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University Daily Kansan, June 9, 1980
Fire alarms and noise disturb library's silence
By Tracee Hamilton
staff reporter
Patrons and staff of Watson Library walked leisurely toward the front doors Friday afternoon, talking and laughing together. It was not closing time, it was a fire alarm.
Several alarms have been set off in the last few weeks, because of the construction work on the 55-year-old structure. The library is undergoing an 18-month, $6 million face lift to correct problems that include poor ventilation, and, ironically, emergency exits.
During the last two weeks, library users have been subjected to jackhammers, closed restrooms, and location changes. Some staff members have domed earplugs and dust masks. Yet everyone is managing to keep a sense of humor.
THE WEST CENTER staircase is being demolished, and is wrapped in plastic to keep in the dust. Signs adorning the work area read "Resume by Cristo" and "Please jackethammer."
Library staff members are voting on a design to be worn on T-shirts during renovation. Among the front-runners are "Not today, I've got a headache" and "I Survived Watson Renovation." But the noise has affected some workers and staff.
"I've had complaints about the noise," said Kyla Bonnett, Lawrence junior and student worker. "People want to know where the building is, why renovation is going on in the first place."
There are many good reasons behind revision according to Jim Rane, dean of libraries.
"We have the largest collection in the Big Eight at this time," he said. "But our physical library is very small."
THE RENOVATION, which is scheduled for completion in January, 1982, will eliminate partitions in the library and give users more open space.
Despite the false alarms, John Glinka,
associate dean of libraries, said the potential
impact is minimal.
After Friday's alarm, however, Game
teacher, reference librarian, expressed concern the
library
"in that large a building, the chances of a real emergency are not small," she said. "It bothers me."
THE FIRST ALARM was supposedly triggered by dust from construction, but one construction worker said he accidentally set the alarm off with a sleedharness.
Major changes in locations and access are listed below:
The center and east stacks are accessible through the Slavic Alce on the second floor (follow the yellow line) and the Periodicals Reading Room on the first floor (follow the black
The west stacks are accessible through the regular stack entrance on the second floor.
THE FIRST FLOOR women's restroom is closed. A restroom is accessible through the Floor.
A construction worker disposes of the remains of a Watson Library staircase. Demolition of this staircase is one of the first phases of renovation.
Protest . . .
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on the question of what, if any, crimes were committed by the protesters
KU police refused to comment on the Commencement incident pending the end of the KBI inquiry. The investigation could take more than a month.
VICKIE THOMAS, acting University general counsel, said the University police are charged by the Board of Regents to enforce state laws, municipal codes, and University policies.
"Anytime you are in a place where certain policies apply and you violate those policies, you can be asked to leave." Thomas said. "If you have, you can be charged with a criminal offense."
Members of the AFAC disagree. They maintain that the University's prohibition on banners and the Regents' policy against political advertisements violates the First Amendment.
The state affiliation of the ACLI may challenge ta University's banner policy in federal court
Daniel Wildcat, Lawrence graduate student, a member of the state ALC legal panel and one of its co-chairs.
unanimously two weeks ago to file suit against the University.
Chancellor Archie R. Dykes said Friday that the university would continue to prohibit banning cell phone use.
DYKES SAID HE did not think banners were inherently disruptive, but that he could only be expected to do so.
Dykes said the policy needed to be reworded.
The policy, formed in 1970, says, "Political advertisements shall not be permitted in enclosed areas of the campus devoted primarily to instruction, or in other enclosed areas during summer."
The University has included banners in the category of political advertisements and has interpreted non-political events to apply to all University-sponsored events.
Dykes said, "I think the thrust of the policy, with its reference to partisan political activities, is to keep the public informed."
KUBY, AFTER HIS arrest last year, petitioned the KU chapter of the American Association of University Professors to examine the nature of anti-public education banner, prohibition at non-political events
followed the organization's principles of academic freedom.
The Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee of the AAPU submitted its report in July, 1979. It recommended that the banner policy be changed.
University Judiciary Chairman J. Hammond McNish, who last year dismissed Kuby's charge that his right to free expression as a student had been violated, said last week that his attitude about banners being inherently disruptive at University events had not changed.
"Even if it exits the virtues of motherhood, it is a disruption," the McNish said. "It takes attention."
"Free speech is in jeopardy if you allow disruption in a closed meeting."
The Blue Ribbon Committee on Freedom of Expression, which was appointed by Dykes, issued a report in April that recommended that the policy banning political advertisements at all non-political events be changed to permit all political expression as long as a disruption did
THE COMMITTEE suggested change the current Regents policy to read, "Freedom of
political expression should be protected subject only to the rights of the University to maintain order, assure the safety of individuals, protect students, and the continuity of the educational process.
However, Dykes said if the Regents changed the banner policy, it would not necessarily mean that the University's interpretation would be any less restrictive.
They had already distributed 5,000 leaflets protesting free speech restrictions.
Restriction of free speech was the concern of the 30 sympathizers and members of the ACAF who climbed to the top of the north end of Memorial Stadium at Commencement.
SHORTLY BEFORE 8 p.m., Chancellor Dykes began his address to the 2,500 people in the stadium. Seventen protesters stood between two flapwings and held an 20-foot by "3-foot" cloth banner that read, "Protect First Amendment Rights at KU."
Five minutes later, police moved toward the officers offended to take the banner from the base.
Jeff Miller, Wichita senior, said he had his
The protesters said they had agreed not to resist but to give up the banner immediately if arrested. Five minutes after arriving, officers began to make arrests.
thumb wrenched severely by an officer trying to gain control of the sign.
They arrested eight protesters from the west side of the banner. Aaron Handel, 1145 Louisiana, said an officer told him, "There are too many alumni here for this to go on."
THE POLICE TOOK the eight, some hand-cuffed, to the west side of the stadium and issued notices to appear in Municipal Court, Wildcat and Tim Miller, a teacher in religious studies, were charged with both disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.
"Shelley Miller, a University library employee, and Rick Kirkendall, Lawrence graduate student, then unfurled a banner that read, 'Hold! We're Being Arrested.'"
When the eight were arrested and Miller and Kirkendall were taken from the stadium, the police left with them. The remaining protesters picked up the banner again.
The group held the sign for 20 minutes before the police returned.
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