University Daily Kansan, March 12, 1981
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Murphy
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"It wasn't re-designed to accommodate the other department, though, so now we have faculty offices in closets and stairwells" he said. "We've used every inch of space."
Another problem with Murphy, according to Moeser, is that it doesn't have an elevator. His feet and percussion instruments have to be moved in front of him down Murphy's five flights of steps almost daily.
The lack of space and facilities is causing other problems, too. Moeser said.
"We have people graduating in directing who have never directed a show in their lives," he said. "They're getting only classroom instruction and not the practical experience they need."
Ann Shock, Overland Park senior in theatre, agreed that space limitations were affecting her
"The rooms that are available in the evenings are used for the main shows because they can't rehearse on the main stage." Shock said. "Most of them have to be being built. Students who want to rehearse
have to go to Robinson or the Satellite Union and find facilities on their own.
"It really frustrating because in directing, you use props, furniture and various other large pieces of equipment that you can't drag with you to rehearse.
'I won't have a chance to direct anything on my own before I graduate just because of space
MOESER SAID that KU needed small proenium theatre that seated about 400 to 100
"The University Theatre seats 1,200 and is too large for an ideal university theatre facility," he said. "The Inge Theatre is a converted storage room so it's not much help either."
Another major area of concern, Moeser said, is the need for a first-rate cone ball.
"We use Hoch now, but it's an acoustical nightmare and a distinct embarrassment to the University," he said. The place used to be a basketball arena. It's also aesthetically terrible because it hasn't had an interior physical uplift since the 20s.
"Hoch has limited lighting capabilities and no
backstage facilities. It's also inaccessible for parking.
"When the Paul Taylor Dance Company performed last week, we had to rent a floor and a stage."
Performers in the Rock Chalk Revue, which is held each March, are forced to dress and warm-up in Strong Hall and run across the street to be because of the lack of dressing facilities.
A PLAN FOR a new performing arts center is now under consideration, according to Meeser, who has been the artistic director of the opera.
A choice of a major addition to Marphy Hall and a new building on West Campus is being considered. Moser estimated the final cost at $20 to $40 million.
"We hope to be able to use private money for most of the costs," he said.
Remodeling Hoch Auditorium would be a waste, according to Moeser
"It would cost about the same as building a whole new structure, and we would still have just a fixed-up old building that's inaccessible," he said.
"It short, we're not able to supply the quality education we should because of the lack of facilities, and we're not able to supply the quality education we should because of the lack that we would like to. Something has got to give."
ACCORDING TO Executive Vice Chancellor Robert Cobolt, plans for a new performing arts center are in the earliest stages, however, if not non-existent.
"It is a generally perceived need that the University needs a new performing arts center." Cobb said, "but it's clearly in the very preliminary stages because the capital building fund is planned out years ahead of time and the proposal hasn't been introduced at all.
"There is no doubt that the demand and need is there, but it takes years to collect the amount of money required."
Genetics
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The treatment would include gene transplants in bone marrow cells, replacing defective genes with normal ones. Bone marrow produces red blood cells.
Gene splicing may also give scientists a looking glass into the information stored in the DNA over evolutionary time. In coming years they may, for example, reveal the details of how
green plants can capture sunlight in photosynthesis.
Recombinant DNA techniques also have become a powerful tool in basic research. Three KU researchers, Weaver and assistant of microbiology Robert Su and William Haldeman, are present using the techniques to answer questions in molecular biology.
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