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The Inside Front
Wednesday August 30,2000
News
from campus, the state, the nation and the world
CAMPUS
Lottery for garage spots might not be necessary
Student spaces still are available in the new east parking-garage at 1261 Oread Ave., north of the Kansas Union
The KU Parking Department made 200 spaces available to students, who would be granted a permit if chosen via a lottery on Friday. Because only 100 applications had come in by yesterday, a lottery may not take place, said Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking.
The students who have applied will receive their permits Tuesday. The rest of the permits will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis. If the garage fills, remaining students will be placed on a waiting list.
Cigarettes cause fires near campus buildings
Six small fires on campus were reported between Aug. 21 and Monday on campus because of smokers' carelessness.
Four fires at Strong Hall, one between the Dole Human Development Center and Haworth Hall, and one at Twente Hall have been attributed to cigarette butts being tossed into mulch or dry shrubs, said Sgt. Troy Malen of the KU Public Safety Office.
He urged smokers to be more careful when disposing cigarettes in the hot, dry conditions.
Football fans can park at new east parking garage
"It's extremely hot, and the grass and mulch are extremely dry and susceptible to fire," Mailen said. "We're asking people to be very cautious with these conditions."
Jayhawk football fans will be able to park in the new east parking garage at 1261 Oread Ave. on game days, said Donna Hultine of the KU Parking Department.
The new garage, with 818 spaces, is located near Memorial Stadium with entrances at Oread Avenue on the east side and Mississippi Street on the west side. Visitor parking will cost $10 on Saturday game days, which are scheduled for Sept. 16 and 23; Oct. 7, 21 and Nov. 11. Hultine said that regular permits for the garage would be honored on game days.
- Rob Pazell
Student awarded $7,500 to study highway system
A KU doctoral student has won a $7,500 Dwight Eisenhower/Clifford Roberts fellowship to study the cultural history of the highway system.
John Seiler of Louisville, Ky., is writing his dissertation on how the Cold War environment of the 1950s gave rise to the Interstate highway system created by President Dwight Eisenhower's administration. Eisenhower envisioned the system as a key to national security that would make it easier to move troops around the country. But Seiler said the interstate also represented deeply-rooted American values.
Mobility and the freedom of the open road were values that distinguished America from its Cold War enemies, and those values persist today. Seiler said.
"People are now talking about the information highwayusing a lot of the same rhetoric as they did for the Interstate system," he said.
Seiler is one of four recipients of the fellowship nationwide.
"I think we will learn a lot about the way the nation thought and what defined the nation," said Barry Shank, associate professor of American studies and Seiler's dissertation director.
Professor receives grant to research materials' use
A KU assistant professor in engineering has been awarded $200,000 to research the use of composite materials in civil structures.
The National Science Foundation will finance the research of Guillermo Ramirez, who specializes in civil and environmental engineering. Ramirez will work to better understand how pressurized composite materials respond under impact.
Composite materials offer an alternative to structural steel in some civil engineering projects, including bridges. They are made up of resins and fibers — often carbon, graphite or fiberglass.
"This results in lighter structures," Ramirez said, "so composites are excellent to use in offshore platforms, where their tolerance to environmental damage is greater than that of steel."
Remirez also is working to develop tools that students can access through the Internet to perform virtual testing of structures made with composite materials.
The foundation's financing for the project will be spread across the next four years.
The Kansas Department of Transportation has installed three experimental bridge decks that use composites and is studying their long-term behavior, Ramirez said.
Moore to visit Lawrence University tomorrow
— Jay Krall
District constituents.
Rep. Dennis Moore will be in Lawrence tomorrow to meet with 3rd
Moore, a Democrat, will have community office hours from 10 a.m. to noon tomorrow at the Lawrence Public Library, 710 Vermont St. He also will speak at the KU Young Democrats' meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union, said Marc Wilson, a public relations representative for Moore.
— Kursten Phelps
Moore is seeking re-election in the 3rd District and is running against Republican Phill Kline from Shawnee.
Additional professors honored with Kempers
Eight more University of Kansas professors can add Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence awards to their resumes. Initially, 12 University professors earned Kemper recognition Thursday.
Between Friday and yesterday, the following faculty members received the $5,000 teaching awards, which are funded by the W.T. Kemper Foundation, Commerce Bank and the University of Kansas Endowment Association:
Charles M. Berg, professor of the ater and film;
Diane K. Boyle, associate professor of nursing;
Michael J. Burke, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences:
Deborah J. Gerner, associate professor of political science;
Thomas S. Krieshok, professor and chairman of psychology and research in education;
Lawrence L, Pelleter Jr., professor of internal medicine;
Robert L. Shelton, associate professor of religious studies ;
Val. H. Smith, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.
— Karen Lucas
LAWRENCE
Inquiry continues into fire at house of county official
The cause of the fire Monday night at a Lawrence family's house is still unknown, said Rich Barr, fire marshal or Lawrence-Douglas County Fire and Medical.
The fire broke out at 10:45 p.m. Monday in the 3400 block of West 24th Street. Jerry Little, Douglas County assistant district attorney, and his three family members made it out of the house safely.
"We believe that it started on the exterior of the building," Barr said. He said the damage was listed at $125,000.
Battalion Chief Jerry Karr said it took the fire department 40 to 45 minutes to gain control of the fire.
— Lauren Brandenburg
Repetition policy to be modified
By Karen Lucas
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Proposed changes to the course repetition policy for undergraduates have run into a stumbling block.
After discussing a memorandum from Provost David Shulenburger, in which he expressed reservations about the changes, members of the University Senate Executive Committee voted yesterday to modify the policy. Chancellor Robert Hemenway, in his own memorandum, said he agreed with Shulenburger.
SenEx oversees policy at the University of Kansas between sessions of University Council.
The changes, which were approved last spring by
University Council, would permit students receiving a D or F to repeat a course and have only the second grade entered into their grade point averages. This option would apply to as many as five courses per student. Students, however, could not repeat courses in which they had committed academic misconduct.
In his memorandum, Shulenburger said the revised policy would be hard to carry out because there were not records of all cases of academic misconduct. He also said the policy changes would cost the University more.
"In general, it wasn't something we felt we could implement fairly," Shulenburger said.
Erin Simpson, member of SenEx, said that although she
agreed with the provost's position, she thought the proposal could become feasible if his concerns were taken into consideration.
Ben Walker, student body president and SenEx member, expressed a mixed opinion about the provost's response to the proposal.
"I'm just disappointed that the policy wasn't accepted," he said. "But I think we can come up with something new this year to satisfy the provost's concerns."
SenEx also approved a new ad hoc committee that would look at how parking is dealt with on campus. Members of the committee will be appointed at the next meeting of SenEx on Tuesday.
- Edited by Kathryn Moore
ON THE RECORD
A vehicle hit another parked vehicle at 5:20 p.m. Monday in the west Jayhawker Towers parking lot, the KU Public Safety Office said.
A KU student's dinner was lost or stolen at 10:55 a.m. Friday in the Gertrude Sellade Pearson-Corbin Hall cafeteria, the KU Public Safety Office said. The purse and its contents were valued at $200.
The KU Public Safety Office responded to a medical emergency at 1:20 a.m. Sunday on the third floor of GSP-Corbin. A KU student had an asthma attack as a result of inhaling cigarette smoke at a party she had attended earlier. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire & Medical treated her, but she was not transported.
ON CAMPUS
■ Ecumenical Christian Ministries will have a University Forum, "Complementary and Alternative Medicine," from noon to 1 p.m. today at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
University Career and Employment Services will present information on employment at the University from 3:30 to 4 p.m. today at 149 Burge Union. Call Ann Hartley at 864-7674.
United Methodist Wesley Fellowship will have hot food and fellowship at 6:30 tonight at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Heather at 841-8661.
The Student Alumni Association will meet at 7 tonight in the Adams Alumni Center, Call 864-9779.
Ichthus University Ministries will meet at 8 tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Ecumenical Christian Ministries and KU Enviors will have a free veggie lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at ECM, 1204 Oread Ave. Donations will be accepted. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933.
KU Student Speech-Language Hearing Association will have a free picnic from 6 to 8 p.m. tomorrow at Burcham Park, Third and Indiana streets. Students wanting to join must bring $5. E-mail kusho@ukans.edu for a ride. Call Juline at 864-0652.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will meet at 6:30 p.m.
tomorrow at the first floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. Call Megan Sears at 830-0417.
KU Amnesty International will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. Call Karen Keith at 550-1036.
The Spencer Museum of Art will present "Hearts and Hands," a film about early American women and their quilting, at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the museum auditorium. Call Kristina Mitchell at 864-0137.
St. Lawrence Orthodox Christian Fellowship will meet at 7 p.m. tomorrow at Canterbury House, 1116 Louisiana St. Call Glen Thurman at 864-0330.
KU Queens and Allies will meet to discuss ways to get involved with the lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community at the University at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union. Call Matthew Skinta at 864-3091.
The Center for Community Outreach will have an information session about volunteer opportunities in Lawrence at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Call Julia Gilmore or Michelle Black at 864-4073.
The Office of Student Financial Aid has applications for child care grants beginning tomorrow. Call Cindy Stanhill at 864-4700.
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All ACS classes KU Online Services—No prerequisite. No registration. Tues. Sept. 5, noon-1 p.m., are FREE to KU Computer Center Auditorium
Outlook Introduction — Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account. No registration. Tues. Sept.
5, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
SPSS Introduction Prerequisite: Experience in a Windows or Mac OS environment.
SPSS Introduction Prerequisite: Experience in a Windows or Mac OS environment. Requires registration for all and fee for non-University. Tues. Sept. 5, 1:30-3:30 p.m., 10 Budig Hall
**Outlook Introduction** (Mac users only)—Prerequisite: A KU Exchange account. No registration. Tues. Sept. 5, 3-4 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Outlook: Message Management—Prerequisite: Outlook: Introduction and a KU Exchange account. Requires registration. Tues. Sept. 6, 9-10:30 a.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Web Browsing—No prerequisite. No registration. Wed. Sept. 6, 10:30 a.m.—noon,
Computer Center Auditorium
Outlook: Rules Management—Prerequisite: Outlook: Introduction and a KU Exchange account. No registration. Wed. Sept. 6, 1-2 p.m., Computer Center Auditorium
Web Authoring: Dreamweaver Introduction—Prerequisites: Web Authoring; Intermediate and Web Authoring: Cascading Style Sheets Intermediate. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Wed, Sept. 6, 1:30-4:30 p.m., 202 Computer Center South Lab
Access: Introduction—Prerequisite: Experience in the Windows environment. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Well. Sept. 6, 9:30-12:30 p.m., 202 Computer Center South Lab
SPSS: Intermediate—Prerequisite: SPSS: Introduction or equivalent skills. Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Thurs. Sept. 7. 1:30-3:30 p.m., 10 Budig Hall
Outlook Message Management (Mac users only)—Prerequisite: Outlook Introduction and a KU Exchange account. Reguires registration. Thurs. Sept. 7, 1:30-3 p.m., 202 Computer Center North Lab.
Photoshop Introduction—Prerequisite: Experience in a Windows or Mac OS environment.
Requires registration for all and a $75 fee for non-University. Fri. Sept. 8, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 202 Computer Center South Lab.