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wednesday, february 18,2004
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Covered bus stops lack funding
By Sam Amburgey editor@kansan.com Special to the Kansan
Brent Carter/Kansan
A small, scale-sized model bus stop sits on a desk at the Student Senate office. At the same time, KU bus passengers wait for their ride in cold weather with limited shelter.
Jihad Alammar, Saudi Arabia sophomore, stands at the bus stop across from the Kansas Union every day. Bus stops at the University need shelter to provide a better experience for riders, Alammar said.
"I can handle light snow and rain, but during thunder and snowstorms, protection helps," Alammar said.
Senate held a competition among architecture students to find the best design for a bus stop cover in 2000. Senate members made plans to build a bus stop cover in front of Learned Hall using the best design. Holly Krebs, former transportation coordinator, said the construction of Eaton Hall, the new engineering building, postponed the bus stop.
Since Krebs left Senate in 2001, the bus stops seem to have been forgotten. Eaton Hall has been finished since last summer and students are still shivering at their bus stops in the February wind.
"If the first bus stop received positive feedback from students, then attempts to bring more onto campus might have been possible," Krebs said.
At the moment, the budget for KU on Wheels is in an extreme crunch, said Tim Akright, transportation coordinator. Bus passes and riding fees fund KU on Wheels, and there are no student fees or outside contributed money to pay for the bus stops, he said.
The winning model of a new University bus stop is on display at the Student Senate office in the Kansas Union. Many architecture students entered their own designs in the competition.
Akright said if the budget increased in the future, the bus stops may become a possibility. Building structures on the University's land is not an easy protocol, said Diana Rhodes, Senate staff secretary.
"The process of putting even a bus stop cover up amounts to a long process." Rhodes said.
Meanwhile, students are able to wait inside of Snow and Bailey Halls, the Kansas Union and
under the Kansas Info Booth. This is not convenient for students entering or exiting the buildings, Alammar said.
Kayla Atkinson, Wichita junior, said she couldn't see which bus is coming. She waits inside the Union and has to watch diligently to know when her bus is on its way. Otherwise, the bus will
leave her behind.
Students not riding a campus destination bus may wait for their ride up to 30 minutes. The buses are scheduled so pick-up times are close to class dismissal times.
To contact the transportation office, call 864-4644.
ATTACKED: Suspect disappears before police arrive
Edited by Kevin Flaherty
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The suspect then pulled away and she bolted to her room. She did not call the police because she didn't want to wake up her roommate.
The next morning she told her mother about the incident. Her mother advised her to go to the police station to file a report as soon as possible.
But she had not seen the last of the man.
While walking to her car later that morning, she said she could see her car before she reached it.
She then noticed the same man, sitting in the same car he had been in the night before, parked beside her vehicle.
She went back into Corbin and called the KU Public Safety Office. She didn't think he saw
her walking toward her car, but his head turned slightly as she neared.
She said the man left before the police arrived.She reported that the suspect was a Hispanic male in his late 20s wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and a white mesh baseball hat.
He was 5-feet-8, about 175 pounds and had brown hair and brown eyes.
1980s Ford Taurus with rust on the hood and passenger's side and had a Kansas tag.
Ine suspect was driving a
A sketch of the suspect is available through the office.
The KU Public Safety Office issued a KU Crime Alert yesterday.
Any information on the suspect can be reported to the KU Public Safety Office at 864-5900 or KU Crime Stoppers at 864-8888.
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