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November 12, 1989
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- This performance is a special event and not part of the Concert Series season ticket.
... You'll Be Glad You Did!
Campus computer availability expands
By Travis Butler Kansan staff writer
Personal computer use on campus is growing, with an increasing number of computers becoming available for student, faculty and departmental use.
Herb Harris, assistant director for user services at Academic Computing Services, said ACS had added a number of personal computers that were going to several places around campus. Some machines have gone online in the last week. Journalism, to some faculty members and student organizations,
In addition, the two labs at the Computer Center that have microcomputers for student use were upgraded this summer, he said. Modern systems replaced the older machines, and the older machines were moved to other locations on campus.
"We've essentially doubled the number of machines available to students by upgrading the labs," Harris said.
But that may not be enough to satisfy some students.
Jennifer Urias, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, said, "I think they need more Macintoshes. Everybody likes them, and there are not enough. You have to wait too long. I've always waited at least 20 minutes to a half hour, and sometimes as long as 45 minutes."
Richard Swartzel, Lawrence senior, also thinks that the Computer Center needs more Macintoshs. He will spend 20 minutes to wait for a computer.
"As far as I know, we're the only lab open 24 hours. When it's midterm time and there's a crush to get papers done, students get nervous
Harris agreed that many students had to wait.
Faculty members find uses for computers
Students are not the only people using personal computers more often. Faculty and departmental offices have been using computers in a variety of ways to help them work more efficiently.
By Travis Butler
Kansan staff writer
Tom Craven, associate professor of physics and astronomy, is a good example. When he came to the University of Kansas from the University of Michigan to head the department's space physics group, the department bought three Macintosh II's, one Macintosh SE and two LaserWriter II laser printers for his group's use.
"I don't so much use it for number crunching," he said. "I use it heavily for word processing, and also for making schematics, documentation, graphics and figuring grades. Basically, anything you can think of, we do."
Sue Schuurrick, secretary at the Advising Support Center, also uses her personal computer for word processing. In addition, her computer is linked directly with the administration computers, allowing her to access student records during the advising process.
"That way we can run off ARTS forms here, so that the adviser can have a hard copy of the information and so the student has something to take with him," she said.
Robin Holladay, office manager for the department
of communications studies, said the department offered a computer system to incoming faculty as part of a package deal. She said she used her personal machine mostly for word processing, including letters and papers that are going to be presented at conventions.
"Not having to retype and retype is a wonderful blessing," she said.
The department buys its computers through a state contract, Holladay said. The two main types of systems available on the contract are Macintosh computers from Apple Computer Inc. and IBM-PC compatible MS-DOS computers from Zenith Electronics Corp. Departments are required to purchase from the contracts unless there is some overriding reason not to, such as a substantial cost savings.
She said that the department bought Zeniths mainly because they were cheaper.
and anxious," he said.
Cravens also prefers the Macintoshes.
"The Zenith are a little bit cheaper than the Macs." Holiday said. "There's just so much more you can do with the Macs. If we had the money, we would buy Macs."
"I have worked with the IBM PC," he said. "I didn't find it as friendly to use. I can learn to do more things more quickly."
Swartzel said, "I use it for all my classes. There's not a situation on the planet you can't use a Mac for. I'm a hundred times more efficient when I use the Macs, and my grades have improved.
"The staff here is excellent. Any questions or trouble I have, they'll always help and work with you."
Not everyone agrees. Marilyn Heath, assistant to the chairman o the theatre and film department, said the Zeniths were just fine for what department members wanted to do.
Ross Franken, Sioux Center, Iowa, graduate student, said that although the computers were not explicitly required for his courses, they definitely gave an advantage to students.
"In some of my classes, you have to go back and revise your papers," she said. "Instead of having to retype the paper, just keep it going back and make your changes."
Some professors do require their students to use computers.
Martha Delaplain, San Francisco sophomore, said her professor in human factors in design course had students use both the MacDraw and MacPaint programs on the Macintosh.
"We're just seeing how they work," she said. "In our report.
we're supposed to tell how they're different. I'm sure we're going to be doing more projects with the computers."
Students in the theater and film department are using a group of three or four Macintoshs to do scene work to the chairman of the department.
Urias said that her geography teacher required his students to use a program called Atlas Explorer to learn geography.
"He thinks it's a good learning tool," she said.
Study shows that even moderate exercise can prolong life
The Associated Press
"You don't have to be an athlete; you don't have to do hours of vigorous
CHICAGO — Couch potatoes who dive under the sofa cushions at the thought of an hour on the rowing machine can take heart from a study that finds that even moderate exercise can prolong one's life.
exercise every week to get some obvious benefits," said Steven N. Blair, a co-author of the study published in the American Medical Association.
Indeed, those who don't exercise at all can get the greatest benefit from exercise, Blair said, and it's time for them to start. Fewer than 10 percent of adult Americans exercise at levels
recommended by the surgeon general.
The study by Blair and others at the Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas indicated that if all the unfit people surveyed had become fit, the death rates might have dropped by 9 percent in men and 15.3 percent in women.
The researchers studied 10,224 men and 3,120 women for an average of more than eight years. The subjects were first tested on a treadmill to determine their fitness level and then tested for blood-cholesterol levels, blood pressure and other general health factors. They also were questioned about factors in their lifestyles that might affect longevity.
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