12 Thursday, April 7, 1988 / University Daily Kansan New Secure Shuttle service gets positive Senate review By Jeff Suggs Kansan staff writer Kansan staff writer KU's new Secure Shuttle service has Student Senate offices pleased. has Student Senate officials pleased. The van-an opened shuttle, which is free for students, started Feb. 29. It runs a fixed route nightly through Lawrence, and stops at street corners and bars. This gives students, who may have had a few drinks, an alternative to driving home. "As far as we know, things are going very smooth," said Craig Citron, a member of the Student Senate Transportation Board. Charles Bryan, coordinator of KU on Wheels, said student response to the shuttle was at first a little slow, but the said business was pretty good now. Pat Kelley, operation manager of Corporate Coach of Lawrence, which operates the shuttle, said an average of six people a night have ridden the shuttle. In its 22 days of operation in March, 120 people rode the shuttle. In five days this month, 28 people used the service. Bryan said the number of people riding the shuttle probably was a little less than its predecessor, Secure Cab. An average of six people a night have ridden the shuttle. In its 22 days of operation in March,120 people rode the shuttle. In five days this month,28 people used the service. In December, Senate canceled Secure Cab after the Union Cab Co. raised its rates. Unlike the shuttle, the cab service didn't run on a fixed route. Instead, students called for service. Bob Forbes, president of Corporate Coach, agreed that more people were beginning to use the service. "It will grow in numbers as people become aware of it." Forbes said. "We can tell the numbers are increasing." Bryan said the new service was more reliable than Secure Cab. He also said the fixed route service had cut down on abuse of the system. Bryan said that, in the past, people would lie about where they lived so they could get a free ride to a bar. "Students aren't taking it to the bars anymore because they can't," Bryan said. At the end of the semester, the Transportation Board will review the shuttle's performance and see if it wants to continue it. Citron said student input on the shuttle would be the most important factor. Whitney Dodson, Wichita sophorm and a bartender at the Wagon Wheel Cafe, 507 W. 14th Street, said much about the shutte's services. "I knew a lot about Tipsy Taxi. I used to ride it a lot," Dodson said. "They haven't put out enough information about it. I don't know anything about it." Secure Cab was also known previously as Tips Taxi. But Chad Treaster, Beloit sophomore, said people were riding the shuttle. "It comes by when I'm working," said Treaster, also a bartender at the Wagon Wheel Cafe. "A lot of people get in. I think it's working as well as Tipsy Taxi." Partnership celebrates anniversary By Brenda Finnell Kansan staff writer Paraguayan politics, economics and culture will be discussed at the University of Kansas on Friday and Saturday when Kansas-Paraguay Partners, Inc. celebrates its 20th anniversary. Among the scheduled speakers for this weekend's conference are Marcos Martinez-Mendia, Paraguayan ambassador to the United States and U.S. Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan. Martinez-Mendia will speak at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kansas Union's Jayhawk Room. Slattery will speak at the banquet at 7 p.m. Saturday in the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union. The Kansas-Paraguay partnership is part of Partners of the Americas, which is the largest private sector program of cooperation in the Western Hemisphere. The Kansas organization is one of 58 partnerships between 30 Latin American and Caribbean nations and 44 U.S. states. The people-to-people partnerships have more than 15,000 professional volunteers who work with citizens of Kansas and Paraguay on projects in such areas as health, agriculture and education. The association also sponsors exchanges. About 35 Paraguayan students are attending Board of Regents universities this year. Charles Stansifer, director of Latin American studies, said the 20 years of cooperation between Kansas and the relationship was a permanent one. "Since it is permanent, there are going to be more and more Paraguayans in Kansas as students, consultants and exponents of their culture." Stansifer said. "So it is important for people in Kansas to know in a little more detail where these people are coming from." The conference is free and open to the public, but Saturday's luncheon costs $7, and Saturday's banquet costs $12. The conference will open with a lecture on "Paraguayan Politics in Transition" by Paul Lewis, a political science professor at Tulane University. Lewis wrote "Pараguay Under Stroessner," and will speak at p.m. Friday in the Jayhawk Roop. The Bogado Musical Group, a trio from Paraguay, will perform traditional Paraguayan music. A panel discussion on contemporary Paraguay is scheduled for Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Jayhawk Room. Carlos Ocampos, secretary of the Paraguayan senate, and Tom Sanders, of the University of Connecticut, will discuss politics. Melissa Birch, a KU visiting professor from the University of Virginia, will discuss economic conditions. Juan Manuel Marcos of Oklahoma State University will talk about culture. Graziazie Corvalan, a sociologist at the Paraguayan Sociological Studies Center, will speak at Saturday's luncheon in the Kansas Room. Corvalan has studied bilingualism and will discuss the conflicts between speakers of Paraguay's two languages, which are Spanish and Guarani. "The biggest talent to hit the women's music & comedy circuit in a decade." 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