FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2006 BOARD OF REGENTS
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5.2
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Expansion approved
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STEFF WRITER
The Board of Regents approved a $20 million, 45,000-square-foot addition to the Structural Biology Center on West Campus Thursday.
The addition is the third and final portion of the center and will house the KU High Throughput Screening lab and the KU Center of Excellence in Chemical Methodologies and Library Development, both of which are now in the Life Sciences Research Laboratory at 15th and Waka-
rusa streets.
Both pharmaceutical labs work on drug discovery and development, two of the University's research strengths, said Jim Roberts, vice provost for research. The work done by the two groups will also support the cancer center at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
The Life Sciences Research Laboratory will welcome an expanded Center of Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis, an engineering research center.
The University of Kansas initially constructed the center to consolidate commonly used equipment and resources so all
researchers could access them.
State bonds, issued by the Kansas Development Finance Authority, will finance the entire construction project. Kevin Boutright, director of communications at the University, said the debt incurred by the bonds would be paid with grant money appropriated for research overhead costs. No student money will be used.
Construction will begin on the addition this spring and extend west of the current center, with the first occupants moving in April 2007.
Edited by Lindsey Gold
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general political climate toward homeless people in the city, local advocate support for the meanest designation, the city's history of criminalization measures and the existence of pending or recently enacted criminalization legislation in the city.
Mark, who is homeless and asked to keep his last name anonymous, agreed with Faulk. Mark has been unemployed since May, which caused him to lose his apartment. He currently sleeps at the Salvation Army.
"If you're like me and you get kicked out of your apartment, Lawrence is the best town to be in," Mark said. "There are a lot of resources here. You're not going to sleep in the cold, and you're not going to starve."
Cindy Kirner has lived in Lawrence for 20 years and was homeless at one point during her time here.
"When I was homeless, Lawrence went out of its way for the homeless by providing clothing, food, resources for housing and transportation," Kirner said. "It is not a mean city at all."
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other hearings were set for March and April of 2006.
This means Zenner and his family will be spending more time in the courtroom, and more time with Ellmaker.
"How can you begin the healing process when every two months you have to face him again? It's like a wound that just keeps getting reopened," Zenner said.
Dioszeghy said he will have to look at the case as a whole and review how evidence was collected. But Dioszeghy also admits the examination of Ellmaker's mental state will be a major piece to his defense argument.
In the meantime, Ellmaker's defense attorney, Joe Dioszeghy, will be preparing to argue that Ellmaker lacked the mental state required to be conscious of his actions.
"We have three experts who are ready to testify Andrew did not have the mental capacity required to be in control of his actions," Dioszeghy said.
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All of these efforts support the center's primary goal to gain designated status by the National Cancer Institute. The center hopes to achieve this status by 2010.
He said the cancer center still has work to do, but the building blocks are in place to reach their goals.
Jensen accomplished this same goal with another center while working at Vanderbilt University.
Sebelius and Jensen both asked all Kansans for their support in cancer research and prevention.
"We've made a lot of progress in a relatively short amount of time," he said.
"There is simply no reason to believe that we can't win this war on cancer," Sebelius said.
"It is a goal worthy of state investment and support. And it is a goal, when achieved, which will enrich the lives of every Kansan."
— Edited by James Foley
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