Friday, March 13, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A - Page 7
Amy Eckhoff, Anchorage, Alaska, senior, works in the newly digitized computer lab in Marvin Hall. Eckhoff was working on a class project, which was to design an exhibition hall for a human powered aircraft. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
Studios enter digital age
Future architects get room upgrades in Marvin Hall
By Kwanghae Lee Special to the Kansan
This year the School of Architecture and Urban Design started reforming its old studios into sophisticated, new digital studios.
The school has already completed the upgrade of one studio, room 403 in Marvin Hall, in January. The renovations cost $25,000. A second studio, 203 Marvin, will be renovated during the summer with an estimated budget of $25,000.
With the first renovation, 18 drawing boards were cleared out of the studio and new technology was moved in.
"Good-bye, 18th century. Hello, 21st century," Dennis Domer, associate dean said. "This profession doesn't create architecture any longer the
way we have taught it."
Of course, architecture students at the University are excited about the new digital studios.
"I am enjoying more flexibility in terms of design itself and the way I design," said Daniel Salinas, Lawrence senior.
Salinas said he was concentrating on his three-dimensional project titled, "Kansas City Project." He said the project would close the gap Interstate 70 produces in Kansas City so people would stay downtown after work hours. The site is between Bartle and Maine streets.
"The digital format I used in this project allowed me to present the project in a way I would not be able to in a traditional pencil drawing," Salinas said. "I mocked the sun's path on the site and presented it in a three-dimensional rendered model, animated to emphasize the cast shadows. And the realtime animations are unique to the digital format."
The new digital studio is equipped with 14 computers for
"The digital format I used in this project allowed me to present the project in a way I would not be able to in a traditional pencil drawing,"
Daniel Salinas Lawrence Senior
electronic drawing and for making three-dimensional movies for presentations.
"Students are working through the medium of computers and manage a lot more information in more efficient ways. It's great," said Bill Carswell, associate professor of architecture and urban design.
Carswell said this year's reform was one of the long-term renovation projects for overhauling more than 20 studios in Marvin Hall. He also said the school would begin to require students to own their own computers starting in the fall.
Gifts create new KU history
Graduating seniors bequeath traditional items to University
By Cammi Heimann Special to the Kansan
In 1873, four people started a tradition in which more than 4,000 seniors will participate this spring.
Every year for the past 125 years, the graduating class has given a gift to the University of Kansas.
"The class gift is important for a class because it's something that the seniors can leave behind," said Joy Benedict, Lawrence senior and president of the 1998 senior class. "It's something that they can come back to 20 years from now and say, 'Hev. I was here.'"
Patrick Strubbe, Leawood senior and treasurer of the senior class, said one of the reasons he came to KU was because of the University's strong tradition.
"The tradition at KU goes across a lot of areas." Strubbe said. "One of those traditions is the legacies that each class leaves behind."
Barbara Ballard, associate dean of students and adviser to the senior class, said the seniors would try to select something that would last and be representative of what was happening at the time.
He said the seniors have between $4,000 and $6,000 to spend on the gift.
Derek Nieuk, Overland Park senior and vice president of the senior class, said one of the ideas for this year's gift was something that would symbolize the 100th anniversary of basketball at the University.
"However, there's also the view.
point that the 100 years of basketball doesn't represent all the diverse interests of the senior class," Niehus said.
Another idea is a medallion that would lie in front of the Kansas Union.
Justin Ramsey, Wichita senior and member of the senior advisory board, said he got this idea from the University of Texas. He said he envisioned the medallion as a University of Kansas seal built into the sidewalk on the north side of the Union.
Ramsey said he believed the senior class officers and the senior advisory board would consider the diverse student body. He said he did not feel the board was excluding students from the decision.
The gift-giving tradition has evolved in 125 years. Before the University had senior classes of thousands, all the seniors used to meet in Fraser Hall to vote on the gift.
"With all of us coming together and brainstorming, we have a good sample of seniors who are representative of the class." Ramsey said.
During the late 1920s and into the 1930s, the seniors' gifts focused on the needs of the new Union. Some of these gifts included furniture (1927), a frame to encase the photographs of KU men and women who had died in World War I (1928), a piano for a dance and banquet hall in the Union (1929) and a service elevator (1830).
The 1920 seniors used the class money to purchase a base for the "Pioneer" statue located between Blake and Fraser halls.
From 1894 to 1898, the seniors donated their class savings to a fund that was used for scholarships.
In 1873, the seniors presented the University with an engraving called "The Temple of Kansas."
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"The class gift is important for a class because it's something that the seniors can leave behind. It's something that they can come back to 20 years from now and say, 'Hey, I was here.'"
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Strubbe said although the 1998 seniors did not have as much money to spend as last year's class, they did not feel a restriction.
The class of 1997 gave the University the seal located in front of Budig Hall. The cost of this seal was about $10,000.
"If a class wants to plant a tree, that's just as important as any statue that a class might give." Strubbe said. "It really isn't the money. We're not competing against last year. We're adding to the KU history."
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