SIX IN A ROW
Kansas had no trouble defeating Baylor Wednesday night for its sixth straight victory against the Bears. KU led by as many as 28 in the 82-56 rout.
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NIGHTLIFE
REGULATING THETAPS
Bar owners meet proposed plan with resistance
BY ERICK R. SCHMIDT
Photo lillustration by Anna Faltermier/KANSAN
City Manager David Corliss' staff is preparing a report to inform the city commission about a plan for
Change could be on the way for Lawrence bar and nightclub owners, and it might not be met with open arms.
Last Call, 729 New Hampshire St., has had a multitude of reported incidents, including one involving shots fired in May 2006.
a proposed business permit that would give the city more control of Lawrence nightlife.
The commissio n has not yet assigned individual commissioners to examine the plan.
Crime in Lawrence's downtown district has received much publicity in the past two years, due to several incidents involving weapons at nightclubs.
The plan is part of an effort to make bars and the
"Lawrence has a long history of good relationships with drinking establishments."
DAVID CORLISS City Manager
surrounding areas safer, Corliss said. If bars and nightclubs were required to have the permit, city officials would have the power to shut down bars they deemed to be unsatisfactory. Unlike current guidelines, which cannot regulate individual bars, the city would be able to restrict a piece of land's license to sell alcohol. Music venues that serve alcohol would fall under the guidelines as well.
Corliss said the object of the plan was not to harass owners, but to improve the safety of the entire industry and surrounding businesses.
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"Lawrence has a long history of good relationships with drinking establishments," Gorliss said. "There are always one or two along the way that make it difficult for those adjacent to feel safe."
SCIENCE
Funding for research increases nearly 50 percent
BY NATHAN GILL
The University of Kansas is seeing massive gains in research funding despite a stagnant federal research budget. KU research awards totaled $218 million in 2006, up nearly 47 percent from 2001.
Scientists earn funds to sponsor research equipment and help
Kevin Boatright, research communications director in the Office of the Vice Provest for Research, said research awards are vital to the University. The awards fund all aspects of research at the University from facilities and equipment to
RESEARCH GRANTS TO KANSAS
TOTAL RESEARCH AWARDS NIH RESEARCH AWARDS
2001 $148 MILLION $53 MILLION
2002 $154 MILLION $63 MILLION
2003 $178 MILLION $68 MILLION
2004 $211 MILLION $79 MILLION
2005 $194 MILLION $75 MILLION
2006 $218 MILLION $86 MILLION
salaries for professors graduate teaching assistants and technicians;
"Even though federal funding has been flat, it doesn't have to be for the University of Kansas," Boatright said.
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Boatright attributed funding gains to researchers submitting more proposals, larger dollar signs
attached to those proposals and a greater percent of proposals being funded.
Brian Blagg, assistant professor of medicinal chemistry, said he had written nearly 50 research proposals in his four years at the University. While at the University, Blagg has received seven research
Blagg uses the funding on supplies and salaries for his research staff of 27, which includes nine undergraduate researchers, nine postdoctorates, seven graduate students, a lab technician and an administrative assistant. Blagg's lab researches and develops new anti-cancer agents that inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
awards. Four of those, one from the Department of Defense and three from the National Institutes of Health, are currently funding his work.
"We've raised $4 million in grant money," Blagg said. "And we have $3.5 pending."
"This is our livelihood." Blagg
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PARKING
BY KYLE CARTER
Facility threatens student parking
The consistent construction delays of the replacement parking lot near Memorial Stadium are prolonging students' and officials' anxieties about available parking.
The new lot will replace spaces removed from yellow lots 59 and 91, immediately southeast and southwest of the stadium, to make room for the Anderson Family Football Complex. The parking lot is set to be built on the hill between JRP Hall and Memorial Stadium. It was originally set to begin construction last fall, said Warren Corman, University architect, but construction proposals were consistently over budget. The University was also waiting on a storm water permit that they received this week. Corman said that Turner Construction would begin the construction once the budget issues are solved.
Corman estimated that the lot would use about $1.5 million of the football facility's $31 million budget, Corman said the replacement lot would be finished before the other lots were torn up.
Previous plans for the project estimated that 419 spots would be displaced, but Corman said that number was not concrete. He said that he hoped it would be closer to 280. Corman said the goal for the new lot is to replace every spot but plans are still under way and are
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Two 40-foot buses owned by Johnson County Transit are used on the route; while one heads east, the other heads west. The bus stops in five different locations nine times Monday through Thursday. Friday runs on a reduced schedule.
A new transit service called the K-10 Connector Route is transporting students between the University of Kansas Lawrence and Edwards campuses, Johnson County Community College and Haskell Indian Nations University.
The new route was a result of student requests and a study done by the Kansas Department of Transportation that called for using Kansas Highway 10 for a commuter express service.
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Alice Amrein, transportation director at Johnson County Transit. said the service is aimed at students and faculty who travel between the different college campuses.
BY JOE HUNT
A one-way ticket costs $2.50 and a 10-one-way ride pass costs $15. If a student rode the bus both ways every weekday for a month, it would cost about $60. Amrein said that a longer-term monthly pass would be evaluated in the future.
New bus connects four state colleges
The service is a one-year demonstration project. Amrein said it is
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