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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS
Isaac Dill Parking officer
BY ERIN CASTANEDA
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN CORRESPONDENT
Isaac Dill, Lawrence senior, has been a parking officer for five years.
He said it was the first job he applied for when he came to KU.
Q: What is the biggest misconception about the parking department?
ID: The biggest misconception is that we enjoy our work. It's just something you have to do, but we are ticketing the car, not the people. There are lots of jobs that can do harm, such as
a fast-food burger restaurant; it makes people fat, a bank controls your money.
Q: How do you feel about the parking lot development by the Lied Center?
ID: I don't think building lots is a step in the right direction. Those students may have an uproar about this, I think they should limit those living in residence halls, and if they are freshman they shouldn't have a car. There are lots of other Big 12 universities that do that. I think emphasis should be placed on alternatives such as improving the bus system rather than taking up space with more lots.
Q: What makes you different
from the other parking officers?
ID: I am constantly in trouble. I'm not as motivated after working here for five years. I see the light at the end of the tunnel because I'm about to graduate and I'm slowing down here.
Q: Have you ever received a ticket?
ID- Yes, I have had four tickets. It's worse for employees.
Q: What are the weirdest things you've seen?
ID: I've seen people trying to make their own permits. They lost their parking privileges for a year if they get caught.
Q: What's the worst part of the job?
ID: I've been pushed and spit on when I was either ticketing or towing cars. Once we had to tow cars late at night by The Wheel because scholarship hall residents couldn't park and we were receiving a lot of complaints.
Q: What is the best thing about the job?
ID: There are some perks. Whenever I ticket a car that's in a handicap spot I feel good about what I'm doing. You see a hip athletic looking guy get out of a SUV in a handicap spot and see a granny on a walker; it's not fair to the grannies.
- Edited by Matt Wilson
"Quote of the Day"
"A subclerk in the post office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them."
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PALMDALE, Calif. — A quick meal at George Beane's neighborhood Burger King ended up costing a lot more than he expected when he got the $4,334.33 bill.
Beane ordered two Whopper Jr.s and two Rodeo cheeseburgers when he pulled up to the drive-through window last week. The cashier, however, forgot that she'd entered the $4.33 charge on his debit card and punched in the numbers again without erasing the original ones — thus creating a four-figure bill.
The electronic charge went through to George and Pat Beane's checking account Tuesday and left the couple penniless. Their mortgage payment was due and they worried
checks they had written would bounce. Pat Beane said.
Terri Woody, the restaurant manager, said Burger King officials tried to get the charge refunded. But the bank said the funds were on a three-day hold and could not be released, Pat Beane said.
Burger King did not charge the Beanes for their meal, and the couple got their $4,334.33 back on Friday.
"For those three days, those were the most expensive value burgs in history," Pat Beane said.
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EMERYVILLE, Calif. — John Claassen is suing the popular online matchmaker eHarmony for refusing to help him find a
date.The company says there's one good reason for that: He's still married.
Claassen, a 36-year-old lawyer, filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court, alleging eHarmony abridged his civil rights by refusing to match him up.
He said the company, which has an "unmarried only" policy, broke state law by discriminating against him based on his marital status. He considers himself separated.
Claassen, who is seeking $12,000 in civil penalties, said Monday he expects his divorce to be official in about two months, but that he shouldn't have to wait until then to use eHarmony.
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AUSTIN, Minn. — A machine filled with toys must've been awfully tempting to a little 3-year-old boy.
ON THE RECORD
A 20-year-old KU student reported his door handle and lock damaged at Jayhawker Towers between 7 a.m. and 11:17 p.m. Sunday. The damage is estimated at $200.
So tempting, in fact, that he decided to go right on in and play — by crawling through the toy discharge chute in the Toy Chest claw machine at a local Godfather's Pizza. The boy ended up getting stuck amid all the toys.
"It was the funniest thing I ever saw," said Fire Chief Dan Wilson, one of three to respond to the non-emergency call on Sunday. "The kid was in there playing, smiling, laughing. He thought it was fun"
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ON CAMPUS
There is a Majors Fair from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Ballroom of the Kansas Union.
Octave Mugabowineza, graduate student in international studies, is giving a lecture entitled "Rwanda, What Went Wrong: Revisiting the 1994 Genocide" as part of the Ujamaa Brownbags Series at 12 p.m. today in Alcove G of the Kansas Union. The event is sponsored by the Kansas African Studies Center.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries is sponsoring readings from the Aeneid at 12 p.m. today at the ECM Center.
Brian Donovan, sociology,
is giving a lecture on Pierre
Bourdieu's "Distinction: a
social critique of the judgment
of taste" at 3:30 p.m. today
in the Conference Hall of the
Hall Center.
The University Career Center is holding a workshop on internships and experiential education at 3:30 p.m. today in Burge Union 149.
David Shapiro, art, William Paterson University, is hosting a seminar on "Radiant Pluralism: David Shapiro on Art, Architecture and Poetry" at 4 p.m. today in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center.
Alan Cobb, Dole Fellow, is hosting a seminar on "Citizens vs. The Man:The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights in Colorado" at 4 p.m. today at the Dole Institute of Politics.
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