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The Powerhouse building's arches are part of plans for a new Hall Center for the Humanities. The Hall Family Foundation donated $3.2 million for the renovations and construction.
Hall Center to incorporate Powerhouse in new building
By Kyle Ramsey
kramsey@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The Hall Center for the Humanities will make a new home using the University of Kansas' oldest surviving structure, officials announced yesterday.
Stone arches that compose the south side of the Powerhouse, located east of the Dole Human Development Center, will become part of the Hall Center's new 11,000-square-footbuilding. The Powerhouse's south side is the original portion of the 115-year-old structure, which was nearly rebuilt after being struck by lightning in 1898. Other portions of the structure will be preserved if deemed structurally sound by architects.
A $3.26 million donation from the Hall Family Foundation, part
of a larger $42 million pledge, and $500,000 from other private sources will cover renovation and construction costs, said John Scarffe, director of communications for the Kansas University Endowment Association. KU will pay for landscaping and furnishings.
The new building will house a 120-seat conference room, a seminar room, a kitchen and offices for Hall Center staff and fellows.
The building will sit on the Powerhouse building's site, which is about 300 feet west of the current 6.800-square-foot location.1540 Sunflower Road.
awfully accessible," he said. "We will be doing our own programs in our own building."
The building will do more than expand the center's space. Victor Bailey, director of the Hall Center, said the move would make the center more visible and allow its services to expand.
The Hall Center works primarily to establish interdisciplinary training programs between faculty at KU and other schools. Visiting scholars will have more space to work in the new center, which Bailey hopes will lure more scholars to KU.
The building we are in is not
Bailey said the new building would provide a facility that was rare for similar programs at other universities.
"You're usually being squeezed into a building as a hand-me-down." Bailey said. "This is being tailor-made."
A groundbreaking date for construction has not been set, but Bailey expects construction to be completed sometime in 2004.
Campus recycling on the rise; new, convenient bins helped
By Nathan Dayani
ndayani@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
- Edited by Amy Schmitz
With more convenient places for students to recycle, the KU department of environmental stewardship is waging a battle against apathy.
Victoria Silva, director of the KU department of environmental stewardship, said recycling collections increased at the residence halls by 14.4 percent from 340 tons to 389 tons this semester. Silva said this increase was mostly due to the expansion of recycling facilities at the beginning of the fall semester in the lobbies of every floor at residence halls.
E. J. Gonzales, Topeka freshman, said that better access to the new facilities encouraged him to recycle.
"It's convenient because it's 20 steps away from my door," he said. "Otherwise, I feel like I'm going out of my way."
Campus recycling facilities have bins for plastic bottles, aluminum cans, newspapers and many different types of paper.
In addition to KU's recycling success, recycling collections also increased 13.6 percent from 3,056 tons to 3,471 tons at Wal-Mart's Lawrence recycling center.
But, some students are still not recycling, despite campus and city recycling options.
Bob Weinstein, Leawood senior and recycling technician for the environmental stewardship department, said many students were apathetic about recycling and its benefits.
"We're thankful for those who do recycle on campus," Weinstein said, "But it does seem like there are a lot who aren't interested in recycling and don't care about it."
Silva said whether a student recycles can depend on where they are from.
There are a lot of communities
in the state of Kansas where recycling is not very strong," she said. "Recycling in Kansas is not mandatory like other states, such as Minnesota and Oregon."
Stacey Reding, chairwoman of the Student Environmental Advisory Board, said many students who didn't recycle had not made recycling a daily habit.
"It's not so much that they don't care," said Reding, Alma senior. "It's just that they don't think about it."
However, Reding said she was hopeful that the residence halls' new recycling facilities would help students get into a recycling routine.
Although he has easy access to the new facilities, Dennis Mersmann said he didn't recycle at his residence hall.
"I don't think about recycling much in my life," said Mersmann, Lawrence freshman. "I guess it's just laziness."
Edited by Adam Pracht
Student Senate rejects Iraq bill
In a 21-4 vote, the University Affairs committee voted down a resolution that would have collectively opposed any unjust military action against Iraq last night.
"The resolution was ill-informed," Andy Knopp, business senator and Manhattan junior, said.
enough evidence to show U.S. action was unjust.
Knopp said he was against unjustified military action, but the resolution didn't present
Had the bill resolution passed, it would have been sent to President George Bush. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.S. and state legislators.
Mike Appleby, co-sponsor of the bill, said the resolution's purpose was to show the KU student body was not in favor of unjustified action against the Iraqi people.
"Theoretically, we represent 26,000 voters," Appleby said. "Any politician is going to drool at that."
Galen Turner, non-traditional senator and Lawrence senior, said committee members who voted against the resolution were uninformed.
"The committee embarrassed itself tonight," he said.
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