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Officials consider future of West Campus
By Amber Byerlay
byerlay@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas' vision for West Campus is growing.
West Campus is the location of 35 buildings on area that is between 15th and 23rd streets and Iowa Street and Kasold Drive.
Kara Hansen/Kansan
Warren Corman, University architect and assistant to the chancellor, said the University was working on a master plan for what West Campus would be in 50 to 100 years. The University is working on the plan with the executive board of Kansas University Endowment Association, Corman said. Most of the land on West Campus is owned by the Endowment Association. Endowment officials will be announcing the master plan in about six months, Corman said.
Many research and support structures are located on West Campus, said Don Steeples, vice provost. Buildings such as the Facilities Operations warehouse, Endowment Association, Lied Center, University Press offices
and warehouse and research laboratories are on West Campus.
To be soon be added to the list is the Structural Biology Center. Construction will begin this month for the center, which will include laboratories and facilities to study protein structure.
Abinay Kuchikulla, Hyderabad, India graduate student, worked on a research project that measures ice sheet thickness in Nichols Hall yesterday. Nichols is one of buildings on West Campus that is used for research and services. Steeples said. million needed for the relocation, Jim Roberts
The center must be completed by August 2004 to hold a 800 megahertz nuclear magnetic resonance machine that is 10 feet high, 6 feet wide and weighs about 10,000 pounds. The size of the machine's magnetic field is such that it needs to be in a building specially designed for it.
"Generally speaking West Campus is a place for things that don't absolutely need to be in the center of campus," Steeples said.
The research facilities that are on West Campus are mainly for graduate research, Steeples said.
The University's plans for West Campus are to keep it as an area for research and support services. Most undergraduate instruction will remain on main campus, Steeples said.
"We want classrooms close enough that students can walk to class in a 10-minute time frame,"
A possible change to having undergraduate classes only on main campus is moving the School of Pharmacy to West Campus. The move could occur if the University could find a donor who would give the $20 to $25
million needed for the relocation, Steeples said.
The University's long-term plan for West Campus includes making it an integral part of the University, but funding will drive its construction and development, Steeples said.
Jim Roberts, interim vice provost of the KU Center for Research, Inc., said the center was working on acquiring more research space on West Campus as well as main and off campus.
Edited by Cate Batchelder
State
Senators request Homeland office
WASHINGTON—Kansas and Missouri senators are asking the Department of Homeland Security to open a regional office in the Kansas City area.
Republican Sens. Pat Roberts of Kansas and Kit Bond of Missouri made the request in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge.
The senators said that while most of the focus of homeland security has been on cities along the nation's coasts and borders, the agency needs a regional office with a central location.
They said the Kansas City area is already a "federal city" with regional offices of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, General Services Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Labor.
Lawrence children diagnosed with viral meningitis
The Associated Press
By Danielle Hillix
dhillix@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Doctors have confirmed two cases of viral meningitis in Lawrence.
Last week, the virus was found in two children from the same household. Both children are students at Kennedy Elementary School.
Julie Boyle, communications director for the Lawrence Public School System, said that the school was working with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to spread awareness about the virus.
CDC research shows that five out of 100,000 college freshmen will develop some form of the disease.
"We've been distributing fact sheets and spreading the word," Boyle said.
Most people recover completely.
While anyone can get viral meningitis, children and young adults are most at risk. College students, especially freshmen living in residence halls, have a "modestly increased risk" of developing meningitis, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Symptoms of bacterial and viral meningitis are similar to each other and include fever, headache, stiff neck and tiredness. Nausea, rash and sore throat can also occur.
Viral meningitis hospitalizes thousands of people per year. Strother said most cases, however, are not serious and last less than 10 days.
Health Center. "But outbreaks are rare."
Meningitis is an infection of the fluid that surrounds the spinal cord and brain. It comes in two forms, viral and the more serious bacterial form.
Strother said that good personal hygiene and personal health would prevent meningitis from spreading rapidly.
"Keeping your immune system healthy is the best prevention." Strother said.
Meningitis viruses and bacteria spread through respiratory and throat secretions, such as coughing and kissing. Symptoms usually appear two to 10 days after exposure to the virus or bacteria.
Bacterial meningitis, however can result in permanent brain damage, hearing loss or learning disabilities.
Another method of prevention comes in shot form. A meningitis vaccine is available for those wanting extra protection. The shots last for three years.
Evan Stange said he didn't want to take any chances with meningitis when he came to college. That's why the Wichita junior got a meningitis vaccine the first week of his freshman year.
"There was no reason to risk it," Stange said. "Better safe than sorry."
Barbara Schnitzer, director of nurses at the Douglas County Health Department, recommended the vaccine, but said that
it was not 100 percent effective. The vaccine contains the most common strains of meningitis-causing germs, but there are many more germs that are not in the vaccine. Therefore, not all meningitis cases can be prevented by the shot.
"It's a good idea," she said.
"But it won't stop everything."
The University of Kansas does not require students to get meningitis shots, but Watkins does recommend them. The vaccines are available at the health center for $70. Call 864-9507 for an appointment.
Edited by Abby Sidesinger
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