Section A · Page 6
The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, November 5, 1997
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Loud music, yelling, singing and other somewhat irritating noises can be especially prevalent in college towns and at college campuses.
Few campus noise complaints voiced
mcorcoran@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Mary Corcoran
But what if a professor cannot teach his or her class because of excess noise in the hallway?
According to Lawrence statute 14-413: "It shall be unlawful to make, continue, maintain or cause ... any excessive, unreasonable or unusually loud noise which disturbs,
Most University department representatives who have offices in Wescoe Hall did not voice much concern about the noise level of students in hallways.
KU police follow the same city statute.
injures, endangers the repose, health, peace or safety of other people of ordinary sensitivity within the vicinity of the noise."
Representatives from the English, Spanish and Portuguese departments said they never had filed formal noise complaints.
If a problem existed, representatives said they would ask loud students to be quiet or just shut the classroom door.
"Students are usually pretty noisy between classes, but I've never really had a problem with them disrupting class," said Brian Daldorph, assistant professor in English. Daldorph teaches Introduction to Poetry classes in Wescoe Hall.
KU police Sgt. Chris Keary said the police department received more noise complaints from residence halls and Jayhawker Towers than from processors.
"We'll send an officer out to investigate to see that we can get the
student to move or stop making the noise," Keary said. "A lot of the time it happens with the preachers that come to campus. We usually go up and talk to them and offer them an alternate location that won't disturb class."
Residence-hall noise complaints usually are handled by security monitors and resident assistant staff. Keary said.
"Most of the time if we just ask them to turn it down or to quiet down, they will," Keary said. "Rarely do we have to make an arrest involving a noise complaint."
El Niño winter may be warmer,wetter in Kansas
By Jason Pearce
By Jason Pearce
Kansan correspondent
In late October, a large snowstorm dropped 18 inches of snow on Goodland in less than 36 hours, creating large snow drifts that damaged property and trapped people inside their homes.
Some weather forecasters have claimed that the storm, which broke Kansas' October snowfall record, was an effect of El Niño.
But, said Mary Knapp, Kansas State University Agricultural Experiments Service employee, El
Nino could not directly be blamed for the snowstorm.
"Individual storm patterns can vary depending upon the actual position of the jet stream, but that storm was a typical snowstorm," Knapp said.
During a typical year, easterly winds push warm ocean water away from the coast of South America toward Africa. The water is then replaced by cooler water from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.
During an El Niño year, the easterly winds either stop or reverse direction, causing the stable water
off the west coast of South America to heat. When that water becomes warm enough, it fuels tropical thunderstorms and hurricanes throughout the Pacific Ocean.
These storms push the warm air higher than 50,000 feet, which affects the jet stream winds and changes weather patterns throughout the world.
Donna Tucker, KU assistant professor of atmospheric science, said this year's El Niño could be the strongest ever recorded but that Kansas should not have any dramatic changes in its winter
weather conditions.
George Phillips, science and operations officer at the National Weather Service in Topeka, said Kansas might be a little warmer and wetter this winter because of El Niño but that no drastic changes were expected.
Phillips said weather would be warmer than normal in the northern plains states, which include Montana and North Dakota, and wetter than normal in the southeast United States and California.
Tucker said the main effects of El Niño would be felt in late January or early February.
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