Friday, March 30.2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 3
Campus recycling increases
Recycling Collection Figures
The University's recycling program started in 1996 with no funding, but increased funding and education have caused campus recycling to increase the last two years.
white paper
55,485 lbs. - 1999
184,470 lbs. - 2000
232.5 percent increase
office pak
249,873 lbs .- 1999
253,520 lbs .- 2000
1.5 percent increase
cardboard
14,325 lbs. - 1999
86,440 lbs. - 2000
503 percent increase
newsapers
60,905 lbs. - 1999
156,050 lbs. - 2000
156 percent increase
SOURCE: Office of Resource Conservation & Recycling
1 plastic
7,470 lbs. - 1999
8,885 lbs. - 2000
18.9 percent increase
aluminum
3,650 lbs. - 1999
6,315 lbs. - 2000
73 percent increase
Program's numbers jump despite lack of money
By Kate McCarty Special to the Kansan
Those large blue recycling bins are really paying off, said Victoria Silva, program manager of the Office of Resource Conservation and Recycling.
Public education and more participation caused campus recycling to increase during the past two years, Silva said. Magazine recycling saw the biggest jump, increasing 624 percent from 1999 to 2000. Cardboard recycling increased 503 percent, while white paper increased 232.5 percent and newsprint collection jumped 156 percent, the office said.
Campus recycling has been expanding slowly and incrementally, Silva said.
"The more people become aware of what we're doing, the more people come on board," Silva said.
When the University's recycling program started in 1996, Silva ran it by herself with no funding. University funding and support from Student Senate helped the program expand. It now employs eight students and was able to purchase a 1.5 ton truck with money from the Coca-Cola Corporation.
There are 50 multi-use recycling centers in 30 buildings.
Silva said that makes them easily accessible from almost any point on campus.
The crew also picks up recyclable items from other buildings. The most recent expansion added Stouffer Place housing to the pick-up route.
Besides paper, cardboard, newsprint, plastic, magazines and aluminum, the office also finds ways to reuse old furniture, office equipment and obsolete computers. Silva estimated that 10 to 15 tons were collected last year, and much of that was donated to non-
profitorganizations.
Much of the new growth is generated by involvement from people who were not aware of recycling opportunities on campus until recently, Silva said.
"We've let it become common knowledge that we'll help offices do a cleanout." Silva said. "We'll loan them bins and come pick them up."
Joy Grisafe, Lawrence sophomore, said she was happy that recycling was so available on campus.
"They don't recycle where I live, so this is the only convenient place for me to do it," she said. "If there wasn't a bin outside my classroom, I would probably toss everything in the trash."
Silva said that states with strong recycling mandates had universities with strong recycling programs. Kansas does not have any mandates, so although she said the
University had come a long way, it was far from catching up to the other schools.
She said she was looking into coordinating more staff and collection spots, but a lack of storage space and funding made those expansions difficult.
"I take everything to the Wal-Mart recycling center because it's just easier to take it straight from my car to the bins," Titus said. "It's kind of a pain to drag everything on campus."
Gillian Titus, Olathe senior, said she would like to see more recycling locations on the outskirts of campus.
Despite the promising increase that campus recycling has shown, Silva said there were still restrictions on the program's potential.
"We need to be careful," she said. "We're limited in terms of space and how much we can grow."
—Edited by Melissa Cooley
Battery, fights can lead to jail for partygoers
Continued from page 1A
Patrick explained how police could apply statutes to different situations based on a law enforcement handbook called Pattern Instructions for Kansas.
A woman could file a report with the police if she thought she was touched inappropriately, but in order for that the sexual battery charge to be proven in court, the person must have touched her intentionally without her consent and "with the intent to arouse or to satisfy the sexual desires of the defendant or another." Patrick said.
If someone threw an object at someone else but missed, it could be considered assault, Patrick said. But he said police could not make an arrest unless the victim believed he was really in danger.
"For prosecution, we have to prove the person was in fear." Patrick said.
For a misdemeanor charge such as sexual battery, sentencing might be as much as a $2,500 fine and one year in jail. For a felony charge, such as aggrivated sexual battery, an offender with no criminal history could face 31 to 34 months in jail. Sexual battery is considered "aggrivated" is if the victim is overcome by force or fear, under the influence of alcohol or a drug, unconscious, physically powerless or mentally deficient.
File said she did not worry about her safety at a party unless the party was "sketchy." But she normally attends parties with people whom she or her friends knew, and those parties seem safe, she said.
New parking body up for vote
But she said students did not think ahead to what the consequences could be after one night of partying.
"You never know if you accidentally bump into the wrong person what could happen," File said. "I don't think students think ahead. I know I don't."
Proposal to add more members
— Edited by Joshua Richards
By Cássio Furtado
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
University Council yesterday unanimously passed amendments to the University Senate Code that would eliminate the existing Parking Board and create a Parking Commission to decide parking issues.
The new parking system would link the Parking Department directly to the Parking Commission, eliminating the council's jurisdiction on parking issues and also the possibility of direct negotiation between the University administration and Don Kearns, director of parking services.
The commission would include 14 voting members and six ex-officio members without voting privileges, and it would meet three times every semester.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking services, said it was positive to have more people directly involved with parking decisions.
She said that the commission would allow more views
from different parts of campus to be considered in campus parking decisions.
"We're excited about this," Hultine said.
The new commission would forward its recommendations to Provost David Shulenburger, who would then forward them to Chancellor Robert Hemenway.
The voting members would include four faculty members, including one professor emeritus, three classified staff members and three unclassified staff members.
Under the current legislation, Kearns reports to the Parking Board, which is composed by three faculty members, three student senators, two classified staff and two unclassified staff.
Kearns said he liked the idea of the commission, but said that appointing faculty members for three year terms wasn't adequate.
Kearns said that three years was a short period for faculty members to become familiar with the intricacies of parking issues, and recommended that they be appointed for longer terms.
Holly Krebs, student member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Parking Governance, which suggested the amend-
"People need to feel they are empowered to influence decisions about parking."
Holly Krebs
student member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Parking Governance
ments, said parking was a very emotional issue that demanded an inclusive process, like the one designed for the new commission.
"People need to feel they are empowered to influence decisions about parking," she said.
The University Senate Executive Committee and University Council, which currently have decision-making power on parking issues, would only be informed of the new commission's decisions, but wouldn't have the power to approve or reject them.
Tom Mulinazzi, associate dean of engineering and ad hoc committee member, said members of the Parking Board have felt frustrated
over the years because their recommendations often were changed by the council.
Mulinazzi said this made the recruitment of good board members difficult because prospective members wouldn't like to see the result of their work being drastically changed or rejected during the council's meetings.
The University Senate will decide Thursday, April 12 whether to forward the proposed change to the chancellor.
—edited by Joshua Richards
UNIVERSITY COUNCIL
What happened: The University Council unanimously approved a proposal to replace the current Parking Board with a new Parking Commission that would decide parking issues.
What it means: Members of the council said they hoped the new structure would involve more people and allow more diverse viewpoints to be explored in parking decisions.
What's next? The University Senate will consider the proposal at its Thursday, April 12 meeting.
By Danny Phillips
Kansan staff writer
It was only a 48-hour visit, but a KU lecturer believes former President Bill Clinton's short stay in Nigeria near the end of his term did more for that country than all previous administrations combined.
"As a Nigerian, and as a person who was in Nigeria during the visit, Clinton's visit prevented a catastrophic situation where Nigeria's democracy would have been history," said Aminu Gusau, instructor of Hausa.
Gusau spoke to a group of 30 people yesterday afternoon in the Kansas Union as part of the African Studies Spring Seminar. He addressed the question, "Did President Clinton's last visit to Nigeria, and his talk to Parliament, make any difference?"
Gusau said that before Clinton came to Nigeria and met with its political leaders, the tension between the country's president and the legislature was extremely tense. Furthermore, the country's economic condition "was unbearable by the people," he said.
"He succeeded in telling Nigerians the importance of uniting together as Nigerians and working together to lift up not only Nigeria, but the entire continent of Africa," he said.
But after Clinton spoke to Congress, the entire population received a moral boost, Gusau said.
"On a moral level, Clinton's visit achieved for Nigeria what billions of dollars spent on image laundering by past administrations could not." he said.
On a practical level, Gusau outlined a few of the many economic benefits Clinton was able to achieve in such a short time.
First, the former president raised the United States' financial assistance to Nigeria from $7 million to $109 million annually. He also added Nigeria to the list of developing countries that receives duty-free export to America, which helped expand its export base beyond oil.
Gusau also addressed the prospects of the new administration under President George W. Bush and its stance on Nigeria. He said it was too early to rush into judgment, but he remains positive about the future.
"It is my strong belief that President Bush would not make the mistake to reverse or repeal major bilateral agreements signed between Nigeria and the U.S. during Clinton's visit." Gusau said.
Emmanuel Nnadozie, professor of economics at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., provided commentary for Gusau's presentation.
"He said it all and said it well," Nnadozie said.
Nnadozie said while he agreed that Clinton's visit to Nigeria was symbolically as well as economically beneficial, he's a little more cautiously optimistic about the future than Gusau.
The seminar was sponsored by the African Studies Resource Center.
Edited by Doug Pacey
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