THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS RELAYS TAKE PLACE AT MEMORIAL STADIUM
Thousands of fans watch on as Jayhawks set records
PAGE 1B
MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2008
ENVIRONMENT
WWW.KANSAN.COM
Events focus on reusable bags, eating local food
Events that will focus on buying local foods, using reusable bags and supporting local businesses are some of the ways students can celebrate Earth Week on campus this week.
The panel discussion on Monday, lecture on Tuesday and reusable bag giveaway on Thursday and Friday are all free for students.
FULL STORY PAGE 8A
CAMPUS
Students seek to raise minimum wage
Students in the School of Social Welfare are working to raise awareness about Kansas' minimum wage. The students passed out information on Wescoe Beach and got students and faculty to sign their petition aimed at pressuring state legislature to raise the minimum wage, which is $2.65 an hour.
FULL STORY PAGE 3A
CRIME
Fake $100 bill used for food delivery
FULL STORY PAGE 3A
The Lawrence Police Department is investigating a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity member reportedly using a forged $100 bill, but one fraternity member said he did not think police were taking the crime seriously.
weather
72 55
VOLUME 118 ISSUE 136
isolated T-Storm weather.com
75 60 Partly Cloudy
Classifieds...4A
Crossword...7B
Horoscopes...7B
Opinion...7A
Sports...1B
Sudoku...7B
All contents, unless stated otherwise
© 2008 The University Dally Kansan
index
DEMOLITION
The Crossing, its adjacent buildings and the Oread Heights Apartments were demolished on Saturday to make way for construction of The Oread Inn on 12th and Indiana Streets. Casey Stewart, general supervisor for the project, said he estimated the luxury hotel will be completed by 2010.
Hotel to replace Oread hot spots
Economic development results in destruction of familiar landscape
ANDY GREENHAW
agreenhaw@kansan.com
Heavy machinery reduced The Crossing, Yello Sub and three houses at 12th and Oread streets to debris in just three hours Saturday morning, forever altering the north-campus skyline.
Dan King, project manager for King Construction, said the demolition began
at about 7:30 Saturday
morning and ended at
10:30 a.m.
"It was pretty simple with the big crack excavators," he said.
King said trucks would ship what was left of the building debris to the city dump, which would take about a week.
KANSAN.COM
See a photo gallery of the progression of the Oread demolition project
"I'm all for economic development, and I think it's good for the city in the long run."
though. Waking up to the early-morning sounds of heavy machinery tearing into the earth will be annoying."
JOSEPH LAZARUS Wichita junior
Once the area is cleared out, his crew will start digging a giant hole where Oread Construction plans on building the Oread Inn. He said it would take about a month to dig the hole.
Casey Stewart, general supervisor of Oread Construction, said his crew would begin paving the concrete footings for the hotel once the hole was complete. He said the concrete work would take three to five weeks, depending on the weather. He said he estimated the Oread
was great because this was the perfect way to come down from campus," Brownfield said. "Yello Sub and The Crossing had been there a really long time, and tearing it
"Yello Sub and The Crossing had been there a really long time, and tearing it all down doesn't really carry on the tradition at KU."
Danny Brownfield. Thiensville, Wis., sophomore, lives at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house down the street from the project. He said his overall opinion about the Oread project was frustration.
"I've been a patron of The Crossing for two years now, and it
Inn would be finished by 2010.
DANNY BROWNFIELD Thiensville, Wis., sophomore
"I'm all for economic development, and I think it's good for the city in the long run," Lazarus said. "The short-term effects of the construction are going to be kind of a pain
Joseph Lazarus, Wichita junior lives across the street from the project at 1137 Indiana St.
all down doesn't really carry on the tradition at KU"
"I just always remember that house as being like 'Animal
David Barclay, Wichita junior, who lives near the project at 1211 Oread Ave., said he would miss the house at 1142 Indiana St.
House," he said. "It was like the non-frate nity, fraternity house."
Edited by Daniel Reyes
A sequence of pictures shows the process of a crane destroying the Oread Heights Apartments near 12th and Indiana Streets.
152
a b