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City to discuss limiting Oread parking
Candidates disagree on campaign finance law
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By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
A little section of street near Kansas University may start a bigger debate about whether the city should implement a permit parking system for the crowded Oread neighborhood. Commissioners at their meeting this evening are being asked to approve a special residents-only parking zone for two homes in the 1600 block of Edgehill Road. The special parking designation has been in place for about a year as a test case, but staff CITY COMMISSION members now are recommending making the designation permanent. One of the homeowners benefiting from the designation said he thinks it’s time for the city to consider the permit idea for larger sections of the Oread neighborhood, too, which is flooded each day with KU students and staff seeking a free place to park. “I believe the time is long past that there should be certain sections of the city designated as resident-onlyparking,” said Steven Watts. “It works beautifully in other cities. People understand Please see OREAD, page 2A
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Roberts opposes limit on spending, while Orman would vote yes on amendment By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock
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TOM MAC EWAN, CO-OWNER OF THE BREWHAUS, 624 N. Second St., paints the coffee shop Monday with the help of his granddaughter, Veran Mac Ewan. Veran and other pre-K through 12th-grade students had the day off from school because Monday was one of the district’s professional development days.
Topeka — U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts last week voted against a proposed constitutional amendment that would limit campaign expenditures by corporations. But Greg Orman, his independent challenger in this year’s election, said he would support such an Orman amendment. Roberts was among 42 Republican senators who voted Thursday against closing debate on Senate Joint Resolution 19, a constitutional amendment that would reverse the U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as “Citizens United.” Roberts The court said in that case that limits on independent expenditures by corporations and other groups violate their First Amendment rights to free speech. “Our founding fathers knew that those in power would be inclined to retain it Please see SENATE, page 2A
KU observes Sexual Assault Awareness Week amid turmoil Student: ‘Some of the responsibility and burden needs to be placed on men’
Presidential initiative President Barack Obama to lead a national effort to raise awareness about sexual assaults on campuses. Page 10A
By Scott Rothschild Twitter: @ljwrothschild
Sexual Assault Awareness Week at Kansas University continues with a number of activities planned during a time when the KU adminis-
That effort would focus on getting male students to intervene if they witness something that looks wrong. Caleb Bobo, a junior at KU and a student senator, said he agreed with the president. “Some of the responsibil-
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ity and burden needs to be placed on men. The responsibility of every KU student, faculty member and staff is to make sure that every KU student is safe,” Bobo said. Please see KU, page 2A
Better opportunities
Vol.156/No.258 26 pages
Kansas University has joined a group of major universities to increase the number of lowincome students who earn a college degree. Page 3A
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