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come a new construction zone in fall
2015, leaving non-traditional and
graduate students without a favorable
on-campus housing option.
Te data behind the 2014-2024
Campus Master Plan determined the
apartments cannot be ofered at the
current afordable rates if the Uni-
versity were to maintain, improve or
entirely replace the units. Its consid-
ered a deferred maintenance area in
need of between $10 to 20 million in
renovations.
Without the low rent rates that
attract non-traditional students,
Stoufer Place would become less de-
sirable.
We learned that for the majority of
students with families, their reason
for being in Stoufer Place was the
low rent rates, said Diana Robertson,
director of Student Housing. Tey
were pretty clear with me in saying
that if the rates were to go up they
wouldnt continue living there.
Seyool Oh, a resident for eight years
originally from South Korea, was one
of those voices who did not want to
see rental rates increase.
Now that Stoufer Place is set to
close in June 2015, he is unsure about
where he will move with his family.
It will directly afect non-tradition-
al students, international students
and diversity, which KU highly has
been emphasizing, Oh said. I am es-
pecially concerned that they are not
going to rebuild family housing.
To replace Stoufer Place, the Master
Plan includes a new apartment com-
plex at 19th and Iowa Streets set for
completion in the late spring of 2017.
Robertson said the development will
be targeted at single upper-classmen
and graduate students.
Te University will lack housing
specifcally for graduates and non-
traditional students between 2015
and 2017, and doesnt currently have
a plan for replacing family housing.
Currently, 55 percent of residents are
families.
Robertson said housing has directed
Stoufer Place residents with ques-
tions about moving out to websites
like Apartments.com for alternative
options.
Family housing is an amenity at
most Big 12 schoolsonly Texas
Tech University and Texas Christian
University do not ofer family hous-
ing.
Gavin Young, assistant director of
strategic communications, said the
decision to remove Stoufer Place was
made afer the University considered
the long-term use of the land.
Te Master Plan indicates that
Stoufer Place has underused impor-
tant real estate and, therefore, the re-
maining area between 19th Street and
Irving Hill Road will be used for new
integrated science buildings.
I think the housing alternatives
that KU will provide in the long-term
will be a better alternative overall for
both the University and for the stu-
dents, Young said.
Student Housing is still accept-
ing applications for the 2014-2015
school year, and Robertson said she
has received 224 contracts for the 283
apartments available.
Young said the University will dis-
cuss plans for the new housing fa-
cilities during the summer and fall
semesters.
Current resident assistants declined
to comment.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
Stouffer Place closing limits options
STUDENT HOUSING
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Rates beginning July 1, 2014
One-bedroom: $491
Two-bedroom (walk-through): $521
Two-bedroom: $550
Two-bedroom (renovated): $721
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Te Student Senate Safety Advisory
Board met with members of Universi-
ty administration and the Public Safe-
ty Ofce Tursday to discuss on- and
of-campus safety projects and priori-
ties for the 2014-2015 academic year.
Te main concerns brought up
included the state of campus and
of-campus lighting and the need to
spread the word about SafeRide and
SafeBus to students who need rides
home.
Te Board has an approximately
$100,000 surplus to spend on proj-
ects, which has built up from years
when the Board did not meet fre-
quently. Because of this surplus, there
is no student safety fee allocated in
the current semesterly student fees.
Garrett Farlow, a junior from Tope-
ka and chair of the Board, said there
was a 50 percent decline in SafeBus
and SafeRide users in the last two
years.
Te Board plans to display SafeBus
routes in popular bars near campus so
students can easily fgure out which
route to use to get home. SafeRides
marketing campaign will also include
providing keychains on all residence
halls room keys.
Student Senate Chief of Staf Mitch-
ell Cota said his main goal is working
to prevent sexual assault in Lawrence
bars. He said that since the bars are
of-campus, they would have to work
through partnerships with the busi-
nesses.
Something that Im really con-
cerned with are safe bars and how the
sexual assault culture can be bettered
within the main three bars near cam-
pus, like the Hawk, the Bull and the
Wheel, and just what we can do about
that, Cota said.
Public Safety Captain James An-
guiano acknowledged the safety con-
cerns at the bars.
We had a sexual battery toward the
end of the [spring semester] because
people were just getting into cars,"
Anguiano said. "Tat was something
we learned in the investigation
there were more people doing that,
who weren't harmed, but were getting
into cars because that person ofered
them a ride."
Te concerns aren't limited to of-
campus sites. In 2013, there were 33
assault cases reported to the Public
Safety Ofce, up from 24 in 2012. Six
sex ofenses and three rape casesthe
most since 2009were also reported.
Student Body Vice President Mi-
randa Wagner said she wanted the
marketing campaign to make it clear
to students that SafeBus isnt just for
students who are going out or drink-
ing.
If youre staying in the library until
1 a.m. and you dont feel safe walking
back to the dorms then you can call,
Wagner said.
Donna Hultine, director of Park-
ing and Transit, also said that due to
the campus construction on Daisy
Hill, many residents may end up with
yellow lot or Park and Ride passes,
which are farther away, and that mar-
keting Safe Bus and Safe Ride to those
students should be a priority.
Hultine also said a real-time app
should be available in the fall semes-
ter that will allow students to track
the routes from their phones.
Wagner brought up lighting con-
cerns she had discussed with Student
Body President Morgan Said in park-
ing lots near Louisiana Street.
In our conversations with a lot of
the sororities and female scholarship
halls, [there] is kind of, down Louisi-
ana Street, this very poorly lit parking
lot a couple of blocks down from the
scholarship halls where none of the
girls like to park, Wagner said.
Te Board wants to work with the
city to provide lighting in student-
dense neighborhoods of-campus,
such as the Oread neighborhood and
Emery Road.
Te Board also plans to look into
the success of the emergency poles on
campus. Another proposed idea in-
cluded creating a campus safety week
and ofering self-defense classes for
students.
Farlow plans to set-up an open fo-
rum within the frst couple weeks of
the fall semester for students to con-
tribute to the conversation.
Edited by Emma LeGault
STUDENT SENATE
Advisory board meets to discuss safety projects
MIRANDA DAVIS
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Effects of past conicts too easily forgotten
INTERNATIONAL
I
heard on the radio about the ISIS
forces inhabiting Iraq, shoot-
ing civilians lef and right and
preparing for a totalitarian move to
Sharia law. And then a commenta-
tor suggested America get involved
and stop those criminals. I nearly
crashed my car.
Te problem really comes down to
the frst joke at everyones lips when
the ISIS issue gets brought up. Hey,
is Archer out there? they say with
a wink. Drop the light-heartedness:
this is a serious matter that afects
every American.
Te strangest part of this whole
situation has to be the collective am-
nesia that seems to have struck most
of our politicians and news commen-
tators. It boggles my mind that theres
even discussion of sending troops
back to Iraq. I fnd it incredibly trou-
bling that even though both tours
Iraq and Afghanistan alikeended
up as failures, America apparently
hasnt learned a thing.
We moved to action too hastily
during the Bush administration. We
stayed far too long so the Obama
administration could safely survive
to a second term. We watched as
the Iraqi government turned from
corrupt to incompetent and back
again as American troops and Iraqi
civilians died.
Te general safety of American so-
ciety is a blessing and a curse. Were
disconnected from the systemic
violence that dominates the Middle
Eastern landscape. Te closest most
of us will come to it is a feld report
on the news or Call of Duty. Atroci-
ties get reported to us in body counts
and dollar amountsnot in real,
tangible violence.
But all of this sudden forgetfulness
isnt even the biggest problem.
As fun as it is to make fun of
America for pretending to be the
world police, a few neoliberals are
already advocating for a return to
Iraq. With the past decade of failure
and waste fresh in our minds, we
need to resolve not to cave into that
guilt. Te money isnt there and the
lives arent worth it.
Te favored refrain for the liberal
camp during the Bush administra-
tion was oil, oil, oil. Its no longer a
suspicion that these conficts in the
region were motivated by a desire to
secure and stabilize fossil fuels.
Te oil companies dont care about
borders or creeds or moral obliga-
tions. Tey care about proft margins.
We need to recognize that, be open
about that recognition and challenge
that motivation when we discuss
these issues. Te politicians and the
lobbyists arent going to do it.
Te havoc that ISIS is causing in
Iraq right now is partly our own
fault. Te United States armed ISIS
and related groups when they battled
against the Syrian government just
next door. Its the mirror of when
America armed the Taliban and then
condemned them a few years later.
Tats the biggest issue with these
regional conficts. Tere are no good
guys and bad guys. Tere are only
peoplewith guns and the civilians. As
much as we like to think otherwise,
America is no exception.
Te only positive net gain from this
entire fasco has been the lessons
learned and the mistakes corrected.
Lets not sacrifce the only goal we
met.
Wil Kenney is a junior from Leawood
studying English. Find him on Twitter
@wilkenney.
By Wil Kenney
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In the past four years, 38 restaurants
have closed in Lawrence and 39 res-
taurants have opened, according to
the Kansas Department of Agricul-
ture Food Inspections.
Te restaurant business in Lawrence
is so volatile partly due to oversatu-
ration and a low average income in
the communityin 2012, the median
was $50,184, slightly lower than the
national average of $51,371.
According to Lawrence restaurant
owners, the high degree of turnover
can be both positive and negative.
Anytime a restaurant
closes I would say that
is a negative because
people are losing their
jobs, Tim Barnes,
manager of Jefersons,
located at 743 Mas-
sachusetts St., said.
Whoever made that
investment and put
their money in to open
up that place, they
failed in that.
He said there is a positive side to the
turnover as well.
It is always nice to get a diferent
type of restaurant, some new favor-
ing around here, Barnes said. It also
shows people want [to] be a part of
the restaurant market in Lawrence.
Some of the better-known restau-
rants to close in Lawrence during the
past four years include Tree Spoons
Frozen Yogurt, Freebirds World Bur-
rito, Spangles and Tapas Mexican
Restaurant. According to articles in
the Lawrence Journal-World, Tree
Spoons most likely lost business due
to the opening of TCBY right down
the street, Freebirds simply wasnt
making enough money and Tapas
lost their lease afer being open only a
year. Te reason behind the closing of
Spangles is still a mystery, consider-
ing they were a thriving business for
more than seven years in Lawrence.
Bob Schumm, previous owner of
Bufalo Bobs Smokehouse and city
commissioner, said the volatility
stems from a low adjusted gross in-
come (AGI) per capita.
His restaurant will be replaced by
another Biggs BBQ location in the
fall.
We have about a $36,000 AGI in
Lawrence, where Manhattan is about
$10,000 higher, Schumm said. On
top of that our cost of living is much
higher. People only have so much
money to spend on food, so you have
to keep the price within the reach of
as many people as possible, and in
Lawrence that means a lot of college
students.
Schumm and Barnes both stressed
how important college students are
to the success of a restaurant in Law-
rence.
You need to al-
ways stay in tune
with what your
market wants,
Schumm said.
Te market is so
well-served that
special oferings
and promotions
are a constant ne-
cessity.
Schumm also said the restaurants
that tend to stay in business have a
minimum price point and are able
to follow food trendsthe recent
increase in the desire for healthy eat-
ing or locally grown food are two ex-
amples.
Barnes knows frst hand how hard
it is to have a successful restaurant in
Lawrence.
Even Jefersons, which is pretty
much an institution as far as Law-
rence restaurants go, has closed and
reopened within this four year time
frame, Barnes said.
According to Barnes, Jefersons has
become very active on social media
to connect with the student body. In
Maytheir Retweet for a chance to
win free wings for a year contest re-
ceived more than 2,000 retweets and
almost 150 favorites.
Social media is typically a younger
kids game, Barnes said. With the
majority of our sales coming from
college students we give out promo-
tions on Twitter such as free fried
pickles if you come in today or dis-
counted food during stop week.
New restaurants that have opened
recently in Lawrence include Pueblos
Mexican Restaurant, Limestone Pizza
and Mass Street Sweet Shoppe.
Students have multiple new restau-
rants to look forward to in the fall of
2014. Te new restaurants include a
chain burger restaurant, BurgerFi, to
replace Chutneys Indian Diner and
Ladybird Diner to replace the Dyna-
mite Saloon.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
FOOD
Restaurants experience high rate of turnover
MEREDITH MITSCH
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