MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2003
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Some of the products within the house will be made with salvaged or recycled material as well as other environmentally friendly features.
The Kansas City Star donated the window frames that were salvaged from a building being demolished in Kansas City. The maple wood flooring that will be throughout the house was also salvaged from an old gymnasium floor.
The placement of the house was also selected with energy efficiency in mind. The house faces south, which
provides it with best lighting possible.
Rockhill said he hoped that more people would become aware of modern environmental issues like heat-efficiency.
"I hope in some way this will inspire other people who are working to incorporate similar features," Rockhill said.
The class is meant to give students real-world experience in design as well as construction.
"It's probably the most important part for an architect to understand the material they are designing with," Brian Garvey, St. Louis senior, said.
The class is usually a graduate-level class, but this year it was also opened to fifth-year undergraduate students. The
"I hope in some way this will inspire other people who are working to incorporate similar features."
Darl Rockin Professor of architecture and adviser to project
group is made up of nine graduate students and 10 undergraduates.
Piant said the students want the house completed by graduation, but if it is not they have agreed to come back to finish.
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Framed by a model of the house at 1718 Atherton Court, students saw the subfloor and level plates up for columns.
Members of the College Republicans met protesters at 1408 W.23rd St, with a counter-protest promoting capitalism. Both groups agreed they had no problem with the employees of the restaurant and did not direct any sentiments toward them Saturday.
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While the anti-Taco Bell groups carried signs that read "IWW supports Florida Tomato Pickers," "So you think slavery
ended in 1864? Think again," and "Boycott Taco Bell," the 23rd Street Taco Bell protesters didn't meet their task with as clear a success as on Sixth Street.
Guirdy said the counter-protesters confused the situation.
"I think most people, passersby, didn't know what was going on," Guirdry said.
Flynn said the College Republicans accomplished its goal.
While both organizations of protesters were at odds with
each other, they both agreed to leave the Taco Bell employees alone.
"We don't have any beef with the people working the counter at Taco Bell," she said. "They're just trying to get along."
Flynn said the College Republicans knew the employees were just doing their job while the Republicans did theirs. Guirdy and the anti-Taco
Bell protesters had similar sentiments.
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On his career as a journalist and photojournalist, Parks, who covered radical groups such as the Black Panther Party and the Nation of Islam, said he was proud of his independence.
"It's not difficult to expect success," Parks said. "It is difficult to have people from all over the world send me letters and tell me how much I influenced them. I wonder to myself, 'Am I worth it?'
"I made sure to tell people I come here as a reporter and not as a black reporter," he said.
As a part of Saturday's celebration, a panel reflected on aspects of Parks' societal and artistic impact. One of the panelists, J. Edgar Tidwell, associate professor in English, asked Parks about covering the Black Panther Party.
"I remember riding in a car, telling one young man my camera —my weapon— is more powerful than your gun," Parks said. "Two weeks later, that young man was killed in an ambush. I felt sorry for him, but it proved my point. My camera was more powerful."
The highlight for most of the crowd of about 60 was Parks himself, who made the audience laugh several times while answering pre-recorded questions from the panel.
"I liked seeing the interviews," said Paige Ensinger, Lawrence resident. "He's such an intelligent and thoughtful man."
At the end of the event, Barbara Ballard, associate vice provost for student support, presented Parks with a proclamation from Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius by video. Parks said he was honored and that he was sorry he could not attend the ceremony in person, but he offered an excuse.
"I'm in my 90s now and I can't get around like I used to," Parks said. "And if I came to Lawrence I'd have to go to so many other places in Kansas. I'd be traveling for six days."
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