THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
University Communication
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
81st Year, No. 9
Friday, July 9, 1971
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Kunxan Photos by HANK VOUNG.
Guarded Protest
Antiwar demonstrators, many of them Vietnam veterans, were on hand to greet President Nixon during his visit to Kansas City this week to address midwestern newsmen. The demonstrators didn't get much attention from the media and security officers kept them apart from the crowd and well guarded.
Space Technology Center Design Emphasizes Flexibility, Efficiency
By GALE NORTON
Icarus flew on waken wings through the sky, but fell earthward when his wings were mute.
This modern three-story, reddish-brown building is located west of Iowa Street near the corner of Cedar and Ivy.
This figure from mythology is portrayed in a statue by Charles Umlauf which stands symbolically by the new University of Kansas Space Technology Center.
B. G. Barr, director of the center, said one reason for the emphasis on interdisciplinary activities was that "Engineering can't solve the problem by itself any more."
The Space Technology Building is one of the few campus buildings not designated as belonging to any one school. It is interdisciplinary, involving undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty members from widely varying fields—physics, chemistry, engineering, life sciences, even business and art.
Research is carried out in teams composed of people from several different disciplines.
Even the architecture reflects its interdisciplinary nature. In the spacious lobby of the staircase stretching to the top floor, Allen is surrounded by a large opening onto the lobby. This allows those working in other laboratories to view the research in progress and develop an interest in the project.
Facilities at the new center include 80 offices, two conference rooms, one large meeting room with audio-video equipment and computer stations containing reports and technical papers, an
electronics shop, a computer terminal connected to the central campus computer at Summerfield Hall, a "clean room" (dust and germ free) and a photography lab designed for specialized research in space photography.
Flexibility was the key word in designing the building. A planning committee was formed of professors from all over the campus, headed by Barr, to design the center.
Laboratories were built relatively bare, equipment was designed and installed later. This allowed construction to begin more quickly, before inflation raised building prices. It will also allow for up-dating of equipment at a low cost.
Total cost for the Space Technology Building was $2,470,000, of which $1,800,000 came from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the rest from the state of Kansas. This total amount includes the building, equipment, furniture, and roads.
Construction was completed in February 1971, but not all equipment has yet been installed. Furniture will arrive in about 30 days. The project is completed by October or November of this year.
Projects at the center cover an amazingly wide range of topics.
The major project for the center will be remote sensing. This, according to Barr, is "sensing man's environment on earth from a space platform." By receiving this information about the earth's surface, the environmental diseases (such as the certain corn blight) or formation on pollution, snow cover, highways, wave heights and geological features.
Methods for improving the safety and stability of small aircraft will be researched with the help of a computer-operated aircraft simulator. It has a model terrain that is followed, with responses from the simulator and processed in any type of aircraft from Cessna to 747.
The possibility of life on Mars will be explored by microbiologists who will test the ability of organisms to withstand conditions like those found on the surface of Mars.
Air pollution's effect on vegetation will be studied in a test area extending from Topeka
Medicine is another research field at the center. Computers will be used for the treatment of patients with various kinds of color. Differentiation is easier between different colors than between gray shades. Thus, a physician could derive more reliable information about a patient's skin than the black and white ones now in use.
The Space Technology Center will soon be a fully functioning part of KU, furthering research with its interdisciplinary "cooperative attitude."
Summerfield Is Scheduled For Repairs
Space Center When Partly Constructed togetherness is keyword at space center
R. Keith Lawton, vice chancellor for facilities planning and operations, said Computation Center funds would pay for about 40 per cent of the work. The legislative body would provide $500 will cover the remainder, leaving $8,000 for replacement of damaged equipment.
Repair of last December's bomb damage to Summerfield Hall at the University of Kansas and previously planned improvements in the Computation Center are combined in a 871,594 contract awarded to the B.A. Green Construction Co. of Lawrence.
"The Computation Center had been planning for more elevated flooring on which to mount a computer, a readjustment of air conditioners and another large ventilation Lawson said. "The bomb destroyed some wiring and duct work so it became ad-hoc, and combine the repair and remodeling projects."
The project also includes a revamping of Computation Center facilities to provide increased security and limitation of access to the computer rooms. The new arrangements, however, will not interfere with access by students to work rooms. Lawton explained.
The new arrangement will prevent entry to the computer room from the east stairwell where the bomb was placed. Even center personnel authorized in the computer room will have to enter through the Computation Center suite.
Information Center Service Is Expanded
By FLORESTINE PURNELL
The University Information Center, was organized in an effort to control rumors during a period of disruption a little more than two years ago, known then as the "Rumor Control Center."
The purpose of the center was to answer telephoned questions and, with the help of unpaid volunteers, to check out all rumors that were phoned in.
Today the center works in pretty much the same way, but its files and informative materials are simpler.
The files are divided into categories: University organizations, academic offices and departments and their heads, the recreational events, activities and facilities.
Of these, the topical is the largest. It contains information from drug abuse and sources of help to opportunities for students to learn about drug recreation facilities in the lawrence area.
The center is now operated by a paid staff on a small budget financed by KU. Staff members must have been students for at least two years on the KU campus to qualify for work at the center. Some staff members have been students three to five years. The student applies as he would for any job, supplies equipment, and gives an aptitude test written by Shirley Gilham, new head of the Information Center. An interview is required.
As is usual with most telephone help centers, the staff at the University Information Center don't know who the caller is, unless it is in an extreme case of emergency.
Although the Information Center does not counsel students with personal problems, it is able to refer students to a number of sources that offer advice on mental health and sex-related problems. A student may be referred to the University Mental Health Department, the School of Psychology.
Problems as serious as suicide calls haven't occurred yet, but there was one incident last spring in which a young man called to the center explaining that he and his wife had gone to visit a friend's area, his wife was about to have a baby, and they didn't know where the hospital was.
Very (ew pranksters have called in, although one young man called in to ask how many gallons of water were in Potter Lake. He told people who just wanted someone to talk to.
The staff follows a general procedure in investigating rumors. There was one case in which it was rumored that a well-liked professor was leaving the KU campus. To meet the primary source was consulted, the professor himself; the rumor prowed untrue.
Every organization has its problems, the Information Center is not different. Its biggest problem is its name-University Information Center. Some people call in asking for telephone numbers, confusing the center with the City Directory Assistance. New names were considered for the Information Center, but Rumor Control didn't
fit because rumors weren't the only problems handled, so the name will stay as it is.
During the fall semester, the Information Center averages about 150 calls daily. The record high was during last winter when a snowstorm hit the campus. Nearly every caller wanted to know whether classes would resume the next day.
The University Information Center is a free telephone service available to anyone 24 hours every day of the week. Its purpose is to provide a readily available, reliable and personable information to the University community. The telephone number is 864-3506.
Fifteen Arrested In Dawn Raids
Officers staging drug raids at dawn on residences in Lawrence and Topeka arrested a total of 15 persons Thursday and seized a quantity of contraband drugs including a substantial amount of what was believed to be heroin.
At least two of those arrested were former students at the University of Kansas.
State Attorney General Vern Miller said in Topека, that his fight on drugs now is concentrating on heroin. "We're finding more of it than ever before."
Recently a youth who had dropped out of the University of Kansas in March died of an overdose of heroin. It was believed to be the first case of its kind in this area.
Officers raided six residents in Lawrence, all in an area just east of the campus, in a section where a number of "street people" reside.
Heron believed to be worth several thousand dollars, marmorite, bashful and polished, but she was very shy.
Nine persons, including one juvenile, were arrested at Lawrence and Douglas County Attorney Mieel Whell said that about half of the raids were issued before the raids were not served.
Elwell said that of the total number of warrants issued at Lawrence about half were from New York.
Two men, 22 and 26 years old, were not identified among those arrested at Lawrence because they were not formally charged immediately.
Others arrested included Sarah Lee Clymer, El Dorado, a former student at the University; Charles Mahon Gould, 21, Overland Park, also listed in the student directory published in the fall of 1987; David Worthington White, 22, Joseph Mandel Berg, 27, Cladette Trene Desjaridin, 20, and Jerome Maxwell Beecham, all of Lawrence.
Bboards on Miss Clymer, Miss Desjaridin and
beechies were set immediately at $100,000.
But they were cut down.
The Lawrence raids were conducted by police and county officers but Miller participated personally in the Topeka phase of the operation, as did Kansas Bureau of Investigation director Fred Howard and KBI agents.
Miller said the Topka and Lawrence raids were part of the same investigation and "this
Hesaid warrants were being drawn against the five persons arrested at Topeka.
Clinic Runs Hearing Tests
Outside the John T. Stewart II Children's Center at the University of Kansas the whirring, grinding, changing noises of cones and balls sit on the second floor it is quiet—really quiet.
Marathon said the basic hearing evaluation and all other services at the clinic are free. Many patients come to the clinic at the recommendation of their physicians or when they have educational or occupational problems which might be caused by hearing diff
-Quiet Spot at KU-
The clinic frequently accepts referrals from local physicians to perform diagnostic evaluations. These tests, administered by a licensed physician, facilities, usually unavailable to local doctors.
Insulated by carpets, acoustic tile and quarter-inch lead walls, are three sound-proof rooms which serve as an audiological testing room for children in Karsau. Speech and Hearing Clinic.
Larry E. Marston, the staff audiologist, said the clinic was able to enlarge its services last year when it moved to the John T. Stewart II Children's Center. James B. Lingwall, associate professor of speech and drama, is clinic director.
Because the clinic offers these tests for persons of every age, including infants, toddlers and youngsters, the clinic staff has built a look-like device that dispenses candy when a child pushes a button to signal he beats a sound. The patient indicates sound recognition by melting.
The clinic recently expanded to provide a municipality of speech and hearing services for Lawrence and neighboring areas, although its first function remains as a training center for students in speech pathology and audiology.
Perhaps the most important community service the clinic provides is the basic hearing evaluation. In this hour-long battery of tests, assessments are made of an individual's hearing sensitivity and his ability to understand speech.
The first two floors of the center at the east end of Haworth Hall were dedicated Sept. 11, 1970, and the remaining three stories are under construction. Additional speech pathology facilities will be housed on one of the upper floors. Marston said.
If preliminary tests indicate a bearing aid needed, the clinic staff performs and admi-
sures the procedure.
Although area school districts independently conduct hearing tests for all students, Marston said school nurses are given additional credits to the clinic for more thorough testing.
group of tests determines whether an individual can actually benefit from sound amplification and indicates what type of hearing aid would be most suitable.
The clinic will recommend the type of hearing aid needed, but does not sell hearing aids and does not recommend brands, Marston said.
Staff Audiologist Checks Monitor
... clinic performs hearing evaluation for all ages