THE STUDENT VOICE SINCE 1904 VOL. 116 ISSUE 17 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 WWW.KANSAN.COM t SAFETY t FINE ARTS Patrol checks drivers’ levels on the 1800 block of Kentucky Street be- Checkpoints tween 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. last Friday and Saturday, Ward said. aim to thwart Federal law requires the department to conduct a number of checkpoints because the city received $2.2 million in federal drunken driving funds for the traffic unit, Ward said. The department has completed more check- BY STEVE LYNN [email protected] points than required, he said. The entire traffic unit, which consists Kansan staff writer of seven vehicles, six officers and one ser- geant, will conduct a saturation patrol in Max Hire wasn’t sober when he saw Lawrence tonight, Ward said. Last week, the checkpoint ahead on Kentucky the traffic unit patrolled from 5 to 10 p.m. Street. He made a U-turn on a one-way on Friday. street to avoid it. The saturation patrol made 26 stops A police officer immediately pulled and gave out 10 speeding tickets, nine him over on 19th Street at 12:30 a.m. on moving violations and one seat belt vio- Sept. 3. lation, Ward said. The checkpoint yield- Hire, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, was ed four DWIs, one drug possession and one of four people charged with driving six minors-in-possession. while intoxicated last Friday and Satur- “It’s quite labor-intensive,” Ward said day night at a checkpoint on the 1800 of the checkpoint. “We have charge ve- block of Kentucky Street. hicles that apprehend people who try to “I was a little bit over the limit,” Hire avoid it.” said. Hire won’t be able to avoid the ex- If students drink and drive this week- pense and inconvenience of a DWI. Candice Rukes/KANSAN end, they should expect their chances He said he would have to get a job to Luke Jordan, art and design lecturer, adjusts the height of the projector for an upcoming video display at Spencer Museum of Art. The of getting caught to increase. Sgt. Dan pay for an attorney, $500 for the bond to project has taken several months to prepare and will have its grand opening on September 22. Ward of the Lawrence Police Depart- leave jail and court costs. He also said ment said the department will conduct a trips to see his family in Kansas City checkpoint and saturation patrol tonight, would be more difficult without a car. similar to the checkpoint and saturation “Nothing’s been as fun. At the game Exhibit showcases workers patrol police conducted last Friday and the next day, all I could think about was Saturday, said. the DWI,” Hire said. The checkpoint will be set up at a dif- ‘At Work’ chronicles changes ferent location than the one conducted — Edited by Patrick Ross BY MALINDA OSBORNE [email protected] t GREEK LIFE Kansan staff writer John Pultz acknowledges the reaction Lee Friedlander’s photographs can elicit from viewers. Sororities ensure “You never want to be at a computer again after looking at some of his pictures,” Pultz said. Lee Friedlander, a prominent contemporary photogra- pher, pays tribute to the safe rides home American worker in a collection entitled “Lee “You never want Members place phone calls from stadium Friedlander At Work”. His photographs will be to be at a computer BY LOUIS MORA should walk from the stadium by them- displayed at the Kress again after looking [email protected] selves,” said Valerie Hooper, Hutchin- Gallery in the Spencer Kansan staff writer son junior and president of Gamma Phi Museum of Art begin- at his pictures.” Beta. ning tomorrow through Getting home safe after parking next Sigma Kappa, 1325 West Campus Dec. 11. John Pultz Candice Rukes/KANSAN to Memorial Stadium late at night is only Road, uses a community cell phone plan John Pultz, curator Curator of photography Earl Iversen, Assosciate Professor of Design tests the projec- a phone call away for sororities located called Safe Sigma that women can call at of photography for the tors that will be used for the upcoming display at Spencer Art along West Campus Road. any time. museum, brought the Museum. This project will display local employees doing their Sigma Kappa, Gamma Phi Beta and Each day a member signs up to take exhibit to the museum. Pultz said he has always been im- daily tasks at work. Chi Omega have instituted a system calls and provide rides to any members pressed with how Friedlander managed to make poten- that allows members to call on other parking in the stadium lot. tially mundane subject matter exciting. shifting from blue-collar, manufacturing jobs to white-col- members to provide a ride back when Amanda Zimmerschied, Lawrence “At Work,” a collection of six commissions from muse- lar, information-based ones.” they are unable to find a spot near sophomore and member of Sigma Kappa, ums, magazines and businesses, chronicles the changing “At Work” was organized by the Columbus Museum of their house. uses the Safe Sigma system two to three work environment in the United States. Art in Columbus, Ohio. Members see the system as a way to times during the week. The earliest photos date back to the late ’70s in Ohio, Free from contraints on how to display the exhibit, prevent incidents like the one that oc- “It makes me feel so much more safe a large manufacturing headquarters. The most recent are Austin Porter, graphic designer for the Spencer mu- curred on Tuesday Aug. 30, when a fe- knowing I will have a safe ride back to from the ’90s, which is of telemarketers in Omaha, Neb. seum, worked with the exhibition designer, Richard male student was robbed near Memorial the house,” she said. “It’s fortuitous that these were commissioned when they Klocke, to Stadium and 11th Street. were,” Pultz said. “The times during which he took these “We have made it clear that no one SEE SAFE ON PAGE 4A photographs parallel the changing work environment, SEE SHOWCASE ON PAGE 4A t LAWRENCE LMH proposes expansion of its facility BY TRAVIS ROBINETT end of this year,” Berendsen [email protected] “If the city gives us the permit in a timely said. Kansan staff writer After demolition concludes, process, demolition will be completed by construction would begin to Lawrence Memorial Hos- the end of the year.” improve the hospital in many pital could be using $35 mil- different areas. Berendsen lion to expand the hospital Michele Berendsen said LMH wanted to increase because of a need to handle LMH spokeswoman square footage of the wing by an accelerating increase in up to 50 percent. patients. tors once the project is fin- prove. Berendsen said the surgical Michele Berendsen, ished. If Neighborhood Resources facility would be enhanced, spokeswoman for LMH, 325 The concern about the dif- approves the permit, demoli- because the current facility Maine St., said that eight ference caused Skanda Skan- ton of a wing of the hospital was 20 years old, out of date years ago 15,000 patients vis- daverl, director of facilities at built in 1969 will begin soon and not prepared to meet the Jared Soares/Kansanited the hospital, a relatively LMH, to fill out a demolition after. demand to potential changes The 1969 Wing of Lawrence Memorial Hospital is in the early stages of being low number compared to the permit application on Aug. 24 “If the city gives us the per- in technology. torn down. LMH workers in that wing began moving items to storage for the 29,000 patients last year and for the Department of Neigh- mit in a timely process, de- upcoming demolition. the expected 30,000 plus visi- borhood Resources to ap- molition will be completed by SEE LMH ON PAGE 6A Today’s weather Kansas vs. Appalachian State Volleyball Invitational Index With opening game struggles now behind them, The Jayhawks will pre- the Jayhawks will look for an improved effort Comics. 6B pare for the Big 12 dur- against the Mountaineers tomorrow. P AGE 8B Classifieds. 7B 93 69 ing the weekend while Mostly sunny playing host to suc- Crossword. 6B — Sarah Jones KUJH-TV Horosopes. 6B Tomorrow Sunday Homecoming will bring on the hilarity cessful teams. Virginia Commonwealth will be Opinion. 5A 94 68 92 67 Seth Myers and Kenan Thompson, of “Saturday Sunny Mosty Sunny Night Live” fame are scheduled to headline this one of their opponents as Sports. 1B year’s homecoming events. This year’s homecom- well as Michigan State. All contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2005 The University Daily Kansan ing theme focuses on Halloween. P AGE 1B PAGE 1B 2A THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN NEWS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2005 t ANNIVERSARY Get ready for the Group to stress freedoms Beakend Park graduate student and an The panel discussions will 9/11 tribute will remember rights event organizer. “We’ve been feature religion, the ways BY MARK VIERTHALER quandaries. The plot takes a able to expand quite a bit.” people interact with their [email protected] back seat to the action sequenc- BY GABY SOUZA the city of Lawrence,” said Shan- Portillo said the event was communities, international Kansan correspondent es and the emphasis is on the [email protected] non Portillo, Shawnee graduate moved to the public library this perspectives and civil rights wanton violence inherent in ac- Kansan staff writer student and one of the organiz- year to include members of the and immigration. 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