CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, November 3, 1995
3
Matt Flickner/KANSAN
Cris Altman, Kansas City, Kan., senior, and Alex Drude, Mill Valley, Calif., senior, listened to student senators at a town hall meeting last night at Ellsworth Hall. They were the only people attending not connected with Student Senate.
'Town' residents missing from town hall meeting
Students senators visit empty lobby in residence hall
By Sarah Wiese
Kansan staff writer
A 2-foot by 10-foot banner, three trays of chocolate chip cookies and three coolers of lemonade.
This usually enticing combination drew only two students to a Student Senate town hall meeting in the Ellsworth Hall lobby last night.
Twelve Senate representatives were on hand to field questions and deal with students' concerns in an informal setting.
Talk about outreach. They essentially came into the living room of hundreds of students but not one Ellsworth resident other than the sponsor — Chris Hane, senior staff assistant at Ellsworth — showed up.
Was it a sign of apathy? Or NBC's Thursday night lineup? Or was it more of an indication that students
Alex Drude, Mill Valley, Calif,
senior and president of McColum
Hall, was one of the students who
attended.
don't think Senate affects them?
He said he thought the minimal attendance could be attributed to the students' perceptions of Senate.
"We've heard that many residence hall people feel like the Greek system dominates Student Senate," he said. "They feel that although they could come today and speak, that the next day their concerns would go on the back burner."
By the end of the meeting, Drude said he felt the experience was positive.
"I was impressed that they were here," Drude said. "It seemed like they were really interested in what we had to say."
Kim Cocks, Lee's Summit senior and student body president, said the issues affecting residence hall students, such as parking on Daisy Hill, were important to Senate.
"One of my real passions is to help out Daisy Hill," she said. "I wish more people would've attended the meeting, but I hop students realize
Stevie Case, Olathe sophomore and Association of University Residence Halls senator, wasn't surprised by the low turnout, she said, because students didn't realize that Senate could help them and that it existed expressly to represent their interests.
they can come and talk to us in the Senate office."
Residents don't see any reason to be involved because they don't understand the Senate's significance," she said. "They don't have enough information to care about it."
"The important thing for Kim and myself is to fulfill our obligation to the students," he said. "We will continue to outreach to students to find out what's important to them."
Dan Hare, Olathe senior and student body vice president, wasn't discouraged.
Cocks said that she and Hare recently had sent letters to various student organizations offering to speak at their convenience and that they also were planning additional town hall meetings at the Kansas Union.
Park-and-ride would mean park and pay
By Sarah Wlese
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
It has been highly touted as a low-cost parking option that would suit the needs of those more interested in economy than convenience.
But cheap is not how some parking board members would describe the park-and-ride scenarios discussed at yesterday's meeting.
Chris Ogle, owner of the Lawrence Bus Company, presented three scenarios using the 250-space Lied Center parking lot as an example:
If the parking department owned
and operated its own system, setup costs would approach $7 million, and operating costs would run about $56 an hour for each vehicle.
- Contracting with a private bus company would require five or six buses and about 7,600 vehicle hours each academic year. At about $38 an hour, the annual cost would be about $291,000.
The department could contract with KU on Wheels. Park-and-ride consumers would buy a regular bus pass, now $60 a semester, and a reduced-price parking permit.
Ogle said he thought the third scenario would be the most teasible, efficient and cost-effective.
"It's a great idea, and it could help the park situation," he said. "But
Ward Cook, Mission Hills sophomore and board member, said he'd been supportive of park-and-ride — until today.
economically and realistically, it's not really possible."
Even with the third and most economical option, it still would cost park-and-ride customers nearly $150 a year, making it unappealing to the people it should attract, said Judith Emmee, board member.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking, said park-and-ride needed to be a low-cost option to be successful.
"If you pay $100 for a bus pass and $53 for a parking permit, that's $153, and very few people are going to do that," she said.
"I really would love to see that kind of an alternative, just to ease congestion on campus," she said. "But if we don't get it under the cost of a
yellow permit, there's no incentive for people to try it."
The department could try the park-and-ride system starting next fall without making capital investments, Ogle said. Because KU on Wheels already goes to Daisy Hill, rerouting buses to the Lied Center lot wouldn't be difficult.
"Currently, a lot of students buy a bus pass and a parking permit," Case said. "If they see a cheaper alternative, they'll take it."
Stevie Case, Olathe sophomore and board member, said a trial period would give people an opportunity to try park-and-ride.
"The third scenario would probably be the least disruptive if it failed, "Ogle said.
Police arrest man after chase
Kansan staff report
CRIME BRIEFES
Lawrence police arrested a 19-year-old Lawrence man who side-swiped a police car early yesterday while driving the wrong way on Tennessee Street and then attempted to elude arrest.
Ryan Thompson, a Johnson County Community College student, was arrested on charges of operating under the influence, attempting to elude, leaving the scene and having no proof of insurance, according to the police report.
heading for a collision with the police car before the police car swerved right, said Rick Nickell of the Lawrence police. A low-speed chase ensued. Thompson allegedly ran stop signs on the way to his home in the 900 block of Emery Street, where he was arrested.
Thompson allegedly was driving north on Tennessee Street, a one-way, southbound street, and was
"There's nothing I can say to justify what happened," Thompson said. "I realize what I did was really, really stupid."
No iniuries were reported.
Thompson was released from Douglas County Jail on $1,060 bond.
He has been ordered to appear in Douglas County District Court at 7:45 a.m. Nov. 15.
KJHK ties for most nominations in contest
By Aaron Hull
Special to the Kansan
KJHK was nominated in six categories for the annual National Association of Collegiate Broadcasters awards Nov. 18 in Providence, R.I. The University of Kansas and Marshall University, Huntington, W. Va., lead the nation with the most nominations.
the association has more than 500 member high schools, junior colleges, colleges and universities, said Gary Hawke, KJHK general manager.
KJHK submitted entries in nine of 10 possible categories, and its
The nominations are very prestigious because NACB is considered the leading collegiate broadcast association, Hawke said.
"You send audio tapes to them. Their administration screens it down to the top five, and Providence broadcast professionals pick the winner from those five." Hawke said.
entries are finalists in six categories, including news/sports reporting, community service and play-by-play sports.
Brock Bowling, Garden City junior and play-by-play announcing nominee, said he was excited about his nomination.
"I sent it in thinking I had nothing to lose," he said.
He said he thought that the Kansas-Kansas State women's basketball game itself helped his nomination.
"It was a big rivalry, and we had two All-Americans—Kansas' Angela Aycock and K-State's Shanele Stires—in the game. It was a real senior battle."
Prizes will be awarded at the ceremony, which takes place at NACB's national convention. First-place winners will get $200, second-place
Bowling's praise extends to KJHK, as well.
"I think it's a well-organized, top-notch" notation. "Bowling said."
winners $100 and third-place winners will receive certificates.
Chris Ronan, Overland Park senior and news/sports reporting nominee, said he thought the nomination was a big honor.
"We're not just doing it for class credit," Ronan said. He also said he thought that the work was a team effort.
"There are stories in there from many different reporters," he said.
Ronan said he was curious about why his co-anchor, Jana Blackburn, Courtland senior and news director, was not included in the nomination list.
KJHK is sending three representatives to the convention, including Blackburn; Jackie Nigro, Lawrence senior and promotions director; and Sara Embree, Davenport, Iowa, junior and program director, said Correy Honza, Emporia junior and production director.
"I'm sure it's some kind of misprint," he said.
Makin' waves
KJHK submitted entries in nine of 10 possible National Association of Collegiate Broadcasters award categories and are finalists in the following:
Community Service, Can U Jazz Benefit
Faculty/Staff Recognition, Gary Hawke
DJ Aircheck, Jazz in the Morning, Amber Robillard,
Play by Play, Kansas vs.
Kansas State women's basketball,
Brock Bolling
News/Sports Reporting, Chris Ronen (Feb. 16, 1995)
Promo/Public Service Announcement, Hip Hop Hype Rap, DJ Red and DJ Uncanny
Break-in at sorority is unsuccessful
Kansan staff report
Unknown suspects attempted to break into the Delta Delta Delta Sorority, 1630 Oxford Road, between midnight and 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. Lawrence police reported.
The suspects did not enter the sorority, and nothing was stolen, said Amanda Hostetler, president of the sorority.
A window screen valued at $50 was damaged, according to the police report.
It was the second break-in at the house this week. Early Sunday morning, two KU students were arrested after allegedly entering the house and removing a composite picture and some trophies.
Hostetler said the incidents were unrelated.
"A lot of pranks go on in the Greek community," she said. "That first one was a prank, so it didn't really concern us. The second one we don't know who did it, so that raises our concern a little bit."
Laser printer stolen from Fraser Hall
Kansan staff report
Unknown suspects broke into a Fraser Hall computer lab Tuesday night or Wednesday morning and stole an Apple laser printer valued at $3,364. KU police reported.
The suspects apparently used a crow bar to break the lock to a lab used by the psychology department and removed the printer, said Charles Martin, a psychology
department graduate teaching assistant who discovered the crime about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The lab had nine or 10 computers, but they were not stolen, Martin said.
"They apparently tried to take the other computers, but they couldn't get the cables off," Martin said.
The cable lock to the printer was severed, according to the police report.
The Bobs Plugged
On sale now!
$10.88 CD
$7.99 Cassette
Sounds Great Car Audio 913-842-1438 Expect a new attitude!
In this, their seventh album, the Bobs again team up with visionary producer Scott Mathews to boldly go where no a capella group has gone before. Contains 14 new original songs about subjects ranging from love, singing, coffee, smoke and beat poetry to tattoos, bumper stickers, professional wrestling and of course..livestock in outer space. The Bobs - Plugged: human vocal cords wired for acoustic and electric a capella. Enough said. Also available: Sbut Up and Sing, The Bobs Sing the Songs of..., V.2
http://www.wys.jnc.com
25% off nufg ligt with purchase of 5 CDs We buy, sell & trade used CDs
24th & Iowa • PO Box 2 • Lawrence, KS 66046
2