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Thursday November 20,1997
Campus model changes with the times
By Daniel E. Thompson
dthompson@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
For 30 years, KU students have been able to walk the length of campus in two short steps on the fourth floor of the Kansas Union.
And because of the expertise of model makers, that campus has reflected the changes of time.
The model of Mount Oread in the Kansas Union was updated almost two years ago, but few noticed. The renovations to the inchestall campus buildings happened much more quietly than the actual-size counterparts.
Now, the Dyche Hall addition juts out behind the building, the Kansas Union is renovated with a new plaza and Budig Hall, complete with glass and auditoria, looms on Javhawk Boulevard.
The five-foot square model is bounded by Iowa, 19th, Tennessee and 10th streets. The Campanile stands just more than one inch tall instead of 120 feet.
The most recent renovation of the model cost $3,400 and took about two months.
The model is built to exacting standards. Topographical maps, architectural drawings and campus flyovers are used to make sure everything is correct, said Bill Towns, Kansas Union operations supervisor and model manager.
The model was a gift of the Class of 1962 and is updated twice a decade, on average, to reflect campus changes.
The model, built at a scale of about one inch to 100 feet, was updated by Omni Models Inc. of Kansas City, Mo. Towns said
"We were going to put a charcoal briquet for Hoch," said Pat Beard, building services manager, jokingly.
The model last was updated in 1996. Omni did not use materials from the patio grill; instead, they used architects' plans and drawings to construct a model of a finished Budig Hall.
Mike Waldron, scale-model maker at Omii, said his company had updated the model three or four times in more than a decade. Each time, the model was moved to offices in Kansas City.
"We knew from architectural drawings what Budig would look like," Towns said. "We gave them the architectural drawings."
"It's a little chore to get it out," Waldron said.
He said industrial suction cups were used to get the clear, protective covering off. The model separates into two pieces, which are
Towns said the rolling pedestal was a modified piano cart. The model must be moved when the fourth floor of the Union is needed for functions, he said.
removed from the wooden pedestal.
"You can see the difference on the finish if you look close enough." Waldron said.
The original model was built using wood for the buildings and wood and plaster for the landscape, Waldron said. Omni uses plexiglass and stvrene plastic.
The clear, protective covering over the model used to be glass, Towns said, until someone sat on it about 12 years ago.
"He had to go to the hospital and have shards of glass removed from his posterior," Towns said.
Towns said the incident became an opportunity to update and repair the model. When repairs were finished, a new safety-glass cover was installed.
But no renovation probably ever will show the large part of campus across Iowa Street. West Campus isn't included in the model.
Towns said it would require a satellite model, and probably would never happen.
Waldron said a new model of that size and scale would cost about $25,000 to $30,000.
This model of the University of Kansas campus sits in the fourth floor of the Kansas Union. The model, built at a scale of one inch to 100 feet, was a gift from the class of 1962. Photo by Holly Grashong/KANSAN
KAW microstation has hope
California ruling may set precedent
By Rachache Detwiler
rdetwiler@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Volunteers at KAW radio are optimistic after a federal judge's ruling in a California micro-radio station case.
On Nov. 12, Judge Claudia Wilken decided that the Federal Communications Commission's requirement that all microstations be licensed was unconstitutional. But the decision is not final, and the FCC has 14 days to present its view of the case. A battle concerning licensing between Free Radio Berkeley and the FCC spurred the decision.
KAW-FM, a Lawrence, volunteer-run radio station, faces a similar struggle with the FCC.
In early October, the FCC received complaints about the unauthorized 10-watt broadcast of KAW.
The FCC began an investigation and sent a letter warning KAW that the station must broadcast at 100 watts and receive a license. FCC field investigators then inspected the microstation two weeks ago, as part of the licensing process.
Last week, a KAW volunteer delivered letters and petitions supporting the station to the FCC office in Kansas City, Mo. The FCC has not responded to the delivery, said Dennis Highberger, KAW's attorney.
Although Judge Wilken's decision is not final, High伯贤 said the ruling could help KAW but only if the FCC takes KAW's operators to court.
He said the microstation would benefit if the final ruling stated that not licensing stations under 100 watts was unconstitutional.
If the final ruling says that it is constitutional and the FCC takes
KAW to court, volunteers would be apprehensive.
Alan Nelson, a 1992 KU graduate and station volunteer, said that judges in the Midwest might be more conservative than those in California and less sympathetic to microstations.
"It's a possibility that the judges are more conservative, but we won't judge them because they haven't had a chance to judge us," Nelson said.
For now, volunteers will continue to broadcast on schedule.
Nelson said he did not expect the FCC to take immediate action against KAW. He said they may wait until the FCC and Free Radio Berkeley, which have been fighting in court for two years, settle the dispute.
"They might be trying to wee: us down." Nelson said. "They're getting paid. We have a volunteer staff. They're good, but they can't do it forever."
School's out for some summer classes
By Mike Perryman
Kansan staff writer
The Provost's office sent out the 1998 summer course budgets for each of the University's schools Tuesday. The budgets totaled about $2.2 million, down from last summer's $2.3 million budget.
Schools at the University of Kansas must decide which classes to offer this summer, even though the schools do not know how many students will enroll or whether the schools will have teachers for those courses.
All of the schools will turn budgets and summer course offerings into the registrar's office by Monday.
The University would like to see its schools offer a greater number of courses for students, said Rich Givens, associate provost.
"Some students have difficulty fitting all of their courses into the academic
year," he said. "The summer acts as a third semester for them, so there needs to be a number of classes available."
The different schools try to offer enough courses to fill the University's base budget. The schools project the size of enrollment and base the number of courses to be offered on that number.
If summer enrollment is higher than the schools expect, the excess money from tuition returns is spent on departmental needs.
Jolene Fairchild, budget coordinator for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said she expected an increase in the number of courses offered next summer.
"Right now there is a high demand, and we want the courses to be available to those students who wish to stick around and attend summer classes," she said.
However, sometimes schools cannot offer enough summer courses to fill their base budgets because there are not enough teachers.
Stetler said that during the summer, faculty received two biweekly paychecks. A summer course usually lasts from six to eight weeks, but the instructors only get paid for four weeks. he said.
"We want to offer enough summer courses for students to catch up or get ahead," said Dean Stetler, director of undergraduate biology. "But it's hard to find faculty who are willing to teach in the summer."
"Some teachers don't view that month of salary as fair enough, or even worth their time," he said. "It's difficult to say whether we'll be offering more courses because we're not sure if there'll be enough faculty to cover them yet."
Student Senate has quiet night, passes resolution
By Tim Harrisonon
By Tim Harrington tharrington@kansan.com
Kansan staff writes
Student Senate committee members must have known there was a men's basketball game going on last night.
The final set of committee meetings before the holidays were finished in what seemed to be record time. The committees took care of what was, for the most part, routine business.
"I think the reason it was so quiet was primarily that this was the last meeting before the break," said Kelly Huffman, Student Executive Committee chairman. "Anything big that would take several days to work on will have to wait until next semester."
Last night's highlight was a resolution that passed without debate in the Rights Committee. The resolution would allow the Student Senate-funded KU Legal Services to advise students in disputes with the University.
The resolution was brought off the floor by Student Body President Scott Sullivan and passed by acclimation, meaning the committee was in such unanimous agreement that it passed the resolution without a vote.
Sullivan said that if the resolution passed in the next Student Senate meeting on Dec. 3 and was signed by Chancellor Robert Hemenway, it would be implemented this summer.
The resolution still would not allow the service to file suit against the University or represent students in trial.
Sullivan had been working on the resolution with Student Body Vice President Mike Walden for several months, consulting various University administrators.
"I guess it was just a good idea," Huffman said of how little debate the resolution elicited. "Every now and then there's a quiet night, and tonight was ours."
Tonight was contrasted by recent Senate and committee meetings that had been accented by lengthy and heated debates.
Senate committees will meet again on January 14, 1998.
Beta Theta Pifaces sanctions after alleged hazing incident
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After investigating the complaint, members of the executive board of the Interfraternity Council filed charges against the fraternity.
After concluding its investigation and sanctioning the members, the council passed the complaint on to KU administrators in the department of student life.
Nelson would not comment about the specifics of the IFC's sanctions in order to not influence the decision of KU administrators. James Kitchen, associate vice chancellor and dean of student life, is leading the group of administrators who are investigating the complaint.
The most severe penalty for a hazing violation is expulsion of the organization from the University.
"The whole situation is not resolved yet; it is the University well placed."
yet, but the University will respond to it," Nelson said. Corey Johnson, president of Beta Theta Pi, said the chapter had been cooperative with the investigation. He said he would not comment about the incident that led to the sanctions until the University had made its decision.
"We're still waiting to see what the University will do," Johnson said.
The fraternity was placed on interim suspension last week while it considered an appeal to the sanctions, Nelson said. He would not say whether the suspension was still in effect.
Masturbating man seen outside of McCollum Hall
A KU student saw a man masturbating Monday when she looked out the window of her room in McCollum Hall.
The 18-year-old woman saw the man at 11:55 p.m. outside of the hall. He was wearing blue jeans, a dark blue coat and a stocking cap.
Interim suspension means that a fraternity cannot vote in interfraternal elections, participate in intramurals or have parties. The fraternity also loses organizational privileges with the University.
The student said she was too far above the ground to judge the man's height or to see other details about his description.
KU police continue to investigate the incident.
—Kansan staff report
CORRECTION
A photograph that ran on page 6A of yesterday's "Kansas" misidentified the location of lost-and found items. Although the central lost and found is located at Carruth-O'Leary Hall in the KU police department, the pictured items were at the lost and found in the Kansas Union.
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