FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2005
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Spencer Museum hires director
By NEL MULKA
nmulka@kansan.com
KANAN STAFF WINTER
The Spencer Museum of Art didn't have to go far to find its new director.
Saralyn Reece Hardy, director and curator of the Salina Art Center, will take over the position March 14. The art museum named her director Dec. 16.
Hardy will replace interim director Frederick Pawliki. According to an article in last August's University Daily Kansan, the previous director, Andrea Norris, was fired March 2.
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According to the Salina Art Center Web site, www.salinaartcenter.org, the gallery grew from a seasonal, volunteer-run gallery when it opened in 1978 to a year-round gallery with national and international exhibits that attract more than 40,000 visitors yearly.
"I see Saralyn as a visionary," said Carolyn Chinn Lewis, assistant director of the Spencer museum. "Her enthusiasm and ability to move the museum forward is exciting to all of us."
Hardy was a special project coordinator at the Spencer museum from 1977 to 1979. She earned her bachelor's degree in integrated arts from the University in 1976 and a master's degree in American studies in 1994.
Hardy is expected to attend the first student night showcasing the exhibition of Tradition and
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Modernity Japanese Art of the Twentieth Century 7 to 9 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Asian gallery in the museum.
"I must say I am very excited to interact with students
because of the amazing mix of student population," Hardy said. "Students guide and energize the Spencer museum."
This event is being put together with help from the museum's student advisory board.
The advisory board, which was launched last fall, focuses on increasing student involvement and input on museum events and programs, said Kristina Mitchell, education curator for the museum.
board member, said Hardy and the board would work together to increase attendance of the museum.
"The advisory board will have a larger role," Andriessen, Sioux City, Iowa, freshman, said. "We're going to try to make it more student friendly. We want to make it more open to many students."
Rula Andriessen, advisory
During the first few months as director of the museum, Hardy will take into consideration what the student body needs and wants from the museum. No specific changes have been planned.
"I'm hoping to go in as kind of a cartographer," she said. "I want to listen for specific opportunities there. I take my cues from the place itself. I hope to have a number of interviews with students."
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PILE-UP: Parking Department helps clear ice, cars in lot
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at 1419 Ohio St., which are adjacent to the Alumni Place arking lot.
"The ice gets to be three inches thick in the winter," Gage said of the Emery Place parking lot.
The University fixed the problem five years ago, but the leaks began again in November, he said.
To keep icy areas safe, the Parking Department puts sand on icy areas by request or complaint, said Shima Ortiz, KU parking field student supervisor.
"We're doing our best to sand the ice," said Jamie Nishimura,
Mililani, Hawaii, sophomore and KU Parking Department worker. "We might rope off that area."
Ortiz called students whose cars were involved in the accident as well as two other students who parked near the accident and were in danger of sliding.
The KU Public Safety Office and the KU Parking Department worked beginning about 10:30 a.m. to remove the cars from the icy area. The area was blocked off later that afternoon.
No one was injured in the pile-up.
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against Missouri on Jan. 22,
also for the Red Cross.
AID: Campanile to be vigil site
The campaign plans to have tables at the fourth floor of the Kansas Union and in front of Wescoe Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan. 24 through Feb. 4.
A lecture about tsunamis is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 120 Budig. Dr. Don Steeples, an expert on the storms, will deliver his speech "Tsunami 101."
Money raised at the event will go to UNICEF.
A candlelight vigil will follow at 8:30 p.m. at the Campanile, commemorating the one-month anniversary of the tragedy.
All donations made at the events, except the basketball
games, will be dispersed through the bursar's office, and the donations will go to UNICEF.
We want the money to go through the bursar, so the University gets the recognition, said Bargee.
Banerjee said donations could also be given directly to the victims.
Campaign officials want to set up stations where students can donate meals with their KU cards.
All dates for fundraisers are subject to change. For information on donating or volunteering, contact Jennifer Donnell at the Center for Community Outreach or Rashida Banerjee at KU UNICEF. Both are located in the Kansas Union.
— Edited by Kendall Dix
DECKS: Smoking ban requires creativity from bar owners
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"We see a lot more people night-in and night-out because of the new deck," said Davis.
improve business for the bar, enough to require hiring more employees.
Gaudreau decided to build the deck in part because
Lawrence bars and restaurants are adapting and find new ways to give the customers what they want, which helps the businesses do what they want: make money.
Quinton's had lost customers who frequented its upstairs bar.
The ban forced him to close the upstairs bar all but one day a week, he said. As a result of losing money, some wait staff were fired.
"I didn't have a choice — I had to adapt," said Gaudreau. "It was costing me a $5,000 to $6,000 a week because people didn't want to go upstairs."
Quinton's new deck will be one of the larger decks downtown. The bar will have a cov-
people night-in and night-out because of the new deck."
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The renovations will allow him to reopen the upstairs four
ered roof and pipe heaters on each floor.
days a week, he said.
The price tag for the new deck is around $160,000.
Renovations to the deck itself are not the only expenditures for the bar. The heaters alone will cost $4,000 apiece.
Some anti-smoking ban residents tried to petition Lawrence's city commission to put the ban on the November ballot. Because too few signatures were raised, the ban will remain uncontested.
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