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University Daily Kansan, September 8, 1982
Officials study telecommunications plan
By VICKY WILT
Staff Reporter
It will not be Hollywood, but KU officials are studying several plans to expand KU's telecommunications system so more departments can go
Several studies are now under way to determine the best telecommunications systems and will William Hogan associate vice chief executive.
The University now owns a microwave system that links the Lawrence campus with the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. The system is limited by the number of people to provide and future expansion of a telecommunications system is under consideration, Hogan said.
IF A STATE telecommunications plan, which proposes use of a fiber optic cable over microwaves, is adopted by the Legislature, Hogan said. University administrators would look at the system to see if it would allow expansion of the present system.
Hogan said if the University owned its telecommunications system it could be more economical because there would not be charges for using Southwestern Bell telephone equipment. There would be a fixed price on call. But if the phone rate increased, the University's costs would not.
Hogan said he hoped that, within the next six or seven months, the
Lawrence campus and Med Center administrations could finalize a decision on the functions they wanted the system to provide.
Hogan said they were more concerned with providing services to the University and not with the type of system that would be used.
HOGAN SAID the telecommunications system was more than just a telephone system. Data from the Lawrence campus computer center would be transmitted to the campus, and the other campus, such as the library, could use the system for data transmission and communications.
communication.
The University now uses a microwave system that links the Lawrence campus with the Med Center.
When the present system was bought in 1965, the original intent was to have two-way video use by the Med Center and Lawrence campus.
KEN BURKART, operations supervisor of the microwave department, said the system was advantageous in travel time and expenses saved by instructors. In 1975, $10,000 was saved by the University in these areas, he
This two-way system is used for teaching between the two campuses, Burkart said. The person conducting a lecture can be at either campus and those at the other campus classroom can bear and see him.
Almost every program shown on this campus is broadcast live through the microwave system, using two-way video transmission. We are announced by logos on the system.
EVERYTHING that is shown or scheduled on this campus is transmitted and' received through a microwave repeater station in Bonner
These can be switched to any building on campus for viewing at the time they are showing.
Approximately two years ago, the Veterans Administration Hospital joined the system. This was done because the VA and Med Center were teaching and administrating health services, which is a common interest o students and staff on this campus; Burkart said.
ONCE THE material that is being transmitted from the Med Center or Veterans Administration Hospital is in the microwave system, it can be wired through master control to any location on campus through a cable
With expansion of the system, television transmissions can be sent to two locations and voice transmissions to all three locations simultaneously.
the main facilities for using the system on this campus are an audio-visual room in Bailey Hall, a remote-control conference room in Malot Hall and both the theatres in Murbury Hall.
Burkart said, "There are several other locations that can be used on this campus, and there are four highly used facilities at the Med Center.
The programs appear in black and while, Burkart said. The microwave system in each location is transmitting color, but the Lawrence system is not set up to receive color.
"Although most are not in color, for many applications of teaching and conferences this is adequate." Burkart said.
The University owns the system, so it is free to staff and students anytime between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. If use is scheduled after 5 p.m., the charge for using the system is in overtime pay for staff.
KANU radio station is provided with the ABC radio news service through the system. This provides greater depth and speed of news coverage, Burkart said, because the ABC news is continuous. This is valued to KANU because the station supplied with news reports from the service.
Burkart said the ABC news service in Kansas City, Kan., was transmitted by a telephone line to the Med Center by microwave and then sent out by microwave to KANU.
Another function of the system offers a "hollow chancellor complex" that allows the Lawrence and Med Center staffs to dial one number and be in contact within a few seconds, Burkart said.
This gives the two campus' administrations a connection that is free from other parties use and free of charge since no telephone line is used.
In the past, the system had been used for data transmission from the Lawrence campus computer center to the Med Center computer center, where a large number of data channels can not be expanded for such use at this time.
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A RESPONSE TO CARL ROWAN
In his column of August 30th, Carl Rowan claims that our public schools "are threatened by a spirit of militant generation from both the White House and Congress." To support this charge he cites the following statement by Willard H. McGuire, president of the National Education Association (NEA):
it's too expensive to try to educate everybody—that we should concentrate on the elite, and that private schools can educate them better.
A generation ago only some 50 per cent of American youngsters finished high school. The figure now is 85 to 90 per cent. Now we’re hearing people say that it’s too expensive to try to educate everybody—that we should concentrate on the skills, and thatognitive schools are obligate them better.
Let us ignore for the moment the fact that the NEA, which is an organization of professional educators, is not an entity without bias, and admire instead Mr. McGuire's artful creation. While it is true that a higher percentage of this country's young people receive high school diplomas than a generation ago, Mr. McGuire fails to mention that many of these certificates are outright gifts from the professional education hierarchy. This publicly funded generosity has resulted in both one of every five adults being functionally illiterate and many colleges and universities having to offer courses in remedial education.
Mr. rowan attributes "The shortage of qualified math and science teachers" to the financial woods" of our public schools" when this entire crisis is actually an expression of our cultural priorities. Most people, benumbed by the offerings of that electronic电缆 the television set, don't consider education or thought to be of any inherent worth. After an interview with Frank Press, president of the National Academy of Sciences, a New York Daily News reporter described some of the reflections on this issue.
- m not of the public high schools in the United States do not offer enough mathematics to allow their graduates into an accredited engineering school, science academy officials reported. Each year a smaller proportion of students takes science and math courses and t teachers teach these courses. Science does not exist as a basic, a separate subject in most elementary schools, academy officials say. Only one year of science is required for graduation from many high schools, and in too many schools, no math beyond algebra is required.
Although Mr. McGuire classifies as an expression of "sitium", the Reagan Administration's willingness to grant tuition tax credits to parents who send their youngsters to private schools, he shows no interest in determining why so many families wish to bypass our public schools. He mentions neither the declining test scores nor the increasing abenteuer, insubordination and violence of the students. A thriving education system—one with knowledgeable teachers instructing their students in an orderly environment—a necessity for this country if it is to remain free.
more, roan teenagers that the policies of the Reagan Administration will leave "a lot of non-elite youngsters. In danger of being abandoned atrocial eventual cost to this society", but he fails to see that our system of public education has already produced millions of poorly educated and now abandoned individuals at this same societal cost. Former Senator Abraham Ribbock it put very twice we岁 years ago when he said: "We seem to have lost sight of the fact that the purpose of education is to help the child. Let us start talking about education that way and concentrate on building the system around the needs of children—not forcing children to meet the needs of the system."
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College unions pick KU for 1982 conference site
The Association of College Unions—International will have its annual Region 11 conference at the University of Kansas this month, Katherine Gleie, assistant director of programs for Student Union Activities and host of the conference, said yesterday.
The conference, which will run from Sept. 23 to Sept. 25, will feature three days of sessions and entertainment for members of ACU-I and other people interested in personal development, Giele said.
The conference's opening session Thursday will feature David Naster, a comedian and mime who has also filled in for "Uncle" Ed Muscare on Channel 41's "All Night Live" show, said Irene Carr. SUA program adviser.
"THERE'S going to be a lot of local talent," she said of the Showcase events. Carr said that most of the acts would perform 20-minute segments of the show, although she said two bands, Kokomo and the Tunes, would play
Naster will be the master of ceremonies at the Friday showcase in the Chandler Courtyard at the Satellite Union, she said. The showcase will include performances by James Durst and Lawrence's new wave band Get Smart', Carr said.
longer gigs on Thursday and Friday nights.
The Thursday night showcase, at 8 p.m. in the Kansas Union Ballroom, will start with Kelly Hunt and the Kinetics and will be followed by formation national fint-picking game, Garrn accompanied by Gary Mehalkic, Carry said.
besides the showcase events. Giele said, there will be programs aimed at personal development, including sessions on leadership skills, residence hall programming, concert production and computerized accounting.
The opening banquet and keynote address, which will be given by Richard Blackburn, executive director of the library, will be Thursday at 8 p.m., said笛。
She said that the sessions and meals would cost delegates $55 but that KU students, faculty and staff cost cover for $10, which doesn't include meals.
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ACU—I is a professional organization that promotes development of college unions and provides for an exchange of university staff and volunteers, Gleae said.
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