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Crews work to fix potholes
BY JOE HUNT
Last week, Lawrence street crews worked feverishly to repair 1,500 potholes on city streets. Dena Mezger, assistant director of infrastructure and maintenance for the city of Lawrence, said the potholes were caused by fluctuating temperatures and aging streets.
Campbell said the most 'popular' pothole was at the intersection $ \varphi $23rd and Iowa streets. In the middle of the intersection was a series of potholes, and Campbell thought drivers were especially upset about those because it was a busy intersection and drivers were more likely to hit the potholes.
the repairs should last a few years if the weather allowed them to fully cure.
in the crack, expanding and breaking apart the asphalt.
Fluctuations in the weather cause the road to expand and contract, depending on the temperature. That fluctuation creates cracks in the street, and water can seep into those cracks. The water will then freeze
Old roads are also to blame for potholes. Merger said that some of the streets in Lawrence probably hadn't been rebuilt in 100 years.
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>> STUDENT SENATE
Delta Force changed the nominees for presidential and vice presidential positions for upcoming elections.
Delta Force shuffles ticket
BY ASHLEE KIELER
Ryan Rowan, Kansas City, Mo. junior, stepped down as the presidential candidate for Delta Force.
John Cross, Kansas City, Mo. junior, and previous vice-presidential nominee, replaced Rowan as the presidential nominee.
Rowan, Pan-Hellenic senator, stepped down to take the position as chair for the Big 12 Council on Black Student Government. He plans to continue to make an impact on the University through a Senate seat.
Delta Force then nominated Liz Stueve, Lawrence junior, as the vice presidential nominee.
"I had a decision to make on where I could better serve my community," Rowan said. "The chance to make an impact through the Big 12 Council is a great opportunity."
"It was a difficult choice for Ryan," Cross said. "Delta Force fully supports his decision."
Rowan also supports Delta Forces
"John will make an excellent president and Liz will help him succeed." Rowan said.
decision to nominate Stuewe
Jarrod Morgenstern, Overland Park, junior, and communications director for Delta Force, said he was happy with the change.
"I am excited to see Liz added to the Delta Force ticket. She is so passionate and committed to making KU the best place it can be for students."
Stuewe planned to run as a senator for Delta Force this spring but was thrilled with her new nomination.
"I'm looking forward to the opportunity to serve the layhawk nation." Stuewe said.
Cross said the change in Delta Force's election ticket will not affect campaign progress.
"Delta Forces isn't about just one or two people, it's about values and positive change." Cross said.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
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>> BUSINESS
The banners are now available on his Web site, www payheedbanners. com, and several bookstores in town will soon carry them.
BY KYLE CARTER
The banner, *Pay heed, all who enter*. Beware of the Phog. `hangs` in Allen Fieldhouse and two Lawrence bars. Will Miller, Shenner Student, now sells the online outline and in stores soon.
Will Miller, Shawnee senior, wanted a banner for his apartment like the one hanging in the north end of Allen Fieldhouse. "Pay heed. All who enter: Beware of the Phog." He looked for one at bookstores and sports shops and couldn't find the banners anywhere, so he decided to do something about it.
Miller talked to the Athletics Department and developed a design and a business plan that it approved. He then worked with the Collegiate Licensing Company to
become an officially licensed vendor of the banners.
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Not just anyone can get licensed to sell official University of Kansas merchandise. The process took Miller more than four months. He gives 9 percent of his profits to the Athletics Department for royalties, which is the standard fee.
Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. 2nd St., and Wayne & Larry's Sports Bar and Grill, 933 Iowa St., both display the banners in their bars, but Miller said most of his business came from students and fans in the Lawrence and Kansas City area.
Paul Vander Tuig, director of trademarks and licensing at the
"Everybody I talked to at the University was pretty excited about it because it wasn't available anywhere."
The banners come in two different designs and two sizes. A small banner costs $34.95 and a large costs $144.95.
WILL MILLER Shawnee senior
University, said the licensing process could take any where from two weeks to several months,depending on the time it took for the license to develop a promising business plan, development a specific design for approval and purchase product liability insurance. He said he considered whether similar products already existed when
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considering a proposal and gave an example of basketball T-shirts as a product with a highly saturated market. Other officially licensed products that use the University's image or the Jayhawk logo include apparel, flip flops, coffee mugs and license plates.
While those products were licensed to multiple vendors, Miller's idea was the first of its kind.
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Vander Tug said another original idea came from a company in Topeka that applied for a license for a branding iron designed to imprint the layhawk logo on
"Everybody I talked to at the University I was pretty excited about it because it wasn't available anywhere," he said.
>> CONCEALED CARRY
City law could include jail time
BY MATT ERICKSON
Bring a gun near a Lawrence bar, and you'll go to jail. That's the message Mayor Mike Amyx wants to send.
The city law only applies to people who don't have a concealed carry license from the state.
Amyx proposed mandatory jail sentences for anyone who brought firearms in or near a bar at last week's city commission meeting. A city ordinance enacted last year prohibits firearms within 200 feet of the premises of drinking establishments but does not require jail time.
"We created the ordinance, and we still have been able to see that the problem hasn't gone away," Amyx said.
Amyx suggested a 30-day jail sentence for first-time offenders, with the sentences increasing to 90 days for a second offense and 180 or more for a third.
He said the city law had failed to eliminate problems with weapons around bars, and jail sentences would send a more powerful message discouraging people from breaking the ordinance.
City Commissioner David Schauner said he would prefer an entertainment licensing system as an immediate step to curtail bar violence. He said such a system would require entertainment venues that attracted a certain number of patrons to obtain a license, and businesses would lose their licenses if they had problems with weapons or violence.
"It it puts more burden on the entertainment owner or operator than on public resources" Schauer said.
He said he wasn't opposed to mandatory jail sentences for bringing weapons near bars, but he said an entertainment licensing system would be a better first step.
"Id rather take progressive steps on this issue," Schauner said.
Amyx said he and the rest of the commission would be open to any step to decrease violence around bars, and he said they would probably discuss a number of solutions this year.
"I think everything's on the table," he said.
Steve Gaudreau, owner of Quinton's Bar and Deli at 615 Massachusetts St., and The Bar at 623 Vermont St., said that a few downtown businesses were mostly responsible for the bar-related violence that has occurred in Lawrence.
Someone fired shots inside Last Call, 729 New Hampshire St., in May 2006, causing the patrons inside to die. One man died outside the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St., after a shooting in February 2006.
However, bars outside downtown have also had problems with weapons.
Employees at Cross Town Tavern, 1910 Haskell Ave., called the police early on the morning of Feb. 17 when they saw someone holding a handgun outside
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