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Waste disposal scare leads to hall evacuation
Haworth Hall was evacuated early Friday morning after custodians found a hazardous waste disposal bag in one of the building's trash cans.
But the bag contained only sterilized petri dishes.
Bob Bearse, associate vice chancellor for research, graduate studies and public service, said about 30 people evacuated the building at 7:30 a.m. after the custodians' supervisor notified KU Police. Bearse said that about 100 other people were prevented from entering the building as Lawrence firefighters examined the bag.
"Until you know that one has hazardous materials, you pretend one does," Bearse said.
Broadway actress to perform today
Actress Joanna Featherstone, a 1960 KU graduate, returned to KU today to perform a one-woman depiction of the lives of black Americans through poetry and song.
Her show, "Not Without Laughter." includes works by Phyllis Wheatley, James WeldonJohnson, Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, LeRoi Jones and others. After the performance, Featherstone will discuss her acting experiences.
The performance begins at 4 p.m. today in Alderson Auditorium at the Kansas Union, University Theatre and the department of theater and media arts are sponsoring the show, which is free
Featherstone appeared in the award-winning Broadway play, "The Great White Hope," and also acted in the Joseph Papp-Tom O'Horgan Broadway production, "Leaf People."
Soviet Jews topic of speech today
Judy Hellman, associate director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau of Greater Kansas City, will speak at 8 p.m. today at Hillel House, 940 Mississippi St., about Soviet Jews who have been denied permission to leave the Soviet Union.
Hellman also will discuss a mass rally planned for the summit meeting between President Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev on Dec. 7 in Washington, D.C. Hellman recently returned from a three-week trip to the Soviet Union. While there, she spoke with some Soviet Jews who have not been allowed to leave the Soviet Union, said Davenport Litwin, Hillier director.
Litwin said about 300 people from the Kansas City area planned to attend the rally and several KU students also had expressed interest.
Grad students pick GradEx members
Graduate students last week elected new Graduate Student Council Executive Committee members.
The new GradEx members are:
Mary Austin, Parsons; Thomas R. Lewis, Topeka; Saurav Dutta,
Varanasi, India; Cathy Schilfer,
La Crosse, Wis.; Michael Anderson,
Overland Park; Pete Blanchard, Shelbyville, Ind.; and
Travis Patton, Lawrence.
GradEx is the governing body of the Graduate Student Council and supervises all graduate student organizations.
From staff and wire reports.
New library computers popular
By MICHAEL MERSCHEL
Watson Library's new computer catalog is proving so popular with students that some have had to wait for a chance to use the system.
From the moment the first terminal was installed late Friday morning, all six new terminals have been installed. James Neely, reference librarian
Neeley said he has used the microfiche catalogs, which the computers are supposed to replace, to help customers with queries because the computers were so busy.
Six terminals are operating at Watson now. Neeley said that if the computers continued to operate without problems, most of the microfiche catalogs would be removed and another six terminals would be installed, possibly within two weeks.
A total of 60 terminals will be installed throughout Watson and the rest of the libraries on campus, Neeley said.
He said that he didn't think 60 terminals would be enough to meet demand, but that students will not
The new computers list everything that was on the microfiche. Book searches can be done by author, subject, title or call number. A 'help' function explains how the computers work.
wait longer for an open terminal than they would have for an open microflip.
Users also can use the terminals to make suggestions or find information
Sean Cunningham, Bartlesville, Okla., freshman, said he had passed by the terminals several times Saturday before he found one available. For him, the wait was worth it.
Cunningham said he was researching several different topics at the computer. He said the computer had saved him time because he didn't have to pull cards for the microfiche or run around to different drawers in the card catalog.
"They're a blessing," he said.
Clinton Howard, assistant dean for technical services, said the computers had one problem in common with the microfiche catalogs — only about 20 percent, or 400,000 of the library's books, are listed on the system. The rest of the books are listed in the card catalogs.
Neesey said most people who used the computers liked them and found them useful.
"I'm a little surprised there haven't been more questions than
The most popular books in the library are in that 20 percent, Howard said. Library workers have started converting records from cards to computers, but because such work is expensive, the computer will not list all books in the library any time within the next several years.
there have been." he said.
The library plans other improvements to the computer system in the meantime, Howard said. In about a month, the computers usually will be able to tell users whether a book has been checked out. After that, the periodicals index will be added to the computer.
Hardware for the system cost $105,000 and programming cost $60,000. Howard said. The system will save the library money that previously went to purchase microfi-
che forms, he said.
“This system is a lot less expensive for the library to operate,” he said. “It also will greatly improve service to the pubile.”
People using the system this weekend had more praise for the it.
mostly praise for the t.
Jim Fairchild, Lawrence graduate student, said he thought it would be nice if there were more terminals and if the card catalog was on the computer. But he said he liked the system and thought it would make more effective use of his time.
Liz O'Leary, Overland Park freshman, couldn't find a copy of "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote listed on the book, but still said the system was great.
"It's a lot easier than the card catalog or the microfiche," she said.
Molly Reid, Ft. Collins, Colo., freshman, who was learning the skills during out the computers had been no problem, and they were fun as well.
"We just walked up and sat down," he said. "It's more fun to sit down at a desk."
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Above: A Caledonian Pipe Band from William Jewell beginning of American Royal activities.Below: Cotton candy is a tempting College makes its way down Grand Avenue.A parade Saturday marked the treat for 3-year-old Tyler Krull of Kansas City,Mo.
American Royal gets wet start
By JULIE McMAHON Staff writer
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Itrained on the American Royal's parade Saturday.
The 89th annual American Royal Livesock, Horse Show and Rodeo kicked off with a parade through downtown Kansas City, Mo., but rain dampened most of the three-hour parade.
A crowd of about 30,000, which dwindled as the rain fell, watched as horses and riders, floats and marching bands paraded by.
Hubert Lee and his family huddled under a blanket on a curb as the rain came down.
A voice under the blanket said, "Yeah!"
"We haven't been to the parade for a long time. We like the bands and horses best," he said. Then he asked his toddler daughter, "What do you like best, the horses?"
The parade started at 10 a.m. and lasted until 1 p.m. Even some of the most faithful onlookers couldn't hold out for three hours in the rain without the lawnchairs and umbrellas that experienced parade-watchers brought.
and doorways so they could watch attractions such as the square-dancers on the flatbed truck, people dressed as dancing raisins, giant stereo speakers blaring Michael Jackson songs and the Mound City High School Javahwings marching band.
When the paraders reached a certain point on the route, a woman held up a sign which said, "You are now approaching television coverage."
Michelle Steinkg was the woman holding the sign. She said its purpose was to warn the bands and other acts so they would know when to get geared up and start their music.
But the determined found shelter in windowsills
Vendors were selling balloons and cotton candy up and down the street. One couple has been coming from Wichita to sell balloons for about 12 years.
"It'll like when the KU band comes running down on to the field at football games." she said.
"We save the money for Christmas and to pay taxes on our mobile home." The husband said.
Jim Aichele, Kansas City, Mo., police officer, said the crowd was big, but it was better before the rain started.
The skies finally cleared as the last marching bands came down Grand Avenue.
Speaker says Army influence reduced
By JORN E. KAALSTAD Staff writer
The U.S. military has gradually lost influence in national policy-making since the Eisenhower administration in the '50s started to downplay the need for military advisors, a civilian Army college instructor said Saturday.
Steve Metz, the instructor, told about 20 people in the Jayhawk Room at the Kansas Union that the United States had experienced an overall decline in national, or grand, strategy in the last 40 years.
Grand strategy is the weaving together of all public policies into a national policy and the setting of national priorities, Metz said.
Metz spoke as part of a round-table discussion, "Role of the Military in Developing and Executing National Security Policies and Strategies," sponsored by The International Studies Association of the Midwest.
The panel consisted of mediator Clifford Ketzel, KU professor emeritus of political science; Army Lt. Cols. Fred Downey, Don Vik and Dennis Quinn; and Metz, all teachers in national security at the United States Army Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth.
Vik said, "We lost the Vietnam War because the military was fought out of decision making."
Metz said the United States entered the Vietnam War without any grand strategy. The concept of grand strategy arose in the Truman administration in the late '40s, Metz said. That administration was faced with new theaters after the start of the Cold War.
The Truman administration cooperated closely with the military to create foreign policies, Metz said.
The Marshall Plan, a $12 billion aid package to European countries in the region, has been a cooperative effort between the U.S. government and military, he said.
That cooperation started to decline during the Eisenhower administration, which diminished the role of the military as advisers, Metz said.
There was a notion in the '50s, Vik said, that "War is too important to be left to the military."
The trend continued, Metz said, and now the pub generally missed it.
The secret actions of Lt. Col. Oliver North of the National Security Council in the Iran-contra affair were a direct result of the decline of military influence in the official decision making process, Vik said.
Although the military is not officially involved with policy-making, Vik said, it seeks to make policy through people like North, who had the power to change policies he didn't like.
Vik said part of the reason for the decline of the military's influence came from the public's perception of the military rivalries among military branches.
"People see the Air Force as devious because it is secretive and only thinking about nuclear warfare. The Navy, which is a favorite in Congress, is viewed as deaf because it doesn't hear the needs of the other services. The Army is just dumb — it salutes and does what it's told without asking too many questions." Vik said.
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Louise's Bar and KJHK Present Ladies Night
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