UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, September 7, 1993
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Seth Wiley, left, Lawrence senior, and Susan Cooper, Leaward senior, work at the control booth in the new instructional classroom on the third floor of Strong Hall.
Video classroom moves on campus
By Kathleen Stoile
Korean staffunter
Kansan staff writer
With his shoulder-length hair fastened securely behind his ears, Chris Sheridan stared intently at the maze of monitors and switches before him.
It was showtime in the new instructional television classroom.
- "Tape is rolling ... instructor's microphone up ...
... fade music ..." he instructed from his technical director's chair.
After two semesters in an old television studio at Seventh and New Hampshire streets, the cast and crew have relocated to a renovated room on the third floor of Strong Hall.
"It's great having a permanent home for the video classroom," said Sheridan, a Lawrence graduate student and production assistant for Media Services, a part of the Division of Continuing Education.
Six graduate level classes are being broadcast live this semester from the KU classroom to the Regents Center in Overland Park. This is the third semester for Regents broadcasts. The classes are a service of the Division of Continuing Education.
Breek Marion, director of Media Services,
said the 1,200-square-foot classroom and 300-
square-foot control room were renovated during
the summer at a cost of $1,000. The
room will be used with classroads.
Marion said the old location had bad acoustics and lighting
in a learning environment, not a studio," Marion said.
The classroom also features three cameras from which the director can choose different images for broadcast. A fourth camera, yet to be installed, will run on a track over the instructor's lectern console to view objects.
"The shot we can get on camera is better than what most students get from their seats unless the professor passes the item around," said Jim Jewell, producer and director of ITV classes.
Eventually, the students in Strong Hall will be able to see their Regents Center counterparts on the monitors. But for now, only audio interaction is possible. Marton said more funds were needed before the equipment necessary for two-way video could be purchased.
Images displayed on the professor's electric overhead or videos or slides prepared in the control room can be viewed on any one of three TV monitors flanking the classroom's five rows of tables.
Tom Glavinich, who teaches two architectural engineering courses through ITV classroom, said the relocation of the classroom was an improvement.
Another room on the other side of the control room is being prepared as an ITV classroom, but Marion said he did not know when it would be finished. There are also plans for ITV classrooms in Hoch Auditorium and in Joseph R. Pearson Hall, where the department of education plans to move he said.
"The new facility is very nice and it's convenient." he said.
Bikes challenge cars as top campus ride
Only a few years after mountain bike sales began to skyrocket in the United States, KU students are still buying up the most popular way to get around on campus.
Bv Cheslev Dohl
Kansan staff writer
"About two years ago, things went crazy in Lawrence," he said.
Rick Stell, owner of Rick's Bike Shop, 916 Massachusetts St., said mountain bikes became popular in the Midwest in the early '80s. He said that five years later the sale of mountain bikes really took off.
A recent chart in USA Today reported that the revenue from U.S. sales of mountain bikes soared from $113 million in 1982 to an estimated $2.3 billion this year.
The mountain-bike share of the U.S. bicycle market has shot up from a mere 5 percent in 1982 to 67 percent in 1993.
Stein said that the mountain bike was a big seller because of its comfort and durability.
"The mountain bike has more of an upright build, and it tends to have a wider saddle," he said. "With a mountain bike, speed isn't of the essence, so it's a popular bike for students to get up to campus."
High-quality, affordable mountain bikes for students start in the mid-$200 range, but prices go up drastically with different options.
Gary Long, owner of Cycle Works, 1601 W. 23rd, said that there was a great deal of technology incorporated in the making of a bicycle — technology that was changing all the time.
"Look at this bike, for example," he said, resting his hand on the seat of a 22-pound $2,000 Univega, made from chromoly, a steel alloy that is stronger yet lighter than regular steel.
"It's light enough to carry on your shoulder," he said.
Stein agreed that certain high-grade bikes cost as much as used cars.
"Bikes vary as far as mechanics and materials, but some people can justify the price," he said. "Some people fish off canoes, and some people go out and buy bass boats to fish off of," he said. "It's the same with bicycles."
Long said that the first bike "turned mountain bike" was the 1953 Schwinn Black Phantom.
"They put gears in these old bikes because they were durable with strong bikes," he said. "This was the perfect bike for off-roading."
Besides the mere simplicity of owning a bike, Mike Combes, manager of Rick's Bike Shop, said that owning a mountain bike was a means of expression.
"It's the anti-social, ultimate-free bike," he said. "When people can't express themselves by doing something radical like joining Greenpeace, they can always go out and buy one of these," he said.
Week of events to promote KU pride
'Celebrate KU' offers programs to recognize 127 years of history
By Donella Hearne Kansan staff writer
everyone is invited.
The Student Alumni Association will put on "Celebrate
the 1970s." This
week, SAA will present in front of Wescoe Hall a variety of informational events designed to teach students about University programs.
The University of Kansas is having a birthday party and everyone is invited.
Sunday marks the day the University was founded in 1866.
A representative of SAA said the purpose of "Celebrate KU" was to boost student loveyto the University.
"We're doing this to remind everybody of the common tie
to KU," said Jodi Breckenridge, director of Student and Kansas Honors Programs at the Kansas Alumni Association.
Flyers with facts about KUhistory and achievements will focus on "points of pride." Deans, administrators and coaches are invited to talk with students this week in front of Wescow, Breckenridge said.
SAA got the idea from the University of Southern Mississippi where an event like "Celebrate KU!" is held every year, said Andrew Pitts, St. Louis, Mo. senior, and SAA president.
SAA tries to get students involved in alumi activities to train them as recruiting volunteers after graduation, Breckenridge said. There are 70 chapters of KU alumi across the country.
"It's done across the country," he said. "We wanted to do something for the University."
Breckenridge said money for the celebration was raised through fund raisers.
Celebrate KU!
The Student Alumni Association will hold activities in front of Wescoe Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every week. Please contact the University's 12th birthday club.
Today — Academics Day. Deans of University schools will talk with students about their school's programs.
Tomorrow — Athletics Day. Coaches are invited to share information about University sports. The Jayhawk mascot and Baby law will be there.
*Thursday — Alumni Day, Kansas*
*Alumni Association and Endowment*
Center staff members will talk with students about the Alumni Association's
**Friday — Student Day. SAA will pass out our birthday cake to all students and ask students to sign a giant birthday card.** (Ada Chancellor Gene Budig in his office.)
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