Monday, August 27, 1979
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University Daily Kansan
New I.D. cards to be issued
The University of Kansas
New identification cards will be issued to all KU students in the middle of September, ending a four-year effort to design an identification system usable throughout the University. Edward Dowdell, president of Special Programs, said yesterday.
The new cards will facilitate a new program of checking out books in the KU library and providing students with used to keep track of the number of students who go through a food service or library.
The cards, which will resemble credit cards and will have the student's name and number embossed on the front, were to have been ready for distribution at enrolment, but a last minute change in stock levels back of the card delayed production.
The back of the card will have a signature panel and an encoding panel that will be "wand readable," Julian said.
The encoding panel will allow a wand—like the device used at some department stores to read prices on merchandise—and to press buttons on the information into a computer.
The art work for the card is at the manufacturers in Garrison, Md., with production scheduled for the end of the week. Julian said.
THE CHANGE IN the back panel will enlarge the encoding panel by one millimeter to ensure that the wand could read the numbers on it. Julian said.
He said it would take about three days to produce the cards and they would be available at KU sometime in the middle of September.
The new I.D. cards will not have pictures on them, Julian said, primarily
because the cost of adding a picture would have been about $2 per person.
The new cards will be the only valid KU L.D. students will have. The cards should not affect the card's use as requested for check writing,Julian said.
Local merchants "don't have any viable concerns as long as they know which card is valid," he said.
ANOTHER REASON Julian gave for not adding pictures was the Kansas requirement for color photos on all drivers' licenses. He said the cost of adding the picture to the LD. card would have cost students already will have a picture ID.
For new students coming in each semester, the cards should be ready when they enroll. Computer tapes are
sent to the manufacturer with the names and numbers of all students expected at enrollment.
FOR STUDENTS admitted late, the information will be mailed to the manufacturer after they enroll and the student is ready in a week to 10 days. Julian said.
Julian said the University might eventually invest in the equipment required to produce the new cards, but it would be produced by the manufacturer.
Only students are to receive the new cards next month, July said, but later faculty and staff should also be given later to outpatients at the University of Kansas Medical Center and possibly to persons in the community who use library facilities.
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Mullens named new captain of KU police
The KU Police Department announced last week that John Mullens is the new captain of University police. The appointment became effective a week ago
Mullens had been a lieutenant in charge of investigation for the department. He replaces Mike Hill, who resigned July 1 as chief of police.
Jim Denvy, director of police on the Lawrence campus, said Mullens' title was changed because of a restructuring in the department.
In his new position, Mullets will be in charge of patrol on the Lawrence campus and will work under Denny.
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