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Thursday, May 4, 1978
University Daily Kansan
Watson . . .
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the library to expand and we felt like this was the best way', he said.
The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Okla., is building a three-floor facility that will cover more than 50,000 square feet, said Ruth Thurston, the director of libraries for the University of Tulsa.
The projected date for completion,
Herrington said, was spring 1979. The
construction had began June 1977.
"It seemed to us a more advantageous utilization of space," Herrington said. "There actually was no other place to go, except up or down."
She said the University did not want to block the view of the present library building with another building so it was decided to go underground.
"We KNOW IT can be done," he said.
"And drainage of water and other problems will be no trouble if they are handled properly."
Part of the lighting for the facility would be artificial, but some light shifts would be generated by the lighting.
Alley said most people had misconceptions about an underground building.
"There are preconceptions of a dark, gloomy basement area. But underground doesn't necessarily mean it is dark," he said.
The proposed extension to Watson, Gould said, would present no technical difficulties.
According to the proposal, the area that receives the most natural light was a relatively open space.
reatively simulate storage.
"The major portion of the area will be used for book storage," Gould said, "so the area that will need light will be small."
"We really don't want any part of a new building to be designed evermore for storage," he said. "We want it to be flexible."
Another proposal to solve the space problem has been sent to the Board of Regents by the library. According to that proposal, a new library would be built near the Military Science Building and would house science materials.
BUT JIM RANZ, dean of libraries, disagreed about the amount of space designated for storage.
Razz said that as the needs of the library change, it must be possible for the facility to
The new building would cost an estimated $17 million and include about 250,000 square feet. Watson Library would eventually contain materials and also all administrative facilities.
Lawsuit...
Dysart said he anticipated that the state would have difficulty winning the case, especially because of action taken this year by the Kansas Senate.
CONSTRUCTION OF the new hospital is currently nearing completion.
The Senate killed legislation that would have prohibited a city or county from charging a building permit fee for state-owned construction.
a judge is going to look at that action as an indication that the Senate does not want the state to be immune from city building cases. Dysart said.
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the city then would have 30 days to respond before a union's ruling.
Desair said there was more at stake than the $0.00 because a decision against the state might be applied to both past and future building projects. To avoid this problem, he said he would ask that the ruling apply only to future cases.
"If we're not exempt now, we never have been," he said. "If the court decides we must follow the city building code and get the permit, it raises questions about the new hospital. A building permit there would cost us $300,000 if they go back and collect for that."
Despite this, he said, his first argument in the case would be that the state was exempt from city ordinances because it, as a state, has own codes that controlled construction.
That argument might be weakened, he said, by the recent problems resulting from the construction of the basic sciences building and the clinical facility at the Med
"AFTER ALL that," he said, "it's hard to argue that the state is in control of its own resources."
Judge Hugh Brunson said he would file a required sentencing report with the Louisiana Supreme Court, where the case will be automatically appealed. When a death sentence is handed down by a jury, an appeal is automatic.
Used book sale called success, despite weather
Dalton Prejane, 18, was convicted Wednesday of killing Trooper Donald Cleveland last July on a Lafayette Parish road. The same jury deliberated another 2½ hours Wednesday before recommending the death sentence.
The Watson Library book sale this week was a success, despite bad weather, according to Rosemary McDonough, exchange librarian and coordinator of the
"We had rather poor weather." McDougan said yesterday. "If it had been warmer with no wind, it would have been a still better day."
But bad weather was not the only unpleased problem of the sale, McBrownough.
A nursery worker carrying a book of boxes through one of the doors accidently triggered a fire alarm about 11 a.m. Monday. Three fire engines responded to the false alarm, which sent boards of students flocking down the stairways, McDonough said. Firemen were notified by a secretary of libraries' office that it was a false alarm.
MONROE, La. (UPI) - A 23-member jury has recommended the death sentence for a Lafayette La., teenager convicted of killing an Indiana state trooper killed in the line of duty.
The book sale was planned to run only Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. McDougain said, but because so many books were sold, the sale was extended through Tuesday.
The sale Tuesday was mostly an indoor in Room B-28 in the basement of
McDougonn said $1,965 was collected from the two-day sale.
"This may be the highest total ever collected," she said. "But since no one has ever kept track of the amount raised in past sales, it is hard to say exactly."
Part of the sale's earnings will have to go to the state in the form of sales tax, McCormick said. That would go toward the purchase of new books as required by a state law. That law specifies that receipts from selling used books in the state should be used to buy new publications, she said.
Jury recommends death for cop killer
Dysart he also would argue that the federal regulations under which the building was designed should take precedence over the city code.
To ensure the absence of radiation leakage, the center is required to be partly underground and has several special reinforced walls. 6-foot thick steel reinforced walls.
"The safety and welfare of the people demand that the court apply the safest, most strict and most knowledgeable specifications to the construction of the
center," Dyart said. "The city code simply does not apply to this building."
he said that there were numerous conflicts between the city code and the federal regulations and that following the city code was very likely to be less safe.
Aslate at业 is $950,000 in federal money being used to build the center. The facility must comply with federal radiation guidelines to continue receiving that grant.
The total cost of the radiation center is about $3.5 million. When completed, it will be one of the five or six largest centers in the country.
Hanz said the major advantage of building the new library was that the people who would use it the most would actually be in buildings that would surround the library. People in Marvin, Malott and Murphy halls would have easy access to the new building.
But, Ranz said, the proposal for an underground extension was worthy of serious criticism.
extension) has never been considered," he said. "If a horrible mistake is about to be made, it should be rectified. But I am not sure if one is being made."
Hanz said that if the proposal for an underground extension were adopted, it would be a major cost.
"THIS APPROACH (an underground
"It would present no great problem as far as the renovation goes. The main problem would be in leaving open a way to gain access to build underground." Ranz said.
The proposal was not acted upon by the Senate Library Committee but was forwarded to Ranz to present to a planning committee for Watson renovation. Ranz said that although the committee had not been appointed yet, it soon would be.
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Gould said he, Miller and Alley would like to present the proposal to Ron Calgaard, vice chancellor for academic affairs and vice president of the encyclop, but no meeting had been arranged.
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STARTING MAY 8...
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WHILE YOU'RE THERE AVOID THE HASSLE AND SELL
BACK OLD TEXT BOOKS TO THE VARISITY SHOP.
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