CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, February 9, 1984
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Potential sportscasters read for news program
By STEPHANIE HEARN Staff Reporter
A well-dressed group of KU students nervously sat mouthing words to themselves in a room in the basement of Jolliffe Hall yesterday.
About 18 students waited to participate in a campus-wide audition for the spot anchor position or KU's teaching position.
To audition, the students brought with them original sports copy for a 90-second screen test.
While waiting for his turn, Brian Yount, Springfield senior, said, "I've been a sports announcer for JKHK for four semesters, but I really want to be a television sportscaster."
THE ONLY WOMAN in line, Sarah Duckers, a law student from Salina, said that other women were probably scared away from the audition when they read on the sign-up sheet that a coat and tie were required.
Duckers was decked out in a blazer and tie.
"I'm just trying out for extracurricular fun," she said. "I think it always good to expand your interests."
Greg Reeser, a chemical engineering senior from Garnett, said, "I figure if Howie can do it, so can I."
George Rasmussen, assistant professor of radio TV and film, said that he would select a student for the position based on the student's appearance, voice, and knowledge of sports as demonstrated on videotape.
BEGINNING MARCH 7, the new sportscaster will appear Wednesday evening for six or seven consecutive weeks on the student-produced program, "Fifteen Minutes".
After being taped in a studio at Joliffe Hall from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, "Fifteen Minutes" will be broadcast at 6:15 p.m. on Sunflower Cablevision, Channel
The new sports announcer will join the team of three student news anchors who were selected in September.
The program will also be shown at 8 p.m. Sunday evenings.
Since the news announcers' jobs do not require writing their own stories, students who auditioned for the news anchor positions were judged on poise and their ability to quickly pick out grammatical errors in copy that they had only had one minute to examine before a three-minute videotaped audition.
AFTER HAVING OTHER professors and students rate the candidates, Rasmussen chose Devin Sillian, Houston junior, Mike Smith, Virginia Beach senior, and Melissa Oatman, Wichita senior, to broadcast the news on
In addition to selecting the announcers, Rasmussen oversees the student production of the show.
Rasmussen's Broadcast News II class video tapes and writes the stories for the announcers to read on the air.
Almost a month away before the first show, the 30 students from the class are practicing filming people and buildings on campus to familiarize themselves with video enactment.
After, learning to use the equipment, the students in Rasmusen's Broadcast News II class will begin putting together "news packages," which are videotapes accompanied by written stories of current local news.
Each student is assigned to a campus beat and required to turn in three "packages" during the semester. From these, Rasmussen selects the packages that will be broadcast on "Fifteen Minutes."
A TV-new production class, also under Rasmussen's instruction, will edit the "news packages" and combine them with the interviews, public service announcements and national and sports news to fill the 15 minutes of air
The 10 students in that class each have an opportunity to direct one episode of the program.
City hopes to start work in April Way clear for road improvements
By SHARON BODIN Staff Reporter
Improvements on the stretch of 15th Street that runs from Kasold Drive to Monterey Way could be as soon as Wednesday, director of public works said yesterday.
Tuesday night the Lawrence City Commission authorized the city to begin work on the project, which would two lanes to the north side of the street.
George Williams, the public works director, said that the commission's action allowed the city to begin taking bids from contractors for the improvements.
"I HOPE TO GO back to the City Commission some time in mid-March
with updated plans and bids from contractors," he said.
The commission will take the lowest bid, Williams said, and construction can begin from that point.
Construction of the additional lanes will cost about $316,000. Williams said, and will be paid for by general obligation bonds.
In 1972, the city first began working on the 15th Street project. Two more lanes will be added north of the existing road. In 1980, the city paved during the original work.
The city eventually plans to extend 15th Street from Monterey Way to Wakarusa Drive, which was formerly Dragstrip Road, he said. But the City Commission has not officially approved this project.
THE CITY WANTS to begin construction on the extension to Wakarusa Drive this summer, with at least two lanes and a median. The city hopes to complete the entire project from Kasold Drive to Wakarusa Drive this year.
Benefits to businesses in the zone include tax credits, sales tax refunds and other benefits.
Enterprise zones are areas where economic development is encouraged by special economic benefits granted to a business from the city.
Tuesday night the City Commission also decreased the area designated as enterprise zones in East Lawrence by removing residential areas from the
The reason for the reduction was that the areas in the designated enterprise zones that are residential would not benefit by being in the special zone.
Scholarship sends student to Oxford
By the Kansan Staff
A KU student was among 30 students in the United States who won Marshall Scholarships to study for two years at universities in Great Britain.
Robert Wyttenbach, Lawrence senior, will study psychology, philosophy and physiology at Oxford University. He was selected for the program since 1976.
express gratitude for the Marshall Plan.
Wyttenbach is majoring in biology and computer science and is planning a career in university teaching and biological research.
As part of his undergraduate studies, Wyttenbach is investigating the vision and behavior of white-eye-mutant cockroaches. He intends study insect neurophysiology and behavior for a graduate degree.
Marshell Scholarships were initiated in 1953 by the British government to
Another KU student David Paul Fidler. Salina sophomore, has been
selected to interview for the Kansas Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which is awarded to one student in every state and the three U.S. territories.
The Truman scholarship provides up to $5,000 a year for tuition, fees, books, and room and board, and is renewable for up to four years.
The Harry S. Truman Foundation awards scholarships to students committed to a public career, especially in the arts. The University of Iowa has received a Truman Scholarship.
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