MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN • 5A
Courtney Kuhlen/Kansan
William Harvill, Johnson City, Tenn., graduate student, sits in the empty McColm Hall lobby. He passed the time in the residence hall by brating papers and watching television. Harvill teaches a class about the history of rock 'n' roll.
Bored students stuck in halls for fall break
By Matt Stumpff
mstumpff@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A depleted supply of neighbors left the remaining occupants at residence and scholarship halls looking for different ways to while the hours away during fall break.
Fall break, which gave students Thursday and Friday off, is the longest period of time every residence hall stays open for residents during a break. Most residents left town for the break, leaving those who stayed with a different atmosphere.
William Harvill, Johnson City, Tenn., graduate student, said his wing at McCollum Hall had diminished from its normal 30 residents to five during the break.
Harvill spent time Friday watching television while grading papers for students in History of Rock and Roll, the "ultimate slacker class," for which
"It's boring. I'm used to having people running up and down the halls at 6 o'clock in the morning."
Dustin Maimer
Stephenson Hall resident
he is a graduate teaching assistant.
The atmosphere was similar at the scholarship halls.
"It's boring," said Dustin Maimer, Stephenson Hall resident. "I'm used to having people running up and down the halls at 6 o'clock in the morning."
Mainer, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, sophomore, said he killed time with lots of sleeping. He said he would have gone home if his car hadn't broken down the week before fall break.
Gwen Gerdsen, Wichita sophomore, said she saw one
girl on her floor during the break. She said a different sound replaced the sounds of a full residence hall.
"A lot of alarms going off," Gerdsen said. She said students had left alarm clocks set for their usual Thursday wake-up calls.
Gerdsen said the break from other residents gave her a chance to do chores she was behind on, such as laundry.
Kelly McKee, Sellards Hall resident, said she had more reasons to stay in Lawrence than to return home.
"It's like a three-and-a-half hour drive," said McKee, Anthony sophomore. "But my little sister was playing in the state tennis meet. And it was here."
McKee said six residents stayed in the hall during the break. She killed time Saturday afternoon watching Three Men and a Little Lady.
—Edited by Amanda Sears
Lawrence may expand wastewater facilities
By Lindsey Hodel
By Lindsey Hodel
lhodel@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Lawrence's population has grown about 13 percent since 1995, and this growth is placing a strain on the city's current waste water facilities.
The city commission approved $50,000 to hire Black & Veatch, an engineering consulting company, to research an expansion of the existing waste water system. The company then will propose a master plan based on its recommendations.
The city is considering two options: an expansion of the current waste water treatment plant, 1400 E. Eighth St., or the construction of a new plant on the Wakarusa river. The city hopes to have the master plan finished this year, said Debbie Van Saun, assistant city manager.
Van Saun said city officials had to guess what Lawrence's population would be in 2025 to plan for the expansion.
A Wakarusa River plant would be equipped to handle 6 to 8 million gallons a day, Coffey said.
The current plant handles 12 1/2 million gallons of waste water each day, said Roger Coffey, director of utilities. He said the city wants to increase the plant's waste water capacity to 18 1/2 million gallons a day.
Vanessa Meyer, Grayslake, Ill., senior and member of KU Environs, said another option was to try and conserve water.
"The city has lots of alternatives to the plan," she said. "You can't put a price on clean water, because it affects everybody differently."
Edited by Chris Wintering
Student to produce gospel concert
Bv Katie Nelson
By Katie Nelson
knelson@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The possibility of harmonizing religious faith and professional dreams is becoming a reality for R.C. Davis through the creation of Keynote Productions.
The 22-year-old Topeka sophomore is launching Keynote, a gospel music-focused production company, to help musicians perform and record.
Davis' first project is helping Tiffni Williams, a Washburn University sophomore, write songs for a CD he said he wanted to produce.
keyboard, bass or drums.
Williams, who sings with Washburn's "Singing With Praise" gospel choir, writes the words and melodies, while Davis comes up with the accompaniment using
“He's very gifted,” Williams said. “He's got his mind made up to become a producer, and he'll stick with it no matter how long it takes to do it.”
Williams and Davis have written about 20 songs and aim to create a CD single by February.
This week, Davis is set to prove he can take his production skills out of the studio.
"The Survival Concert" is Davis' first concert production and is slated for 7 p.m. Saturday at Topeka's Inward Faith Outreach Ministries, 625 S.W. Polk St.
The two-hour production will feature musical talent from the Kansas City area, such as the Full Gospel Church Step Team, PW2, Jacki McCovney, Kavana Williams and the Praise Production Singers.
Gospel performance
What: The Survival Concert
When: 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: Inward Faith Outreach
Ministries
625 S.W. Polk St., Topeka
Cost: None
He said he convinced Lake of the Ozarks, Mo.-based station KCRL 90.3 and Topeka's KJTY 88.1 to let him promote the concert on air. He has also posted and passed out fliers at churches in the Kansas City area this weekend.
Davis said gospel music allowed him to share a message about his religious faith.
It's not a huge venue, Davis said, but he will work hard to fill the estimated 500 seats.
"I prefer letting my music's message be about about Jesus
Christ instead of sex, drugs and alcohol," he said.
Davis also accompanies the University of Kansas' gospel choir, Inspirational Gospel Voices, and teaches drum lessons.
The music production eventually will lead to coordinating motivational conferences for teens and couples, and maybe even movies, Davis said.
But in the meantime, Davis said he wanted to become an inspiration for an uninspired, unmotivated youth.
"I want to show them that they can make their dreams come true," he said. "It's very possible to record, perform, run sounds, lights or promotions. I'm a perfect example. Anything's possible."
- Edited by Nicole Roché
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