University Daily Kansan, April 28, 1982
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Lighting
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Margolis said. "I'm afraid to visit the dorms in the evening because the parking lots are so dark.
"Having night classes becomes a health hazard if you're a woman and don't have someone to walk with you to your classes. You won't be guarded so guard you won't be the next one attacked."
Boe Bryant, a volunteer at the Rape Victim Support Service, said her group had been so involved recently in the accessibility of blue light bulbs that she didn't give the lighting situation much thought.
"There may be a problem with the lighting system at KU and probably on most campuses," he said. "But because we simply haven't received any complaints from rape victims about the lack of lightening the reason for their attack. We've been dealing more with helping victims getting accustomed."
BUT SHE SAID that the lighting was a good discussion topic in future meetings.
"It's a good topic to discuss in the living groups and in the dorms," she said.
Carlson and KU should start installing more lighting on campus instead of constructing new classrooms.
Longaker also said lighting was a much-needed investment for existing buildings—especially Blake and Twente Halls going toward Sunnside Drive.
"There have to be lighted better; they are a definite security risk," the sergeant said.
But people in facilities operations and KU
nousing departments, who are responsible for the maintenance of the campus lighting already has been improved.
They think the campus is well lighted.
refrigeration is in charge of campus lighting. He said he thought his department had done a great job.
"In the past five years we have done a lot to improve the campus lighting," he said. "We've installed sterner poles with mercury vapor lights that give off 250 watts on Jawhay Boulevard.
"The last several years we've upgraded the street lighting. Our most prized project had been the installation of high-powered mercury vapor lights on Irving Hill Road."
He said lights on Irving Hill Road had been badly needed.
"The big problem that we faced then, and are facing always, is the allotment of funds that we are allowed to do a major job of uprating the lighting," he said. "The University was Irving Hill as an immediate concern, so they granted us the money."
BEEM SAID his department took care of all the campus lighting except for the residence hall areas, which are the responsibility of the KU housing department.
"Some of the problems we have are with the security lights, which are usually on buildings or
He said sometimes his department would not find out that a light was inapparable for several days.
"Vandalism is also a problem with our little
toadstool lights. People knock them over and it takes time to replace them," he said.
The man in charge of the lighting for the residence halls is J.J. Wilson, director of KU housing. Wilson contends the lighting in the residence hall areas are adequate.
"We provide good lighting for the students, I think." Wilson said.
He said that his department tried to direct its lighting system to areas that were "dark spots," such as large bushes, entry ways and parking lots.
"We're always checking to make sure the lighting is safe for students," he said. "As far as what we can determine by police records, there are many crimes committed as a result of poor lighting."
He said the reason the walkway from McCollum Hall to the Satellite Union was not lighted that he would rather see students taking Irving Hill Road or 15th Street to campus.
"It's economically unfeasible to light everywhere on campus," he said. "By not lighting that area, we are giving the students a darker environment is a danger zone and should be avoided."
One student who has adamantly worked on the Student Senate for better campus lighting is Jiachen Li.
"I was on the student Senate committee two years ago that proposed a plan to install lights on Irving Hill Road," Mendoza said. "They inquired about that but is only a pittance of what needs to be done."
'I and others advocated more lighting around
Stouffler Place and the walkway from McColllin grass have been pretty minute. In those grass have been pretty minute.
"I believe that the whole campus needs to be lighted, because right now it's inconsistent, with some spots being well-lit while others are snarselv lit."
MENDEOZA SAID that he thought the solution to be implemented to be implement a whole new lighting system.
A new lighting system is just what Ron Helms, director of architecture and urban design, plans to propose to the University administration next fall.
He said he planned to follow the same procedure he used when he was at the University of Colorado, which adopted his master plan for a new lighting system.
"What I'm going to propose in the fall here at KU is the same thing that we did in Colorado," he said. "I will have students from the engineering department at KU, and they will conclude that light is a deterrent to crime."
"At Colorado, I had my students work with the police department. They would tell the cops what to do."
"This would entail any type of crime that was committed at night. They would then mark down the location where the crime had been committed on a campus map."
Helms said the students at Colorado had access to police records over a two-year period and their study revealed that some crimes might be solved in well-areas but most of them were not.
one of the problems the University of Colorado had was with maintenance," he said. "Many of the lights would be inoperable for long periods of time without being fixed.
"We weren't sure if the lights were on when the crimes were committed or if the were out. The police were there."
HELMS SAID that after the two-year study was completed, the university granted him the money for a seven-phase plan that called for relighting the whole campus.
"The first phase of the plan called for the lighting of a major route across campus, which when implemented increased night travel immensely." Helms said.
The second phase of the plan, he said, was a through light around the Colorado student audience.
Helms said more lighting would be installed in the coming semesters.
He said sufficient lighting did more than defer crime.
"Lighting also provided a safety system mechanism," he said. "Well-lit areas provide safety for kids on foot, for drivers, people on mopeds and bicycles and pedestrians in general."
"It provides security for buildings and facilities. Lighting actually isn't a deterrent to crime—it doesn't stop crime from happening, but moves it to a darker area or further away. In that sense, lighting is effective in combatting crime."
Helms said he didn't know how KU would receive his plans, but he is willing to back up his ideas. "He's a strong leader," he said.
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