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April 8.2004 IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.126
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By Andy Marso amarso@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Coalitions to square off this evening
Senate showdown
Most students who have passed through Wescoe Beach recently have had Student Senate candidates from KUnited and Delta Force try to convince them their coalition is better.
Student Senate elections begin Wednesday of next week. The formal debate between the candidates for student body president and vice-president is tonight. The event is free and open to the public.
Tonight, students will have their first opportunity to hear the top candidates from both coalitions face off and try to convince them.
An informal debate is scheduled for Monday at Wescoe Beach.
The only formal debate of the year between the candidates for student body president and vice-president is scheduled for 7:30 tonight at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union.
WHAT Formal debate for Student Senate elections
Tonight's debate will pit Steve Munch and Jeff Dunlap of KUnited against Blake Swenson and Kevin McKenzie of Delta Force.
**WHO:** Blake Swenson and Kevin McKenzie of Delta Force against Steve Munch and Jeff Dunlap of KUnited
**WHEN:** 7:30 tonight
**WHERE:** Kansas Room, Kansas Union
Munch, Bellevue, Neb., sophomore and Swenson, Topeka senior, are running for student body president. Dunlap, Leawood junior and McKenzie, Salina
Munch is the one of the four who didn't participate in debate in high school, but he said that wouldn't intimidate him.
sophomore, are running for vice-president.
"I've been around Senate and seen lots of debates there," Munch said. "I have no problem talking in front of people.
SEE DEBATE ON PAHE 12A
picture taken with her number for identification in the auction process last night at Jeremiah Bullfrogs Live in Topeka. Candidates will be notified sometime around June if they made the first cut. RIGHT: Jacqueline Zwermer, Las Vegas sophomore, called her brother while she waited for her turn to interview for The Bachelorette
Roses Wanted
ABC's reality casting call brings eclectic crowd to Topeka
An assortment of romantics lingered in the upstairs portion of the Topeka bar Jeremiah Bullfrog's Live last night in hopes of someday receiving a rose.
These lovestruck ladies and lads, though, want their roses in front of millions of people on national television.
open casting event for the ABC reality shows, The Bachelor and The Bachelorette.
There they sat, more than 50 hopefuls filling out casting applications containing questions like, "List three
STORY BY DAVE NOBLES
SEE ROSES ON PAGE 12A
PHOTOS BY ABBY TILLERY
Commision endorses restriction on parking
By Azita Tafreshi
atafreshi@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
"Some of those cars might tend to stay in the spaces for three or four days and never be moved, so you're locking up this space for a long period of time," Ford said.
The fundamental issue is that the Parking Department is not set up to provide overnight parking for off-campus residents, Ford said. The entire parking system is based upon the turnover of lot spaces and the idea that any space might be used by four or five people over the course of a day, he said.
The proposed rule change is based on complaints the commission has received from students and staff who frequent JRP, said Allen Ford, parking commission chair. He said the complaints have centered on how the limited spaces in the lot were being occupied by cars that were left overnight.
Each day 2,300 students go to JRP. and with only 182 yellow spaces, demand for the lot is high, Ford said.
Fifty to 80 sorority members from Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta and Sigma Kappa buy yellow permits and frequently park in the lot because of insufficient space in their chapter house parking lots. This rule would force them to park in the lot near Memorial Stadium instead.
Members of the three sororites on West Campus Road are in for a bit of a hike if Provost David Shulenburger approves a new proposed parking restriction.
The Parking Commission has endorsed a new rule for the parking lot behind JRP Hall. The proposed restriction would prohibit parking in the yellow portion of the lot between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.
To help ease the problem, the commission asked sorority members to voluntarily park in the lot near the stadium last year, but complaints have continued. Ford said.
Representatives from the sororities and the Parking Department met last month. The sorority representatives suggested that the commission apply its restriction to only a portion of the lot, allowing overnight parking in about 60 of the spaces, Ford said.
He said the commission considered the compromise but rejected it because the alternative of parking near the stadium was not thought to be unsafe. Making an exception on the basis that there is a safety issue with that lot could create legal concerns, Ford said. He said making that exception would seem like admitting that there were safety problems with the lot near the stadium that were being ignored.
"Safety is a concern for sorority members who will have to park in the stadium lot," said Jenni Waring, president of Chi Omega. The Leawood junior said she wished that the new restriction hadn't come about but that chapter members have already made themselves available to anyone who needs a ride up from the stadium. "The writing's already on the wall, so we're just
SEE PARKING ON PAGE 12A
Some argue traffic at two corners unsafe
By Laura Pate
lpate@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Yellow Sub intersections get commission's attention
Every time David Benson, associate chemistry professor, crosses the intersection of 11th and Indiana streets, he said he fears for his life. The intersection, which does not have a stop sign or pedestrian sign, causes traffic problems.
Since January, one car crash has occurred at Eleventh and Indiana streets and two have occurred at 12th and Indiana streets.
After a complaint from a disgruntled student in December, the city commission referred the issue to traffic engineer David Woosley and city engineering manager Terese Gorman.
Woosley and Gorman are collecting data on the types of accidents that have occurred and on the volume of traffic. Woosley did not know if the intersection presented a problem because he needed to review the information more, he said.
They will prepare a report and will
SEE CORNERS ON PAGE 12A
The intersection of 12th and Indiana has been a difficult intersection for buses to go through because of the tight turn. Traffic engineers are going to look at possible solutions for the intersection problem.
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