THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5: 2008
NEWS
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
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INTERNATIONAL
Ecuadorian soldiers run to board a helicopter in Lago Agrio, Monday, that will take troops to Angostura. Ecuador's President Rafael Correa ordered Sunday the expulsion of Colombia's ambassador to Ecuador and mobilized troops to the border with Colombia.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
U.S. accused of having role in commander's death
ASSOCIATED PRESS
BOGOTA, Colombia — Hundreds of Venezuelan troops moved Tuesday toward the border with Colombia, amid heightening tension over Colombia's cross-border strike on a rebel base in Ecuador.
The Organization of American States scheduled an emergency afternoon meeting in Washington to try to calm one of the region's worst political showdowns in years, pitting U.S.-backed Colombia against Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chavez and his allies. Colombian and Ecuadorian officials, meanwhile, traded accusations in the United Nations and the International Criminal Court.
The escalation of tensions was triggered over the weekend when Colombia troops crossed the border with Ecuador and killed Raul Reyes, a top commander of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC rebels who had set up a camp there.
Chavez, condemned the killing
and ordered about 9,000 soldiers to Venezuela's border with Colombia. He warned Colombian President Alvaro Uribe that any strike on Venezuelan soil could provoke a South American war.
Several Latin American leftist leaders have suggested the U.S. was intimately involved in executing the raid that killed Reyes. Colombian military officials have said U.S. satellite intelligence and communications intercepts have been key to putting the FARC on the defensive.
Another victim of the crisis may be border trade worth $5 billion a year, most of it Colombian exports sorely needed by Venezuelans already suffering milk and meat shortages.
Venezuela said it would stop new exports and imports. At one closed border crossing, in Paraguachon, Venezuela, authorities stopped trucks lined up for about a half a mile Tuesday morning. But traffic was flowing normally at another crossing, in El Amparo, where a handful of Venezuelan troops stood watch as usual, the customs office was open and traffic passed freely.
PARKING
Park and Ride may get cheaper
Other permits would face price increase to raise funds for initiative
The KU parking commission wants to reduce campus traffic and increase parking availability by decreasing the price of Park and Ride permits by $105. This price change would be offset by an increase in the cost of other parking permits. The commission will vote on the proposal next Tuesday.
BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
Lisa Lipovac/KANSAN
The KU parking commission will vote next Tuesday on a proposal that would lower the price of a Park and Ride permit from $205 to $100, while raising the prices of all the other permits.
The Parking Department hasn't determined how much it wants to raise other permit prices, but May Davis, transportation coordinator for KU on Wheels, said she thought all other permits should cost at least $75 more than a Park and Ride permit.
The goal of the proposal is to motivate more students to buy Park and Ride permits and park off campus, said Donna Hultine, director of parking and transit.
Hultine said the proposal would increase the on-campus parking availability.
"We realize there's not enough parking on campus," Hultine said. "But if we can entice students to park and ride, we can lower the traffic congestion on campus."
If the proposal passes, the Transit Department will buy two new Park and Ride buses for $80.000 each.
Steven Schrock, co-chairman of the parking commission, said the department would use the money raised from the increase of regular permit prices to pay for the extra buses.
"Two more buses would make it much more convenient for students who park off campus," he said. "We'd be shooting ourselves in the foot if we lowered the price for Park and Ride, but didn't provide additional buses for the increased number of students whod be parking out there."
The parking commission that will vote on the issue includes three student senators, three faculty members, two professional staff members and two support staff members.
The commission will also vote on whether the Parking Department should help pay for students to have access to free bus rides. However, the exact details on this proposal have not yet been confirmed.
idea.
Some students, such as Luis Lopez, Salina sophomore, think the department's proposal is a bad
"We realize there's not enough parking on campus. But if we can entice students to park and ride, we can lower the traffic congestion on campus."
"I don't like it because it's inefficient, because riding the Park and
DONNA HULTINE Director of parking and transit
Ride bus takes way more time to get to campus," he said. "I would be more in favor of building a stacked parking lot."
benefit students with on-campus parking permits and students with Park and Ride permits.
"There's not going to be any
Davis, who is also a member of Student Senate, said the proposal would
more parking on campus, so instead of making students hunt for spots, they will have a more economical option where they can always find a place to park," she said. "And if you buy the more expensive permit you will also not be hunting for a spot because people would have spread out naturally."
Mary Klayder, honors lecturer in the English department, said it might be a hassle to park off campus, but that she could see where the parking commission was coming from.
"Do I want to park off campus? No, but I understand the desire to lower traffic congestion on campus," Klayder said.
Edited by Patrick De Oliveira
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MARCH 5, 2008
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A Safe Spring Break Discussion Wednesday, March 5,2008 Budig 120·6:30pm All are welcome!
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March 6,2008 4-5 PM
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