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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.102,NO.22
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1992
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Officials want a large crowd for the nationally televised California game
Irene Lanier / KANSAN
Facilities operations personnel put up a sign on the front of Wescoe Hall for Thursday's football game. Kansas plays the California Bears at 7 p.m.
Football television history
By Krlstl Fogler
een staff writer
FIRSTS KU played in the first televised night game in 1941, falling to Temple in a regional broadcast. In 1952, the 'Hawks beat Texas Christian in the first nationally telecast game. KU is on ESPN for the first time this Thursday night.
Kish said ticket sales might be down because fans who travel from western Kansas and Wichita may stay home and watch the game on television.
"We'd like to sell out, we're trying to sell out, but realistically we're expecting 40,000," he said.
Richard Konzem, assistant athletic director of administration, said the televised game was important to the school's image.
"It's very important for the image of this institution that we do everything possible to present a positive image," Konzem said.
Kish said that at the beginning of the year, the department had hoped the game would sell out. But because the game is on a Thursday night, fewer people may come.
Kip Chin/KANSAN
Don't be worried about getting a ticket to Thursday night's Kansas-California football game.
To present a positive image, the stands need to be full. Konzem said.
Bernie Kish, director of ticket operations and sales, estimated that as of last week, 20,000 tickets had been sold for the California game. But Kish estimated 40,000 people, including KU students, would show up for the game. Memorial Stadium seats more than 50,000.
To increase the student participation in the game, the Athletic Department announced yesterday it would allow students with a valid KUID into "Thursday night's game for free."
Jill Godfrey, assistant marketing director, said the department wanted to expose as many students as possible to the nationally televised event.
Students who want to attend the game but do not have tickets can enter the stadium after 6 p.m. through Gate 35. Seating will be open for those students.
"This is such a huge university event," she said. "We need student enthusiasm."
Godfrey said tickets were free only to students and not to the community.
Tickets will not be free to students for every game, Godfrey said.
"We want to make sure students are in the stands," she said. "This is a University event, and the students are a large part of this University."
"We're hoping students will take this opportunity to experience the game live in Memorial Stadium," she said. "Hopefully, this will help spur on others who want to buy student season tickets.
"We're doing it because we want to ensure we have tremendous student support at the game."
Dan Schauer / KANSAN
Source: KU Media Guide
Kansas running back George White during a practice for the California game.
KU housekeeping dries up water damage
Employees work all night to clean flooded buildings
By Lynne McAdoo Kansan staff writer
KU housekeeping staff spent most of Sunday night and yesterday cleaning up the mess in campus buildings from a storm that dumped three inches of rain on Lawrence.
Eight housekeeping employees worked most of the night vacuuming the water.
Estimates on the damage cleanup will not be figured until labor costs can be determined, said Mike Richardson, director of facilities operations.
Housekeeping employees used vacuums to suck up the water and used high-powered fans to dry out the carpet.
Most of the repair was limited to replacing ceiling tiles and vacuuming water-soaked carpets, said Jack Beebower, supervisor of housekeeping.
of facilities operations, said the ditches on the south side of campus were too small to handle so much water at once.
"When we get that much rain in a short period of time, this is bound to happen." Beerbower said.
"Whenever the ditches near Naismith back up, the water floods into the basements of buildings on the south side of the Hill," he said.
Stephen Helsel, associate director
Police reported the rain swept a puppy away near Marvin Hall. They later found the puppy unharmed near Wescoe Hall.
Twelve buildings on campus were reported to have damage caused by the rain:
Several cellings were replaced in 425 Summerfield after water
leaked through the ceiling.
Ceiling tiles on the seventh floor of Dyche Hall were replaced.
Water leaked through the foundation of Stauffer-Flint Hall.
Water leaked through the foundation at the Military Science building and flooded classrooms and bathrooms in the basement.
The first floor of Green Hall flooded when water leaked through the foundation and also through a door on the west side of the building.
The first floor of Wescoe flooded when the water ran down between the foundation and the stairwell.
of seats at Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall when the drainage ditches on Naismith Drive backed up and flooded parts of the hall. Most of the water receded after the storm.
Flooding reached the second row
Water seeped through the foundation in Robinson Gymnasium, and ractequball courts on the second floor were flooded.
Water leaked through the foundation of Marvin Hall.
Water leaked in Smith Hall at ground level through a door.
Water leaked through the foundations in Douthart and Grace Pearson Scholarship Halls.
Toxins to be cut EPA says
Industry says county will trim waste levels
By KC Trauer
By KC Trauer
Kansan staff writer
An Environmental Protection Agency official yesterday announced a plan by a Douglas County industry group to cut toxic-waste emissions 50 percent by 1995.
Six companies, which are among the top eight polluters in Douglas County, plan to reduce emissions 33 percent this year and 50 percent in three years, said Morris Kay, EPA regional administrator.
"We believe this is a very significant commitment by Lawrence industries to reduce the volume of emissions in the air, water and land," said Kay, who oversees EPA regulations in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas.
The effort, dubbed Project 5000, began in January after EPA officials asked local companies to make voluntary cuts in their emissions. Those companies then created a plan to reach the reduction goals suggested by the EPA, Kay said.
Besides the benefits to the environment, the toxic-waste reductions could result in fewer pulmonary illnesses, fewer worker illnesses and lower health costs, Kay said.
The participating companies are Bendix/King, Davol, FMC, Farmland Industries, Hallmark Cards and Lawrence Technology.
The six companies are among eight required to report to the EPA the amount of waste emissions they produced. The two companies are Quaker Oats and Packer Plastics.
According to the EPA's Toxic Chemical Release Inventory Report, Douglas County companies emitted 4,418,696 pounds of toxic wastes in 1990. The industry group's plan calls for a reduction to 2,209,348 pounds.
Douglas County ranks high on the list of Kansas counties with the most pollution, said Charles Jones, a representative of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. But he also said that Sedgwick County, which includes Wichita, produces 80 percent to 90 percent of Kansas' toxic wastes.
The companies plan to reduce emissions through recycling, changes in their manufacturing processes, conservation and substitution of materials.
In some instances, the companies will have to make investments in process changes to reduce emissions, Kay sad.
Jones said good environmental controls could lead to good business if the companies could keep their materials from becoming waste by-products.
"If you can avoid losing more of those materials to waste, you can save on disposal of those materials," Jones said. "And as disposal costs rise, there are going to be benefits that arise from this."
The Farmland Industries Nitrogen Plant, located off Kansas Highway 10, releases the most toxic emissions in agricultural chemicals made in agricultural fertilizer.
Dick Lind, plant manager, said Farmland already had made process changes in its effort to reduce by half the approximately 3.8 million pounds of waste the plant emits.
He said that if the plant could regain half of the 2.6 million pounds of waste it emits from ammonia production, it could produce an extra 650 tons of fertilizer product to sell to customers.
Career fair highlights employment opportunities
Architectural studv
A KU architecture class is studying the architecture of Spooner Hall, the University of Kansas' oldest building. The study will be sent to the Library of Congress.
See story. Page 3.
By Kristi Fogler
Kansan staff writer
Today's the day to rub elbows with the real world.
The School of Business and the School of Journalism are sponsoring the 11th annual Business Career Fair from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the Lawrence Holiday Inn Holdlime, 200 McDonald Drive. Eighty-four companies from around the country will meet with KU students seeking employment.
Fred Madaus, placement director for the School of Business, said the fair was an
excellent opportunity for students to pick up information about companies in an informal setting.
Madaua said some companies would gather information about students for future interviews while others might try to establish student interest in their company.
Last year more than 1,000 students attended the fair, he said.
Madais said students should use the fair as an opportunity to explore career
He also said that corporate participation
A degree in business is not required,
Madaus said, but students should be interested in a business career.
"Some companies would like to be here, but they don't want to give students false hopes," he said.
Teresa Lynch, Salma senior, has attended past career fairs. She said the fair was a great opportunity to see what was available in the business world.
"It's encouraging to students that busi-
was down from last year. Twelve fewer companies will be at this year's fair. The weak economy is to blame. Madaus said.
nesses come and spend a day at KU," she said. "It's less intimidating because you learn they're just as excited to find new people as you are to find a job."
Lynch said the fair helped her practice talking with corporate representatives.
Students can catch a shuttle bus that will run from Summerfield Hall to the Holidome every hour on the half hour from 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., stopping by Staufer-Flint Hall en route. It will run back to campus from the Holidome every hour between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m.
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