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KJHK likely to continue under new management of Kansas, Burge Unions
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
By Mike Norris
mnorris@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
And the beat goes on
The University of Kansas radio station, KJHK, has changed hands.
Originally, the station was run by the School of Journalism, but now its Federal Communications Commission license will be managed by the Kansas and Burge Unions.
and Burge Unions. The station's state of limbo began last year when James Gentry, dean of journalism, decided the school could no longer support the station as an academic mission, said David Mucci, director of the Unions.
It was then Gary Hawke, general manager of KJHK, who stepped up to find someone on campus who would take over the station.
He decided to approach the Unions about it, but his first thought was that a move might not allow the station to be student-run.
To save the station's student leader
It wasn't long after Gentry began searching for a new home for the station that the Unions expressed an interest. Mucci knew if no one claimed the station soon, the program could be eliminated.
ship, Hawke told the Unions that they could manage the station under the condition that it remain student-run.
soon, the program could be eliminated. "We had a desire for it to still be a student radio station," he said.
Hawke said that right away the Unions considered the idea. Because the Unions are focused on the students, Mucci was on the same page as Hawke.
Mucci said KJHK stressed that if the Unions were to manage KJHK,they would have to meet certain guidelines.
was on the basis of exciting," he said. "We respect what the students have done."
Those guidelines include serving the University audience, serving academic programs such as student news broadcasts and maintaining the station through fees and sponsors.
Light rides and sports. Hawke said the Unions complied. But he said it would have been easy for them to have said no.
I learn to have said no. "They didn't have to put anymore on their plate," he said. "Lots of people could have taken the easy way out."
Instead, this past week Mucci and
"KJHK is one of the best known student radio stations in the country."
Gary Hawke
General manager,KJHK
Hawke met with Andy Knopp, student body president, to talk about the situation.
"Andy was very supportive," Mucci said.
Even though the proposal has gone as far as Chancellor Robert Hemenway's desk, it still isn't 100 percent finalized.
it still is 100 percent. It must first pass through the Memorial Corporation Board, the legal authority of the Unions that is made up of 11 students and 11 non-students. But Mucci doesn't think there will be any problem.
"I would be very surprised if they didn't support it," he said.
n't support it," he said. Hawke said Mucci was instrumental in keeping the station at the University. But the board should recognize that the students, not faculty, had created the station's success, Hawke said.
station's success, Hawke said. "KJHK is one of the best-known student radio stations in the country," he
said. "And it's not me, it's the students."
Chris Shively, KJHK program director, said he would have been worried if the station had not stayed student-run.
The station had not stayed a while. "There's no telling what would have happened," he said. "It provides a lot of opportunity for expanding our audience."
KJHK remains under Hawke's eye until January, when the proposal will be presented to the Memorial Corporation Board. Hawke and Mucci expect the approval process to go smoothly.
Shively doesn't think the shift will cause problems.
approval process to go ahead. Mucci said the behind-the-scenes work Hawke did for the station had kept KIHK alive, but Hawke was quick to credit Mucci and other staff members of the Unions as the reason KJHK survived. Hawke said the staff of the Unions had gone out of its way to save the station for the University.
"Hopefully listeners won't even notice a change." Shively said.
Restoration for the University But Mucci said the students at KJHK had just as much to do with keeping the station as anyone.
station as anyone. "It's a credit to the radio station," he said. "They do an incredible job."
Above: An Ohio State University graduate student helps the University of Kansas Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurement team study the snow that accumulates on Greenland's ice sheets. The PRISM team measured the thickness of the ice sheets and the snow covering them from June 27 to July 15 and was in Greenland from June 23 to July 17. The researchers lived in the dome that is pictured below. The research was done at the North Grip research location in central Greenland.
Ice in the BALANCE
Team measures up Greenland
Edited by Nikki Overfelt
Amber Bylaray
abylaray@kansan.com
kansan staff writer
San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge could be underwater and New York City's skyscrapers might barely poke out of the ocean.
It sounds far-fetched but a University of Kansas research team is trying to determine if these watery scenarios could become reality.
Members of the Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements team went to Greenland this summer to test equipment they had either built or modified at the University. They gathered data that would help geologists map the ice sheets.
would help geologist PRISM is researching and mapping the ice sheets to try to determine if its base is composed of rock, water or ice.
Team member Hans Harmon, Lawrence graduate student, said knowing the composition of the ice sheet base helped scientists determine how quickly the ice was coming off the sheet. If the base is water, it will move faster than if the base is rock or ice.
Members are also trying to determine the thickness of the ice sheets and learn more about its internal layers. This will help researchers understand the history of the ice sheets, in particular, whether they are melting faster now than they were in the past.
ing faster now that they are ice sheets are formed when snow falls. They're destroyed when a glacier pushes them into the ocean. As long as ice sheets form as quickly as they are destroyed, there won't be a problem. When there's an imbalance — if it's too hot, or if there's too much pressure — then the glaciers will push ice sheets into the ocean causing water levels to rise anywhere from 7 to 70 meters. This could cover coastal cities such as San Francisco or New York and destroy flood plains by covering them with salt water.
The team is researching to determine at what rate the ice sheets are being destroyed and created, though tangible results may be some way off. The team is at least a decade away from knowing how fast things are happening and what is happening, said David Braaten, team member and associate professor of atmospheric science.
atmosphere science. When in Greenland, the team tested its bistatic radar, which uses two antennae: one to emit radio signals and one to receive the signals. The team also tested dual-mode radar, which allowed
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Main bust disrupts Daisy Hill services
By Steve Schmidt
sschmidt@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
When Lewis Hall resident Derek Klaus went to take a 7 a.m. shower yesterday, he had a bit of a rude awakening no water pressure.
no water pressure.
"I had to brush my teeth with a bottle of water," the Wichita sophomore said.
A water main broke behind Nunemaker Hall about 4:30 a.m., leaving Daisy Hill residents without water and some without air conditioning.
Nona Golledge, assistant director of housing and dining, said many adjustments were made to get through breakfast and lunch hours, such as changing cooking methods and the menu.
She said the Coca-Cola Company brought bottles of water for students and staff in the morning. In addition, water was brought in from the Oliver Dining Center for cooking purposes.
"We went into challenge mode and figured out what had to be done to feed the students with minimal inconvenience," Golledge said.
Diana Robertson, associate director of the Department of Student Housing, said notices were posted about 5:30 a.m., informing residents of the situation. The Department of Student Housing wanted to fix the problem by midafternoon, but Klaus said his water was back about 10:30 a.m. Lawrence utility workers replaced about 20 feet of water pipe to fix the problem.
Water was back and running by 11 a.m. at Mrs. E's.
"We're thankful that it was a relatively quick repair," Robertson said.
The pipe break also had a significant effect on Mrs. E's as food was limited because of the lack of water. For example, the majority of beverages were unavailable because the drink stations are operated by water lines.
a. m. at Mrs. E.'s Several air-conditioning units temporarily shut down because there wasn't enough water to condense, making for some sticky and sweaty situations, including at the cafeteria.
But this wasn't the first water main break on campus this year.
On Jan. 27, a water main break at the corner of Tennessee and 14th streets caused nearby buildings to be without water for a large part of the day. The break, which happened a little after 11 a.m., also sent a flood of mud and water into the streets. Crews cut power temporarily to those buildings, while the Lawrence utility department fixed the pipe well into the night.
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