Tuesday, February 3, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A · Page 3 The smart card The University of Kansas is considering these and other features for a "smart card." The cards will be distributed at spring enrollment and will be in use by Fall 1998. 3. ROB number 4. Bar code for athletic tickets, 1. Digitized photo 1. Digitized photo 2. Card number for use in ATMs 3. KUID number 4. Bar code for athletic tickets, campus purchases, including laundry and meals 5. Student card number # 5. Student/faculty/staff designation 6. Magnetic strip can be read by vending machines and ATMs, and for keyless entry to buildings Card vendor: Cybermark, a Columbus, Ohio,based company. company. Bank partner: Undisclosed. University gets smart with multipurpose ID Andrew Rohrback / KANSAN By Gerry Doyle gdoyle@kansan.com Kansan staff writer The University of Kansas has selected a vendor to manufacture the ID cards for its smart-card program. "In brief, we chose them because of the experience and cogency of their planning," Crowe said. "They really knew what they were doing. This will be a platform on which we can build services for the University." Cybermark, a company based in Columbus, Ohio, has signed the contract to produce the University's smart cards. Cybermark, which has produced smart cards since 1996, was selected because of the coherency of its program planning, said William Crowe, vice chancellor for information services and dean of libraries. Cybermark smart cards are used by more than 125,000 students nationwide. The company's cards are used at Guilford College, Villanova University, Ohio Dominican University, Florida State University, Skidmore College and the university of Toronto. The University's smart cards will feature four electronic purses. The purses will track electronic currency for on- and off-campus purchases. The card will have a magnetic strip and a microchip, and it can be used for keyless building entry, meal plans, library checkout and identification. The new cards will replace KUIDs for the fall semester and will be distributed during enrollment. The cards would be as easy to create and replace as the old KUIDs, Crowe said. The card also will have a partnership with a bank, which will manage the financial aspects of the card, said Diane Goddard, director of purchasing. Five banks submitted bids for the contract, and the University negotiated with three of them. An undisclosed bank is expected to sign the contract today, Goddard said. Numerous features of the card will allow students to exercise more freedom with less hardware, said Nancy Miles, campus card manager. "It has a smart chip that contains multiple purses," Miles said. "This will let holders use it on campus vending machines as well as bookstores and other places." Ethan Good, Marion sophomore, said that students would benefit from having one card that contained the functions of many. "I think it's pretty cool," Good said. "With good security, my personal wallet would be thinner by eliminating some cards. I just hope there's no problem with having it stolen." Theaters collaborate to increase audiences in KC-Lawrence area By Chris Horton chorton@kansan.com Kansan staff writer The Lied Center, the Missouri Ballet and the Gem Theater will spend the next four months working with choreographer Donald Byrd to cultivate new audiences in the Kansas City-Lawrence area. A $14,860 planning grant, which was awarded to the three organizations on Jan. 23 by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters, will be used to develop new audiences for area theaters, said Jacqueline Davis, executive director of the Lied Center. The four-month planning period will be geared specifically toward developing community interest in area theaters, she said. "The planning period is mainly to determine how to get our core audience involved with the project and also how to get people interested in theater who are not currently coming," Davis said. The three organizations will meet with Byrd on Feb. 13 in Kansas City and discuss what he can do to help plan for audience development. Byrd, a choreographer whose works focus on social issues, is collaborating with jazz composers and musicians such as Max Roach, Vernon Reid and Geri Allen on JazzTrain, which is a blend of jazz, dance and the visual arts. Davis said if the Lied Center was chosen to present JazzTrain, it would take place during fall of 1999. Amount: $14,860 "One of our objectives is to have a large audience for JazzTrain," she said. "But this is also a chance to further our relationship with the Gem Theater and Missouri State Ballet. We all want to help each other because we think there's audiences in Kansas City interested in Lawrence and audiences in Lawrence interested in Kansas City." Davis said the Lied Center and its new partners would submit an application in May for a program grant. If the grant is awarded to the group, it would bring Jazz-Train to either the Lied Center or PLANNING GRANT Awarded to: Lied Center, Gem Theater (Kansas City, Mo.), Missouri Ballet Awarded by: the Association of Performing Arts Presenters Purpose: To develop new audiences for the theater the Gem Theater. "We completed a very extensive application, and the competition was tough," Davis said. 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