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MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2006
VOL. 116 ISSUE 113
▼ SUNDAY'S STORM
March's madness
Kit Leffler/KANSAN
Scholarship hall students set up a photo shoot with a destroyed car Sunday morning in the parking lot behind Blake Hall. Hundreds of students rolled out of their beds early to investigate the damage caused by the morning weather.
Chancellor cancels classes in Lawrence
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STEAF WRITER
The KU Lawrence campus will remain closed today because of safety concerns stemming from damage caused by Sunday's storm. Events at the Lied Center and the Dole Institute of Politics will be held as scheduled.
Lynn Bretz, KU spokeswoman, said classes would not be to allow maintenance crews additional time to recover from
the severe damage the campus suffered during the storm. Bretz estimated that 60 percent of campus buildings were damaged.
Falling debris from damaged roots, nantree tree branches and shattered glass on sidewalks posed a great enough risk to keep all non-emergency employees off campus, Bretz提. Campus roads will remain closed to vehicular traffic, but on-campus pedestrian traffic is discouraged. The KU on Wheels bus system will not be running.
MAJOR DAMAGE ON CAMPUS
SEE CAMPUS ON PAGE 6A
- Templin Hall sustained roof damage. Insulation from the south end of the building and a fresh air unit, used to exhaust bathrooms, were tossed to the ground.
- The Computer Center, Malott Hall, Murphy Hall, Robinson Center and Stauffer-Flint Hall, among others, suffered roof damage.
- Windows broke at the Adams Alumni Center, Budig Hall, Green Hall, GSP-Corbin Hall, Marvin Hall, McCollum Hall, Miller Scholarship Hall, Oliver Hall and Naismith Hall.
Sources: Jim Scribner, assistant director of Facilities Operations; Vince Alva, associate director of the Department of Student Housing,
Extent of damage considered extensive
BY NICOLIE KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A storm with 70 to 90 mph winds ripped through Lawrence Sunday morning, leaving the city and the KU campus in disrepair.
The storm was classified as a microburst, a brief but intense downward-moving current of air produced from severe thunderstorms. No one was seriously injured by the storm, but three people entered Lawrence Memorial Hospital with minor cuts and bruise.
Douglas County Emergency Management began receiving information regarding the approaching storm at about 7:30 Sunday morning. The agency sounded tornado sirens at 8:08.
SEE STORM ON PAGE 6A
Megan True/KANSAN
Lawrence senior Justin Davis walks by damage to Murphy hall Sunday morning. Tornado-like winds blew roof tiles and insulation from the building.
ACCIDENT
Melinda Ricketts/KANSAN
The landlord of 1205 Kentucky was trapped between his white SUV and the car behind it when a vehicle collided with a parked car. The white vehicle was later moved by police. The man, who has not yet been identified, was flown to the KU Medical Center.
Man pinned by crash condition unknown
The man was identified as the landlord of 1205 Kentucky by Kevin Padawer, Memphis, Tenn., sophomore, who saw the incident. Padawer was not sure of the man's name. He said that the man had been cleaning up the house after the storm and had been getting supplies out of the back of his SUV when he was hit.
A man was life-flighted to the KU Medical Center yesterday evening after being trapped between two parked cars.
Ray Urbanek, Lawrence Police LL., said that a car hit a parked car that was behind the man's SUV. When the car was pushed forward, it sandwiched the man between the two cars.
Urbanck had not yet been informed of the man's name or condition.
Melinda Ricketts
Jayhawks take Big 12 Championship
Going into Sunday's Big 12 Championship, Kansas and Texas had different purposes.
Texas had different perspectives on the conference tournament. The Longhorns were shooting for the first Big 12 Conference tournament championship in the history of the school — and also the first for any Texas school. For the Jayhawks, it was an opportunity for redemption against the only team that beat them in the past 16 games, as well as a return to prominence. After winning the tournament the first three times it was played, Kansas had been shut out since 1999.
For on-location coverage from the Kansan, turn to pages 1B, 6B and 7B. And for updates throughout the tournament, check out Kansan.com for coverage, analysis and to make your opinion known.
Kansas got its redemption — as well as a No. 4 seed in the NCAA Basketball Tournament against the No. 13 seed Bradley Braves — by knocking off Texas, 80-68. It was an unlikely twist for a team that began the season 1-2. After consecutive losses to Kansas State and Missouri in mid-January, many fans were thinking NIT. But the Jayhawks finished strong, including a 10-game conference winning streak and a tie with Texas for the conference regular season title.
For more coverage of the Big 12 Tournament, see pages 1B, 6B and 7B.
Kansas forward Julian Wright stuffs the ball in the second half against Texas in the Big 12 Men's Championship basketball game, Sunday in Dallas.
Matt Slocum/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WEATHER
TODAY 47 Partly cloudy/windy 23 - weather.com
TUESDAY 57 31 BUNNY
WEDNESDAY 62 42 PARTIO CLOSY
INDEX
Storm... 6A Crossword... 5A Basketball... 1B
Classifieds... 9A Horoscopes... 5A Sports... 1B
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