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Volume 128 Issue 72
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
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For the past two years, the KU Memorial Unions committee has looked into a project to redesign aspects of the Kansas Union to reflect what students want.
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Director of Memorial Unions David Mucci said the University is evaluating which changes reflect students' desires. Mucci said the plan was sparked by the University-wide "Master Plan" initiated in 2013.
Architecture firm Clark | Huesemann created o of Memorial Unions, said the plans are very m
To begin with, the steering committee at the Memorial Unions conducted more than 50 focus groups that involved about 86 students and 59 faculty and staff. The initial idea was to consider creating a union in the center of campus, around Wescoe Hall.
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However, the University's "Master Plan" conflicted with the idea, Mucci said. Instead, the Memorial Unions staff decided to work on improving the Kansas Union.
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A steering committee used data from the focus groups to assess necessary changes to the Union. A majority of participants asked for more natural light and open space. The committee also visited student unions at other universities, specifically the University of North Carolina State and the University of Wisconsin.
From there, the committee created an abstract idea of how the Kansas Union could be reimagined.
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After a general concern from students about lack of campus lighting, Student Senate has successfully worked with Westar Energy to increase the wattage of lights between 12th and 14th streets, and has placed a new light pole on 14th and Louisiana streets.
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steering committee sees down the list of users down to about books for the final of nominees. Then, election team, which ts of three faculty ers, three students tree staff, uses a rating rubric to rank the
The Common Book for the 2014-2015 school year was "The Center of Everything" by Laura Moriarty, an associate professor of creative writing at KU. The book is considered a contemporary book, which tries to connect students' daily lives with the protagonists.
books, which determines the quality of the book and the benefits the University can get it from it. The team finalizes the selection by discussing and selecting the book that would be the best for the students and the University.
"I did get my Common Book for this year, but I haven't read it yet," said Ryan Oliver, a freshman from Independence. "It didn't interest me enough to read it."
Oliver is a bigger fan of classic literature than contemporary books.
"I would have read it [the Common Book] if it was a classic literature instead," said Oliver.
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HOWARD GRAHAM Associate director of academic programs, Office of First-Year Experience
"The quality of the writing is a strong reason [why the book was selected]"
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"The quality of the writing is a strong reason [why the book was selected]," said Graham. "All of those things together — the timing, the quality, the program opportunity — I think that made it the best candidate amongst the finalist group."
chosen this year because the book focuses on World War I. The University's World War I Commemoration Committee has a high number of programming opportunities put together through the year 2017-2018, and the book is a crucial part.
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