University Daily Kansan, February 12, 1985 CAMPUS AND AREA Page Halls conserve energy in efforts to win $500 By MICHELLE T. JOHNSON Staff Reporter Hashinger Hall residents will be dining in the dark one night this month as participants in an energy conservation program sponsored by the office of housing. The plan is one of many that residence halls will use in February, designated as Energy Conservation Month for residence halls. Each hall will receive 5000 if it can reduce by 10 percent the amount of electricity and gas used this month from the amount used in February 1982, Alan Oakes, president of Joseph R. Pearson Hall, said Sunday. Jon Hobble, Sedgwick senior and co-chairman of the Hashinger Social Committee, said that besides turning out the cafeteria lights, residents would decrease the number of parties at the hall during February. "WE'VE TRIED TO keep the big hall parties out of February and either move them back in January or forward in March." Hobble said. One of the goals of conservation month, Oakes - said, is to teach residents the importance of conserving energy. He said turning unnecessary lights off and putting up posters to educate "Basically, we're telling the girls to turn off their heat and their lights before they go to class," Smith said. Shelley Smith, New York junior and chairman of the Lewis Hall Conservation Committee, said committee members were putting notes that told residents how to conserve energy in hall mailboxes. residents were some of the ways JRP was working to cut back. Urging the residents to use stairs instead of elevators was another method used to conserve energy, Smith said. Mike Osterburhr, Templin Hall resident director, said residents were being informed by posters and floor officers, who had been spreading the word. Osterbuhr said the hall had cut back on energy consumption by taking some bulbs out of multiple-fixture sockets and by closing windows. "We're trying to get everyone to regulate their heat without opening their windows." Osterbuhr said. Unusually severe weather has slowed down but not deterred the halls' efforts to conserve heat. "One of the most important things is that the weather is not as good as it could be for this." Oakes said. ON THE RECORD But Hobble said, "A lot of diehards sleep without their heat on at night anyway." A GYM BAG containing tennis shoes, keys, textbooks and pens, valued together at $120, was stolen at 2:30 p.m. Thursday from a bathroom in Robinson Gymsium, KU police said yesterday. A RADAR DETECTOR was stolen between 10 p.m. Saturday and 11:50 a.m. Sunday from a car parked in a building. Jayhawker Towers, KU police said. A GOLD CHAIN with a diamond and gold cross on it, valued at $1,000, was stolen between 9 a.m. Jan. 27 and 10 a.m. Feb. 4, from a house in the 4000 block of Vintage Court, Lawrence police said yesterday. A COLOR TELEVISION valued at $300 was stolen between 4:30 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday from a room in the College Motel, 1703 W. Sixth St., police said A CASSETTE DECK and two speakers valued at $290 were stolen between 11:30 p.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday from a car parked in the 2400 block of West 24th Street, police said. A 1979 PONTIAC Bonneville parked in the 706 block of Iowa Street was stolen Thursday night, police said. FIVE CYMBALS, VALUED together at $1,500, were stolen late Friday night or early Saturday morning from the backstage of the Lawrence Opera House, 642 Massachusetts St., police said. Capsules to help cure sleepy travelers By CINDY McCURRY Staff Reporter Sleepy highway drivers and weary air travelers soon may have an alternative to expensive hotel rooms and cold airport floors. Soundproof sleeping compartments equipped with mattresses, lights, televisions, radios and other accommodations are being studied in New Hampshire States, according to a student who has studied the new concept. Troy Rodman, Danville, Ill., senior, said last week that he decided in September to make "sleeping capsules" his thesis and would complete the would complete a full-size model of the capsule by early March. "It's a nice way to escape the hectic airport," said Rodman, who is studying industrial design. "Suppose your plane is delayed for four hours. You walk to a front door and see someone in a creepy crematorion, possibly given a robe, and you get a sleeping capsule — and all this for $7 to $12." "With the growing cost of square footage, we have to pay more attention to the quality of space rather than quantity." Rodman said. RODMAN'S UNCOMPLETED model is 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide, but may be larger or smaller when it is finished. The front-entry sleeping capsules are made of plastic and weigh about 55 pounds. The capsules are versatile because they are lightweight, Rodman said. "Manufacturers are taking one concept and trying to market it in a variety of situations," he said. The first sleeping capsules in the United States are scheduled to be installed at a truck stop near Denver later this month, the president of a company selling the capsules said last week. NARK INC., based in Houston, was founded in 1981 to manufacture and market sleeping capsules, and Clarkes L. McLaren, the company's president. The company put its version of the capsules on the market in January. Roy Stewart/KANSAN In designing his capsule, Rodman said he had to research human-environment relationships such as lighting, acoustics and temperature. He also had to consider psychological aspects such as sleeping positions, confinement and isolation. "The biggest problem is education," Rodman said. "The first conception of the capsule is that it causes it. It looks worse than it really is." Charles Hallenbeck, professor of psychology, said, "New sleeping situations are initially difficult, but people are remarkably adaptable. Given a few trials they should have no problem getting used to the new situation." Troy Rodman, Danville, III., senior, sits inside the mock-up that he built of his sleeping compartment. The mock-up is built to show the exterior size of the real model, Rodman said last week, and it should be completed in March. INTEMAR'S CAPSULE, "Mac-1", which stands for mini- accompaniment center, is equipped with a standard twin-bed mattress made of fire-resistant material. At the back of the bed is a foam seat. Above each of the occupant's shoulders are two lights and ventilation controls similar to those on an airplane. To the right of the occupant is a panel that controls a nine-inch television set, an AM radio, an an- nouncement system, a reader's monitor, reading lights and a telephone. vations with regard to claustrophobia, but really there is none. McLaren said, "There are no problems." He said for anyone to get claustrophobic." "There are usually some reser- The capsules also may be equipped with options such as a cassette tape player, an intercom, a hot drink dispenser, book shelves, a desk and video games. The capsules will cost from $2,500 to $3,900 each, depending on which options are ordered. RODMAN SAID THE sleeping capsules were ideal for truck and rest stops, labor camps, prisons. college residence halls and airports. "The sleeping capsule will never take over the luxury hotel room," Rodman said. "I'd much rather stay in a hotel room, but a standard room could cost you $60 to $100." McLaren said the capsules would be seen in international airports within 12 to 18 months. Rodman said the capsules eventually may be installed in college residence halls, two in room with some external space. 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