Friday, January 30, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 7
KU webmasters link talents
By Agron Knopf
By Aaron Knopf
knopf@kansan.com
knopf staff write
University of Kansas Web administrators recently met to pool resources and share expertise on building Web sites.
KU Web Administrator Julie Loats organized the Jan. 21 meeting to encourage fellowship and cooperation among campus Webmasters. Loats manages the KU Facts Web site, an online collection of information about the University as well as a gateway to other University Web sites.
Loats said 60 Webmasters attended the meeting and discussed topics such as good Web design practices and ways they could help each other.
"My hope is that this group will take on a life of its own, meet monthly, and eventually elect officers," Loats said.
One of the main topics discussed at the meeting was the need for University-affiliated Web sites to contain some basic content.
"There are not any Web police at KU," she said. "This is not what this group is about."
However, Loats said all KU Web sites should include basic information such as the University's name, the date the site was last modified, a contact person and a postal address.
Derek Welsh, Design and Construction Management's CAD manager, attended the meeting and agreed that sites needed some consistency.
"The University shouldn't govern what every department does, but every department should realize that it is representing the University." Welsh said.
Welsh said the process of sharing and communicating would keep Webmasters from duplicating each other's efforts.
Welsh's department developed a Web-based campus map. If he presented the map during the Webmaster meeting, other Webmasters would know to link to this map instead of developing one themselves.
"When you're doing a Web site you get to feeling you are on your own," Simons said. "It's nice to know that there's a support group out there when you get stuck."
Thelma Simons, school of education network administrator, has been active in another campus computing group, KU Network Administrators. She was glad to see the development of a similar group for Webmasters.
To find out when KU Webmasters meet again, contact Loats through email at jmoloats@ukans.edu
Trio brings history lesson to Lied
Reduced Shakespeare crams American past into 90-minute show
By Marcelo Vilela
mvilela@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
To be or not ... Nah, too long.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company, a three-person theatrical act that performs abridged versions of Shakespeare, American history and Biblical acts internationally, will perform at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Lied Center.
Tickets are $20 and $25 for the general public, $10 and $12.50 for University of Kansas students, Haskell students and children under 12 years of age.
The company promises a "90-minute roller coaster ride through the glorious quagmire that is American history."
Wearing minimalist costumes and lots of velcro — each member of the group plays about a dozen characters — Reed Martin, Austin Techenor and Matthew Croke will cram 500 years of American history into one perform
ance.
"We get long, boring topics and make them short and funny," said Martin, one of the show's writers. "We cut all the minor characters and get fast to the sex and violence, which is what everybody wants to see."
Croke will play most of the female characters.
"He's the youngest of the group and his father used to walk around the house in women's clothes just for fun," Martin said. "It runs in the genes."
The group used to perform at Renaissance Fairs in California.
"That's where we developed our style," Martin said.
They created their company in 1981. In 1993, they recreated the "Complete the History of America (Abridged)" taking historical facts and giving them an irreverent spin.
"When we started out, we abridged the works of Shakespeare. Then we decided to do something American," Martin said.
One of the group founders lives in England, so the company has an English branch, which has been touring Europe
Tomorrow will be the company's first performance at the University. The next
shows are scheduled at Michigan Tech University and in Bermuda.
Martin said two references to Kansas would be made in the show. One is about the Wizard of Mo, and the other is about Bob Dole.
The condensed history class will cover all the big marks of history, from the creation of the world up to Monica Lewinsky, Martin said.
"From the Big Bang to the big bang," he said.
The company has appeared on NBC's Today Show, Entertainment Tonight and CNN's Show Biz This Week and has created shows for the BBC. The company's voices also are featured in Steven Spielberg's animated film Batto.
Even with all this exposure, Martin said he considered his group only slightly famous. They are working on projects with the Walt Disney Company and the London Weekend television.
The company's next project is "The Millennium of Music," a shortened version of 1,000 years in music.
The company warns the show is not recommended for people with heart ailments, back problems, English degrees, inner ear disorders and those inclined to motion sickness.
Paramedics lift a KU student into an ambulance. The woman passed out yesterday in Watson Library.
Photo by Tara Bradley/KANSAN
Student passes out in library
Watson retrieval employee found by fellow worker
Kansan staff report
A KU student was transported to Lawrence Memorial Hospital after she was found unconscious in Watson Library yesterday afternoon.
The call came in at 1:04 p.m., KU police said.
The woman was treated and released from the hospital.
Diana Dyal, who works in Watson's cataloging department, discovered the woman in the second floor women's restroom shortly
He can came in at 1.04 p.m., KU police said. "The best thing I could do for her was remain calm," Dyal said.
Dyal and another staff member stayed with the victim.
"I was taking her pulse and making sure she was still breathing." Dval said.
The victim was starting to regain consciousness when the paramedics arrived. She told an officer she had a heart condition, Dyal said.
"She was very,very weak." Dval said.
The woman works in Watson's retrieval services.
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Bayer Corporation
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Boeing, Inc.
Budget Car & Truck Rental
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Federal Reserve Bank of KC
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Friendly Pines Camp
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Gilbert-Magill Company
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Harrah's NKC Casino
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Heartland Council of Camp Fire
House of Lloyd
IBM Corporation
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Jones Store Company
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Kelly Services
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Mary Kay Cosmetics
Merck & Company, Inc.
Mervyn's Department Stores
Monsanto
Moog Automotive
Multi-Service Corporation
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NK Lawn and Garden Co.
Navy Recruiting Dist. Kansas City-
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New England Financial Group
Northern Reflections
NW Mutual Life/Baird Securities-Ert.
NW Mutual Life-Hames Agency
Oklahoma Dept of Transportation
Osco Drug/Sav-on Drugs
Output Technologies
Overland Park Police Department
Pepsi-Cola
Philip Morris, USA
Pizza Hut of America, Inc.
Principal Financial Group
Pro Staff
Quintiles, Inc.
Robert E. Miller Company
Rock Springs 4-H Center
Russel Stover Candies, Inc.
St. Louis County Dept. of
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Schlumberger
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Signature Staffing
SW Bell Telephone Company
Sports & Social Clubs of the U.S.
Sprint - Technology Services
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus
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State Farm Insurance
Steak 'n Shake
Sunflower Group
Tetra Tech EM, Inc.
Texas Instruments, Inc.
The Consultants, Inc.
Timber Lake Camps
TouchNet Info. Systems, Inc.
United Parcel Service
United States Air Force
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Xerox - The Document Company
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