Thursday, September 5.1974
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University Daily Kansan
Steady as she goes
Tom Franz, Garden City sophomore, gets a giving hand from Tom Nuss, Shawne Mission sophomore, as he prepares for take-off. Tom, who is the first of three
ground for short distance and landed safely. The glider is owned by John Mikelsen, Deerfield, III., sophomore.
SenEx assured on new university
The impact of the University of Mu-America, a federally funded continuing education program of five Midwestern schools, upon the faculty of the University of Texas, said the topic of a Senex meeting yesterday, told James E. Seaver, chairman of SenEx.
Seaver said Ron Calgaard, associate vice chancellor for Outreach, and admired SenEx that the University of Mid-America (UMA) wouldn't cost KU any money and that KU would be able to control the courses offered through UMA.
UMA, which plans to offer 55 courses
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Seaver reported the activities of the committee after the meeting. After approving the minutes, SenEx went into executive session at the request of one of its members. Visitors and members of the press were asked to leave the meeting.
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By BRUCE JANSSEN
Hang-gliding is as old as flight itself, but interest in piloting a one-man glider has become a sport in recent years. There are an estimated 5,000 enthusiasts in Southern California where the hang-gliding revival began several years ago.
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At least one person at KU, Bif Nuss, Mission Space sophomore, is flying his boss, Lawrence Lerence, in roommates. Tom Fruin, Garth Coulphom, and John Mikkelsen, Defferyill, sophomore, have become interested in working with a team that attempted to glide behind Elswede Worth Hill.
Hang-gliding is also called kiting, skysurfing and self-soaring. The pilot hangs beneath a wing constructed of aluminum and dacron or plastic
According to Nuss, the outing behind Ellsworth was not particularly successful. But Nuss said he had found a hill west of Woolsey and would provide the trio with needed equipment.
It scores the hell out of you the first time you do. "Nuss said." But afterwards there was no reaction.
"Perhaps some of the exhilation when you're demi may be because you realize that your mother's life was taken."
Nuss said that he had purchased his second-hand gilder for $150. He said costs could run as high as $1,000 for a fixed-wing kit.
Since the purchase of his elder older this summer, Nuss has managed to improve.
"I don't crash every time I go out," he said.
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Nuss said that his apparel while gliding consisted of gloves, eelbows pad, a helmet and dirty clothes. This gear is not always enough. Nuss said. He admitted that while he was learning he had scratched his chest and stomach on landings.
Nuss said he hoped there would be enough interest at KU to form a club for hanger-glider pilots. He said he had access to enough training and additional gliders if any interest is shown.
Alfough his longest flight has been 12
hours, Nuss said he has never had a flight
in the U.S. He said.
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"You're always looking for the perfect
match. And "it's a lot
lots of surfing in that respect."
The combination of the hill and the headwind are crucial to the flight. According to Nuss, a different hill is needed for nearly every change in wind direction.
"You're totally dependent upon the weather," he said.
"It's a real high," Nuss said.
When everything works as planned the feelings experienced by the pilot are appalled.
Senate agrees to rent fee
The University of Kansas Student Senate and administration agreed yesterday with the Wesley Foundation to rent the Wesley Building for $11,000 a year.
Last week the foundation asked for $12.000
John Beisner, student body president,
said the Wesley Foundation's original offer
rent the building to the University for $14
was considered too high by the Senate.
for rent of the building and the University countered with an offer of $10,000. Beisman said the $11,000 agreement was a compromise.
According to Beiser, the Senate will pay $1,000 of the rent and the rest will be paid by
The building, which is behind Smith Hall,
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