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Thursday, April 5, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Additions to make Union more student-friendly
Computers, snacks will be included
By Cassio Furtado
writer @kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
KU students will be able to drink coffee or eat a hot dog while checking e-mails or writing papers any time when the Kansas Union opens its new, 24-hour computer lab by the end of this summer or early next fall.
David Mucci, director of the Kansas and Burge unions, said the computer lab, which would allow students to drink and eat, would be finalized by the end of this semester.
The computer lab will have 48 computers and will replace some of the Union's business offices on the fourth floor. The offices will be moved to the third floor, taking the space of two alcoves and some tables in the Union Square food court, he said.
The Union had planned the construction of a convenience store, which would be finalized in a 90-day period and located on the fourth floor, where an information klosk is currently located, Mucci said. The klosk will be relocated to the end of Jayhawk walk, also on the fourth floor.
Pat Beard, director of building services for the Kansas and Burge unions, said the University would open bids today for the construction of the convenience store, which
would also be open 24 hours.
"We're very confident we'll get both projects accomplished," Beard said.
Mucet said he would also start planning for a similar convenience store in the Burge Union.
David Johnston, marketing coordinator for the Kansas and Burge unions, said the Union also planned to build a CampusLink information center, which will include four computer stations, two televisions, a University Daily Kansan distribution box, campus maps and general University information.
Johnston said the information center would be funded completely by advertising boards but added the Union was avoiding alcohol and tobacco advertisers.
What: The Kansas Union plans to add a 24-hour computer lab, 24-hour convenience store, CampusLink information center, two televisions and a Kansan distribution box.
What: Union directors expect construction to be complete by late fall.
UNION ADDITIONS
When: Union directors expect construction to be complete by late summer or early fall.
"Having advertising annoys me," he said.
Mike Ochs, Lawrence junior, said he liked the idea of having the information center in the Union, but he would feel intruded upon.
Ochs said he would probably use the center only to check his e-mails
without paying attention to the ads. Johnston said the initiative had received positive response from Student Senate.
Marlon Marshall, student body vice president, said Mucc had been doing an excellent job in making the Union more friendly to students and making them feel as if it was their living room.
Mucci also anticipated the construction of a Burger King restaurant, which would be operated by the Union, in the model of the Pizza Hut store located on the Union's third floor.
Mucci said he didn't know when the store would start operating because it was still in the design stage.
Edited by Melinda Weaver
Accused Republican chairman makes apology, maintains his job
By the Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Republican Party is allowing the head of its college recruitment arm, accused of sexually harassing female colleagues and misusing party funds, to keep his job with an anology.
The Republican National Committee said yesterday it found no evidence that the actions of Scott Stewart, who holds the $50,000-a-year post of chairman of the college republicans organization, met the legal definition of sexual harassment. However, the investigation by the party and an outside law firm concluded Stewart's conduct was "unprofessional and inappropriate for a work setting."
The national committee gave Stewart a warning and ordered him to apologize in writing to the three women whose com-
return calls requesting further comment. Others said keeping Stewart in charge of the GOP's main youth outreach effort sent a bad message.
"It's another reminder from the Republican hierarchy that they don't care about the harassment of women unless it's from the other side of the aisle and they can use it for political gain," said Kim Gandy, executive vice president of the National
"I find it disturbing,but I, unfortunately,don't find it surprising."
Kim Gandy
plaints, first reported by The Associated Press, led to the inquiry.
Executive vice president. National Organization for Women
"We are firmly committed to ensuring that any organization with which we work operates in accordance with the same principles that govern the RNC," representative Mark Miner said.
The committee provides the College Republican National Committee, which has 1,000 campus chapters and 100,000 members who recruit, register and train students for GOP causes, with office space and a majority of its $200,000-a-year budget.
Stewart, who previously denied what he called "frivolous" allegations, said in a statement he was relieved the investigation was finished. He did not
Organization for Women. "I find it disturbing but I, unfortunately, don't find it surprising."
Former college national committee executive director John Yob said it was troubling to have someone who had acknowledged inappropriate behavior with the apology in such a position. "We need a change," said Yob, who is challenging Stewart's bid for a second
two-year term in elections in July
Jennifer Gorski, Kathleen Kirst and Youmna Salameh alleged in affidavits that Stewart made frequent unwanted sexual advances and regularly spoke obscenely to and about female employees. They also alleged Stewart authorized the use of several thousand dollars in GOP funds to pay for his and others' personal expenses, such as cellular telephone bills, plane tickets and campaign mailings.
Gorski was an office manager who was fired by Stewart last year. Kirst was an intern in 1999. Salameh worked at another national committeeaffiliated organization next door to the college Republicans.
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worry about any contracts."
To give students a greater opportunity for individual advising, the freshman-sophomore advising center was created three years ago, said Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, director of the center. They wanted to give students more individual attention with an adviser assigned
to each student. Tuttle said the center was starting to make a difference, because surveys reported a 10 percent improvement in meeting students' expectations during advising. She said juniors and seniors should plan ahead with graduation checks and use the resources within their schools.
Edited by Melissa Cooley
Cracked-up criminals
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mistaken for a criminal.
On a really cold day a few years ago, a man wearing a ski mask walked into a bank on Sixth Street. The line was long, and he had to wait a few minutes before it was his turn to stand at the counter. The bank employees, certain they were about to be robbed, kept looking at the mask and pressing their panic buttons.
When it was the masked man's turn, he approached the counter, made his transaction and left the bank.
Police caught up with the man one block away from the bank. He had just been cold and kept his mask on for warmth.
From the Kansas Highway Patrol:
A victim of circumstance
A victim of circumstance
A man's car broke down on the highway, and he started to walk to get help. A highway patrolman driving by offered to give the man a ride and asked the man for his ID in case the car was in an accident while he was riding with the officer.
The man gave his correct ID to the patrolman, and it turned out the man was wanted on a murder warrant from five years before. The patrolman had a tape recorder and video camera in the car, and when the man realized what had happened and called his girlfriend to tell her he was about to get caught, it was all on tape.
— Edited by Melinda Weaver
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