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Friday, April 6, 2012
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10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM 6.
// KELSEA ECKENROTH
PHOTO BY KELSEA ECKENROTH
PHOTO BY KELSEA ECKENROTH
Part of the panorama of North American animals located on of the fourth floor of the Natural History Museum.
The KU Natural History Museum is located at 1345 Jayhawk Blvd. Jen Humphrey, communications director at the museum, says the museum is something that most students walk by every day without realizing what it is or what's inside. Humphrey provided these 10 facts about the museum.
1. Lewis Lindsay Dyche created an exhibit of dozens of taxidermy animals for the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. Today, that display is located on the fourth floor of the museum.
2. The museum is located in Dyche Hall, which was constructed in 1903.
3. The University's charter mandated the museum's collections, so the collections of animals, plants and archeological materials date back to the beginning of the University.
4. Less than one percent of the museum's collection of 10.2 million specimens of animals, plants, and archeology material is on display.
5. The resources the museum has are directed at improving one exhibit case at a time, instead of having traveling or changing exhibits.
6. The most popular exhibits are the live bee colony known as the bee tree, the snakes, and Bugtown, which is a combination of both preserved and live insects.
7. The museum invites the Lawrence community to science talks and events, such as Science on Tap, which is a periodic series of talks that take place at Free State Brewery downtown.
8. The museum has a student advisory board for those who want to get involved with the museum.
9. The museum houses the Comanche Preservation. Comanche, a horse, was one of the only survivors of the U.S. Calvary during the Battle of Little Big Horn.
10. The museum is a part of the Biodiversity Institute. The institute conducts research all over the world and discovers new species every year.
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Dollinger also said the money saved through this process went
"I think what this group is doing on campus is fantastic," Dollinger said. "This is better than about 98 percent of the things we spend through the reserve account, but that doesn't mean it's right for this account."
with Missourians.
The temple, which is one of 137 in the world, was built in Kansas City, Mo., to accommodate the 100,000 church members in Kansas and Missouri. Before the temple was built, they traveled to Omaha and St. Louis to reach the nearest temples.
Sacred ordinances, like wedding ceremonies and baptisms for deceased relatives, take place in the temple, which also has areas for instruction on the scripture and personal reflection, said William Walker, a Church authority.
Christina Edwards, a graduate student from Dubuque, Iowa, is the president of the University's Latter-day Saints student organization. She said temples are a sacred space to members of the church.
temple. Tour reservations can be made online at kansascitymorontemple.org.
"I'm going to miss working with students," he said. "But this opportunity came along, and I feel that it's a wonderful way to be helpful."
Dennis Karpowitz, an associate professor of clinical psychology, is retiring at the end of this semester to serve as one of two counselors to the temple's president.
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"We occasionally get comments that the LDS church is very secretive about things, but really we think we are open," Walker said. "It's not a secret matter. It's a matter of being sacred."
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But the bill concerned some senators as they debated whether AES provided a "long-lasting impact for students," a requirement used to justify funding from the reserve account.
AES' biodiesel fuel project converts used cooking oil into biodiesel fuel, which is used for lawnmower equipment, the inflatable figures at football games and portable power for Potter Lake. But the process also makes a byproduct, glycerin, which program co-director Ilya Tabakh said can be made into liquid soap with this equipment.
Aaron Dollinger, a liberal arts and sciences senator, likes the project but didn't believe it should be financed through the reserve account.
pass a bill limiting student election chalking to registered coalitions or candidates. Currently, Article XII of the Senate's rules and regulations doesn't regulate chalking, but after this semester's election, coalitions can't chalk until they are officially registered with the election commission, a nonpartisan panel that oversees student elections. The change was made because the commission had some concerns with early chalking.
AES has produced more than 5,000 gallons of biodiesel fuel and Tanahk thinks the soap-making initiative will push the student organi-
Next year, students can expect to wash their hands with studentmade liquid soap on campus. Student Senate approved the bill that finances the Alternative Energy Society during its regular meeting Wednesday night.
This bill asked for another $15,000 from the Senate's reserve account to fund soap-making equipment.
But the bill passed after other senators contended the group
to the University, not to students, and that it didn't contribute to a long-lasting impact for students. He suggested that the funding be taken out of the sustainability portion of student fees instead of the reserve account.
tunity to upgrade our processor a little bit and add soap to our portfolio," Tanakh said. "Hopefully this will set us up to be sustainable at this level."
chalking is allowed," said Aaron Harris, a liberal arts and sciences senator, referencing past coalitions that started chalking early.
Another bill passed by Senate updates Senate's budget code by introducing language that puts unwritten practices into its rules and regulations.
Senate also passed bills granting funding to student organizations.
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contributed a long-lasting impact by reducing the carbon footprint of the University for the biodiesel project, and said that the sustainability fee wouldn't cover the expenses.
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