bedpans.
"Cleaning bedpans are the least of my problems," she said. "The worst of my problems is if they start throwing them at me."
— Edited by Kevin Flaherty
MARKETING: Future of University's success relies on image
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Hemenway said the importance of having a marketing plan was to reach his goal of becoming a top 25 research university and to spread the message that the University was an institution to get a quality education at low cost.
Universities have become more competitive to attract students and money, Hemenway said."So there's a greater emphasis on how we present ourselves to the public."
"I never felt that she brought
to the public.
Marsh said he was aware of several marketing plans over the last few years, but none that had been finalized. The University is not getting the promised resources from the Legislature, he said, and needs to build relationships with lawmakers and the rest of the state.
ers and the rest of her life.
David Guth, who worked for the governor of North Carolina for seven years in public relations before teaching the subject in the School of Journalism, said Murgia was in her element when lobbying, but was unprepared for the marketing aspect of her job.
the leadership skills and creativity to a position with such high responsibility and compensation." Guth said.
Those who defend Murguia said she took positive steps toward selling the University to lawmakers in Topeka, to prospective students—especially minorities and those in Western Kansas—and to the rest of the country.
University Relations officials said Murguia was charged with a difficult task. Her greatest accomplishment, they said, was organizing the different divisions of the University, from the University of Kansas Medical Center to the Lawrence campus, and getting them to speak with one voice.
It's not easy to assemble an integrated marketing plan, said Lynn Bretz, director of University Relations. Bretz said it was an "evolutionary" process to fix the University's fragmented identity.
"We've never been able to get our act together," Brits said.
Marketing is the future of the University's success, Murguia said in a recent phone interview. But she also said that a marketing
plan was a tough sell in academia, and that it was difficult to change the culture at a university.
"In the past it's been a challenge," she said. "I don't think we've had a commitment from the leadership in the administration."
Guth also questioned the administration's ability to articulate a vision for the University.
"Research we have," Guth said. "What we have lacked is the willingness to accept the negative outcomes of that research and create a strategic plan that addresses those problems."
Hemenway said he would not fill Murguia's position until the University had its marketing plan in place — the start of the fall semester. He also said the University would always need to work to market itself.
"I would never say we've been successful in telling our story," Hemenway said. "What I would say is that we try to tell our story every day, and we're constantly looking for ways to improve telling our story."
Edited by Stephanie Lovett
MARKETING COSTS
University Relations plans to finish an integrated marketing plan by the fall. Developing the marketing plan included hiring an outside public relations consultant, Simpson Communications of Williamsburg, Va.The consulting firm has worked for other schools, including the University of Oregon and Indiana University.
Simpson Communications
$120,000
$50,000 from the Office of Trademark Licensing
Simpson travel budget
$70,000 from Kansas University Endowment Association
Simpson travel budget
$15,000
Surveys and research $40,000
Graphic design $50,000
Total $225,000
Source: Kevin Boatright, interim executive vice chancellor of University Relations
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