UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, January 30, 1997
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Protestors lose trafficway battle
County commission will use state funds to finance project
By Paul EakIns Kansan staff writer
More than 100 people left the Douglas County Commission meeting angry last night after the commission voted to accept state money for the last part of the South Lawrence Trafficway project.
After 20 people from the audience presented opposing opinions, the commission voted 3-0 to pass the Supplemental Agreement of the South Lawrence Trafficway System Enhancement Project.
Although the $11,615,691 technically could be used to improve other highways, such as K-10, protestors interpreted the vote as a decision to complete the trafficway's east end.
According to the agreement, the
state money could be used for project work, or project-related work on the east end, which is the remaining section of the trafficway.
A mix of Haskell Indian Nations University students, alumni and professors, KU students and professors, and Lawrence residents opposed the trafficway because of negative environmental, cultural and spiritual effects on the wetlands and the Haskell community.
Haskell students, alumni and faculty said noise caused by the existing traffic on 31st Street intruded into the prayers that are practiced in the wetlands. Building the second leg of the trafficway will increase the already existing intrusion, said Anna Wilson. Haskell alumna.
"When you build that road, you violate my right to practice my religion," she said.
KU Environics has worked against the trafficway for three years, said Chris Foster, Los Gatos, Calif., graduate student. KU Environics is part of the Wetlands Preservation
"
"When you build that road,you violate my right to practice my religion."
Anna Wilson
Haskell alumna
A recent organization news release said Douglas County had violated a variety of federal regulations and the Army Corps of Engineers had erroneously informed the county to fill the wetlands without first notifying Haskell.
Organization.
Dan Wildcat, Haskell professor,
said that the preservation
organization would probably sue the
county, and that the Sierra Club had
promised legal support.
Commission approves alignment
The Douglas County Commission voted 3-0 last night to approve the 31st Street alignment for the South Lawrence Trafficway. The route passes through areas held sacred by Haskell Indian Nations University.
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
Student voting made simpler by Senate
By Dave Morantz
Kansan staff writer
In its first meeting of 1997, Student Senate voted last night to streamline the process of student referendums that allow the entire student body to vote on an issue.
Jason Fizell, off-campus senator and student rights committee chairman, said the previous requirements for student-initiated referendums were too burdensome. The new bill requires that a petition for a referendum contain more than 1,000 signatures or more than 5 percent of students eligible to vote.
"I think it's important that we maintain this power for students," Fizell said. "Who knows if it will be used or not, but it's something that we need to do."
In other action, the senate officially approved block-allocation status for the Black Student Union, Hispanic American Leadership Organization and other groups.
The Senate also voted to lower the amount that students pay in fees to the Senate from $23 per semester to $22 per semester.
Jade Shopp, Student Senate executive treasurer, said that because many student groups did not use all of the money that Senate allocates to them each year, a reduction in student fees had been possible.
"I honestly believe that the groups that can show that they need the money will get it," Shopp said. "But there's a lot of groups that get hundreds of dollars a year and don't spend all of it."
Residence halls now online
By Haruml Kogarimal Kansas staff writer
Everyone and everything is jumping onto the information superhighway, and residence halls at the University of Kansas are no exception.
Three residence halls at the University have home pages, and hall residents use these home pages more often than you might think.
The Ellsworth Computer Lab's home page counted 93 hits from Jan. 14 to Jan. 22, and approximately 12,000 hits since the web site was set up a couple of years ago, said Kaleb Henley, Wichita, freshman and Ellsworth computer lab assistant.
The Ellsworth Hall home page is one of three home pages provided by the KU residence halls.
Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin and McCollum halls also have their own sites.
Ellsworth's home page provides information about hall events, general information about the hall and the computer lab, names of Ellsworth staff and hall government, as well as links to other sites related to the University and student life.
Henley estimated that the majority of those who visited the home page so far had been from outside the University, but thought the site also had been useful for the residents of Ellsworth. Henley said that the most popular link in the Ellsworth home page was the "What's happening in Ellsworth Hall?" link.
the wall, " Henley said. " I know a lot of students in the lab get on the computer and go directly to the Ellsworth Hall home page to see 'What's happening in Ellsworth Hall?'
Jillian Buser, Lenena senior, set up the home page for GSP-Corbin Hall a year ago. She said residents of the hall had visited the site and had found it useful.
Henley also said he was planning to put the e-mail addresses of resident assistants and other hall staff so that the residents can have access to them.
"A lot of students do not pay attention to the fliers posted on
Ellsworth's home page is located at www.ukans.edu/~ellshall/, GSP-Corbin's is at falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~wohooojj/corbon.html, and McColm Hall's site is at umaixa.cc.ukans.edu/~burton/mccol.html/
Commitment to chapters University encouraged
By Harumi Kogarimal
Kansan staff writer
University of Kansas fraternities and sororites were challenged to be accountable for chapters' actions and to improve the greek system during a speech last night at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Maureen Syring, assistant development director for the Delta Gamma Foundation, encouraged about 500 members from KU fraternities and sororites to rethink chapters' visions.
"People don't believe what you say. People believe what you do." Syring said. "You need to act on it now. If not now, when?"
Syring said members had minimized chapter commitments and had fallen into practices such as hazing.
She chastised members who did not meet grade point average requirements and who did not become officers, encouraging students to help those members make commitments to their chapters.
Syring also warned members to consider the consequences of underage drinking.
"It is the law," she said. "It is the federal law. If you make a choice, you need to be accountable for the consequences."
Syring said educating chapter members about basic, commonsense values, such as respecting one another and following chapter rules, would better the greek community.
Delta Tau Delta fraternity, 1111 W. 11th St., sponsored the speech, fulfilling one of its probation requirements. The chapter was placed on two-year probation for a hazing violation in August.
Zach Svoboda, Delta Tau Delta president, said Syring's speech made him think about how to promote his chapter.
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