University Daily Kansan / Friday, September 1, 1989
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Parking garage scheduled to open in October
By Liz Hueben Kansan staff writer
The wait is almost over for the opening of the new parking garage on campus.
Doug Riat, assistant director of facilities planning, said that barring any unforeseen delays in final construction, the garage, on the north side of Allen Fieldhouse, would open in early October.
"We can't promise anything, but I
would say the parking offices should move to th garage (from Hoch Auditorium) at the end of September and that they will open there Oct. 2.," Riat said.
He said that, according to the contract, the garage should be completed by Sept. 8, but that it would not be finished on time.
"Some things got out of sequence construction-wise in completing the job," Riat said. "On top of that we had a few rain delays."
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking services, said the parking garage would have eight spaces for people with handicapped permits.
The garage will have 778 parking stalls.
The garage also will have 123 spaces for students, 123 for staff, 124 for faculty and 400 spaces for visitors, Hultine said.
She said that a student wishing to park in the new garage must have a yellow permit and a successful application for a garage pass.
There will be no extra charge for students to park in the garage, but a garage pass is mandatory.
Garage applications will be reviewed and passes will be awarded based on students' status in school. Priority will be given to graduate assistants and graduate student buildings closest to the garage, which include Robinson Center, Summerfield Hall, Learned Hall, Murphy
Hall, Green Hall and the athletic buildings.
The Williams Fund has 600 stalls in the new garage reserved for its members during home basketball games, said Joan Willehite, a spokesman for the foundation. All members of the Williams Fund have provided money for athletic scholarships, she said.
The remaining 178 spaces will be available on a first come, first served basis.
during basketball games, Hultine said.
Because of the increase in the number of visitors' parking spaces, Hultine said, parking services removed 300 parking meters from lot 90, south of Robinson, and returned those spaces to yellow permit parking.
She said visitors would be charged 50 cents an hour to park in the garage.
County landfill loads up Some things old help to make something new
By Chris Evans Kansan staff writer
The artificial gray sand hills of Jefferson County are bulging with Lawrence's trash.
But the hills are not filled just with Lawrence's trash. Max Slaank Jr., Lawrence's assistant director of public works, said refuse from various parts of Douglas, Jefferson and Leavenworth counties also found its way to the Douglas-Jefferson County Landfill.
"It's safe to assume that the bulk of their refuse comes from Lawrence," Sankard said. "We are definitely their biggest customer."
Stankard said that although N. R. Hamm Quarry Inc. of Perry owned and operated the landfill, Douglas County received a substantial amount of the fees for leaving trash at the site. He said Jefferson County received an amount of the fees as payment for use of the road leading to the landfill.
Slankard said citizens were charged 15 cents at the gate to use the landfill.
The Douglas County landfill has been just inside Jefferson County near U.S. Highway 24 since 1981, said Jim Engheli, sanitation supervisor for the Douglas County Department of Public Works.
"Before that, it was back in Douglas County," he said. "Right now, the landfill area is sort of being left to go back to its natural state."
Carl Giffin, sanitation supervisor in the department and a colleague of Engnehr's, said the city and county landfills often tried to redevelop old landfills.
"They do good things with them," he said. "The one we just got through with, that's some sort of wildlife refuge."
The old landfill, located on Highway 24 near the currently used landfill to a deer herd and will soon be home to chapstick spot for eagles. Engnehl said.
John Benson, a Lawrence resident who often uses the landfill to dispose of his refuse, said he was impressed by the care taken to maintain the landfill and protect the surrounding area from excess trash.
"The fences go along to catch the trash so it doesn't just blow out," he said. "That's kind of nice."
Benson said that rules concerning the transport of materials to the landfill had been established to protect the highways.
"It was bad for a while there, trash in the ditches, along the highway. Now they want you to tarp it up," he said.
The landfill does not appear as one might expect. No mounds of trash can be seen stretching across the countryside. Instead, the hills are covered by a gray topsoil, pushed into place by bulldozers.
"The they do a good job. They bury it." Benson said, pointing to a builder roiding over mounds of refuse. "He's always got that dozer going. Constantly. Just keeping up with the trash, covering it up."
Benson said he was pleased that that man, being turned into areas for wildlife.
"I'd rather see that then have development come in and try to build houses on top of it," he said.
The Douglas—Jefferson County Landfill is the only one used for Lawrence's refuse.
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Ellsworth freshmen get special attention
By Lisa Moss Kansan staff writer
The resident assistants on the 10th floor of Ellsworth Hall have had an exciting week.
The 10th floor has been designated as the floor involved in Experience Excellence in Ellsburg and orientation program for freshmen.
The program is aimed at helping freshmen make a smooth transition into the University setting, and to provide an assistant in the housing department.
Kenneth Stonner, director of student housing, said the program was established to help keep students at the University of Kansas. The students will receive individ- ual from faculty and staff, he said.
The housing department sent out information about the program to prospective residents. Any freshman wanting to live in Ellsworth was eligible to live on the 10th floor.
Programs the administration has planned for the floor include study skills workshops and social activities.
Through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the residents will have faculty mentors, Gottberg said.
"Hopefully they will build a
personal relationship," she said. "The program was envisioned as an opportunity that would provide an academic living environment."
Program organizers hope to build a close-kit community that will provide support for academic endeavors. Gottperts said.
Erica Thom, Derby junior, and Stu Sanks, Prairie Village senior, are the resident assistants on the 10th floor.
Thom said she had fun watching how close relationships between residents had become in the past week.
Corey Rittmaster, Overland Park freshman, said he saw a brochure about the program and thought it would be a good experience.
"It said we would be able to work closer to faculty and staff. It looked like a good way to get involved," Rittmaster said. "It is fantastic. I am having a great time."
Edwyna Gilbert, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, said she hoped the program, which was modeled after a similar one at the University of Tennessee, would be extended in the future.
Tim O'Brien, a Kansas City, Mo.
freshman, said the program was
great because everbody studied
together and partied together.
Dorothy returns from Oz after 50 years
By Derek Schmidt
Kansan staff writer
TOPEKA - Blustery weather blew
Dust from the wind and blustery
weather brought her back.
The loudspeakers at Cedar Crest, the governor's mansion in Topeka, yesterday bellowed, "There's the balloon. Watch for Dorothy."
Members of the crowd of approximately 1,000, which included the Scarcrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, the Good Witch of the North and Mike Hayden, looked skyward as the balloon appeared.
"Just say no" was printed on its side, a reference to the Campaign for a Drug Free Kansas, which helped sponsor the event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the 1939 movie "The Wizard of Oz."
The balloon is on a six-month,
cross-country tour to celebrate the movie, raise awareness about the dangers of drugs and promote MGM's Aug. 15 re-release of the movie on home video.
About 2,000 people gathered on Aug. 19 at the MGM studios in California for the balloon's launch, said Ralph Tribby, vice president for MGM. Many of those at the launch were disadvantaged children.
"The message is that there is a world outside of drugs," he said. They got the feeling that there is ambition in the drug business that dreams really can come true."
Tribley said that "The Wizard of Oz" remained one of the nation's most popular movies. About two million home videos have been sold since Aug. 15, and MGM expects that to total exceed four million before the
balloon tour ends.
"It has sort of a timeless appeal," Tribbley said, adding that the people of Kansas should be proud of the movie. "I think Kansas is almost the representation of home and dreams coming true."
Dorothy left Kansas in the movie when a tornado picked up her house and blew her to the Land of Oz. In the movie Dorothy made the return trin in a balloon.
A strong wind blew the balloon several hundred feet from the field where an antique car waited to whisk Dorothy to the Yellow Brick Road. Instead, the balloon dipped behind a grove of trees, appeared to touch the ground and disappeared without Dorothy, who apparently stepped quickly from the basket
Groundskeepers recovered Dorothy and drove her to the Yellow
Brick Road. Television camera crews and a state trooper followed her as she walked up the road. The Washburn Rural High School band played "Somewhere Over the Rainbow."
Auntie Em, Dorothy's relative in the movie, greeted her niece with a hug. Topeka Mayor Butch Felker later read Dorothy a telegram, signaled that Auntie m, with greetings from Liberal m, was not clear. It was not clear why Em sent the telegram and also appeared in person.
Dorothy then addressed the crowd. "It's nice to be home." she said. "I'd rather go back."
Hayden proclaimed yesterday "Dorothy's Homecoming Day."
Dorothy will return to Oz Oct. 28 for the KU/K-State football game in Manhattan.
1990 directory to help alumni find past friends
By Angela Baughman Kansan staff writer
Imagine being able to locate former classmates and friends not only by their last names, but by their addresses, graduating classes or careers.
Members of the University of Kansas Alumni Association won't be imagining times when they receive membership directory.
The directory will list all members
biographically, geographically, by their graduating classes and by their occupations, said Loren Taylor, director of membership development of the Alumni Association.
"This publication, I think, has become our most important tool for allowing alumni to link with each other," he said. "It is a wonderful resource for people to find lost classmates, to make new friends and to help identify professional people."
Taylor said that the 1990 edition would contain 43,000 entries, compared to 36,000 three years ago, when the first edition was published. Updated editions will be published every three years.
Mildred Clodfelt, Lawrence, said the previous directory had proved helpful.
"I correspond quite a bit with other alumni, so it saved me from calling the alumni office to get addresses and phone numbers," she said.
In the geographical section, Taylor
staff, members would be listed
alphabetically.
which they lived
He said the occupation index would be a unique and useful addition. "That's really important to people to be able to relate to someone that they have something in common with."
Members will be able to identify their occupations from 100 codes listed on personal information and information they would receive through the mail.
A soft-bound edition of the directory will cost $34.95, and a hard-bound version will cost $44.95.
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