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Thursday, October 28, 1971
University Daily Kansan
Wausan Staff Photo by ED LALLO
Tower for Cable TV Erected
Stands one foot outside city limits
Stands one foot outside city limits
KU Women's Status Described at Forum
A survey made last year to investigate the status of women shows that women faculty members are paid an average of $2,064 less than their male counterparts and that instructor of microbiology said Tuesday night at a forum sponsored by the Commission on Women's Rights.
Emily Taylor, dean of women and member of the American Museum of Natural History (AAUW) said at the forum, "I tell you with great satisfaction that the AAUW has come around because it was originally for me to be."
She said the AAUW is a 'potentially treemounted power group that has set up objectives of correcting present discriminatory policies and generally encouraging innovation and reform.
Martha Ward, an adviser to the commission, represented a research committee that studies the status of University women in the country.
Mrs. Ward reported that there are no women in the top levels of University administrative organizations or the academic organizations of the academi-
affairs of the various departments within the University. The governmental organizations have a better representation because women are more involved in University government, she said. Mrs. Ward said that there are men and 35 women in the State Department better in the past," she said.
Nell Bly, Arkansas City senior and the commission on the Status of Women, spoke on behalf of the commission's activities.
Miss Bly said the commission was "program and action oriented."
She said the commission has named such programs as menstrual health education and sexuality seminars and a women's medical in the Dean of Nursing.
Karen Keesling, adviser to the commission, advised the 35 university organizations need to take steps to protect themselves from cyberattacks. University organizations need to
Miss Keeling said the forum may develop into a monthly University women's staff member University women wives and students
The department of political science and the Institute of Public Affairs of the University of Kannas will sponsor a series of public affairs seminars beginning at 7:30 tonight in 106 Blake Hall. The seminars will be held on seven consecutive Thursdays.
Public Affairs Seminars
Art Lecture Thursday
The University of Kansas campus and sculpture department are open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, in Strong Hall Auditorium.
By ANN CONNER Kansan Staff Writer
'Charles Dickens Today'
Angus Wilson, British novelist and playwright, will present a lecture on "Charles Dickens Today" at 8 o'clock tonight in the Council Room of the Kanssax Union. The lecture is open to the public.
A 200-foot tower for a master antenna is to be set up at 15th Street and the east side of the Lawrence city limits this week by Sunflower Corporation which has secured a contract one-third of Lawrence by Dec. 1.
Cablevision Potential Seen for Lawrence
Max Fakkenstein, general manager of AirDiamond, in Sunflower Field, will provide an interview that 41 miles of cable would be ready for operation in the first installation phase of the planned 120-mile cable system.
He said most of the cable for the first phase would be installed in the east and central parts of the campus, while the western Tennessee SL between 6th and 20th streets although some areas west of the campus were also to
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Falkenstein said that Sun Power Cabellisation thought a case for building solar panels in Lawrence because of the size of the population and the need for power.
"THERE'S a great potential here," Fallenkern said. "The 50,000 population range is enough for a local school to coverage and yet not large enough for a local station. We think this is going to be one of the fine cable stations in the country where we are doing local programming."
Bruce Linton, chairman of the radio-television-film department, said that in the past, cable television had been developed to provide commercial ammunition barriers blocked the signal broadcast through the air.
He explained that since the primary purpose of cable television had been to improve reception, most cable stations confined their creation of local programs to a simple weather station. The same trend is showing temperature, humidity, air pressure and wind velocity.
GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS do not allow cable stations to edit or to tamer with network cabling. The National Bureau of Cable, Linton said. He explained that cable stations would not interfere with microcomputers with their own local ones.
In addition to a local weather scan channel with a severe weather warning device, Sunflower Cablevision has planned to have 100 channels for local programming of news, sports and entertainment. the local programs could originate from the new newspaper downtown streets or from other locations in Lawrence via the station's website.
"There's a great potential here"
Members of the Women's Coalition will present a film, "Make-Out," at 7:30 three times at Olver Hall. There will be a discussion after the film.
--the cable. One channel has been left open for future development.
Women's Coalition Film
"What they're doing is really unique." Linton remarked. "They are going heavily into the migration of their own programs."
Sunflower plans to broadcast a daily newscast in the evening for Lawrence news, a children's show, a talk show and possibly a program on sewing and fashion. Falkenstein said there would be a heavy emphasis on local sports here live or delayed broadcasts.
Falkenstein said the Sunflower studio was well equipped with both black and white and color equipment.
"WE INTEND to expand our local programming," he said, "we anticipate that it may take two hours studio time for every hour on the air. Everything that we have to produce ourselves."
Nine television stations will be available to subscribers to the channel 1, KCMO (Channel 5), KSCD (Channel 10), and KMCI (Channel 9) from Kansas City. Channel 4 is from Kansas City, Channel 11 and WIIBW (Channel 13) from Topeka and Channel 14 from St. Joseph.
The 23 other channels not used for local programs will be used to distribute broadcasts from Tampa, Kansas City and St. Joseph.
The Committee on Luco-Brasilian Studies will sponsor an informal "Portuguese Tablet" from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., every Friday, starting tomorrow, in Airbus II of the Kansas Union. The meetings at the Portuguese language
In addition, subscribers can receive 14 FM radio stations via
Ching Jh Wang, Sunflower's chief engineer, explained the difficult variations stations were received at the master antenna where headend in equipment would monitor and send data to the Sunflower cable numbering system. For example, broadcast channel 27 from topeko would receive signal from
WANG SAID a preamplifier was necessary to strengthen the signal from St. Joseph. After the fire, he installed two local channels in head-in-ear equipment and monitored they will be transmitted to the city. The cable, to be strung through the city, will have two local channels to be inserted before distribution to the city. The cable, to be strung through the city, will have two local channels to be inserted before distribution to the city. The cable, to be strung through the city, will have two local channels to be inserted before distribution to the city. The cable, to be strung through the city, will have two local channels to be inserted before distribution to the city. The cable, to be strung through the city, will have two local channels to be installed to strengthen the signal.
"People . . . don't use even half the channels"
Wang said the feeder lines would be equipped with
"Flextab" distributors from which smaller feeder lines could be sent out to each house on the black A matching transformer will then adjust the cable signal to the capacity of the television sets.
Subscribers will pay an
installation fee of $10 for the first
television set and $5 for each
additional set. The FM service
can be added for a $5 installation
fee. Monthly service charges will
be $7.5 for the first set, $1.50
for the second set and $1 for the
FM service.
FALKENSTEIN SAID over 1,000 subscribers had already subscribed to the platform. Possibilities for future development of the cable system are limited only by imagination and experience. The mentioned the possibility of bringing distant signals from cities such as Chicago and New York.
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Falkenstein said, "We hope that KU will actively participate by working with us and independently to produce not only for a general audience but also courses for credits."
Now, people pay for an ex-operative set, and don't use the 12 channels available on the 12 channels available in Lawrence, 11 will be continually replaced.
Facsimile newpaper printing is another future technical system. With special equipment, a person wanted a copy of a newspaper at 7:30 a.m., he could set a timing device the night before to open a alarm clock. A print-out of the newspaper with the latest news, resembling a Xerox copy, could be in his own home in the morning.
Falkenstein described the possibility of "multiplex" audio programs which were selected from a list stored on the console in the home. A person could push a button and receive the 40 top tunes or he could select another button for the works of either a French lesson.
"ALL OF THESE things are in the realm of technical possibilities today via cable," Falkenstein said. "Most people feel that television is heading in the cable direction. You can choose channels on your television set instead of having them sitable."
By use of a combination computer and cable system, Falkenstein said, viewers could press the button to order two channels on television. Home burglar protection and a doctor's call service were other possibilities because the capacity to use closed channels only for a particular frequency would allow educational broadcasts to special interest groups such as doctors and nurses.
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Linton explained that the University had been offered a cable channel but had not acted because of budget problems.
"The opportunity of having our own local university television network is crucial for budget. It certainly would cost quite a bit of money just to offer it."
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About seven years ago, Linton said, KU television students worked with a program which was microwaved to a Topka television station for broadcasts twice a week. At that time, the program cost about $20,000 and it estimated it would require $40,000 just to bring KU outdated black and white equipment up to date for current broadcast standards.
Dennis McClatech, director of the KU Media Center, which has produced eeducational video tapes for distribution through the Extramural Independent Study Network, has aspects of teaching by television.
"It takes people to produce these programs," Linton said. "It would be laboratory-centered work but it would still have to be paid to pay roll like the KU radio F M station. There has to be some paid staff aid."
HE EXPLAINED that educational television required extra time for professors to redo presentations and to audience as well as production staff time and the creation of visual illustrations. With no visual illustrations is often too dull to hold the attention of viewers who are surrounded by colorful graphics.
"If you want to make a splash with educational television, you must be interesting." Linton is interested in interesting costs money
"The biggest problem is that teachers are used to other means of communicating and they have to learn to think what they're going to show rather than what they're going to say. They are used to a verbal medium, but on the other hand, the visuals tell the story."
McClatney explained that the videotapes were usually not themselves but were often accompanied by course outlines and study guides designed by the Media Coordination with the Media Center staff.
TWO COURSES videotaped by the KU Media Center have already been transmitted over a wireless system. Each week a different segment of an engineering course on "Staties" and a course called "Renaissance Art in Italy" are broadcast to students. Viewers can purchase a course syllabus from the Extramural Independent Study Center and prepare the in-class lessons after watching a program
McClatchey said that the community response was 'favorable and that the Liberal
cable station was anxious to have
videoed tutorial courses,
tutorials field and science fiction
literature are now under way, he
had
"We're excited about the cabie we will use most possibly for us to be hold out during," she said at the campus but also with the community." McClatchey com-
"We think there are a number of courses that would be of interest to the community. For example, the track and field course. We have plans to do a swimming I. II course which would be for exercise."
"We're surrounded by states that are really going somewhere in educational television." McClatchey said.
FALKENSTEIN SAID that Sunflower Cablevision hoped to use several television-film students on its staff.
"KU can still be active in this development without spending a great amount of money by using our facilities," he said.
"It would be great for the University and it would be great for us too because we have a need for our students to make this work in Lawrence," he commented. "We have made the necessary facilities are available, and 1
Debaters Win Honors At Tournev
Four University of Kansas debate teams won honors last weekend at a debate tournament held at the Northwest Missouri College. The Lyman, Prairie Village freshman, and Steve Block, Leawood freshman, took first place among 40 teams consisting of consistently wins and loss one.
At the same tournament, Ken Simpson, Great Bend freshman, and Ron Reigel, Wichita freshman received a record which six wins and two losses. Reigel received the award at a place speaker at the tournament.
The largest tournament the debaters entered in October was held at the Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, where 78 teams from 26 states competed. Only two schools in the tournament received double honors: University of California and Oklahoma.
The team of Bill Hensley, Whetta junior, and Bb Russell, Owens Jr. all won a third among the 78 teams with a record of seven wins and three losses. Gary Buckwalter, Whetta senior, received the fifth place award for their record of six wins and three wins.
No debate trips are planned for the coming weekend.
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Linton explained that in addition to faculty time, student participation is carefully considered to get maximum educational benefit.
"The extent to which students can be involved would depend on how realistic the laboratory experience was." Linton said. "The details of production have to be sidered. Someone has to type scripts, prepare materials for broadcast and process films.
"KU can still be active in this"
Linton pointed out that all the plans so far were only informal and that no arrangements had been made for the first program.
Would this be educational? "
"WE'LL PROBABLY BE doing some things little by little but we can't involve ourselves in budget problems," he explained.
Rather than take on the expense of its own channel, Linton thinks the University could invest in a lower level of involvement.
"At some time in the future, there is a lot of information that could be written." This way Linton remarked. "The whole idea of retrieval of information and computers is far in the future and computers is still things already exist technically."
He described the potential of a university cable television system, tremendous for processing information and reaching students in various locations. Through a university information retrieval system, students living areas could receive educational material on their mobile phones and students who wanted a review of a chemistry course could dial a certain number and the review would be sent to their terminal
He said it might also be possible to originate a program from the hospital in the Medical Center in Kankan and microwave it to Lawrence where it could be sent to the cable lines. He said they closed cable channels to all the
"Anything we do now," Linton explained, "will have to be on our own time and on the lab time of the students. We will be involved, but nothing significant can be legislated that this is important reaching the people of Lawrence and of the state."
Vacancies No Problem Says IFC
The vacancy of three fraternity houses this fall does not indicate the demise of the Greek system and its importance, according to Kidney Dwyer, a president. The three fraternities involved have either moved, are living in apartments or are new houses, Dwyer said Monday.
Members of Theta Chi fraternity are experimenting with a new concept in fraternity fashion. The members spend their apartment living better suits the needs of their fraternity as opposed to the "house," Dwayer said.
Members of Pi Kappa Alpha are awaiting construction of a campus on Sigma Na Drive. The first from its old house to the former Alpha Omega Psi wioryhouse building. The two vacant houses have since been sold and remodeled for use as classrooms. The rooms are rented in each of the houses.
The former Theta Chi structure was sold and now houses a communal living group and day care center for children.
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