MONDAY.JAN.28.2002
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 24
KU landscaping project obstructs pick-up games
SARA SHEPHERD/KANSAN
By Caroline Boyer Kansan staff writer
Orange fencing sections off parts of the field behind Templin Hall where residents of the hall used to play sports such as football and Frisbee. the Vusitor Center plans to construct a welcome arch in the field.
Patrick Nuss, Shawnee junior and Templin Hall resident, was confused Friday when he looked out his 6th floor window and saw the lawn where he played sports roped off for construction.
After speaking with Nuss, Templin resident Peter Gogol, Cranston, R.I., sophomore, called the KU Visitor Center, 1502 Iowa St., and asked where they would now play.
"What the lady said to me, verbatim, was, I would suggest finding somewhere else to play," Gogol said.
What Nuss and Gogol saw was a first step in the University of Kansas' $22 million landscaping plan, funded by donations to the Kansas University Endowment Association. Warren Corman, University architect, said that the area outside Templin and the Visitor Center would be landscaped as one of the University's major "gateways."
Work started Friday. It will cost $900,000 and be completed in about 90 days, Corman said.
The new area will be cleared of the power lines that run along Iowa Street and will include hundreds of new trees and plants, a brick plaza, a stone arch and a 100-foot long, 8-foot high stone sign reading, "The University of Kansas."
"We're trying to beautify the entrance and make people feel welcome." Corman said.
Corman said he had made several presentations to campus groups such as Student Senate telling them about the plan, but didn't talk to Daisy Hill residents about the landscaping.
Corman said that although much of the lawn would be roped off during construction, there should be enough space for students to play sports.
"We didn't even think about people using the lawn, I guess. We didn't do it to inconvenience them." Corman said.
Nuss said he thought the residents of Daisy Hill should have been consulted.
"Somewhere along the lines there was a lack of communications, because residence hall people didn't know about it and we're the ones who actually use that lawn," said Nuss.
Gogol agreed there should have been more of an effort to inform the residents of Daisy Hill.
"Tearing up our back yard is a pretty big deal in my opinion," Gogol said.
Corman said it would be a temporary inconvenience.
"It's also the University's main front yard." Corman said.
"When we get done there will be plenty of room for them."
Corman said the brick plaza, trees and sign would be in front of the Visitors Center. The area between the additions and Iowa Street will be open for students, though Nuss said he thought this might not be safe.
"That's dangerously close to Iowa for playing a football game." Nuss said.
The plan will also modify Jayhawk Boulevard and Memorial drive, add new signs on campus, and create a mid-hill walkway from Murphy Hall to Watson Library.
Corman said the next step in the project would be creating signs for all the buildings on campus. A prototype for Strong Hall's sign has been created by Star Signs, 801 E. 23rd St., and will be mounted outside Strong next month.
Contact Boyer at cboyer@kansan.com. This story was edited by Andy Gassaway.
Building addition planned
By Michelle Burhenn Kansan staff writer
An idea that Carl Locke, dean of engineering, conceived 16 years ago from a forgotten sketch is finally becoming a reality.
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The proposed addition to Learned Hall is shown in an artist's rendering. Construction on the project begins next month.
Construction begins next month on an 80,000-square-foot addition to Learned Hall, a plan that originated from a sketch that Locke found when he came to the University of Kansas.
"It surprises me that the campus didn't hear me yell when it came through." Locke said about the construction bid.
The building, which will connect to Learned to the south by a second-story walkway, will add about 50,000 square feet of usable space to the existing 120,000 square feet in Learned.
When he came to the University 16 years ago, Locke found a sketch of a wing to be added on the east end of Learned Hall in a file. At that time, a faculty committee decided that Learned Hall needed more room, and a state-funded addition was planned.
But with the remodeling of
Joseph R. Pearson Hall, Murphy Hall and Budig Hall, progress stalled. Locke said he then decided to pursue private funding.
Atterseven years of fund raising, ground-breaking is set for February. Construction is expected to be completed in June 2003.
Chris Hullman, an aerospace engineering student, said the new
addition would be an improvement.
"The school works now, but with the new equipment and classrooms, it will be a lot better," said Hullman, a St. John freshman.
Contact Burhenn at mburhenn@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
Some energy bars fall short
By Maggie Koerth Kansan staff writer
When Destine Maxwell buys an energy bar, she checks the label to make sure the bar has the right amounts of protein and carbohydrates.
But the Kansas City, Kan. sophomore may not be getting the right information.
According to a recent study by the White Plains, N.Y., testing firm ConsumerLab.com, many energy bars misrepresent the amounts of saturated fat, sodium and carbohydrates they contain.
The firm found that of 30 bars purchased last May, 60 percent did not live up to claims on the wrapper. According to the firm, some wrappers claimed to have lower amounts of carbohydrates or different amounts of nutrients than actually contained.
According to the Consumer- Lab Web site, energy bars have different amounts of proteins, carbohydrates and nutrients depending on whether they indicate they could be used for diets, as meal replacements, nutritional supplements or combinations of those uses.
Steve Fretwell, a vitamin assistant at the Community Mercantile Co-op, 901 Iowa, said it was important to buy the right kind of bar. The Merc sells 135 different types of energy bars, but the store doesn't keep track of the number sold.
"A bar with too many carbs will put stress on your sugar maintenance system and will cause your body to store the excess sugar as fat," he said.
Contact Koerth at
kmoerth@kanasan.com. This story was edited by Brooke Hesler.
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