no sd sq sqi no to to to ol ol ol val wo wo 91 91 92 93 94 95 96 5 University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, January 25, 1989 Helping homeless gets RESULTS by Jennifer Corser Kansan staff writer Meredith Buening looks at herself and her family and realizes that life can be unfair. it doesn't seem right to me for us to have so much and others to have so little." Buenning said. Buenning campaigns to close the economic gap between poorer and richer communities as a partner in the Lawrence chapter of RESULTS. RESULTS, Responsibility for Ending Starvation Using Legislation, Trimtabbing and Support, met last night at the Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St., to write letters to Rep. Jim Slattery, D-Kan, asking him for support in helping the homeless. RESULTS is an international organization with more than 140 groups in five countries. It was started in the United States in 1980 and has 80 local groups and a staff in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the group is to create a political will to end hunger and homelessness. The organization uses grassroots lobbying to gain congress- sional support for its campaign. support for its campaign. "I think the main goal of this organization is to instill the idea into people that they can make a difference." Buenning said. he was not ignoring local problems. She said that through RESULTS mostly tried to get federal legislation passed to help the homeless or hungry, the Lawrence chapter was not ignoring local problems. local problems where he definitively wanting to alleviate hunger wherever it is," she said. Last night, 17 people attended the RESULTS meeting to write letters asking Slattery or President George Bush to support appropriating supplemental financing for the homeless. These funds were supposed to have been provided by the McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. Buenning said that whenever the chapter addressed the issue of homelessness, more people attended the meetings because they were concerned with local problems. McKinney Stiegert, Lawrence resident, said she wanted to help those in need because she had been "I can emphatize with all these other people who are homeless," Siegrist said. searching for employment for 10 years. During the discussion session, Gunter de Vries, a Salvation Army volunteer, said some people must sleep in the shelter because rent for apartments in Lawrence was too expensive. City government, de Vries said, is not admitting Lawerence has a problem with homelessness. Some homeless people are too proud to use the Salvation Army's shelter, said de Vries, a Lawrence resident. Instead, they set up tents off Seventh Street, next to the Kansas Rier. Lawyers Becoming said government officials needed to organize the problem. "Homelessness is becoming more and more of an issue all across the country," she said. Members of RESULTS are planning to send letters to city officials and area legislators, asking them to attend a meeting Feb. 21 to discuss problems of the homeless. The next RESULTS meeting also will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 21. Car pool exchange available by Scott Achelpohl Kansan staff writer KU students needing rides to local, state or national destinations can look to the Kansas Union Car Pool Exchange for help. The exchange is posted on two large boards, one in the shape of North America and another in the shape of Kansas, inside the main entrance of the Union next to Maupitour Travel Service. Those wishing to display a need for a ride or the availability to take a rider post small tags on the board to signify their desired location. Interested individuals leave their phone numbers on the cards. number's on the car. Michelle Hoover, Northbrook, Ill.. "It used the service last semester to go to Indiana University," she said. "It was somewhat easy getting a ride to Indiana so I thought I'd try it again to visit my brother at Ohio State University." sophomore, said she used the car pool exchange to visit relatives and friends because she did not have a car. Universi- Niete Canto, Yucatan, Mexico, senior, said she didn't find the service reliable. "I don't think the ride board works very well because I've used it twice and never found a ride." Canto said. "My friends haven't had much luck other Stacy Riggins, accounting clerk at "It's a nice service for students when they don't have other avenues of transportation home or other places." Riggins said. Student Union Activities, said the car pool exchange was independently governed by the students who used the service to find transportation. Gene Wee, program adviser for Student Union Activities, said he believed the ride board had been in the Union since the 1950s or early 1960s. He said SUA made sure the board was maintained for student use in the ride exchange. "The board seems to be used quite a bit." We said. "It's just something people see and use in their time at the Union." Students who need rides may check the Kansas Union's Car Pool Exchange boards, which are shaped like the state of Kansas and North America. Permanent Hair Removal The Electrolysis Studio Free Consultations 15 East 7th 841-5796 Cinema Twin 31st & Iowa 842-6400 LAND BEFORE TIME (G) 7.00, 8.45 SCROOGED (PG13) 7.10, 9.20 Use Kansan Coupons BITTER TEA of GENERAL YEN Wednesday January 25 8 p.m. Woodruff-Kansas Union $1.50 with KUID THE MAGIC FLUTE Thursday January 26 8 p.m. Woodford-Kansas Union $2.50 with KUID ****************** PG Friday & Saturday Woodruff-Kansas Union $1.50 3.30 matten $2.50 7.90 & 9.00 p.m. Our Lowest Prices Ever! Every Mountain Bike·Every Road Bike Our sale is very simple. If the bicycle is not a 1989 model . . . it's cheap! There are no exceptions. 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