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Wednesday, April 30
What: Coffee at The Commons with David Rokeby
When: 10 to 11 a.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: A free opportunity to converse with visiting artist David Rokeby of Toronto, Canada.
Thursday, May 1
What: Peace Corps General Information Session
When: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Divine Nine
About: A general information session on the Peace Corps. Attendants will see a brief video, hear from a campus recruiter and learn about the benefits of Peace Corps service.
What: KU Innovation Fair
When: 4 to 6.30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Ballroom
About: Learn about KU technology,
opportunities for entrepreneurial
collaboration and network with faculty,
students and company representatives.
Cash prizes will be given for best
poster presentations in the graduate
and undergraduate divisions.
What: Quickies: An Evening of Ten-Minute Plays
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: William Inge Memorial Theatre, Murphy Hall
About: KU Theatre graduate students will present an assortment of ten-minute plays. Attendance is free.
Friday, May 2
What: Pre-Hispanic Migrations in Central America: What we think we know and what we wish we knew When: Noon to 1 p.m. Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons About: A free Department of Anthropology lecture from John Hoopes, director of the Global Indigenous Nations Studies Program, addressing the causes and consequences of human migration.
What: KU Symphony Orchestra
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Lied Center
About: The KU School of Music presents the Symphony Orchestra in concert. Tickets are $8 for adults and $6 for children, seniors and students.
Saturday, May 3
What: Spring Arts and Culture Festival
When: 1 to 3 p.m.
Where: Spencer Museum of Art
About: The Spencer Student Advisory Board hosts its seventh annual Arts and Culture Festival, featuring art by local and student artists, live music and more.
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A red-eared slider sunbathes on a sunny spring day before sliding back into Potter Lake. The lake is currently on a 2014 draft list for polluted bodies of water. Campus experts have requested its removal after performing a series of tests that prove it is in good condition.
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"We as a campus and as alumni and students were concerned about the quality of Potter Lake and...felt it important to keep the University appraised of the quality and how the University is working to maintain the quality of Potter Lake," Loeb said.
months of concern to KDHE and the Clean Water Act, was 6.9." Loeb said. "KDHE has set an optimal pH range of 6.5-8.5 for aquatic bodies; therefore, Potter Lake is well within that range."
One problem the DEHS has come across is water lilies. When the lake is cleaner, light can penetrate to the bottom, allowing the water lilies to grow. As a result, the water lilies can be seen in the later summer and early fall. These flowers are a problem, however, because, as they grow, they accumulate nitrogen and phosphorus — important plant nutrients.
Loeb said in the winter the plants sink to the bottom
Chlorophyll testing at Potter Lake has a mean TSI of 48 Loeb said. He also said chlorophyll in the lake ranges from 37 to 59 throughout the year and ranges 42 to 59 in the summer months. However, anything less than a TSI of 70 is fine meaning Potter Lake fills the requirements to be removed from the 303(d) list.
and decompose, releasing phosphorus into the lake.
"That food can feed algae (microscopic kinds call phytoplankton) and begin to make the lake greener — a process called eutrophication." Loeb said in an email.
Loeb also said, about four years ago, their efforts resulted in dredging the lake and removing a food supply that was causing the lake to look and appear "very unpleasant."
"In 2010, a small plant called Watermeal (each plant is about the size of a grain of rice) grew so much that the lake surface turned bright green," Loeb said in an email. "The dredging that was done after that was to remove the source of food that resulted in that type of very unattractive appearance."
"There's an ongoing effort with the support of the University alumni and the students to maintain and continue to improve the water quality," Loeb said. "The department of Environmental Health and Safety is here to assist in those efforts and we provide advice and direction as to how we should move forward to maintain the water quality."
Loeb said Potter Lake is a very clean and healthy ecosystem that supports a lot of life: fish, frog and turtles.
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