Thursday, August 23, 1973
University Dally Kansan
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Clinton Reservoir: A Long-Time Subject of Conflict
By CATHY O'BRIEN
Kansan Staff Writer
The idea of creating Clinton Reservoir goes back to an 1895 newspaper article where it was first mentioned. Sixty years later plans for the project were begun in
The Snowwa Indians were given some of the Clinton area land in 1838 but it was taken by John H. Woolford.
Two towns were once on site of Clinton Lake, Richland and Bloomington, Richland Lake and
BLOOMINGTON was abandoned around 87, although it can be found on maps from 1930.
During its existence Bloomington was the termination point of part of an underground system.
"The project came out of a series of studies following the 1951 flood," said Robert Smith, professor of civil engineering.
Smith said that 22 reservoirs had been authorized at the time and after the flood the Corps of Engineers was directed by Congress to restudy the problem. This took about ten years, Smith said, and resulted in the reduction of reservoirs to eight with state halls, to four,
SMITH SAID that because of the recreational potential the plans for Clinton were quickly endorsed and plans for three other reservoirs remain.
According to the Corps, Clinton Lake was included in the State Plan Act in 1965 for reasons of flood control, water supply, recreation and fish and wildlife encouragement. The estimated cost of the project is $46.7 million.
In December, 1971, a contract for construction of the Project Operations Building was signed.
THE CORPS that said that now only five percent of the dam was done. It is not the dam itself that needs to be built.
Ed Dischner, Corps chief of recreational planning, said that construction of recreational facilities would not begin until 1975.
James Harrick, professor of botany and president of the Sierra Club, said that he supported the concept of a quiet lake. A quiet lake is one where there are no motorized boats or bikes allowed in the lake area. He said that he was partly pleased with the plan, but questioned the whole concent of a multi-use facility.
DAN DALMQUIST, chairman of the Citizens Coalition for Clinton, said "Our concern is that we know when we survey people about their views and what a great mass of the population
"There needs to be more experimentation and research into these things. I think a valid experiment would be the quiet lake last month for a period of time," Palmquist said.
would do if it were available we don't know."
Land left in a primitive seat meant less room for people, said Hamrick. Greater
HAMRICK THINKS bike trails are a very good idea. The only problem is that the route from Lawrence to Clinton is not safe for the bicyclist.
The Corps of Engineers said that it was going ahead with the construction of bicycle lanes in the city.
included in the draft. After the agency approves the plan it must be approved by the Secretary of Transportation. Cragan said that this could take up to a year. With it, the plan will be possible to make use of federal funding as a Kansas secondary road system.
Walter Cragan, county commission chairman, said that he was encouraging the
Painquest said that progress so far was encouraging but he would like to see more
"PEOPLE WANT to get out of the city, but not really. They want the same condition."
the over-all impact. It wants to give the most people the most good out of the project. Demon said that sometimes people are wrong and he wanted it this happy, areas will have to be closed.
As designed by the Corps there will be four use areas, and additional land put aside for the University of Kansas, a state park, or other uses; the use of the Lawrence school system.
dowment Association will be used for research and as a teaching aid. The Endowment Association said that they did not know the type of activity that would take place on the land and won't know until they find it, because they can be able to more land from the Correns.
BOAT LAUNCHES will be at the south cove and swimming and pincking will be in the Lakeview area where there will also be a museum and campping nads.
organization called for less primitive land. HAMRICK WAS NOT pleased with the large number of camping units and would like to see the number reduced.
Heavy Machine Operators Work to Complete Clinton Reservoir by 1976
No cara or motorcycles will be allowed in the Worcester area, which will be set aside.
"I'm not sure the land can stand the heavy usage," he said.
creation of bicycle paths from Lawrence to Clinton but that the matter would not be decided until funds were received for the roads.
He said that once the resources were used to excess, the area would have to be closed. He said that this was a problem.
THE MONEY for the roads will not be received until the Environmental Impact Statement is filed with the Federal Environmental Protection Agency. A study of noise level is
There is no set policy at present for the graduate school, he said, because the area is not well-developed.
Intensive English Center Helps Aliens Improve Their English
If the test scores are below a certain point, the student enrolls in the IEC program. If the student is an undergraduate, Sauer said, he needs a B on the exam. If he doesn't, the scores are below this, the IEC becomes his advisor, and he is classified as a special student.
A STUDENT CAN enroll in KU and the IEC simultaneously, but he can't work with a degree in the program. Erraman informs the IEC has every privilege other students have.
THE COMPOSITION is graded by the technician and rechecked by the professional.
By BETSY RIORDAN
Kansas Staff Writer
The Intensive English Center (IEC) at the University of Kansas serves incoming foreign students whether or not they plan to attend KU after completing the IEC course. The course serves the regional Midwest area according to Edward Erasmus, IEC director.
The IEC got its start in 1964, when KU received a Ford Foundation grant for an international program. A program was developed much like the present IEC
The center's relationship with the university is, according to Erzamus, in a sharper fashion.
"We are loosely attached to KU administratively," he said.
The test consists of two parts—a 30 minute written composition by the student and an oral test. The oral exam is conducted using a tape recorder to ask questions of the student.
AT THE MOMENT, a study is being done to relate the center more closely to a specific unit of the University, Erazam said, but no final decision had been made.
The ECG program, which lasts ten weeks in the summer, is basically a remedial ECG.
MOST OF THE students who attend the center are from three major areas, the Middle East, Latin America and the Far East.
"There is a is sprinkling of others,"
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The student then consults his adviser, who uses the IEC recommendations to plan a project.
"It would be unfair to the student to admit him if he doesn't have the language proficiency level the University requires," Sauer said.
The land to be leased to the KU En
Roughly 30 per cent of all foreign students who apply to KU need remedial English work, according to Charles Sauer, coordinator of the IEC.
WHERE THE FOREIGN student applies to KU, Sauer said, he is told that he will have to take an admission test in English. The class sends the student the test results by mail.
The teachers in the IEC courses are drawn predominantly from the linguistics department. In the past, Erazmus said, the teachers were drawn from large numbers of departments but emphasis now is on those with a linguistics major.
All of the teachers are graduate students and all must be native speakers of English. To teach the IEC courses, the graduate students must take a course in methodology and one in teaching English as a second language.
DAVID DINEEN, head of the linguistics department, said that learning English was difficult.
"It depends on whom you are teaching it to," Dineen said. "Here, the students are from different countries. They aren't a homogeneous group. You can't take advantage of their knowledge of their own language."
"Younger people are easier to teach than older people," Dineen said. "In a mixed group, it is hard to choose materials that are of interest to all ages."
In a homogeneous group, use could be made of the comparisons and contrasts of the students' native language, Dineen said. IT IS ALSO easier to teach a language if the students are in approximately the same are group.
These two factors—lack of a homogeneous group and the varying ages of the students—are the main problems from a linguist's point of view, Diense said.
One inherent problem of the center, according to Erzamus, is the large number of hours the student must spend on one subway. In many cities, the student over the long haul, he said.
AN IEC student has about 30 hours of classwork per week in a variety of subject matters. Emphasis is on spoken skills, Erasmus said.
"Most have a real willingness to learn." Erasmus said, "since their destiny is to enter KU. Occasionally we get students who are less mature, less less mature."
"Excessive absences can jeopardize the students' stay in the United States," Erazmus said. "He can be deported, but we've never done this."
In cases of excessive absences, the center can do little but notify the student to attend school.
BECAUSE most of the foreign students live in residence halls, which have their own counseling services, the center is rarely called upon in that capacity. The students do come to the IEC for help in academic placement, Frazzus said. If the student does not plan to attend KU, the center will help him aid other school to so to.
"If the student desires help in choosing academic goals, or career switches, he should do so."
Education Prof to Teach In Campus Afloat Program
Most of the IEC students major in such areas as science, engineering, economics and mathematics.
land left primitive and the use of motor boats prohibited altogether. He said that there were places that boats could go, but they were not a place to go to get away from the boats.
A KU professor will set sail this September on the Pacific as a faculty member.
James Hillesheim, professor of education, will be sailing with his family aboard the ship. The Pacific basin trip is located in southern California, which is located in southern California.
By CONNIE DeARMOND
World Campus Afloat allows students to study various subjects while aboard ship and lets them see the world at the same time.
The Trip, once known as the University of the Seven Seas, is now called the World Center for Ocean Sciences.
HILLESHEIM, WHO will teach philosophy, on the cruise, said that from 400 to 500 undergraduate college students were accepted each semester. Hillsheim's wife Keiko, who majored in photography as an art student, will work with the ship's photographer.
Kansan Staff Writer
Hillsheen said that many students studied subjects that were related to the math.
OTHERS MAY GO on the trip for the travel experience alone, without designing their course of study to fit the countries they are visiting.
Countries and cities being visited on the Pacific basin trip are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, South Pacific Islands. The tour will leave Fiji.
Hillesheim said that the ship would stay in each port for at least three or four days.
To show young physicians that opportunities to practice specialized medicine and other advantages exist in smaller hospitals, the School of Medicine has begun a program of sending physicians in residency training to two-month assignments in surgery or in other areas. The idea is to help break the cycle that concentrates in doctors large in cities.
Students who take the voyage will be able to get college credits that will be accepted by most colleges.
Med Students to Towns
Another problem is the equalization of habitat. Dan Dick of the Fish and Game Commission said that the Environmental Impact Statement would include the animals lost in addition to those gained. He said that when the Commission leased the land, crops they would, to the their ability, arrange for the best wildlife environment.
LOU HELM, chief of the Environmental Resources section of the Corps, said that part of the land they received would be put aside for habitat project lands, which would be used to compensate for some of the loss of wildlife. He said that the Fish and Game Commission had requested extra land for this. Helm said that the reservoir would attract some waterfowl that had not used the area, thus that this was a step in the right direction.
Robert Dennon, sanitary engineer of recreational sanitation, said that he remembered a time when they tried to help the animals by placing brush plies throughout the area and finding, instead of an increase of game animals, skunks.
Dennon said that the Corps is interested in