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Changes to parking lots cause problems for some faculty, staff
This parking lot, located to the north of the Spencer Museum of Art, was recently changed from having some yellow, or student parking, to an all red, faculty and staff lot. The lot is usually half empty.
New arrangement leaves some lots full, spots vacant
BY ANGELIQUE MCNAUGHTON amcnaughton.kansan.com
Believe it or not, students and employees of the University have many similar experiences when it comes to parking on campus.
Recent changes to certain lots have kept Donna Hultine, director of Parking and Transit, on the phone with complaints.
"We changed a section of Memorial Drive from red to blue and I get reports every day from people saying 'It's empty, it's empty,' Hultine said.
This parking lot, located to the north of the Spencer Museum of Art, was recently changed from having some Yellow, or student parking, to an all Red, faculty and staff lot. The lot is usually half empty.
The complaining has prompted the parking commission to observe the area for the rest of the year when they will decide if it needs to be changed back.
During their monthly meeting a couple of weeks ago, the commission also reviewed the change in the Spencer Museum of Art parking lot which went from yellow and red to only red in August.
Although empty spaces are plentiful around the lot now on any given day, Hultine said the change hasn't taken away from student parking.
Better options for student transportation, such as bus fare being paid for by student fees, have led to a decline in yellow permit purchases.
Oversell of yellow permits declined from 39 percent in 2003 to 2004 to 8.4 percent in 2009
to 2010. Administratively though, oversell rose from 66.9 percent in 2003 to 2004 to 78.5 percent in 2009 to 2010.
For Betsy Bell, a sophomore from Overland Park, the choice to ride the bus only took place because she was sick of dealing with the hassle of parking around campus.
PARKING PERMITS
"I'd have to fight people for spots and end up being late for class," Bell said.
"I don't even see any spots that I could take," Bell said.
Even though she is on the bus now, Bell said she hasn't noticed the decline in yellow permit purchases.
But the time when there weren't spaces available during certain times of the day has passed, Hultine said. She said there is always something now.
Bell thinks they still need more.
"There just isn't enough student parking," Bell said.
Bell said she understood why the faculty and staff park close.
"They get to park right there," Bell said.
Hultine said students do ask to buy staff or faculty permits and although faculty and staff permits provide for better parking, they cost a considerable amount more and include certain stipulations.
The exceptionally close parking stalls with the blue signs that say "reserved for" and then display a number are reserved for individuals that hold a specific position within the University.
Over 20 positions within the University qualify a person for one reserved stall. It costs $800 to reserve a stall for one year and that includes an "alternate parker" permit for days when the permit holder is not occupying the stall. Currently, 39 faculty members have a reserved stall and Diane Goddard, vice provost for administration and finance.
PARKING PERMITS
Students only have access to yellow parking permits, but anyone eligible for blue or gold permits can purchase a permit for any lot.
- Red (part-time and full-time employees): $220 for a year, $120 per semester
- These are the average costs of permits, but the rates are prorated.
- Yellow (predominantly students and commuter): $200 for a year, $110 per semester
- Blue (age and years of service to the University must equal 62 years): $240 for a year, $132 per semester
- **Gold** (age and years of service to the University must equal 70): $285 for a year, $157 per semester
Source: KU Parking & Transit Department
Transit improvements have alleviated certain parking problems for students but Hultine doesn't see a change in store for faculty and staff parking problems.
said both Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little and Provost Jeffrey Vitter each have one reserved spot behind Strong Hall.
"Faculty and staff have not changed their parking behavior very much and I don't think the bus system works for them," Hultine said. "I can't make myself ride the bus."
Lawyer jailed for refusing to say Pledge of Allegiance
— Edited by Alex Tretbar
"I didn't expect the Pledge of Allegiance, but he asked me to do it so I did it," said Melissa Adams, 41, who testified in a child custody case that was closed to the public.
TUPELO, Miss. — When a Mississippi judge entered a courtroom and asked everyone to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance, an attorney with a reputation for fighting free speech battles stayed silent as everyone else recited the patriotic oath. The lawyer was jailed.
Lampley, 49, previously refused to say the pledge in front of Littlejohn in June. He was asked to leave the courtroom, but returned after the pledge.
On Thursday, the judge again asked those in the courtroom to pledge allegiance to the flag, which stands to the right of the bench.
couldn't be forced to say the pledge, a decision widely interpreted to mean no one could be required to recite the pledge.
The Supreme Court ruled nearly 70 years ago that schoolchildren
The attorney told the newspaper Wednesday it was a problem for the judge and himself to work out, yet blogs across the country lit up with fiery comments and support for both sides.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Attorney Danny Lampley spent about five hours behind bars Wednesday before Judge Talmadge Littlejohn set him free so that the lawyer could work on another case. Lampley told The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal he respected the judge but wasn't going to back down.
The Campanile contains 53 carillon bells, Carillonneur Elizabeth Berghout plays there each week.
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"I don't have to say it because I'm an American," Lampley told the newspaper.
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Carillonneur now performs on Tuesdays and Thursdays
BY ALLYSON SHAW
Berghout used to only perform on Sunday afternoons, but at the beginning of this year she made the decision to play during the week too.
Every week Elizabeth Berghout, assistant professor of music and resident carillonneur, performs on the 53 bronze bells housed atop the World War II memorial.
"The Campanile is for the campus and for the students," Berghout said. "But on Sundays no one is here to hear it."
ashaw@kansan.com
KU employee Elizabeth Mendoza spreads a blanket over a bench by the Campanile. She lies down, takes out a sandwich and delves into her book.
Can you hear the bells? You can if you're on campus at noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Mendoza said she tries to eat lunch here every day. Although she's not here just to listen to the bells, she enjoys the atmosphere they create.
Matt Speise, a senior from Kansas City, Kan., agrees. He said he enjoys studying on the hillside and the sound of the music. It doesn't interfere with his homework, he said.
Berghout heard her first recital at the Campanile in 1996. Immediately
afterward she began taking lessons from the previous carillonneur.
against the inside of the bells.
Berghout is teaching nine students and a few community members to play the carillon, and it's no easy task.
The keyboard is nearly 6 feet long and the keys look like candlesticks, Berghout said. To play the instrument she strikes the keys with the sides of her fists and with her feet. The keys are attached to clappers which move an inch to beat up
"I fell in love with the sound of the bells." Berghout said.
"It's a physical instrument," Berghout said. "You play with your arms and legs and feet."
When Berghout selects the music, she has lot of options to choose from. There is music written for the carillon and music that is adapted for it. She said she incorporates seasonal pieces with music that people will recognize.
"It's a beautiful sound," she said
Edited by Lisa Curran
ODD NEWS
Students fined $86K for throwing party
MADISON, Wis. — It must have been some party.
Madison's city attorney's office has slapped three University of Wisconsin-Madison students with
fines totaling more than $86,000
$76,000
that's about $28,000 apiece for hosting a house party last month that led to more than 130 citations.Madison police said Tuesday.
Travis W. Ludy, 21, Mitchell J. Klatt, 20, and Kevin J. Tracy, 20,
were each cited with one count of dispensing alcohol without a permit, 21 counts of procuring alcohol for an underage person and 21 counts of adult encouraging underage alcohol consumption.
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