University Daily Kansan, December 3, 1984
CAMPUS AND AREA
Page 3
The University Daily
KANSAN
Prof collapses at concert; condition is satisfactory
Herbert Wright, 76, professor emeritus of psychology, was listed in satisfactory condition at Lawrence Memorial Hospital after a fall that collapsed during a concert at Saturday night
Wright was attending a concert by violinist Ibtak Perlman at H hoch Auditorium when he collapsed. KU police said. He is now in intensive care by Douglas County Ambulance Service.
Holocaust survivor to speak
A survivor of the holocaust during World War II will speak at t.p.m. tomorrow in the Jawhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
Gerda Weissman Klein will speak about German concentration camps and life during Hitler's rise to power. She will answer questions from the audience after
Klein's speech is being sponsored by Hillel and the United Jewish Appeal. There will be a reception following the speech.
Joseph R. Pearson Hall is getting into the holiday spirit with a contest for Christmas light displays
Residents of the hall are decorating their room windows to win prize money provided by JRP's hall government. Judging will be Dec. 9.
The hall had planned to award the best floor $25, the best room $15 and the second room $10. Because a large number of residents are participating, the prize money may be spread out to include more than Said Alan Oakes, JRHP hall president.
Women's issues are talk topic
Sheila Bair, Sen. Robert Dole's counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will speak on "Women's Issues and the 98th Congress" at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in 104
Bair will speak on women's issues dealt with by the last Congress and those expected to be considered by this Congress.
Vespers to celebrate season
Bair's speech, which is being publicized by the Women's Studies Program, is targeted at women students, working with feminist groups. An answer session will follow the speech
The 60th annual Vespers concert will be performed at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Sunday in
Carolines will be performed from the balconies of the auctionor for 30 minutes before closing.
Albert Gerken, campanile carillonneur,
will play holiday music from 2:45 to 3:15
p.m. and from 6:45 to 7:15 p.m.
All performances are free and open to the public.
Weather
Where to call
Today will be sunny, and the high will be in the mid- to upper 30% with northwest winds from 5 to 15 mph. Tonight will be clear, and the low will be in the teens. Tomorrow will be sunny with the high around 40.
Do you have an idea for a story or a photograph?
If so, call the Kansan at 864-481. If your idea or news release deals with campus or area news, ask for Doug Cunningham, campus editor. For entertainment and On Campus items, ask for Susan Wortman, campus editor. For news, ask for Greg Dumman, sports editor.
Photo suggestions should go to Dave Hornback, photo editor.
For other questions, comments or complaints, ask for Don Kunx, editor, or contact us.
The number of the Kansan business office, which handles all advertising, is
Compiled from Kanan staff and United Press International reports.
Union repairs may be done in four years
Renovation plans for Kansas Union receive official OK
By JOHN HANNA Staff Reporter
A $2 million renovation of the Kansas Union could be completed within four years, preliminary plans prepared by KU officials show.
The Union Memorial Board on Saturday unanimously approved an architectural program outlining the needs and goals of a Union renovation.
The architectural program will serve as a guideline for the renovation, Jim Long, director of the Union, said Saturday. Duties include moving office equipment and could change as planning progresses.
UNDER THE PRELIMINARY PLANS, construction would begin in June 1886 and could be completed by the end of 1888. Long periods of unfinished phases in phases so the Union could remain open.
Long said yesterday that the renovation would be prepared for with a renovation fund created by the city.
Students pay a $28 student union fee with their tuition at the beginning of each semester. Long said that $7.50 from each student's fee would go into the renovation fund for as many semesters as it took to fill the fund
The program calls for an architect to be chosen in January, who will develop a long-range master plan for the renovation. Long said.
THE UNIVERSITY'S RENOVATION Committee and the office of facilities planning prepared the architectural program for the 35-member Union Memorial Board. The program was presented in a 50-page report.
The expanding role of the Kansas Union as the University's "community center" has placed severe demands on the 58-year-old Union building, the report said.
"The numerous additions to the building have produced a complex structure, largely lacking in overall coherence." the report said.
Goals and needs for the renovation in the architectural program include:
- The consolidation of food service areas, which currently are found on the second and third levels of the Union, to allow the Union to eliminate duplication of equipment.
- *A small and large "scramble" serving area for the Union food services. A scramble system has one checkout line and uses several serving areas that provide certain types of food, such as deli items, salads and fast food.
- The consolidation of bookstores. Because the Oread Bookshop is on level three, and the Union Bookstore is on levels one and two, customers are sometimes confused, the report said.
- An investigation of the possible replacement of current electrical and mechanical systems of the Union and other energy-saving measures.
- A comprehensive study of the flow of people to, from and inside the Union. The Union now has entrances on four levels.
Union officials and four Union Memorial Board committees have studied a possible renovation for more than a year, and the program is a result of these efforts. Long said.
The program must be approved by Chancellor Gene A. Budig and the Board of Regents before an architect for the renovation plan is selected, and then the Regents' January meeting, Long said.
- The adoption of a consistent well-designed system of signs and graphics to aid in learning.
- Improvements for interior and exterior accessibility for the handicapped.
A Wakarusa Township firefighter sprays the underside of a Lawrence. The cause of the fire early yesterday afternoon is Santa Fe railroad trestle in Wakarusa Township, east of unknown and under investigation.
Computer conversion plan argued
By JULIE COMINE
Staff Reporter
A $2.52 million plan that would convert part of the academic computing system to a new international Business Machines Corp. computer was praised and panned Friday during a presentation at the Computer Center auditorium.
About 150 administrators, faculty members and students packed the auditorium to hear the presentation of the plan, given by the deutum, director of computing services.
Several members of the audience questioned Niebium about the problems of converting programs to a new IBM system. Others expressed worries about becoming computerized.
THE 'COMPUTER SYSTEM now is split between administrative functions, handled by two IBM systems, and academic functions, handled by two Honeywell computer systems.
"We see the IBM fitting in as any other manufacturer would fit in, which is not especially well. It's going to be a tough task an question about it." Niemann said.
Niebaum said the two IBM systems used for administrative computing were operating at capacity and needed to be upgraded. Also, he said one of the two Honeywell computer systems, called the GCOS, was out of date and should be replaced.
Niebaum offered two options to the audience.
One plan would be to purchase an IBM 3081D computer in July to handle both administrative and academic work. The cost of the new computer estimated at $2.25 million would be shared by the administrative and academics computing budgets over the next five years.
ACADEMIC WORK NOW done on the GCOCS system would be shifted to the IBM 3081D and to the other honeywell system in 1987. The system would be eliminated and probably sold in 1987.
Richard Mann, University director of institutional research, information systems and personnel services, called this plan a "marriage of convenience" that would allow the academic side to benefit from available money in the administrative budget.
budget will have money available to purchase new equipment. Mann said. In the academic budget, about $2 million remains to be delivered in 2/3 years on the Honeywell GCSO contract.
The other option, estimated to cost about $800,000 over three years, would be to buy a smaller IBM computer to boost administration costs. The system would be converted to the new IBM systems;
MANN SAID THE second option would only delay the conversion process. The Honeywell system needs to be replaced, he said, and will become more outdated if the University of Kansas waits until 1987 to convert to another system
"What we're faced with is a timing question." Mann said. "Do we wait until the Honeywell contract is up or do we go ahead with it? We have the academic computing to the IHM system?"
In July, the administrative computing
Niebaum said converting academic computing to the IBM system would give KU consistency and compatibility with other universities and businesses.
Last week, Niebau surveyed 79 universities of comparable size to KU. Thirty-nine schools, or 49 percent, use IBM mainframe systems for academic computing. Four schools, including KU, use Honeywell systems.
A MANFRAME COMPUTER is the large, central equipment used in data processing.
But many faculty members who have been writing programs for the Honeywell systems during the past several years say the need for software to supplement substantial inconvenience and extra costs.
Gary Minden, assistant professor of electrical engineering, agreed that the GCOS was out of date and that some sort of conversion soon would have to be made. But he questioned whether buying more IBM mainframe equipment was the best solution.
"We know we're going to have to convert — that's a given." Minden said. "But once you decide to take that step of moving to IBM, you don't have any other choice. That doesn't put us in a flexible position. It puts us in an IBM position."
THE 40 PERCENT educational discount IBM offers to schools makes the purchase of a large computer seem attractive. Minden Software provides IBM's commercial converting existing Honeywell or homemade
software — would push the price of the administration's plan past $2.25 million.
As a faculty member I will have to have students convert programs they've written in the past, have somebody else convent them, or just trash them and start over." Minden
But David Thissen, associate professor of psychology, said he and many other faculty members had been similarly inconvenienced by the KU Honewell system.
Thissen said that when he came to KU eight years ago from the University of Chicago, he had to convert all of his programs from IBM to Honeywell.
"IBM IS QUITE predominant in the academic world, and it's much more predominant in business," she said. "For years we've been converting for years outside we've been converting for years."
Psychology students and faculty members frequently use computers for statistical analysis and data processing. Much of the pre-made software used for statistical analysis is written only for IBM systems, he said.
"For statistics classes, it would be particularly helpful to teach students on equipment they will be using in the real world." he said.
Niebaum said that another drawback to the Honeywell system was its cost.
Last year, KBU bought three "megabytes" or 1 million characters of memory storage space from IBM for $2,000. The software was purchased at a cheaper price. Niebium said
TWO MEGABYTES FOR THE Honeywell GCSON cost $20,000, he said. Now honeywell software was bought, because honeywell software costs nearly as much.
Some faculty members at Friday's meeting, however, expressed concern that IBM equipment was too complicated.
Thissen said, "There are 'friendlier' machines; that is, machines that are easier for relatively unskilled people to use. But those machines are not as bid or as fast."
At the close of Friday's meeting, Niemba encouraged the audience to submit written materials.
Niebaum said he would study the concerns of academic and administrative computer
Jerell
A proven and successful ladies apparel manufacturer with a volume of $100 mill. is looking for a sales trainee for the Dallas, Texas area. This is an entry level position where a background in sales is helpful and a college degree preferred. Training consists of traveling with a top sales representative for 6-18 months. Relocation probable after training period. If you are ambitious and interested in a lucrative career in apparel sales-Please contact Paula Woodard; Jerell,Inc. 1-800-527-5815 or 214-637-5300.
OF TEXAS
A DIVISION OF IFREELINC
WE'LL PAY YOU TO GET INTO SHAPE THIS SUMMER.
If you have at least two years of college left, you should attend ROSC Basic Camp and visit this campground.
And if you qualify, you can enter the RCOT2 *2* Your Program this fall and receive up to $1,000 a year
But the big payoff happens on graduation day That's when you receive an officer's commission
receive up to $1,000 a year But the big payoff
an officer's commission
So get your body in
So get your body in shape (not to mention your bank account)
Enroll in Army ROTC
For more information.
Contact Captain Moon.
ARMYROTC.
BE ALLYOU CAN BE.
Mon. & Tues. 2 For 1, Buy one dinner and get one dinner for only
99c.
Buy two dinners or buy one food stock (carried with all the fixins.)
Wednesday: Bar B Cue served country style (all you can eat) 6.99
**Wednesday:** Bar Bait Cue served country style (all you can eat) 6.99
Includes BBQ ribs, BBQ brisket, BBQ ham, BBQ chicken, Baked beans, coke slaw, french fries, Texas toast and drink
*Thursday:* Spaghetti with meat sauce (all you can eat) 4.99
Serves with garlic, thyme or cherry
**Friday:** Catfish & perch fillets (all you can eat) 5.99
(Need with all the turkey!)
4
Saturday: T-bone steak 16 oz. (served with all the fixins') 8.99
Saturday: T bone steak 10 oz. (served with all the team) 8.99
Sunday: Chicken @ noodles (all you can eat) 5.99
Saturday: Chicken & noodles (at 10am) |
(Served with all the fixins')
No coupons or discounts to be used with specials.
Once 7 Days a Week.
5
Open 7 Days a Week
Mon., Thurs. 5 p.m.-9 p.m.
Fri, Sat. 5 p.m.-10 p.m.
Available for catering
Wedding Rehearsals
Hospitality Work
All Dinners Available For Carry Out.