TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 2006
NEWS
Joshua Bickel/KANSAM
A man reflected in a window walks by a newspaper stand outside Wescoe Hall Monday afternoon. Student Senate is increasing funds for the Newspaper Readership Program so it can continue during the summer.
Cleanup
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Alpha Roofing did the same. Lutz said the company hired extra employees to help with the increase in business. He guessed that the repair work would continue through the summer, and potentially into the fall. That is not the case for local landscaping companies, who found themselves with cleanup work initially, but not much in the
way of long-term jobs.
is not yet in, but preliminary estimates from the University indicate between $6 million and $7 million in repair costs associated with the storm. Douglas County as a whole fared slightly better. Governor Kathleen Sebelius asked the federal government for financial aid, citing $5 million in damage within the county, the hardest hit in Kansas.
At one local company, Preferred Lawn Service, general manager Scott Waisner said that beyond some work with the Kansas University Endowment Association, the company didn't receive much of an increase in business. However, spring is a busy time for landscaping companies, meaning they will have a full load of work unrelated to the storm.
The final bill for the damage
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NATION
DENVER — Commuters hitched rides with friends, used taxis and rented cars Monday when Denver-area transit workers went on strike for the first time in 24 years.
NATION Strike slows Denver's public transportation
The Regional Transportation District used private contractors to keep about 45 percent of its bus routes running but closed light-rail operations and a shuttle service stretching along a downtown pedestrian mall.
Traffic flowed fairly smoothly across most highways during the morning rush, but commuters had mixed feelings about the strike.
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wanting more benefits and more money and though I sympathize with them, I'll have to tell you, me and other riders are real upset," said Sheen Ortega, 55.
"I can understand them
The transit system averages about 275,000 rides per weekday.
No new negotiations were scheduled, although Yvette Salazar, president of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1001 said the two sides met informally Monday. She said RTD declined the union's suggestion to enter arbitration.
Scott Reed, RTD spokesman, said the agency would offer no additional money but was willing to restructure how it is distributed.
The Associated Press
The fourth of five candidates for the dean of libraries position will conduct a public forum from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
CAMPUS Fourth library dean candidate announced
The candidate, Jay Starratt,
will visit campus Wednesday
through Friday. Starratt is the
associate vice chancellor for
information technology at
Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. Before joining SIU, he worked! in libraries at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Emory. Additional information about each candidate can be found at www.lib.ku.edu/dean.
The University hopes that the new dean will begin work in August. The new dean will replace Stella Bentley, the current dean, who is retiring this summer. The final candidate will be announced on April 10.
Melinda Ricketts
Man transported from campus to hospital
Mike Mostaffa
Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical was dispatched to Malott Hall in response to an unidentified 30-year-old male complaining of abdominal pain at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
The man was in visible pain as he was transferred to Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Student Senate candidates to debate
There will be an informal debate between presidential and vice presidential candidates at noon Wednesday on Wescoe Beach.
Students will be given the opportunity to ask the candidates questions concerning their platforms and stances on campus issues.
Student Senate elections will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April 11 and 12. The presidential and vice presidential candidates are Jason Boots and Mel Horen for Ignite and Studie Red Corn and Bridget Franklin for Delta Force.
— Nicole Kelley
Gateway
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Corman said that the gateway was one of five planned in the master landscape plan published in August of 2003. One other gateway, the Malott Gateway, on 15th and Iowa streets, has already been completed. The other locations with planned gateways are 19th Street and Naismith Drive, 11th and Mississippi streets, and 17th and Indiana streets. The remaining three gateways still need funding before they can be built.
Construction of a permanent traffic control booth south at the intersection on 14th Street and Oread Avenue will begin shortly after graduation. There is now a
temporary booth at the intersection. The KU Parking Department is funding the booth's construction. Donna Hultine, director of parking services, said that during construction of the gateway, the temporary traffic control booth would allow southbound traffic to come in, but northbound traffic would be diverted to 14th Street. Buses will still be allowed through. Hultine said that her only concern about the gateway moving the location of the traffic booth was leaving more of campus exposed.
"Because there's so many buses in that area, I hope it doesn't become a resting place for cars to stop and pick people up," Hultine said.
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Kocour said that this fee would not need to be increased to pay for the new summer program because the increase in enrollment had given it the amount needed.
Nick Sterner, student body president, said the summer newspapers would become a permanent part of the readership program.
He said the board would use this first year to get a better idea of the number of papers that would actually be read.
The newspapers will be in newspaper stands at the Kansas Union, Fraser Hall, Green Hall, Learned Hall, Summerfield Hall, Watson Library and Anschutz Library.
"We did what we could afford and what would work," Sterner said. "We didn't want to over do anything and that's why it's a
pretty small program."
He said there would be a limited number of locations for the newspapers during the summer because there were less students on campus each day.
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The newspapers will be in newspaper stands at the Kansas Union, Fraser Hall, Green Hall, Learned Hall, Summerfield Hall, Watson Library and Anschutz Library.
CAMPUS Softball reporter resigns, articles flagged
The University Daily Kansan has accepted the resignation of softball reporter Jonathan Anderson.
On Sunday night, Anderson filed a bylined story from Saturday's game that was largely the same as a press release from the Kansas Athletics Department.
The story was not published, but the Kansan started an investigation into his previously published stories.
Bylined stories on Feb. 11, 2006, and March 30, 2006, contained paragraphs that
were taken entirely from press releases or with only minor changes and not attributed to the Athletics Department.
Anderson's explanation was that on Sunday he submitted an incorrect version of the story, submitting notes instead of the final draft of the story.
The Kansan's policy is that all published material is original, unless it is attributed. In this case, that standard was not met.
The Kansan, and Anderson, regret that this happened.
The Kansan is in the process of selecting a replacement.
Jonathan Kealing
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS
John Toohey's
"Politics in an Age of Entertainment & Instant Information"
Guest: Alyssa Mastromonaco, Senior Advisor for Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)
Tuesday, April 4, 4:00 pm Dole Institute of Politics
Wednesday, April 5, 4:00 pm Dole Institute of Politics
Student Legislative Awareness Board
Alan Cobb's
THERE WILL BE FREE PI ALAN'S STUDY GROUP!!
"Citizens vs. The Man"
Guest: Wayne Flaherty, Citizens against Bi-State
Student Legislative Awareness Board
Alternative Breaks Winter Spring Weekend
ARE YOU A LEADER?
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTEERISM?
DO YOU WANT TO HELP FELLOW KU STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE?
Apply to become an Alternative Br
Member
Positions Available:
Director (2)
Winter Break Coordinator (2)
Spring
Break Coordinator (2),
Weekend Break Coordinator (2)
Public Relations
Finance and Fundraising
Apply to become an Alternative Breaks Core
Alternative Breaks sends more than 150 students to locations throughout the US to volunteer for non-profit agencies on our winter, spring, and weekend-break programs.
April 4,2006
Applications online at www.ku.edu/~albreaks Applications due to 428 Kansas Union on APRIL 14th
PAID FOR BY KU
Filmworks
Film
Festival
funded by:
SUBMIT
SENATE
ONE OF THE FINEST MOVEMENTS
April 23rd at 7:30 PM
THEME: THIS IS THE END OBJECT: A TOWER
Held At: Oldfather Studios
(located at 9th and Avalon, right off of Iowa)
Guidelines: 1) Must be 10 minutes or less
    2) Must demonstrate both the theme and
        object of the festival
Films Due By: Friday April 14th by 4:00 PM in Oldfather
Studios at the front desk (DVD, MiniDV, VHS)
Awards: Trophies are given to most original, viewers' choice, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
- Snacks and drinks will be provided at the screening For questions contact Taylor Sloan (moviesimgmhermall.com)
Shades of Afric
4/7
10:00 AM to
4:00 PM
Staffer-Flint
Lawn
Call for Artists for the F-WORD Artwalk
Shades of Africa
KU for Uganda is working with the African Students Association to put on Shades for Africa, a creative event to let students express what Africa means to them by painting on an enormous canvas outside. Step by, grab a paintbrush, and take a minute to help create this provocative work of art.
(The F-Word is female/feminist)
Questions? Contact kufight@gmail
Artists of all media needed for a progressive "woman artist/ woman inspired" artwalk to be held April 28th.
Sponsored by the Commission on the Status of Women (The F-Word is female(feminist))
Submit digital images to:
comstwomen@ku.edu
Submission deadline is April 21st.
The Future of Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering
Michael Detamore, KU Assistant Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Courtesy Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will focus on the results of his research and the potential for practical application in the future.
At the ECM, across from the Kansas Union Parking Garage April 5th; 12-1pm is the lecture with a $3 lunch served at 11:30 or brownbag.
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