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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 116 ISSUE 146 ▼ LAWRENCE
WWW.KANSAN.COM
THURSDAY,MAY 4,2006
Center plans for new facility
Salvation Army discusses new services offered
BY KRISTEN JARBOE
jkjarboe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Representatives of the Salvation Army agreed fundraising for a new building will be completed by the end of this year.
A public meeting was held Wednesday night to discuss eight new points to add to the site plan for the new location of the Salvation Army, at Haskell Avenue and 19th Street.
One of the eight points that the Salvation Army touched on included what services the Salvation Army would provide, such as mental health services, recreational programs and recovery groups. It also said that services would be refused to homeless who came intoxicated. They then would be offered transportation to the Lawrence Community Shelter or the Lawrence Police Department. The Salvation Army also would "not knowingly admit sex offenders into the homeless rehabilitative residential program." Every person in the program would be screened by the KDI Offender Registry.
Rebecca Simmons, director of social services for the Salvation Army, spoke on behalf of the various services that would be offered at the new location, because they weren't available before. She said that programs would help determine why the person was homeless and give hope to them not being homeless again. Helen Hartnett, KU assistant professor of social welfare and a member of the Community Commission on Homeless, said during public comment, that she was concerned with the new points being added because they involved other agencies that were not present at Wednesday's meeting.
"I think the issue is broader than this, it is not just about one agency,not just one neighborhood," she said.
Justine Burton, a Lawrence resident from the surrounding neighborhood of the new location, expressed concerns with the Salvation Army being near a park where families lived.
SEE CENTER ON PAGE 6A
"I fear that the park will become a haven for them." Burton said. "People like to hang out at the current Salvation Army, and I see that. I feel that if the new location is brought to the east side, the same thing is going to happen."
Runner meets goal in one dav
Friesner raised almost $4,000 for Jubilee Café, a program through the Center for Community Outreach that provides a restaurant-style breakfast to needy citizens every Tuesday and Friday morning.
Richard Friesner, the Albuquerque, N.M., graduate student who ran back and forth on Jayhawk Boulevard Wednesday to encourage donations for Jubilee Cafe, reached — and surpassed — his goal of $3,000 about 8:45 that night.
To reach his goal, Friesner was prepared to run for 72 hours with three two-hour breaks as his only rest.
Patrick Ross
Campus meters left unpaid
Campus me KU students can't avoid their pink slips
BY MICHAEL PHILLIPS
mphillips@kansan.com
KANSAI STAFF WRITER
Wednesday was Becca Ingraham's lucky day. The meter she parked at on Daisy Hill ran out of time, but she escaped without a ticket.
It's not an uncommon practice for KU students to not pay
when they park at a meter. In fact, it's what a majority of students who park at meters do.
A study commissioned by the Parking Department last year said that only 30 percent of the occupied parking meters on campus are paid at any given time. There are 262 meters total.
SEE METERS ON PAGE 3A
A pink ticket placed on the windshield of a car parked in front of Watkins Medical Center signifies that the meter has expired. The red screen showed that the meter had timed out, resulting in a parking ticket.
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DRINK YOUR SPIRITS AWAY
Drunken driving can lead to more than just a ticket: legal fees, jail time and effects that could follow you for years
By Anne Weltmer
AWELTMER@KANSAN.COM KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Photo Illustration by Rachel Seymour
W with his mind groggy from too many gin and tonics, Joel Switzer grabbed his car keys and left his designated driver behind, climbed into his 1996
aqua Honda Accord, and drove the five miles to his home, ending a few houses short of his, his car wrapped around an oak tree.
The jolt of the airbag knocked the glasses off his face, leaving him disoriented.
OUI VS. DUI: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
SEE OUI ON PAGE 4A
WHAT'S AN OUI?
Operating under the influence is the city charge for driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. OUIs are given by Lawrance and KU police officers only. OUI charges are handled through the Municipal Court.
WHAT'S A DUI?
Driving under the influence of alcohol is a charge given by state law enforcement officers such as sheriffs. DUI charges are handled through a district court in the state. Generally, fines and punishments are greater if the offender gets a DUI instead of an OUI.
▼ GREEK LIFE
Consulting jobs exist for greek graduates
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STFF WRITE
Graduating Greek students can still stay involved in the greek community even as they leave campus and enter the working world. Different fraternity and sorority national headquarters hire consultants to help advocate their organizations.
Chapter consultants are typically representatives of a national organization who visit local chapters to assist with general chapter operations, special areas a chapter is focusing on, and recruitment efforts, said Laura Bauer, program director for fraternity and sorority life.
Consultants spend four to five days with each chapter organization.
Anna Clovis, Fairfax, Okla., alumna, is a full-time chapter consultant for Alpha Chi Omega. Clovis said she loved her job because it's a challenging, multi-fashioned position that allowed her to travel.
She said you could look at the business like a frunchie of a chain restaurant.
She works during her one-year contract to help out the different franchises, making sure they are on their feet. She said she spoke with each chapter about leadership, risk management and chapter management, and helped with any necessary tasks before moving on to the next.
The position still has its difficulties. Clovis said it's temporary and it required a lot of change and flexibility.
Bauer traveled as a consultant for Delta Zeta for the 2000-2001 school year.
She said most people didn't get the opportunity in their jobs to travel and work with people across the country. An organization can hire anywhere between five and 15 consultants, who visit the different chapters at least once a semester.
Clovis said the structure in her organization was unique in that she only conducted on-site visits 60 percent of her time, whereas most other organizations' consultants travel 100 percent of their time.
The other 40 percent she works from her home in Lawrence.
Bauer said the attributes picked up as a Greek consultant were transferable to other career paths. They must be adaptable to their environments, have good customer service skills and the ability to work with large groups.
Fraternities also hire consultants. Scott Ferguson, interfraternity council president, said the fraternity chapter consultants had a two-year position, unlike the one-year positions offered for sorority chapter consultants.
More information on chapter consultants and the process of becoming one can be found by contacting a specific national organization.
Edited by James Foley
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