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friday,october 17,2003
1980-2003
WONDER WOODARD — 1.6.1981
In the opening moments of a home game against Stephen F. Austin University, KU women's basketball phenom Lynette Woodard sinks a shot from the top of the key that gives her a total of 3,206 career points and moves her into sole possession of the AIAW career scoring record.
SHOCKED! — 3.20.1981
In the first meeting between the two schools in a quarter century, Wichita State hits a last-second shot to upend KU in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
MOSES IMPOSES----5.15.1981
The KU School of Religion holds a "casting party" to celebrate the near-completion of Eldon Tefft's statue of Moses, which is now located in front of Smith Hall facing the stained glass window of the burning bush.
University Archives, Spencer Research Library
Hoch Hall, now Budig Hall, caught fire after lighting struck the roof June 15, 1991. The destroyed hall was built in 1927. University Archives, Special Research Library
Change is a natural part of life for students and the University. Some dramatic changes have taken place on campus within the last two decades:
What is now Budig Hall was once Hoch Hall, and it was constructed in such a dangerous manner that many professors suggested classes not be held there. Built in 1927, much of the building was made of wood, and the interior was covered with a material called Celotex to enhance acoustic quality. In 1970, Celotex was discovered to be extremely flammable. On June 15, 1991, lightning struck the old building, and the professors' fears were realized. The wooden shingle roof and all of the wooden interior columns immediately caught fire. The building was destroyed.
Traditionally a contender in the Big Eight, the football program seemed to have lost its way once the Big 12 Conference was created. In 1995, the last year of the Big Eight, Kansas ranked second in the conference. Since the addition of four Texas schools, Kansas has finished no higher than fourth out of six in the north division.
For the better part of the 1980s and '90s, Kansas men's basketball was a consistent contender in the Big 12 as well as the NCAA Tournament. Kansas won
the national title in 1988 under the leadership of Danny Manning and went to the Final Four in 1991,2002 and 2003 with coach Roy Williams.
When enrolling in the early and mid-'80s, students filed into Allen Fieldhouse, where each instructor waited with a set of
punch cards that represented the maximum enrollment for his or her class. Once the professor ran out of cards, the class was full.
In spring 2003, students began to enroll in the privacy of their own bedrooms, online. While this has increased enrollment flexibility, it also made the
process less personal. Because students could find their own alternatives and Add/Drop with the click of a mouse, the need to complain diminished somewhat.
In October 1983, the Russians nuked Kansas City, and Lawrence was set up as a triage center where the injured and
homeless congregated. In the ABC made-for-TV movie The Day After, more than 2,000 KU students and faculty served as extras in the film, which showed the possible aftermath of a nuclear war. In the film, a packed Memorial Stadium let up a massive cheer as U.S. ICBMs raced toward their targets in the Soviet Union.
The film's crew and talent filled Lawrence for weeks, shooting at locations including Lawrence Memorial Hospital and the Kansas River bridge, where a massive refugee camp was established. When the film was released, it came out to mixed reviews. Liberals felt that it was further justification for unilateral disarmament while conservatives criticized it as an attack on former President Ronald Reagan's foreign policy. For a short time, Lawrence was the center of U.S. politics.
In October 2001, Bailey Hall became the sixth campus building to be added to the National Register of Historic Places. Other historic buildings include old Green Hall, Lippincott Hall, Strong Hall, Dyche Hall and Spooner Hall, which houses the Museum of Anthropology and is the oldest building on campus used for academics.
Each building on campus has
University Archives, Spencer Research Library in October 1983, more than 2,000 students and faculty served as extras in the made-for-TV movie, The Day After, which showed the possible aftermath of nuclear war.
a namesake, but only one is named after a president of baseball's American League. In 1994, Gene A. Budig, the 14th chancellor who served from 1981 to 1994, was elected president of the American League. He maintained that position until 2000 when he became the senior advisor to Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig.
— Story by Jonathan Kealing Additional material for this article was supplied By This Week In KU History. www.kuhistory.com, a project of the KU Memorial Units.
Story by Jonathan Kealing
Vietnam Memorial overcomes conflict, vandals
By Mindy Osbourne
correspondent@kansan.com
Kansan correspondent
Every day, hundreds walk by without even giving it a second thought.
But at the time of the Vietnam Memorial's inception and construction, it was anything but overlooked.
During the 1960s, dissent and protests were rampant among students. According to www.kuhistory.com, acts like student protests, bomb threats, arson and incidents of sniper fire occurred in reaction to the war. The fervor carried on, although to a much lesser degree, even after the war's end in 1975.
It then took eight years for even
The Vietnam Memorial, across from the Chi Omega fountain, commemorates the 55 KU students and alumni who were killed, missing or held prisoner in the conflict. the idea of a memorial to be proposed. Jim Sherman, professor of Human Development and Family
Life, said because of the controversial nature of the war, memorials took a long time to be erected, not only at the University of Kansas, but also the rest of the country.
"Compared to World War II, where they were built immediately afterwards. Vietnam had a lot more dispute as to whether it was a just war," he said.
Nonetheless, in the fall of 1983, with the encouragement of student body president Lisa Ashner, an overwhelming majority of Student Senate agreed to fund a memorial. Over time, more money was collected from local veteran and campus organizations.
But along the way there were many delays. Arguments over who
should design, what it should look like, location and general politics of the issue took hold and delayed the construction.
Eventually the committee agreed upon a design, by architecture students and professors. Similar to Washington, D.C.'s memorial, the monument would consist of a 65-foot, L-shaped wall of native limestone that would bear the names of the 55 then-known KU students or alumni who were either killed or declared missing or prisoners of war in Vietnam. The wall would also feature an engraving of a soldier's helmet on a rifle next to a pair of boots, the symbol of a fallen comrade, with the inscription: Lest we forget the courage, honor and sacrifice of our fellow students.
Nov. 11, 1985, Veterans' Day, was the day planned for the groundbreaking. The event was marred by vandals who stole the posted blueprint for the sight. On May 25, 1986, the memorial was dedicated.
For people like Sherman, the memorial is bittersweet. As a longtime Lawrence resident and someone who served in the army from 1964-1996, though never called to action, he understands the meaning of the Vietnam Memorial.
"Memorials are always useful to remind us of the tragedy of the early death of people," he said, "but you never want to enhance the nature of the war."
—Edited by Neeley Spellmeier
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