University Dally Kansan
Friday, October 25.1974
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Robinson plans relieving sports needs
By ALLEN QUAKENBUSH Sports Reporter
Anyone who has ever had problems getting a basketball or handball court in a school district is at risk.
Wayne Ossace, professor of physical education, recognizes this need, and he said "We're doing something."
this problem.
University of Kansas could use more student athletic facilities.
Oness cited the University's recent $80,000 expenditure to build eight new tennis courts.
First aid station prepares before game
they discover a person in need of aid, the volunteers begin giving aid while the medical staff, stationed in the southwest corner of the stadium, responds to the call.
Emergency help ready at games
They arrive at the game before the first spectators are admitted to the stadium. They leave after the last one has departed. They are there they are constantly moving around, searching for that one person in a crowd of over 30,000 who may be in need of aid.
The volunteers are in there in case of any emergency, but special teams have been added this year to treat victims of heart attacks.
"They" are the volunteers who help staff the first aid station at University of Kansas athletic events. Dressed in white, wearing red scarves and navy blue and red hats, they walk with waltalkies the volunteers are nearly always within sight of each spectator.
Entering the stadium from the first level, we staff looks for a wavier red pennant that is emblazoned with our logo.
The medical staff carries oxygen, a machine to clear one's windpipe and a
portable defibrillator, which can shock a patient's heart back into a normal pattern.
After a patient's condition is stabilized, he may then be taken by ambulance to Lawrence Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
The special equipment carried by the medical staff is a gift to the University from the Alumni Association through the Enrollment Fund. The defibrillator alone cost $2,700.
The tool boxes carried by volunteers and the machines used in injectionable, intagraphed solutions.
The volunteers, according to Martin Wolkmann, director of atkins Hospital, and Neil Pugh, chief of the
"They're dedicated." They are enthusiastic.
"They're good." Wollmann said recently.
Wollmann said he hoped that a volunteer staff such as that used at KU events could be formed within two years to provide aid to members of the community.
"Fifty per cent of all heart attacks occur outside the hospital," Wollmann said. "It is extremely important for the victim to receive aid within the first few minutes
During the Texas A&M game on Oct. 5 the
first aid station treated 10 patients for a
virus attack.
after he is stricken."
Wollmann said he was relieved that temperatures for that game were mild. Hot weather always causes trouble for bandmen on Band Day, he said.
After the game Wollmann seemed relaxed. There had been no serious cases brought to the first aid station, and the volunteers had begun to leave for home.
"We are beginning to meet our needs he said. We are in the process of trying to reach them."
Alen Field House has recently been remodeled and will be available for students during recreational hours. Ask them to think this fulfills the needs of the student.
Wollmann said he felt better since the new equipment had been furnished and the machine was ready.
But, he said, he feels much better when there is no reason to use them.
"I don't think it will at all meet our needs," he said. "It's a help, but it doesn't allow us to conduct the program as we would like."
ACCORDING TO ONSESS, Phase II of Robinson Gymnastics, which is in the planning stage, will solve the problem. This program calls for a $3 million to $4 million addition to Robinson, which would more than double its present size.
"As of now, the present situation in Robinson is totally inadequate," Osness said. "We have 270 intramural teams, a women's program and a women's intercollegiate program using the gym. It is almost an impossible situation.
"The central administration recognizes these needs and is helping. The University has put Phase II on priority. This is a step in the right direction."
Classes, intramurals, men's and women's intercollegiate athletic programs and sport teams.
Monday through Saturday, the building is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m. On Sunday, the hours are 1 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. But the building is closed on weekends and you use it for only recreational purposes.
IN WINTER, when intramural basketball is in progress, the gymnasiums are almost inaccessible on weekdays. The gyms are scheduled for physical education classes Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., for men's and women's intercollegiate sports from 8:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and for women from 8:30 p.m. until the building closes. This school raises anyone who is not engaged in one of these activities in using the gym.
Weekends are not much better. The fencing club and both the men's and women's clubs, as well as the collegiate league, meet. During the basketball season, it is possible to reserve a court on the weekends, but Ossen said that unless there were early to sign up, there was little chance.
THE COMMUNITY BUILDING, 115 W. 11th St., is also available for students. Students may play basketball there from 3 p.m. to 5p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9p.m. But scheduling problems are evident there also. When Lawrence town team basketball courts are often reserved for them, other scheduled events also tie up the building.
Robinson presents much the same problem for the student. In order to reserve a court in Robinson, the players must sign up by 8 a.m. Monday and Tuesday. According to Oness, as many as 150 people are turned away each week.
Osness said that Phase II of Robinson would eliminate many of the problems. As originally planned, it called for expansion of the women's locker room, additional handball and squash rooms, equipment storage, a multi-purpose room, a conference and adaptive room, combination archery room, a large gymnasium with four basketball courts.
Osness said additional plans might call for a swimming pool.
ALLEN WEICHIER, assistant to the director of facility planning and operations, said the Board of Regents had supported the move and sent the request on to the state legislature.
The legislature must appropriate the money to make Phase II possible. It is scheduled to vote on this proposal during the spring session of 1975.
Wiechert said the earliest the addition could possibly be completed was by fall of 1954.
"We hope to spend one year in planning and possibly two in construction," he said. "At the very earliest, it would be ready for the fall semester of 1978."
Reserving the handball courts in
According to Osness, there is a need of such a facility because the KU student athletic facilities rank below many other Big Eight schools. KU has only Allen Field House, Robinson Gymnasium and a swimming pool.
In contrast, Kansas State University has just completed an addition to their gymnasium; they are now studying physical education and a matriatron that contains two new swimming pools and a diving pool. They have this in addition to their men's gymnasium and two swimming pools.
IN ADDITION, Colorado, Iowa State, Missouri and Oklahoma State have all expanded their facilities within the last five years.
"Student interest is very important," Ossess said. "The students must show that they want and need this new facility before it can become a reality.
"It is also important that they know that the central administration is for their needs. Chancellor Dykes, Vice Chancellor Richard O'Connell and Keith Lawton are getting Phase II underway. They have promoted this for the good of the student.
"If the students and faculty get behind the practice, we can have the type of student athletes we want."
1975 Football Schedule
Sept. 13—Washington State
Sept. 20—at Kentucky
Sept. 27—Oregon State
Oct. 4—At Wisconsin
Oct. 11—at Nebraska
Oct. 18—at Iowa State
Oct. 25—Oklahoma State
Nov. 1—Kansas State
Nov. 8—at Oklahoma
Nov. 15—Colorado
Nov. 22—Missouri
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