The University Daily
University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas
KANSAN
Thursday, July 9, 1981 Vol. 9, No. 15 USPS 650-640
Destruction of Lindley Annex costly problem
By TIM ELMER Staff Reporter
A lack of respect for run-down buildings and the stress of an extremely heavy student work load in the School of Architecture and Urban Design have been cited as reasons for the problems of vandalism and theft that have plagued the school in the past.
"For the longest time, a lot of people have been stuck in Lindley Annex, Blake Annex and Robinson Center," im M. Monahan, St. Louis University. "Those places are terribly uncomfortable to be in."
WHEN A PLACE gets so run down, Monahan said, it is dehumanizing. Architecture students tend to be sensitive to those kinds of things, he said. Holdingdding does not lend itself to respect, it gets abused.
Jeff C. Hayes, Wichita state, said, "It was wonderful to have a staff in Lindau Annex. It was like being sent to Lindau." It was like being sent to Lindau.
Monahan said everything about the annex had been substandard.
It was too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer, he said. The anxex had only one air conditioner in it. The lighting conditions were terrible and there weren't enough outlets to heat the individual lamps. There was no division of rooms so there was no privacy or control of sound.
"Being stuck in a pit like Lindley Annex for a long period of time is something you have to live with."
THE SAME WAS TRUE of Blake Annex, he said. It was a hodgepodge of a junky arena. Robinson Center for the past year was atrocious, he said. It was noisy and hot.
"I can see where an unfit place might stir up excitement and anger on the part of the stupefied students."
Because of the renovation of Marvin Hall, the School of Architecture and Urban Design had to divide its students among Robinson Center, Lindley Annex, Blake Annex and the Art and Design Building, W. Max Lucas, recently appointed dean of the school, said.
Kari A. Persson, Topeka senior, said the professors had been unhappy about having to teach in the annex because it had been in such shade
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Vandalism, theft plague School of Architecture
By TIM ELMER
Staff Reporter
Lindley Annex is a post-World War II-vintage building that, on the outside, looks like an old army barracks. On the inside, it looks like part of the war had been fought there.
Nearly all the walls have gaping holes. Overturned trash cans with their contents spilling onto the floors lay scattered throughout the rooms. Bent-up metal lockers and overturned desk chairs clutter the dusty floors filled with trash and debris.
Some rooms reek with the stench of soaked newspapers lying in pools of stagnant water. A hallway door repeatedly creaks open and alarm clocks tick. The walls are bare, and panees and missing panels stand cardinally on.
Imaginative, picturequee drawings with bathroom-vintage fraitte decorate many walls
LINDLEY ANNEX is an old, unobtrusive building south of Lindley Hall and east of Learned Hall. The School of Architecture and Design uses the annex for studio classes for the past three years.
Because of the $2.8 million renovation of Marvin Hall, the School of Architecture and Urban Design was forced to divide its students and offices among Robinson Center, Lindley University, Art and Design Building and Carruth-O'Leary Hall. W. Max Lucas, dean of the school said.
Last summer, University of Kansas Facilities Operations spent about $13,000 to fix up Lindley Annex. Work included a new roof, renovation of the main entrance and work on the building's interior, Richard Perkins, associate director of facilities operations, said.
"Yes, Lindley Annex has been abused." R. Kaitlaw, attorney, of facilities planned, said.
One year later, it was back in the same condition, or worse.
REPORTS OF STUDENT abuse of other classroom facilities have come from
"You should have seen Marvin Hall before they started the renovation." Perkins said.
Because of problems of theft and vandalism in Robinson Center last year, security guards were employed by the University to monitor the students and the studio.
Perkins said the abuse of classroom facilities
by architecture students had been an on-going problem.
"As far as tearing up things, that has been going on for years and years," Perkins said. "It has been like that from Day One since I have been here, which has been about 30 years."
Allen Wiechert, University director of facilities planning, said part of the wear and tear on Lindley Annex had been due to the building's age.
However, he said, "Some disciplines cause more wear and tear on buildings than others."
IN THE SCHOOL of Architecture and urban Design, Wiechert said, the studio concept of architecture allows students to “personalize their designs,” which tends to create some of the problems.
Each student has his own drawing table and space in which to work in the studio. In an effort to create a sense of privacy and intimacy, students often build cubicles and attach lights to them so they can work without being intruded. Turn M. Monahan, St. Louis senior, said.
Part of the problem with a building like Lindley Annex, Weichert said, is that the space was too small.
"That could lead to some of the frustration that students feel who are trying to work in a space that is not conducive to learning."
"They have a tendency to paint things and build things," Wiecbert said. "They nail things to the floors and string light cords around and things like that."
About $23,000 has been approved for the renovation of Lindley Annex this summer, Wierchert said. Renovation of the annex and other structures is beingdetected by the beginning of the fall semester, he said.
Lucas said he thought students would respect the renovated facilities when they moved back in town.
"I have a very strong belief that if the students are provided quality spaces in which to work and quality equipment, they will respect them," he said.
SOME FACILITIES OPERATIONS administrators have expressed a guarded optimism that students will treat the renovated room with care, but they are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
"I am hoping the new buildings will make a difference in the way the students treat them." Perkins said. "It would be pitiful if they don't make a difference."
Governor Carlin's appeal for disaster aid likely to be rejected
By MARC HERZFELD
Staff Reporter
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will probably not reverse its decision to deny disaster aid to Lawrence, despite an appeal from Gov. John Carlin, a FEMA spokesman said.
Washington FEMA spokesman David Cobb said that FEMA rarely granted requests for reversals. Cobb said he knew of only two such reversals in the last eight years.
19 Lawrence tornado was denied Tuesday. Carlin appealed the decision yesterday.
CARLN'S ORIGINAL request for $1.35 million in emergency aid to victims of the June
In his appeal, Carlin wrote that Lawrence and the team were under contract to provide long-term assistance to洛克菲勒大学.
"Certainly state, local and volunteer agencies re- respond, but this only aids our devastated citizens."
City Manager Buford M. Watson Jr. said that the city had monee left for only cleanup operations.
"I inappealing this denial, I wish to point out the after-effects of the damage are still being assessed."
Carlin's original damage estimate was $18 million.
THE FEMA DENIAL of disaster aid, written by Director Louis Guffrida, said that Lawrence homes and businesses were not underinsured enough to meet FEMA guidelines.
Spokesman Cobb said, "We're not coming in to everybody whole again. We just provide support."
Cobb said that in response to Carlin's appeal, a new team of federal appraisers would be sent to Carlin.
A state representative would accompany the federal appraisers, Carlin said, adding that the state had an agreement with the company.
REACTION TO THE denial of aid was disappointing, but of little surprise.
Sen. Jane M. Eldredge. R-Lawrence. said.
"Certainly, I'm disappointed. I think that any one who had been a tremendous help, have gotten would have been a tremendous help."
A disaster declaration would have made tornado victims eligible for grants of up to $5,000. However, Eldredge said she was not surprised by the denial.
"You've got to realize that federal dollars are not free dollars—they're tax dollars. I'm afraid the solution is an awful lot of hard private work," she said.
By Joers, director of the Douglas County Red Cross, said his first response to the dental was umbilical incision.
"I guess I'm not terribly surprised," Byers said.
State Rep. Jessie M. Branson, D-Lawrence, said that the state could not provide any more funds.
"We can't do everything that they can do," she said.
State Rep. John M. Sohlbach, D-Lawrence,
money for tornado victims the state had run out of
reputation for tornado victims
"There just are not enough state and local funds," he said.
Carlin's request for Small Business Administration loans is still pending. If the SBA awards borrowers and businessmen who were tornado victims could receive special-low interest loans.
KU harpist plays her way to national finals
BvLINDALANG
Staff Reporter
Music coming from the harp practice room was scarcely audible over the sound coming from the nearby percussion room and the din of students from the Midwestern Music Carm.
SPEAKING WITH A SOFT, midwestern accent in an unpretentious manner, Christy said her goal was to make a living as a classical harpist. Right now she teaches music at Indian Creek Elementary School in Topeka and plays harp at wedding receptions and area clubs. She is also the principal harpist with the Topeka Symphony.
In the practice room, Elaine Christy, graduate student in harp performance, was taking a lesson from Margaret Ling, professor of music performance.
Christy was named one of five finalists last month in the National Harp Competition in Portland, Ore., sponsored by the American Harp College. The Close Scholarship at the same competition
"An orchestra job is something you dream about," she said. "I don't know if it's going to happen, but I'm interested mostly in concert touring. I play solo harp, but that's because I
haven't had a lot of opportunity to work with a group.
Ling, Christy's professor and adviser, spoke very highly of her.
CHRISTY DECIDED THAT she wanted to play the harp when she was eight years old and started taking lessons from Sister St. John Ven Horst in neighboring Ottumwa, Iowa. She continued taking lessons from Ven Horst for 14 years.
Christy said she had lots of support and encouragement from Ling, as well as from her family and friends back in her hometown of Fremont. Iowa.
"She's a very special performer who is very unassuming and she owes her own horn. She does that on that." Lingyu
"She's not just a performer. She has charisma.
She has confidence, really communicates with her audiences."
"I've often wondered where I did get the idea," Christy said, "because I had never seen a harp at the concert."
From her mother she received a background
from the University of Chicago, termed essential to
playing the guitar and guitar.
Weather
Today will be clear to partly cloudy with a high in the mid to upper 80°, according to the National Weather Service in Topeka. Winds will be out of the southeast at 12 to 28 mph.
Low tonight will be in the 70s. Tomorrow's high will be in the upper 80s to low 90s. There will be a slight chance of thunderstorms tomorrow and tomorow.
"Once you've invested that much time and more in this project, pretty much committed youreilly. Critically sorry."
She received her degree in music education from William Penn College in Oksaloosa, Iowa.
CRISTISE DID NOT feel that living in the military was for her in working toward a performing career.
"I did feel that way until this competition, but now I don't feel I have to apologize for getting my hair out of the shower."
Christy was the only one of the five finalists in the National Hair Competition who was not from New York.
"I're really a born-and-bred Midwesterner.
Mv husband is from the Midwest, too."
SHE BEGAN TO prepare for the June competition back in January by practicing four to seven hours daily, in addition to teaching for three weeks a day. The practice schedule had been at two hours daily.
"There was so much to prepare for that I just had to cram." she said.
According to Ling, Christy learns music very early and努力去 compete in a performance of that kind.
Despite the amount of time Christy spends practicing the harp, she also does not think she has a great skill.
"I haven't always been really dedicated," she said. "It's just something I've always wanted to do, like a job. I love my instrument, but it's just that I don't sit down for the sweater of you.
"It's something you have your mind geared into, to give up other things for something you want. It's very concentrated, exhausting work, so there's not a lot of time left with energy to do something else. And I have a house. I have to walk in a while and cook a meal once in a while."
Even though Christy's husband does not share her interest in the harp, he helps her help a
"No, he doesn't play, but he carries my harp for me, and that counts for a lot," she said.
Elaine Christv