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Wednesday, April 10, 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Street near campus commission issue
Residents afraid of increased bus traffic
By Sarah Morrison Kansan staff writer
Lawrence residents who live near the University of Kansas took their concerns about KU's 20-year plan to the City Commission last night, saying changes to West Campus Road could ruin their neighborhood.
But Tom Waechter, planning coordinator for University capital programs, said some of their concerns were based on an apparent misunderstanding.
Katherine Stannard, vice president of the West Hills Homes Association, presented a letter to the commission objecting to a section of the master plan that proposed increasing West Campus Road from two lanes to three, running 250 buses down the road daily and establishing Crescent Road as a bus route.
Waechter said that was not the case.
The mixup might have come from a consultant study that was done for the University that suggested adding a third lane in the future, he said, but the University choose not to adopt
But the association's complaints about increased bus traffic on West Campus Road do stem from a proposal in the University's plan to use the road as a section of a traffic loop running east on Jayhawk Boulevard.
the suggestion, and it was never mentioned in the 20-year-plan.
The University has looked at alternate routes east of West Campus Road as a result of the residents' outcry, Waechter said.
The residents' concern about Crescent Road becoming part of a bus loop serving the residence halls on Daisy Hill was also an apparent misunderstanding, Waechter said.
The association's letter asked the commission if the University needed permission from the city for bus routes and number of buses run on those routes, whether the city or the University owned West Campus Road and 11th Street, and if West Campus Road, 11th Street, Crescent Road, and Engle Road could accommodate 250 buses daily.
The commission directed staff to research the residents' questions and prepare a report due in two weeks.
Waechter said the University had sent a letter to the mayor addressing the associations' complaints. The commission had not received the letter as of last night's meeting.
Faculty Council members chosen
KU faculty members recently elected representatives to the Athletic Committee and new members of Faculty Council.
Kansan staff report
Two faculty members were elected to three-year terms on the Athletic Committee. They are David Katzman, professor of history, and Tom Mulinazzi, professor of civil engineering.
microbiology; Mohamed El-Hodiri, professor of economics; Shirley Harkess, associate professor of sociology; Robert Harrington, professor of educational psychology and research; Jim Hartman, professor of English; Mary Hawkins, librarian; Bob Hohn, professor of educational psychology and research; John Michel, professor of speech, language and hearing; Tom Mulinazzi, professor of civil engineering.
Thirteen new members of Faculty Council were elected to three-year terms. They are: Bob Adams, associate professor of mathematics; Danny Anderson, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese; Bob Basow, associate professor of journalism; Maggie Childs, associate professor of East Asian languages; Laurence Draper, professor of
Tom Lewin, associate professor of history, was elected to a one-year term on Faculty Council.
Next year's University Council will hold an organizational meeting on April 25 to elect the new president of the council, members of the Senate Executive Committee and the SenEx chairman.
ON CAMPUS
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a forum with Stephen Hill about the controversy about recent proposals to legalize illicit drugs at 11:30 a.m. today at the ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. For more information, call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
OAKS--Non-Traditional Student Organization will sponsor a brown bag lunch and meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Alcove A in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Laura Morgan at 864-4064.
KU Women's Rugby will practice at 5 p.m. today at Broken Arrow Park, 31st and Louisiana streets. For more information, call Stacey Stringfellow at 749-3380.
The Graduate School will sponsor a Spring Funding and Professional Development Workshop from 3 to 5 p.m. today at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Chris Robinson at 864-7242.
KU Karate Club will practice at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. For more information, call Jon Sides at 832-1771.
KU Gamers and Role-Players will meet at 6 p.m. today at Parlors A, B and C in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Isaac Bell at 843-9178.
The Undergraduate Business Council will sponsor a meeting open to all pre-business and business students at 6:30 p.m. today at 413 Summerfield Hall.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center will sponsor a Job Search Program from 7 to 9 tonight at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Melissa Barr at 864-3552.
ANAD is sponsoring an eating disorders support group at 7 tonight at the Curry Room in the Kansas Union. Call Ruth at 843-3074 for more information. Meetings are open to men and women.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship will sponsor a manuscript study in the Gospel of Luke at 7 tonight at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Jason Brown at 749-2408.
The KU Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Eric Stehm at 864-8299.
■ LesBiGayS-OK will sponsor a confidential support group at 7 tonight. For location and more information, call Headquarters at 841-2345 or KU Information at 864-3506.
CORRECTION
An article on Page 3A of the April 2 edition of the Kansan contained incorrect information. David Loomis, who was driving
his motorcycle west on 15th Street when it collided with a Toyota Camry, was driving about 30 mph, not 35 mph.
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ON THE RECORD
A KU student's 1994 Plymouth Duster rear window was damaged between 6 p.m. Sunday and 10:15 a.m. Monday in the 1200 block of Kentucky Street. The damage was estimated at $300, Lawrence police reported.
A tool box and its contents were stolen from a KU employee between noon Thursday and 10:30 a.m. Friday in the 900 block of East Eighth Street. The tool box and contents were valued at $660, Lawrence police reported.
A mountain bike was stolen
from a KU student between 1 and 4 p.m. Monday from the Kansas Union bike rack. The bike was valued at $370, KU police reported.
A mountain bike and bike lock were stolen from a KU student between 8:15 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Monday from the Malott Hall bike rack. The bike and lock were valued at $250, KU police reported.
A mountain bike was stolen from a KU student between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday from the Kansas Union bike rack. The bike was valued at $320, KU police reported.
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The Provost is a new position which requires the person to be the chief operating and chief academic officer of the Lawrence Campus. Provost Responsibilities include:
- Internal affairs of the Lawrence Campus
- Academic budgetary, and general activities of the Lawrence Campus
- Chair of the Academic Dean's Council, the University Committee on Promotions and Tenure, Committee on Distinguished Professorships,and The University Committee on Sabbatical Leaves
- Council of Chief Academic Officers of the Kansas Board of Regents
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