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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, September 30, 1997
No bones about it, wait to house dinosaur remains could be lengthy
Architecture student wins design contest
By Marcelo Vilela Special to the Kansan
A structure to house the 140-million-year-old bones of a bromtosaurus-sized dinosaur and its cow-sized baby is designed and waiting for construction on campus.
Lorena Godoy, Asuncion, Paraguay, senior, explains her winning design. Godoy won the contest to design a building to hold the Camaraasauruses' bones now in storage at the Natural History Museum. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
The design for the building was selected from about 100 designs submitted in a contest held by and for architecture students.
The permanent structure is planned to be between Dyche and Lippincott Halls. It will measure about 2,000 square feet, 90 feet long and 25 feet high. It has a main structure reminiscent of a back bone, with open walls covered with glass and a light shell structure, most likely net mesh. It will have two entrances, one at Jayhawk Boulevard and one at Mississippi Street. The adult and baby skeletons will hang from the top of the structure.
The dinosaurs, known as camasaurus, are almost as large as a brontosaurus.
"We wanted something that didn't just fill up the area between Lippincott and Dyche but that would be large enough to house the dinosaurs," said Adrienne Goodwin, president of the KU chapter of the American Institute
of Architecture Studies and organizer of the contest.
The only question remaining is when, or if, construction of the camaraasauruses' home will start.
"The University would have to identify the project as a priority, which it should be, because it would be the first dinosaur house between Denver and Chicago." Bradley Kemp, the Natural History Museum's assistant director for public affairs, said.
The fossils of the camarasauruses were in Wyoming until this summer when Larry Martin, the Natural History Museum's curator of paleontology, brought the bones of the two dinosaurs to the University. The adult measures about 14 feet in height and 60 feet in length. The baby is slightly larger than a cow. The bones are in the storage rooms of the Natural History Museum and are being reconstructed for exhibition.
Space limitations in Dyche Hall made it impossible to accommodate the skeleton. This led Martin and David Griffin, an architecture professor, to create an alternative way to find shelter for the bones: a contest that would integrate the paleontology department and the Architecture School. The Architecture School competition to design a suitable home for the skeletons was held at the end of August.
The winning design was a model by Lorena Godoy, Asuncion,
Paraguay, senior.
"I think that she understood the site and the need for circulation," Goodwin said. She said the jury received about 100 proposals.
Godoy is afraid she won't see her creation on campus for the next 20
years.
"I don't know if my design is going to be built," she said, "But if it is, I'll be overwhelmed. It's going to be more than I ever expected."
There is no estimated cost for the structure.
Watkins offers cheap shots in flu season
Get $5 vaccine now, stay disease-free later
By Sarah Chadwick
schodwick@kansan.com
Kansan stuff writer
Even though it's still September, it's not too early to start thinking about flu shots, said Randall Rock, Watkins Health Center chief of staff.
"We like to get people to start in come in and get immunized in early October and November." Rock said. "It takes about two
Starting tomorrow, flu shots will be offered at Watkins for $5. Students can make appointments or walk in to receive their vaccinations.
weeks after you get the shot for it to be protective. You want to get it done before flu season hits, and you get exposed."
Flu season starts in mid-November and lasts until March. The flu shot can reduce the chances of getting ill if exposed to the virus.
The efficiency of the flu shot is 70 to 90 percent in young adults, Rock said. The vaccination works especially well when the vaccine and the circulating strain that causes the illness are closely matched.
Rock emphasized the importance of getting a shot every year.
"This is not something that cures you from year to year," he said. "If you had it last year, you still need it again this year. Commonly, tetanus shots are good for
10 years and mumps, measles and rubella shots last a lifetime, but the flu shot is a little bit different and needs to be repeated on a yearly basis."
The Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department also offers flu shots for $5 through the month of October at different locations around the county.
"Students usually go to Wattkins, but we have a few that come to us because they can't get in to other clinics," Elaine Houston, Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department nurse, said. "Often with students in large groups of people or large living situations, if there is a flu outbreak, you're more prone to getting it."
For a complete list of dates and locations, call 843-0721.
Watkins flu shots will be given
Flu shot info
Flu shots start Oct.1
No shots sent on CTN.
Students need shots by mid-November for them to be effective
Shots cost $5 at Watkins Health Center and Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
No appointments necessary
For more information call Wakatens at 864-9500 or Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department at 843-0721
half-price at the Health Fair Oct. 16 and Oct. 17., and booths will be set up at the Kansas Union and at residence halls throughout October, Rock said. Those dates have not yet been decided.
All-Scholarship Hall Council forms committee
Kansan staff writer
smcwilliams@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
By Sarah McWilliams
Residents of scholarship halls who are itching to become a leader have a chance with a new program.
Members of the All-Scholarship Hall Council started a program this semester designed to get freshman members of scholarship halls into the leadership state of mind.
Mike Schindler, Kansas City, Mo., junior and president of the council, said members came up with the plan in hope of filling some gaps in a cycle of leadership. They set up a committee of selected residents to train future leaders and address campus issues.
"Every two or three years, all of our strong leaders graduate." Schindler said. "We wanted
to make it a smooth procession for our new residents to get them involved in leadership activities."
Members of the leadership committee have split into action groups to deal with scholarship hall issues such as a night escort service from campus to the halls, resident recruitment efforts, campus cleanup and peer advising.
Chancellor Robert Hemenway spoke at the first leadership committee meeting, which Schindler described as a starting point to get the committee thinking about issues in the scholarship halls.
Council members also have invited Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center to speak, as well as Scott Sullivan and Mike Walden, president and vice president of the student body and Jim Kitchen, dean of
The program also includes guest speakers who discuss leadership with residents.
student life, Schindler said.
Each of the scholarship halls sets up its own guidelines to select three freshman residents for the leadership committee. Some halls held interviews, while others required students to submit applications.
Olga Ramm, Manhattan freshman, joined the committee this semester. Ramm said that because the committee was new, she didn't know how large its voice would be in scholarship hall government.
Lucas Neece, Topea freshman, said he joined the committee because it seemed like an excellent opportunity to be involved on campus. Being on the committee also gives him a chance to meet residents of other scholarship halls, he said.
"It's kind of ambiguous as to whether it could work or not." Ramm said.
"I'm looking forward to finding problems and helping to fix them." Neece said.
New liquor store offers spirited fare to area gourmets
By Ann Premer
apremer@kansan
Kansas staff writer
The shelves are stocked with alcohol, but the dell case is still missing at Cork & Barrel.
Lawrence's only combined gourmet food and liquor store, which opened its doors Sept.18, will have all aspects of its business completed this weekend after all its equipment and products have arrived.
"I think we should have everything up and running by Saturday," Dan Bloomgren, manager and KU graduate, said. "We'll bring cheeses in from all over."
“Believe it or not we've already sold a couple,” Bloomgren said of the canned octopus. “Chances are that if people are looking for something different or obscure, they'll find it here.”
Two other Lawrence liquor stores Bloomgren is associated with also have changed their names to Cork & Barrel: Johnson's Wine and Spirits, 1410 Kasold Drive, and Parkway Liquor, 3514 Clinton Parkway. These two stores do not sell gourmet food.
Bloomgren said that he had visions of a liquor/gourmet food store for several years but that he decided on the name last winter when he was on a ski lift at Breckenridge.
"We were just bouncing ideas off each other, and I came up with this." Bloomgren said.
Cork & Barrel, which is at the former Hastings site, is 11,000 square feet. Bloomgren said that most liquor stores were about 2,000 square feet.
"The store is five times the size of the average," Bloomgren said. "Some of the existing stores in Lawrence could fit inside our beer cooler."
"We'll bring cheeses in from all over."
Dan
Bloomgren cork & barrel manager
Cork & Barrel employs 12 employees, 11 of whom are KU students. Bloomgren said.
Bloomgreen has owned and operated liquor stores in Lawrence since 1988 after he graduated from the University of Kansas.
His wife, Jill Bloomgren,
owns the Cork and street located
at the Southwest Plaza, 23rd
and Iowa streets.
Prior to last year, Kansas statutes prohibited a couple from owning more than one liquor store. But the law was changed and it now allows both spouses to own one liquor store each, which allowed the Bloomgren's to open another liquor store, Dan Bloomgren said.
His first store was Johnson's Wine and Spirits, which he has since sold but still consults with the management. He now owns the former Parkway Liquor.
"We decided that it would be in everyone's best interest if we all had the same name," Dan Bloomgren said.
Bloomgren said the three stores had the same name so that they could advertise for all three and offer some of the same specials.
John Webb, owner of Webb's Wine and Spirits, 800 W. 23rd St., said that his store had not yet seen the effects of Cork & Barrel. Webb has owned the liquor store for 21 years and said that he did not plan to operate his store differently because of the new competition.
"About all I can do is do what I have been doing. That is: giving good service, a wide selection and low prices," Webb said. "That is the only way that I know how to do it."
Monica Beir, sales assistant at Cork & Barrel, prices bottles of wine. Cork & Barrel opened at 23rd and Iowa recently, and offers a wide selection of wines and liquors. Photo by Barbara Bradley/KANSAN
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