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Tuesday, March 24, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
Cyclists to raise funds for hunger
By CAROLINE REDDICK
Staff writer
People who would like to alleviate world hunger can help by participating in a cross-country bicycle trip this summer.
Bike Aid '87, a national volunteer effort to raise funds for long-term solutions to world hunger and power its recruiting cyclists for its second trip.
The trip is sponsored by the Overseas Development Network, a national coalition of student volunteers addressing captive people about world poverty.
Several bike shops and the Lawrence Bike Club were not aware of Bike-Aid '87. One of the routes will go through Topeka and Kansas City.
People of any age who are able to ride a bicycle can participate. They represent more than 100 from 100 sponsors, about $3,500, in pledge money before the trip, said
Mary Kroeth, national coordinator for Bike-Aid 87.
In a telephone interview from Stanford, Calif., Kroetec said that most of the proceeds would go to self-help community development projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Fifteen percent of the proceeds will go to similar projects in the United States.
Oxfam America, an international relief organization, will receive some funding from the British Government.
Mauren Koopland, special events coordinator for Oxfam America in Boston, said, "We sponsor village-based development projects on a small, grassroots level in 30 countries. We also do educational work here in the U.S. to put these issues before the public."
and Portland, Ore. Another group will leave Austin, Texas, on July 12. Support vehicles will travel with them.
Participants will travel one of five routes from the West to New York City. Groups will leave June 17 from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle
The groups will meet Aug. 12 in Washington, D.C., and travel together to New York City, where they will give Aug. 19 for two days of festivities.
"It's a chance to learn a lot, not only about yourself but this country and world issues." said Kroetch, who traveled the San Francisco route last year. "It allows you to have a global perspective.
"Some students last year were interested but thought the trip would take so much of their personal experience," she said. "No one who participated was sorry."
Kroetch said that food and lodging for the cyclists was often donated.
"Our motto is that anything that is more than free is too much, she"
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She said that the cyclists usually stayed in churches, gymnasiums and campgrounds or on soccer or other playing fields.
Kooplaid said communities often provided potluck or spaghetti dinners for the cyclists.
They take showers in high school gymnasiums or wherever they can find them.
Last year 75 people, from 15 to 66 years old, traveled across the country.
Jean Welsh, a Bike-Aid 87 volunteer in Stanford, said that judging from the number of entries, at least 150 participants were expected this year.
“This year we're going to record the concerns of people we meet along the way.” Welsh said. “We'll get their concerns in writing and present them to their congressmen when we get to Washington, D.C."
GradEx OKs constitution overhaul
By TIM HAMILTON
Staff writer
The Graduate Student Council Executive Committee last night approved the proposed overhaul of the council's constitution and scheduled a final vote in May.
"It's not really an amendment because amendments deal with only parts of constitutions," Michael Foubert, GradEx chairman, said. "We are actually revising the whole document."
The proposed changes to the constitution will be sent to each department of the Graduate School for
graduate students to review, Foubert said. Ballots to vote on the constitutional changes will be in the May edition of the graduate school's newspaper.
The deadline for submitting ballots will be May 31. he said.
The proposed changes would create a Graduate Representative Assembly with 80 students from all departments within the school. The assembly would serve only in a consultative role with GradEx.
Under the proposed changes, GradEx would have the power to hire additional staff as administrators or
for special projects. GradEx would finance any such positions, including the committee's executive coordinator, and have final authority in all decisions, except if reviewed by the council.
Amendments to the revised constitution would require a two-thirds vote by the council and support of five GradEx members.
In other action, GradEx scheduled a meeting for April 6 with the candidates in the upcoming Student Senate election and the current senators.
"So often, there is very little contact between graduate and undergraduate students." he said.
John Richards, Gradex co-chairman,
said the meeting was a good
Foubert will be attending a national meeting of graduate student executives this weekend at Washington State University.
Foubert said graduate issues weren't being stressed in the Senate election because graduate student elections were in the fall.
idea
At the end of the week, GradEx is scheduled to release a formal response to the taxation of graduate teaching assistants' fee waivers.
New SUA board officers selected
By KJERSTI MOEN
Staff writer
A new SUA crew is preparing for the next term of planning and organizing recreation, travel, films, speeches, and other activities for KU student.
Outgoing Student Union Activities officers and a committee from the KU Memorial Corporation, which governs the Kansas and Burge universities, took new SUA officers on Feb. 25 and new board members on March 1.
Michael H. Brown current vice president of SUA, said of the new board, "I think they re a great group. They re going to fit the mold perfectly."
Outgoing officers and board members will remain in office to carry out programs for the remainder of this year. We should the new staff start in June.
Gene Wee, program advisor for SAU, said that the new staff recently had met for preliminary discussions of next year's activities and budget.
SUA officers and board mem-
work with other students and
advisors to initiate,
plan and organize activities for
students. Wee said.
In the 1966-87 term, the SUa stalf brought to campus authors Kurt Vonnegut Jr. and Hunter S. Thompson; billiard champion Willie Moseconi; and rock bands such as Nu Shuz, Jason and the Scorchers, Dow Jones and the Industrials, and the
Activities include indoor and outdoor recreation, forums, travel films, fine arts and special events.
Rainmakers.
Other events included the College Quiz Bowl; the Valentine's Day special, "Unlucky in Love;" trips to Vail, Colo., and South Padre Island; a pumpkin-cinching contest; Open open houses; 188 films; and a sale of prints and poster arts.
Brady Stanton, student body president and the new SUA secretary, said he expected much from the new Along with the other SUA official, Mr. Stanton, Feb 25, he participated in the interviews of SUA board member candidates.
"I itooks incredibly good." he said. "We had an awesome group of people come through. They were bright, articulate, your typical over-achievers. I think we already have a good working atmosphere."
The new SUA officers are:
■ President: Steven P. Traxler, Overland Park junior.
■ Vice president: David A. Wahbeh.
Leeward junior.
■ Treasurer: Vincent S. Johnson, Leawood junior.
The new SUA board members are:
■ Indoor Recreation: Craig A. Colbert, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore
Outdoor Recreation: Phillip Stump, Hays junior.
- Indoor Recreation: Craig A. Cobert, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore.
- Outdoor Recreation: Phillip Shimp, Hays High.
Forums: Elizabeth Parker, Mission Hills senior.
■ Films: Marilyn Anne Pollack, Willett, Ill., sophomore.
Travel: Robert B. Mences, Prairie Village sophomore.
City to discuss adding aisles to parking stalls
■ Public Relations: Steve G. Brown, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore.
Staff writer
By TODD COHEN
A five-foot aisle between handicapped parking spaces in local parking lots may become a city requirement after today's Lawrence City Commission meeting.
Commissioners will discuss the proposed change in city parking standards at their 7 p.m. meeting at Hall, Sisal and Massachusetts streets.
The city planning commission unanimously endorsed the proposal, which would reduce the minimum width of handicapped parking spaces by four feet but add a five-foot aisle between stalls.
existing lots' site plans.
David Guntter, city planner, said the change would bring city regulations in line with other municipalities.
"The advantage is that if they have two handicapped stalls, they can share the space," Guntert said.
Guntert said projects using federal money must install five-foot aisles between handcapped spaces, which must be at least eight feet wide. However, Lawrence currently requires that each stall be 12 feet wide. No aisle is required.
Single handicapped spaces also would require the five-foot aisle, he is.
However, Guntert said existing parking lots would not have to be measured. The regulations would affect only new lots or changes in
Commissioners will also consider:
■ A request from U.S.D. 497 to waive a city ordinance and allow construction to begin on the new Quail Run Elementary School on Innessland Street before water lines are installed and pavement is laid in the area.
A site plan for College Mart, which
and next to
Holiday Plaza, Flipa
- Allowing two-way traffic on Elm Street between North Seventh and North Eighth streets.
At last week's meeting, commissioners stripped the stripes from a canopy that has to be built above gas tanks and Country Market. 511 W. Ninth St.
Neighbors had complained that the canopy, which would have featured red and green strips and the store's name, would violate the city ordinance that restricts sign size. The canopy can be built but without stripes and the store's name.
Commissioners also allocated $1,600 to help pay for implementation of "Sate Playing." a program to teach children not to play in street. The program was designed by KU child researcher Dennis Embry.
Embry also is seeking private money to pay for the $20,000 program. Embry wants to distribute Sate Playing books to 2,000 area school children.
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