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Four KU parking tickets await the owner of a car parked on campus. Most parking fines are $20.
Avoid tickets by learning the rules
BY KIRSTEN KWON kkwon@kansan.com
For new and returning students, the KU parking system on campus can be confusing. With several different options, the campus is made up of places where parking is allowed and where it's prohibited.
There are various permits students can buy in order to park legally. A student may only purchase one permit per academic year. Pricing for on campus permits range from $200 to $285.
Another option for students is the Park and Ride permit. This allows students to drive to parking lots closer to campus and take a free bus from there. Park and Ride permits cost $190.
Caelei Martin, a senior from Augusta, said she thought this was the best option especially for new students who don't know the campus well.
"They don't have to fight for a parking space and riding the bus through campus can familiarize them with the campus," Martin said.
Students who park without permits can receive tickets or have their car towed.
Donna Hultine, director of parking, said the department had cars towed if there were safety concerns or if the student had three or more
unpaid tickets.
"We tow if it's something that the police would call a safety issue, like parking in a fire lane," Hultine said. "Or if the person is an excessive violator."
Towed cars are taken to Bulldog Tow, 1881 East 1450 Rd. It costs $45 for the tow but if the car isn't picked up within 48 hours a $20 fee is added.
Hultine said some students try to trick the parking officers by placing someone else's ticket on their own car to avoid another, or by putting their ticket on a different car in hopes that person will pay it.
The most severe consequence, though, is given to students who forge or alter permits. Hultine said few students attempt to create their own passes or steal someone else's, but those that do receive steep punishment.
"They can't park anywhere on campus at all for a year, they have to pay for the tow and there's an additional $100 ticket," Hultine said.
While it does takes responsibility to park legally, Hultine said students just need to know the regulations before parking on campus.
"If you buy a permit, really be aware of where that permit is valid," Hultine said. "There are places on campus where you don't need a permit, but really look at signs and be aware of the rules."
HALL CENTER for the HUMANITIES
HUMANITIES LECTURE SERIES 2010-2011
September 13, 2010
Woodruff Auditorium
ELIZABETH KOLBERT
Journalist and Author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe: Man, Nature and Climate Change
"Science, Politics and Climate Change." Photo credit: John Kleiner
November 16, 2010 Woodruff Auditorium
JOSEPH O'NEILL
Critically Acclaimed Novelist and Author of Netherland
"An Evening with Joseph O'Neill"
Photo credit: Lisa Ackerman
March 10,2011
Woodruff Auditorium
MAE NGAI
Professor of History and Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies at Columbia University
"Illegal Immigration: Origins and Consequences"
The Frances and Floyd Horowitz Lecture devoted to issues related to our multi-cultural society
October 19,2010 Woodruff Auditorium
ROSS DOUTHAT
Co-author of Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream
"The Obama Presidency in the Shadow of the Midterms"
February 9, 2011
Alderson Auditorium
SUSAN HARRIS
Hall Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture at the University of Kansas
"Pious-Hypocrisies; Mark Twain, the Philippines, and America's Christian Mission"
Supported by the Friends of the Hall Center
Supported by the Friends of the Hall Center
April 14, 2011
Woodruff Auditorium
DR. HENRY LOUIS
GATES, JR.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University
"African American Lives: Genealogy, Genetics and Black History"
Supported by the Sosland Foundation of Kansas City
All events are free, open to the public and begin at 7:30 p.m. www.hallcenter.ku.edu·785-864-4798
Partial funding for the Humanities Lecture Series is provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities' 2000 Challenge Grant. This series is co-sponsored by Kansas Public Radio.
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For having grown up with the onset of the Internet, our generation may not be all that Web savvy when it comes to researching, a study by the International Journal of Communication suggests.
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The study, written and conducted by professors at Northwestern University, found that students often only chose websites that appeared at the top of Google searches to complete tasks or perform research. Eszter Hargittai, associate professor of communication studies at Northwestern and one of the authors, said that most mistakes in the Web research process occur before students even click "Search."
"I think part of it is not so much necessarily what else they can be using" Hargittai said. "I think a big part of it is being more critical and careful about what they are already using."
Hargittai said that search results aren't necessarily ranked in terms of credibility. More sophisticated queries are also needed to glean credible sources from popular search engines.
University of Kansas students have nearly 400 databases at their fingertips, with information on every subject at the University that is not usually found through Google searches.
Tami Albin, undergraduate instruction and outreach librarian, often helps students interested in improving their ability to navigate the library's extensive online resources. She said that whether a student is using Google or a library database, a level of skill is needed to effectively complete a desired task online.
"The research process, you know, it's like anything else." Albin said. "You learn how to do something well over time. With new technologies, you have to learn how to do research different ways. A student who jumps online and pulls three articles off of the Internet and then writes a paper on it and hands it in the next day is not going to get really, really good grades."
Albin said that students are welcome to bring assignments to the library to review with a librarian and seek the proper avenue for research.
Rothman said he most often uses the library's databases or news sources such as The New York Times when working on a project. Rothman analyzes the assignment and considers what research will be necessary before logging on. He said that these skills were instilled during a freshman English course.
"I librarians love to find stuff, so we're really good at it," Albin said.
"We can find ways to access the things they need."
While Alec Rothman, a sophomore from Boston, is an exception to the rule, Thea Glassman, a sophomore from New York City, affirms the study's results.
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"My English teacher last year actually looked at our bibliographies before he read our papers to see how valid our sources were," Rothman said. "And once he saw
employees to get direct deposit
BY MICHAEL HOLTZ mholtz@kansan.com
Two separate policies require students and University of Kansas employees to sign up for direct deposit to receive refunds and paychecks electronically.
According to an announcement that the Bursar's Office posted online, the new refund policy allows students to receive refunds faster and more safely than they would if the University distributed them as checks.
The second policy is a state mandate requiring direct deposited paychecks for all state employees, which includes University employees. The employees have until Oct. 1 to comply with the new policy.
"The advantage to the University is better business efficiencies," said Katrina Yoakum, comptroller for the University. "We spend a lot of time following up with checks that are not picked up."
"We've been trying for years to encourage staff and employees to utilize direct deposit," said Diane Goddard, vice provost for
Though the state's deadline for direct deposit enrollment is Oct. 1, the goal of the Bursars Office is to have 100 percent enrollment by the beginning of September. Yoakum said more than 95 percent of University employees have already signed up.
administration and finance. "We ramped it up to the 80 percent level pretty quickly. Getting from 80 to 95 percent has been more difficult."
Employees who do not have an account at a financial institution will receive a Skylight Financial account, an ATM-based bank, and a Skylight pay card. Employees must sign up for this service at the Payroll Office.
Kelsey Smith, a junior from Council Grove, signed up for direct deposit when she started work for KU Libraries three years ago. She said shed recommend other students to sign up for it as well.
"I think it's easier that way," Smith said. "You don't have to worry about getting a new check deposited in the bank."
Though University officials have recommended refund direct deposit for at least five years, they was unable to mandate the policy until a federal law changed. The
policy has been in effect since last November.
Yoakum said direct deposited refunds will save the University $10,000 annually.
The Bursar's Office most recently notified students of the refund policy in an e-mail sent Aug. 2. The e-mail included instructions explaining how to set up direct deposit online or by completing a direct deposit authorization form.
"Having everyone on direct deposit means there are fewer people who handle that transaction," Goddard said. "It's just more efficient and much more accurate."
It's also much quicker. Goddard said students signed up for direct deposit will receive refunds at least a day faster than they would otherwise.
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