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Tuesday, December 6.1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Building house offers students learning experience
Architecture class teaches the trade
By Manny Lopez
Kansan staff writer
When Valerie Flood enrolled in her first architecture class, she did not know part of the course requirements included helping build a house.
"The project gives students a hands-on opportunity," said Lynn Olson, owner of Trinity Development Corp. "That on-the-job training will help them in their futures."
But she and 52 other KU students, who enrolled this semester in Architecture 103, Introduction to Architecture, are doing just that.
Olson's company is working with the class on a house that is being built at 2732 Ann Court. Olson said that while most of the actual building was being done by craftsmen, some of the students had taken an active role and had helped pour concrete, built the frame and done finish work such as installing insulation and drywall.
Flood said she and her classmates were required to spend 50 hours at the house by the end of the semester. She said she recently had been spending about six hours a week there to fulfill that requirement. Forty percent of the students' grades are based on their participation at the house. Students were required to keep a journal of their activities there and then have it signed to verify the time they spent on-site.
"The overall goal is to let the students get an overview of the construction industry," said Marc Clay Beller, associate professor of architectural engineering.
Belcher said the project would not be finished by the end of the semester, but students could continue to help as part of a special-problems course. The class is not offered in the Spring semester.
"I haven't had a single complaint yet," Olson said. "I still believe in the concept and the ideas about bringing in other groups to help with the funding."
This project is the first of its kind at KU. The lot is owned by the Kansas University Endowment Association, and the association is paying for construction of the house. When it is finished it will be put up for sale.
The goal of the project was not to make money, Belcher said. Instead, it was to learn and to see a project from start to end.
"This is not a for-profit job," Olson said. "We are doing it at cost with a little overhead to help pay subcontractors."
Fifty-three architectural students are helping build a house at 2732 Ann Court as part of a class requirement. The students have helped with everything from pouring the foundation to roofing the house.
Although many of the students think the project has been a positive experience, Flood said she thought the expectations were too high.
"The idea was good," she said. "But I'm not sure if it really worked because it was hard to go to the site with other classes and everything. I'm probably going to change my major, but the class helped me decide what I wanted to do."
Richard Devinki / KANSAN
Man sentenced to life for damaging Mississippi levee during '93 flood
Circuit Judge Bruce Normile,
"Your honor, I did not commit
that crime."
James R. Scott, 24, of Fowler, III., got the maximum sentence for his November conviction on charges of causing a catastrophe.
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A man who prosecutors said sabotaged a levee during the 1993 Midwest floods to strand his wife so he could have affairs was sentenced yesterday to life in prison.
Scott admitted to police that he removed sandbags from the levee, opening a breach that allowed the
Outside court, Scott said lies came before truth at his trial.
term Scott is serving for burglary.
Prosecutors said Scott, a convicted arsonist and burglar, told a friend he wanted to make sure his wife couldn't return home across the river from her Missouri job, so that he could have affairs and party.
The Associated Press
swollen Mississippi River to flood 14,000 acres of farmland and destroy scores of buildings in West Quincy.
The breach also shut down for 71 days a bridge that was the only link between Missouri and Illinois for 200 miles.
The life sentence will run consecutively to a 10-year
Defense attorney Jeff Estes said he would appeal. Estes had argued that Scott's removal of sandbags wasn't enough to break the levee and cause the multimillion-dollar disaster.
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