FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006
NEWS
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"I associate myself as a person with a disability, and we want people to feel more comfortable and not make assumptions about people with disabilities," he said.
Coble said he wanted people to know what people with disabilities go through every day. For example, there are not wheelchair door openers on all the doors in Wescoe Hall, and not all the buses on campus are accessible for people with disabilities, he said.
Derek Zarda, Shawnee junior and president of AbleHawks, said, "We don't want to build a sense of pity for people with disabilities, but we want to show people what it is like to walk in our shoes."
The group has been on campus for two years and is open to all KU students. AbleHawks plans to continue holding demonstrations at least once a semester to promote the message of dealing with people with disabilities as a multicultural issue. Zarda said.
"People don't fear people with disabilities, but they definitely shy away from us." Zarda said. "We want to get all people interested and open to deal with issues that affect us."
The group has been on campus for two years and is open to all KU students. AbleHawks plans to continue holding demonstrations at least once a semester to promote the message of dealing with people with disabilities as a multicultural issue, Zarda said.
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Carrie Greenwood, who was a guest for the AbleHawks rally and works at the Kansas Youth Empowerment Academy, an organization that works closely with younger individuals with disabilities, said that in order for AbleHawks to achieve its goals they would have to unite and work with people who had disabilities and with those who did not.
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But because of the long waiting list, many vendors choose to pay a daily stall fee. Taylor-Puckett said the first year of being a vendor was about letting people see your face.
Both daily and seasonal stall holders provide varying produce for Lawrence shoppers. John and Karen Pendleton have their own country market off of K-10 Highway, but they are also vendors at Lawrence Farmers' Market. Karen said Lawrence's farmers market was different than most other Kansas markets.
"Lawrence Farmers' Market is a growers market. Anything you sell you have to grow yourself or raise on your farm," Pendleton said.
While growing their own produce might seem obvious, markets in Topeka, Leavenworth and Wichita don't require it.
In it's 30 years, the market
While growing their own produce might seem obvious, markets in Topeka, Leavenworth and Wichita don't require it.
has grown from ideas of locally grown produce to having a Board that helps run the market. Shirley Domer wrote "1979 Farmers Market: Notes and Recipes," the original handbook for the market.
In it, Domer gives her definition of a farmer. "I like to remember words spoken by Daniel Webster in 1840: 'When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers therefore are the founders of human civilization.' Taking Webster's point of view, one might say that farmers markets are helping strengthen the foundation of our civilization."
After throwing the torn-down goalposts into Potter Lake following the victory against Missouri on Oct. 29 of last year, several KU fans dragged the posts out to take them to Massachusetts Street.
Or, a place for Smarker to get her soap.
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"They understand this goes on and it's a way for fans and students to show support, and they're excited," Kearns said. "They really want to make sure people don't get hurt."
Some of the recommendations include possible fines or penalties of schools that fail to keep fans in the stands.
Keeping those fans in the bleachers is a primary concern of both the NCAA and the University of Kansas.
"I think the consensus is we can't afford to have anyone else die," Kearns said. "I think enough people see this as a pretty serious issue. I think it will be made a priority."
The Southeastern Conference is one example of an organization that has taken action to preserve the safety of the ath-
Jim Marchiony associate athletics director, said he saw one near miss following one of last season's postgame celebrations at KU.
cited the facilities worker and a student who was trampled and injured as evidence of needed reform.
Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said he saw one near miss following one of last season's postgame celebrations at KU.
Schools are fined if students or fans enter the field of play.
letes and personnel on the field following a game.
"I saw a goalpost just miss a facilities worker," Marchiony said. "And it absolutely would have killed him. It just missed his head."
"I'd like to see students and other fans use more brain power before they rush the field, so no measures would ever have to be considered," Marchiony said. "Eventually something terrible will happen."
The department's number one concern during these situations is everyone's safety. Marchiony
If measures are passed by the NCAA to stop postgame charges onto the field, they would not go into effect until January or February of next year.
During last season, fans charged the field following victories against Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa State.
After each game, the goalposts had to be paid for and replaced. A set of posts runs from $6,000 to $7,000.
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LAWRENCE Police looking for clues in Quizno's Sub robbery
Lawrence police are looking for help in gathering information surrounding a robbery of a Quizno's Sub Monday evening.
Kim Murphree, spokeswoman for the Lawrence Police Department, said it was known that at least four people were in the area of the Quizno's, 2450 Iowa St., Suite N, at the time the robbery took place about 8:30 p.m.
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Murphree said that anyone who was in the area between 8 and 9 p.m. Monday night could call either the LPD Detective Division at 830-7540 or the Tips Hotline at 843-TIPS if they had any information.
LAWRENCE Rally against violence planned for tonight
The annual "Womyn Take Back the Night" rally to end violence against women is scheduled for tonight in downtown Lawrence.
The group will gather at Buford Watson Park, located in the 600 block between Tennessee and Kentucky streets, at 6 p.m. for displays by community organizations, according to a press release.
Local musicians will perform at the gazebo beginning at 6:30 p.m.
These events lead to a 9 p.m. march down Massachusetts Street to demand safe streets and homes and a non-violent community.
At 8 p.m.,circle vigils will open to discuss violence against women.
The festivities will close at South Park following the march.
Everyone who agrees to be supportive of the cause is welcome to attend.
Catherine Odson
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