University Daily Kansan, December 4, 1984
CAMPUS AND AREA
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Move possible for Placement Center
By HOLLIE B. MARKLAND Staff Reporter
The University Placement Center this summer probably will move to the ground floor of the Frank R Burge Union, David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said yesterday.
At Saturday's meeting of the Union Memorial Board, Ambler, chairman of the University Renovation Committee, proposed a plan to relocate the student employment service by July 1.1985
The move would provide additional parking spaces and interview rooms for students and company representatives in the placement center. Ambler said.
"THE PLACEMENT CENTER has always wanted a facility specifically designed for them." Ambler said. "Trying to make interview rooms out of an old residence hall is difficult."
The Placement Center is now located in 223 Carruth-O'Leary Hall.
"If the Placement Center gets into a more appropriately designed facility in a better location, "Amber said, "help me to do a better job for students."
Robert Cobb, executive vice chancellor, said preliminary discussions had taken place but that nothing had been decided. He said he expected Chancellor Gene A. Budg to decide next spring about the move.
Ambler said that the chancellor had to approve the final plans but so far, the chancellor and Cobb had given "the blessings to the
JIM LONG, DIRECTOR of the Union, said the next step was for the Renovation Committee to determine the short-term and long-term needs and goals of the Placement Center and the Burge Union.
"They will work with Facilities Planning to help devise a plan," Long said. "They will look at the archi
tectural constraints and opportunities in the Burge Area and what makes sense in the reconfiguration of it."
Vernon Geissler, University placement director, said that it would be premature for him to comment about the move because nothing had been decided.
Long said he was excited about the Placement Center's possible move.
"It will be good for the Burge Union in terms of the availability of facilities there, such as the bookstore, meeting rooms and lounge areas that will complement the process of the Placement Center." Long said.
HE SAID RELOCATION would be good for the Placement Center because of the central location of the Bathroom and the parking spaces could provide
Cobb said the complaints about the lack of parking spaces at the Placement Center had been "long-standing" and had contributed to the
Union Memorial Board's preliminary decision to relocate the student employment service.
But Cobt said the Burge Union also would provide amenities such as food service and lounges for students, representatives and alumni who use the Placement Center.
Ambler said the Placement Center had been looking for a permanent location since its establishment in the 1976-77 school year. The Placement center moved from the Kansas Union to Carruth-O'Leary Hall in 1978 because of a lack of space. Ambler said.
"THIS FALL, SPACE was needed for other offices in Carruth O'Leary," he said. "The engineering library that used to be in the Burge Union had moved to the addition in Learned Hall, so in the renovation plans for the Union, we tried to see if we could incorporate the Placement Center into the Burge Union."
Cold doesn't deter bike club
By CHRIS CLEARY Staff Reporter
Temperatures are beginning to dive below freezing, turning Wescoe Beach into a winter wonderland. All across campus, bright scarves and mittens cover rosey cheeks and hands, and bulky parks hide sweaters.
But across from Wesco Hall, four Mount Oread Racing Team members brave the dressed. Dressed in skin-tight pants, racing suits and hats, the group waits near sleek bicycles on the lawn in front of Strong Hall.
Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon the group meets at the Jayhawk statue in front of Strong Hall to practice.
"We PRACTICE EVERY day, year round," said Nathan Shearer, who went to the Olympic cycling trials. "When it really hot, we ride early in the morning. We ride for two or three hours a day. We'll go maybe 30 miles on Monday and Friday and 30 miles on Wednesday."
The Mount Oread Bicycle Club is part of the Student Union Activities outdoor recreation program. Although many members are content with a bike ride once a week, other members brave the weather, training to compete. About 75 percent of the members are students, said Greg Farnen, Lawrence special student, the club's president.
Ron Lathrop, a Mount Oread club member, said that during the cycling
season, which runs from March to October, they rode between 350 to 400 miles a week.
with the time and effort involved in cycling, Lathrop and Sheafer said, racing and going to school didn't mix.
"YOU CAN'T TRAVEL each weekend to races and go to school and work and be competitive in this sport," Lathrop said. "If we get good sponsors, then we'll go back."
Some of the racers are sponsored by national companies who pay for them to race around the country. Lathrop and Bill Anderson are sponsored by Gatorade, and Sheafor is sponsored by Pizza Hut.
Anderson, also a Mount Orland cycler, raceed, said that, unlike the United States, Eastern Bloc countries financed cycling European countries, where cycling is more popular, help out cyclists who do
AUTHORHUG CYCLING IN the United States may not be as popular as it is in Europe, there is a new surge of interest in the sport, said Gene Whee, an SUA advisor to outdoor recreation.
"We certainly have had a resurgence of bicycling because of the triathlon." Wee said. "ABC did tremendous coverage of the bike races at the Olympics. It's like skiing, you may not be a racer, but ABC made the event a glamorous one."
ABC coverage and dedication and enthusiasm from club members, the cycling club, with almost 150 members, is as strong as it ever was.
Most of the members ride bikes purely for pleasure instead of for competition. Every Sunday that the temperature is higher than 40 degrees, the club tours from 25 to 60 miles.
WHETHER STUDENTS RIDE on the Sunday tours or on their own, they gave different reasons for enjoying cycling.
Wee said it appeared the club would fold this summer. But with the
"I'm not a racer at all," Farran said. "The cost of having a car in Lawrence makes it convenient to ride bikes, and it's a good way to get exercise when you're getting somewhere."
Farnan, who has made a few cross-country trips to New York and California, said riding a bike was a good way to meet new people
"People are more friendly," he said "On my way to New York, I had a string of 17 days where I was invited into people's homes 13 times."
BUT CYCLING ISNT limited to students. KU faculty are pedaling through Lawrence, too.
Stanley Lombardo, chairman of the classes department, said he started cycling when he attended college in Texas
"At first it was just for commuting places," Lombardo said. "It's an endurance sport that is unusual."
Two charged with murder in stabbing
By United Press International
HUTCHINSON — Two brothers yesterday were charged with murder in the weekend stabbing Hutchinson man, authorities said.
Kennedy J. Edmond, 20, was charged with second-degree murder in Reno County District Court.
He and his brother, Larry D. Edmond, 17, Wichita, are accused of killing James L. Edwards Friday night
The younger Edmond was charged with murder in juvenile court, officials said Assistant Reno County Attorney Robert Fox said he would seek to have him tried as an adult.
Jerry Green, the 17-year-old's court appointed attorney, had his client's detention hearing postponed until Friday so he could talk with the suspect and his mother, Martha Edmond.
Larry Edmond, who his mother said was a junior at Wichita North High School, was arrested in Wichita about 10:30 p.m. Friday after police spotted him in a car they were told he would be in. His brother turned himself in to Wichita police Saturday
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