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Tuesday, September 22, 1992
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Students draw Spooner Hall
By Joe Harder
Kansan staff writer
Imagine drawing Spooner Hall, home of the University's Museum of Anthropology.
Now imagine drawing Spooner with each stone to scale, complete with detailed shading representing its texture.
For six University architecture students, re-creating Spooner Hall on paper was part of a summer project for Recording Historical Structures, a summer class offered through the School of Architecture and Urban Design. The drawings will be completed by fall 1994. Spooner's 100th birthday. They will be displayed in the Spencer Museum of Art.
Once taken off display, the drawings and field notes from the project will be sent to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., to be part of the Historic American Building Survey.
The survey is used as an architectural research reference, said Barry Newton, associate professor of architecture. Newton taught the class and directed the project.
No other University buildings are currently part of the survey, although the class did work on surveys of several other Lawrence area buildings.
Newton said the survey would be used by someone who was, for example, doing research on late-19th century. Midwestern architecture.
Eventually, 15 or 16 2-feet-by-3-feet ink drawings will be used in the display, including both interior and exterior views, Newton said. Only one final ink drawing of the structure's west side and four preliminary pencil drawings of other views have been completed.
The drawings represent about 300 hours of work, including preliminary surveying and measuring work, said Eric Zabilka, Lawrence senior. Zabilka worked on the project during the summer.
"The goal, theoretically, is that someone should be able to cut a stone from the dimensions we give, and have it fit into the structure," Zabilka said.
To reproduce the exact dimensions and details of the building, the class
surveyed the building, measured its primary dimensions and took photographs. The photographs were enlarged to the exact size of the drawings and used as detail references, Newton said.
Preliminary drawings were then done on vellum, a thin paper. After corrections, they will be transferred to a long-lasting drawing surface, and re-drawn in pen.
"In the long term, we probably won't see the effects," Zabilka said. "We're working for historians 200 years from now."
Spooner Hall opened in 1894 and is the oldest complete building on campus. It housed the first campus library and Museum of Art. In 1976, it became the Museum of Anthropology.
Spooner Hall and two other University buildings, Dyche and Lippincott Halls, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The register includes buildings that have historical or architectural significance.
Trinket trader
Irene Lanier / KANSAN
Bill Domsky of Highland Park, Ill., sells earrings, braided bracelets, weaved belts and other ethnic jewelry in front of Wescoe Hall. Domsky said he would be selling the jewelry there until Friday.
Alliance continues fight
Group tackles discrimination in Lawrence
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
The human rights ordinance in Lawrence states that people cannot be discriminated against according to race, sex, religion, color, age or ancestry.
It does not protect gays and lesbians.
"It doesn't make sense," said Ben Zimmerman, professor emeritus of social welfare and member of the Lawrence Alliance. "We will probably try to change that this year."
Along with addressing gay and lesbian issues like this, the Lawrence Alliance, an organization which formed last year, works to fight discrimination of all types. The alliance has 12 coalitions that design programs to address specific issues of discrimination. Zimmerman is cochair of the Freedom Coalition, which addresses discrimination against gay and lesbians.
Lisa Blair, program coordinator for the group, said the organization was a way for various groups in town to share concerns.
"There are so many groups in town with their own causes," Blair said. "But all these group are those坐在一起."
their own orbits. What the alliance can do is help all of these organizations come together."
Ann Weick, dean of social welfare and head of the Lawrence Alliance, said the group's main goals were to bring diverse people together and to educate Lawrence about various cultures.
"Prejudice and bigotry stem from a lack of knowledge." Weck said. "People assume things about other groups of people when they don't know those people. The alliance will try to bring various people together so that these assumptions will end."
The alliance was formed in 1991 after a citywide task force on discrimination recommended a permanent group be formed. The City Commission appointed 15 people to organize the alliance in November 1991.
Debbie Brodsky, Lincolnwood, III. junior and member of the KU coalition of the alliance, said it had the potential to be important.
"Our goal is not necessarily to change people's opinions," she said. "All we can do is provide education and information to try and open people's viewpoints. We want to make people realize there are many different kinds of people at KU and in Lawrence with many different ideas."
the KU coalition, along with holding forums, like the one tonight at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union, also is planning to create a cultural calendar — a weekly list of cultural events in the Lawrence community.
KU panel to discuss multicultural issues
By Stacy Morford Kansan staff writer
Ten KU minority issues advocates will participate in a panel discussion titled "Multiculturalism: Where is the Common Ground?" at 7 onight at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
The KU Coalition, a sub-group of the Lawrence Alliance, will sponsor the event.
"We're trying to negotiate some kind of common ground—a place where all students can meet as equals," said Kristin Lange, Women's Student Union panelist. "But we need to go about it in ways that acknowledge and respect all cultures."
For years, student government at KU has been criticized by campus groups for its predominantly greek, white-male membership. Lange praised former student body president Darren Fulcher for taking the first steps to change that image.
"Darren Fulcher put together an excellent coalition," Lange said. "He went to the people who are involved in their issues. He went to groups like the Hispanic American leadership Organization and the black Student Union and the Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas and asked those people to join his coalition. They did, and they's still involved."
Student panelists will be James Baucom, president of Black Student Union; Marcel Brou, member of the International Student Council; Margaret Hu, head of the Student Union Activities Forums Committee; David Skeeter, member of the Native American Student Association, and Lange.
Other panelists will be Maggie Childs, member of the Faculty and Staff Organized for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns; Susan Elkins, assistant director of the Organizations and Activities Center; Jane Gibson-Carpenter, assistant professor of anthropology; Carl Lande, professor of government, and Fred Rodriguez, associate professor of curriculum and instruction.
Sherrill Robinson, assistant director of the Emily Taylor Women's Center, said tonight's panelists were chosen to represent a diverse group of students and faculty as individuals.
Pinckney protests lines
By Kristy Dorsey
Kansan staff writer
In a meeting with the Lawrence City Commission yesterday, representatives from the Pinckney Neighborhood Association asked the city to consider regulating improvements of power lines in Lawrence.
The meeting, which was held at the request of the association, centered on the controversy over Kansas Power and Light's attempt to upgrade voltage along a one-mile stretch of power lines through the Pinkney neighborhood in north-central Lawrence. The increase would boost the voltage from 69,000 volts to 115,000 volts.
Association members said the increased voltage would endanger residents' health and damage property values. KP&L officials said there was no definite proof of danger to residents.
Steven Hamburg, an association member, asked the commission to adopt power line routing regulations
into city ordinances. Their proposal included:
- Requiring a review for any increase in voltage for a power line of more than 10 kV.
**Requiring a review for any new power lines of 12,000 volts or more:**
Requiring a review for any new or upgraded power substation.
Gerald Cooley, city attorney, said he was not sure if the city had the legal authority to regulate utility companies. Commissioners requested that the city staff examine the legality of such regulations and, if they were legal, recommend the best method for implementation.
The association also asked the commissioners to write letters to KP&L and the Kansas Corporation Commission about the Pinkey situation. It asked that the letter to KP&L encourage the utility company to continue negotiations with the association and that the letter to the commission urge the scheduling of a technical and public hearing concerning the power line upgrade.
Kansan staff report
Student charged with battering officer
Matthew McCarty, Prairie Village sophomore, was charged yesterday with battery of a police officer, obstruction of a legal process and destruction of evidence.
According to police reports, two
An Oct. 27 trial date has been set for a KU student who police allege was involved in a dispute with a Lawrence police officer Friday night at a local bar.
officers entered Quinton's Bar and Deli, 612 Massachusetts St., Friday night to check for underage alcohol consumption. When the officers tried to question two women that looked underage, McCarty, the bartender, became violent. As one of the officers tried to take one of the beer glasses for evidence, McCarty wrestled with the officer. During the dispute, the officer's hand was cut.
The officer was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital and released.
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