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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 9, 1995
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Parking plans bungled deadlines not clear
By Matt Hood
Kansan staff writer
When a surly University Council wanted to know why plans for parking garages hadn't been discussed more widely, administrators responded that the consulting firm hadn't finished its report by the October deadline.
But according to the firm, Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc.of Evanston, Ill., KU administrators are responsible for the missed deadline.
Jerry Salzm of Barton-Aschman, who worked on KU's
parking plans, said that an October deadline had been set in Spring 1993. But the process was delayed in Summer 1994 when KU administrators asked the firm to study additional sites for possible garages.
"We had to go through the loop again," Salzman said.
"It was a mutually agreed-on delay."
Salzman said his firm had studied preliminary sites for several lots. If the firm had continued to study only those lots, it would have been
would have made the October deadline, Salzman said
would have made the October deadline, Salzman said. "We may have gone slowly also, but I think we would have made the deadline otherwise," he said.
Salzman said that it was not unusual for a deadline to fluctuate on a consulting project. He said that after administrators had approached the firm with additional plans, both the administration and the firm agreed to move the deadline back.
"It was a nuttually agreed-on delay," he said.
Rodger Oroke, University director of facilities management, said the firm's original sites weren't planned with traffic problems on Jayhawk Boulevard in mind.
Oroke, administrator for the parking department, said that the request resulted in the proposal of a garage east of Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
Barton-Aschman delivered a draft of its report in December, forcing a mad dash to get funding from the Kansas Legislature.
Richard Mann, University director of administration, said on Jan. 27 that KU wouldn't seek legislative funding for the garages because there were too many unanswered questions.
Allen Wiechert, University architect, confirmed that administrators added new information into the parking plan, which caused a delay.
Wiechert said representatives from KU went to the firm and requested that more sites be studied.
Barton-Aschman had signed a contract with KU, but the study's December completion wasn't a breach of contract and no fines would be imposed. Wiechert said.
Theresa Klinkenberg, associate director of administration, said that administrative requests to alter the course of a study were not unusual.
Klinkenberg said that had the report been completed in October, there would have been more time for discussion of the plan and fee increases.
But, she said, "You don't know if a couple of extra months would have been enough."
Parking garage timeline
April 1993-Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. hired to study KU parking problems.
Aug. 16, 1993 - Consultant firm completes its first report, an inventory of existing spaces and parking shortfalls.
Dec. 6,1993-Second report completed with three possible sites for garages; near Memorial Stadium, north of the Kansas Unicorn and near the Computer Center.
Summer1994-KU administrators ask the firm to consider more sites.
Sept.1, 1994 Third report from the firm lists one additional site: east of Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
October 1994- Original deadline for completion of study Nov. 9, 1994-Fourth report from the firm recommending four additional sites: east of Smith Hall, north of Balley Hall on Memorial Drive, northwest of Spencer Library on Memorial Drive and on the soccer fields near the Computer Center. The consultant recommended three cites for final consideration: north of the Union, east of Carruth-O'Leary and on Illinois street by the Computer Center. Construction of garages at Jayhawk Towers was considered separately.
Jan. 25, 1995- Senate Executive Committee votes to deny funding for the garages.
Jan. 27, 1995-Richard Mann, University director of administration, announces that KU won't seek legislative funding for garages this year.
Feb. 2,1995-University Council votes to keep parking fees at their current rates.
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"This event was the greatest holocaust in history," he said. "More than 100 million people didn't survive the voyage."
Sean R. Crosler / KANSAN
Johnson said he wrote this novel to tell what happened to those Africans, but it was also a love story about a man with a spirit for adventure.
Slave-trade tales also tell love story
One of the people who influenced Johnson's writing was his professor and novelist John Gardner.
By Eduardo A. Molina Kansan staff writer
Charles Johnson, who is considered one of the 10 best writers of short stories in the United States, read selections from his works last night at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
One of those works was "Middle Passage," a story about a freed Black man, who in 19th-century New Orleans, started a journey to work on a ship with slaves from Africa.
African-American author presents his short stories
Johnson, who was KU's keynote speaker for African-American History Month, told the 80 audience members that he became interested in the slave trade in 1971 when he researched the topic.
Charles Johnson, the keynote speaker for African-American History month, speaks in the Centennial Room of the Kansas Union. Johnson, who spoke Tuesday and yesterday, is a professor at the University of Washington.
"He was a hard-working writer who always encouraged young
people to write," Johnson said. "Despite the fact he was busy teaching, he found the time to get one of my stories published."
Johnson also read part of his new book "Dreamer," a book about Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement in 1966.
Johnson, a professor of English at the University of Washington, said that teaching was an important part of his life.
"It is a joy to work for students," he said. "It is really rewarding when you see your students succeeding as writers."
Billy Denson, Wichita junior, said he wanted to meet Johnson.
"It was unique to hear him reading his work," Denson said. "I haven't heard things about history, such as the number of slaves brought from Africa, until tonight. I'll wait for his new book 'Dreamer,' and I'll check out the 'Middle Passage.'"
Kimberly Maupin, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, said that Johnson's work dealt with important African-American issues.
"It was good to have him during a month that celebrates our heritage," Maupin said. "The 'Middle Passage' is a testament to our struggle."
Neutrinos may beef up weight for the universe
Kansan staff writer
By Robert Allen
The universe is weighing in a little heavier lately.
Scientists have proof that the universe has much more mass than previously known, because of a tiny, electron-sized particle known as the neutrino.
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico have measured the mass of this elusive particle. Neutrinos were once thought to have no mass at all. If the researchers are correct, then the mass of the universe would increase tenfold.
"We're definitely very excited," said Anatoly Klypin, a member of the Los Alamos research team and former postdoctoral student at the University of Kansas.
If spread out evenly through space, there
would be about 1,500 neutrinos per square inch, said Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy. They are abundant, but extremely hard to detect. Neutrinos routinely shoot straight through the Earth, and consequently our bodies, without slowing down. This makes them difficult to detect and measure.
"It's a new piece of information about the laws of physics."
"It's fantastically difficult," said Melott. "It's very hard to make an experiment where neutrinos hit something. They don't interact."
John Ralston professor of physics and astronomy
The Los Alamos team was able to measure the neutrinos over time by firing an enormous amount of them through a detector, Melott said. A tiny fraction of them are detected, and results are averaged from those reactions.
of the neutrino is a great discovery, said John Ralston, professor of physics and astronomy.
"The experiment runs a very long time," Melott said.
"It's a new piece of information about the laws of physics," he said.
Measuring the mass
However, Ralston said that this could throw a wrench into some established theories of physics.
"There is a perfectly well-defined model called the standard model, that says the neutrino has no mass," he said. "This would be the first definition in physics that is not described by the standard model in many years."
Scientists believe that only 10 percent of the mass of the universe is visible — things like stars, planets and clouds of gases. The other 90 percent consists of invisible objects. It is not known what these invisible objects are, but neutrinos account for some of them.
The next step in the experiment is to verify the results, Klypin said. Both his team and other researchers in the country will try to match the results.
K-State student killed in Spain in bus accident
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
EMPORIA — Memorial services were held yesterday for Heather Stewart, a 20-year-old Kansas State student who was killed Saturday in Spain, where she was studying abroad.
A day trip to the coastal town of Muros, Spain, proved fatal for Stewart, who planned to hike and visit the
countryside. Stewart was killed when the bus she was riding struck her after she had exited.
Tom Hutton, director of University Relations, said that a medical helicopter was dispatched, but Stewart died at the scene.
Stewart had stopped to tie her shoe when she was struck, said Mary Elizabeth Debicki, director of KU Study Abroad. Stewart was studying in Spain through KU's study abroad program.
Heather Stewart
"The U.S. Embassy called her parents, initially, about the incident," Hutton said. "It was my understanding they called KU at the same time."
Stewart had arrived in Spain Jan. 10 to begin a semester of study in Galicia, Debicki said.
"Her life goal was to help children, especially Spanish-speaking children," he said.
Stewart decided to study abroad in Spain because she wanted to learn to speak Spanish and broaden her horizons, said Max Stewart, Heather's father.
"Her life goal was to help children, especially Spanish-speaking children."
"We were very excited
MaxStewart Heather Stewart's father
for her, when she went to Spain," said Stewart's mother, Sharon Stewart. "She was very proud that she was going."
Heather Stewart was a junior at K-State studying human development and family studies. She had planned to study in Spain until May, her parents said.
Although Heather Stewart was from another university, KU Study Abroad tries to involve other Regent schools in the program, Debicki said.
More than 5,000 students have participated in the study abroad program without any incidents like this one, Debicki said.
"The horror of it is just awful," she said.
Whitney Ace, Emporia sophomore, went to high school with Heather Stewart and was on the track and cross-country teams with her.
"She was very friendly and very enjoyable to be around," Ace said. "She was always smiling and happy."
Memorial contributions to the Heather Stewart Memorial Scholarship Fund at Camp Wood YMCA in California or the Heather Stewart Memorial Youth Mission Project Fund at the First Presbyterian Church of Emporia may be sent to Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, 605 State St., Emporia, KA.68011.
Location of fatal accident
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