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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, March 27, 1980
Jewelry department tires of 'temporary' quarters
By KEVIN MILLS Staff Reporter
KU's jewellery department has been in limbo since the fall of 1977.
That's when the new Visual Arts building located in Broadcasting Hall, were expected to take up residency in Fowler Hall, the old visual art building. Fowler Hall is adjacent
But the new building had flaws. Money that would have enabled the jewery studios to move went for repairs instead.
**THURY MONTHS later, jewelry students and staff still share Broadcasting Hall with radio station KANU. The move to Fowler is the result, as told, as soon as funds are available.**
Olli Valanne, associate professor of design, is upset with the delay.
"We moved into this building to stay one or two years until the new facilities
opened," he said. "It's sort of been temporary now for five years."
Valame teaches in Broadcasting Hall and the Visual Arts building. He said he had difficulty in gaining permission to move into room reserve for him in the new building.
"I had to fight to get in there," he said. "A grad student could use my room for grading but I couldn't use it for teaching.
"They said, 'You can be in there if the working crew has to come around and repair things.' I finally got it the day before when we were applied for the move six months earlier."
PETER THOMPSON, associate dean of fine arts, said the jewelry studios would move into rooms in Fowler, but he didn't know when.
"I'm not sure about the timetable," he said. "It all depends on when the funding is available."
Fowler Hall is now vacant and without
power. Part of the empty space will soon be occupied by architecture classes. Thompson estimated that it would require $100-150,000 for the jewelry department to move in.
In the meantime, jewelry students and faculty have to contend with outmoded and dangerous studies, Valanne said.
A ventilation system is needed in Broadcasting Hall, he said, to contend with toxic fumes emitted by the various acids used in jewelry work.
He said that money had been allotted for a similar ventilation system in the new building.
"It looks as if some people are very favored here," Valanne said.
THOMPSON SAID he was not aware of a ventilation problem.
"I don't know if anyone at the University knows if there is a ventilation problem," he said.
Jon Havner, assistant professor of design,
disagreed. An investigation was conducted
by architectural Services, he said, that revealed that a ventilation system, as well as protective hoods for students, was needed.
"One person might say yes, there is a problem, and somebody else may say no, then isn't," Havner said. "I guess it depends on where you're coming from."
Haver said there have been instances of students feeling ill after working with a steel polishing compound. When used in great amounts, the compound can be very hard on the lungs, he said.
He said that a ventilation system would probably benefit the faculty most, since they are exposed to the fumes more often.
The building has other problems, too. Havwer said.
"We've had to make other repairs that turned out to be illegal," he said. "But it had to be done."
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"Things are really cramped for space here," Owens said. "We'd have more room in the new facility, and it would be cleaner, a lot of dust duggers around here."
"This department is low on the University's list as far as status goes."
Havner, however, said he didn't want to complain too much.
"When the electricians came over, you could hear them saying, 'Man, this stuff is bad. I don't want to work on it."
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I feel slighted, perhaps, in that they're very slow in developing a sound basic resource, he said. "But as long as things are moving ahead, I don't like to complain."
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CRAIG OWENS, Wichita junior, is not content with the studios in Broadcasting Hall.
"The fire marshal our walls were unsafe because they weren't fireproof," Havner said. "Those are the kind of things that shouldn't be difficult to repair.
"I rather be in this building," he said. "It's a nice department with a lot of room. Those are nice classrooms over there (in the classroom), but I have no quailms with this place."
"I don't ever have any ill effects, but I guess there might be something that turns up in five years. It's really nothing immediate," he said.
"But it's a good space here. It's workable."
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One student, who did not want to be identified, agreed.
He said he was not concerned about the ventilation.
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—The Department of Corrections and the Kansas Adult Authority were sued by a former inmate of the Kansas State Prison. The conviction was held in prison beyond his parole date.
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"The State of Kansas was sued by an employment manager after the misrepresented during a job interview with a state employee. The applicant said the interviewer told him he would be hired, and he was not."
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