University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, August 22. 1979
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Flint Hall renovation pending state action
By CYNDI HUGHES
Staff Reporter
An $874,500 plan to renovate Flint Hall is stalled until 1980, pending action in the next session of the Kansas Legislature on the requests from the Kansas Board of Regents.
Last month, the Regents approved a request from the University of Kansas for the money to remodel Flint Hall, which will William Allen White School of Journalism.
Keith Lawton, director of facilities planned, said recently that detailed plans for the renovation would be made by an architect and监理 approved the funds for the project.
A plan, drawn up three years ago by journalism faculty and students, allowed KU facilities planning to make a rough estimate of remodeling costs, he said.
The requested $874,500 is the total project cost, including planning and architectural fees and construction.
The plans to renovate Flint will make the building more convenient for the school, Lawton said.
Flint Hall housed both the School of Journalism and the design department of the School of Fine Arts until the latter moved into the Visual Art Building in WKR
DEL BRINKMAN, dean of the School of Journalism, said the design department's move left space in the west end of Fint that
was not "efficient" for the journalism school, but that could be used if it were remodeled.
Remodeling plans include:
- Moving the University Daykan Kenson newsroom and business office to the west end of the building into the area that was used by the design department.
- Moving larger classrooms on the second floor to first floor space now used by the Kansan.
- Moving faculty offices from the first floor to the second floor.
- Possibly moving the reading room, which now is on the first floor.
Moving the classrooms to the first floor
A GIFT Of $1 million was given to the School of Journalism last May by Oscar S. Stauffer, chairman of Stauffer Publications, will be used to remodel Fint Haitl only if the Legislature fails to approve the request for remodeling funds, Brinkman said.
would avoid "traffic in the hall" problems or second-floor classrooms. Brinkman said.
If the request is granted, the money will be used to enhance the journalism curriculum and to refinish Flint Hall, he said.
president of the KU Endowment Association, Stauffer requested that the funds be used where state funds do not apply, or are not sufficient.
"We have no specific plans for the money until we know what will happen with the remodeling." Brinkman said.
IN A LETTER to Todd Seymour.
"It is specifically my wish that these private funds be used to build a level of excellence into the journalism building alone, which would have with possible state funds alone," he wrote.
PAUL, JEFF, news-edited sequence head, said the money would be used mostly for educational programs and for additional remodeling.
Brittman said, "This is by far the largest single gift ever made to the School of Journalism. It is appropriate that it links
two of the most famous Kansas newspaperman, Oscar S. Staffer and William Allen Belt, in a mutual endeavor to improve journalism to an improved journalism profession."
Stauffer was president and executive head of Stauffer Publications, Inc., from 1930 until 1969, when he was elected chairman of the board.
Stauffer also is a trustee of the William Allen White Foundation, which he helped found, and is a member of the KU Endowment Association.
Gym addition features new pool
Bad weather has been a major factor in delaying construction on the addition, according to Merril Harris, vice president
After two and a half years of conference work, the $6.7 million addition to Robinson Gymnastics will be finished in March 1980, according to Keith Lawton, director of the gymnasium.
of Douglas Construction Co., Topeka, which is doing the work.
"Our construction is running about six months behind," Harris said, "The long winter and the heavy rains really have hurt."
He was also on the Kansas Board of Regents for 24 years, serving several terms as chairman.
The firm probably will not be charge any kind of damages for the delay in construction, Lawton said.
"They are legitimately able to claim time for delays because of bad weather," he said.
Tom Wilkerson, intramural director, said the weather was not the only reason for the delays in construction.
An estimate by the state architect's office for the cost of the project was higher than the actual bids, Wilkerson said. The
department had made a list of prioh items that they wanted included in the addition, some of which were excluded in the state's estimate.
BECAUSE THE BIDS were low, there was allocated money leftover. The recreation services department then took some of its priorities to the total project.
One change that now will be made is the addition of recreational services offices. The other change which delayed construction of more of our support to the roof structure.
Wilkerson said that despite the delays, he hoped the addition would be open and available to students after spring break next year.
Adam Lucas, foreman for Douglas Construction Co., said the new pool and the existing pool will be next to each other and divided by three fiberglass doors.
One feature the new addition will have is a 25 meter eight-lane pool. The new pool was built to help reduce the size of swimming classes and to help with recruiting of swimmers for the RU teams, using O'Gary Kempel, RU's swimming coach.
LUCAS SAID EACH door, which measures approximately 20 feet wide and nine feet high, would slide up into the wall when opened.
- 12 handball and racquetball courts.
- Four gymnasiums.
- A weight room which will be three times larger than the present one.
- Four classrooms.
- Three laboratories (perceptual motor kinesiology and physiology).
- A room for sports clubs such as judo.
* Two swimming locker rooms.
* Recreation services offices
- Recreation services offices.
- A sports room for golf and archery.
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