University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 7, 1992
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University discontinues its glass-blowing classes
By Katherine Manweiler
Kansan staff writer
Glass-blowing courses at KU have been discontinued indefinitely because Chamney Barn, the building on West Campus where the classes are taught, does not meet state and local safety codes.
Joe Zeller, head of the design department, said that repairs to bring the barn into compliance with safety codes would cost about $100,000, which is money that the school did not have.
Zeller said that the decision would be re-evaluated each semester, but that it was unlikely that classes would be offered again before Spring 1993.
He said the safe code violations included electrical problems, lack of access to running water, poor ventilation and lack of fire alarms.
"We have an obligation to make it safe." Zeller said. "I am not going to take a chance with students' well-being to preserve a tradition."
Shanna Wagner, Baldwin junior, is one of five students enrolled in glass-blowing classes this semester.
"I'm looking into studying abroad somewhere where I can blow glass, but not as a direct result of the program closing," she said.
Wagner said closing the barn would give the School of Fine Arts
money to improve other programs in the school.
"I think the fine arts program probably was right in the past when they didn't spend a lot of money fixing it up," she said.
But Wagner said she did not agree that the barn was unsafe.
"I think the building was safe," she said. "I know it didn't meet all of the codes, but I never really felt like my life was in danger."
Peter Thompson, dean of fine arts, said he made the decision to discontinue glass-blowing classes because he was concerned for the safety of the students and faculty members using the barn.
"All I can do is respond to the facts and state and local safety codes," he said.
Vernon Brejcha, associate professor of design in charge of the glass program, said he did not agree with the decision to discontinue glass-blowing courses.
"It's really upsetting to me, especially for the students," he said. "Some are already planning to teach us if I think it's terrible loss of talent."
Brecha said he thought the barn was safe, although reports and inspection findings expressed concern about the safety of the barn.
He said, "The program has been operating here for 15 years without any problems."
France home to Disney's newest park
The Associated Press
PARIS - C'est Mickey Mouse! Et Minnie! And Tina Turner, or the Temptations, who will be on hand to celebrate the inauguration of the new $2billion-plus EuroDisneyland on Saturday.
Not everyone's enchanted by the Magic Kingdom's latest outpost. Despite such French touches as "La Belle Au Bois Dormant," Sleeping Beauty, critics complain that the theme park is nothing less than an assault on French culture.
Max Gallo, a former representative of the Socialist government, told the newspaper Le Figaro yesterday that Disney characters like Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck were to culture what fast food was to gastronomy.
"It isn't culture. It's commerce," he said.
Saturday's private inaugural gala for 11,000 guests will be televised live in France, Britain, Italy, Germany and Spain, and shown on American television in a delayed broadcast. The park opens to the public Sunday.
Euro Disneyland is the fourth and most ambitious Disney theme park. Developers hope the park will draw 11 million visitors the first year.
France hopes the complex, which will cover 4,900 acres when completed in the 21st century, will help transform what once were sugar-beet fields into a center of tourism and commerce.
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