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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
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ansan
Thursday
September 4,1997
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Vol. 104 - No. 10
Tens of millions of monarch butterflies, the largest migration in 20 years are expected to land in Kansas sometime during September.
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
New daycare plans move ahead
Yang Liu, 4, swings off the side of the jungle gym while his schoolmates play above him. They were bivlina vredestard at Hilltoon Child Development Center. Photo by Tara Brendley/KANSAN
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Architects, site chosen for center
By Matthew Friedrichs and Tim Harrington
Kansas staff writers
A new child-care center to replace the aging Hilltop Child Development Center is on the fast track for design and construction, provost David Shulenburger said.
Andrew Rohrback/KANSAN
The University has hired Rafael Architects Inc. as the project architectural firm, chosen a site near the Burge Union and received approval to issue revenue bonds from the Kansas Legislature, Shulenburger said.
The University plans to take construction bids next summer. The center could open by January 2000, Shulenburger said.
On April 9, 1997, University of Kansas Student Senate passed a bill financing construction of a new child-care facility after former Senate president Grey Montgomery reached a compromise with Chancellor Robert Hemenway and Shulenburger.
The agreement ended a three-year struggle to finance a new center.
The total project cost is expected to be $3.2 million, said Warren Corman, University architect.
According to the Senate bill, the new center will have space for 220 children, 70 children more than Hilltop's capacity.
The new center will be financed by money collected from an existing $2 student fee, which will be increased to $4, and revenue bonds sold by the KU administration.
The space is needed because about 200 children — about half of whom are under the age of 3 — are on the waiting list for child care at Hilltop, said Pat Pisani, Hilltop director.
Although the new center still would not have enough spaces for all the children on the waiting list, Pisani and Montgomery said they were pleased to reach the agreement.
The Senate bill calls for 66 percent of the
children's spots to be reserved for KU students' children. The remainder would be reserved for children of KU faculty and staff. Pisani said.
Rafael Architects is working on site plans. Once the initial site surveys have been completed, the architects will work with a provost-appointed committee to design the new child-care center, Shulen-burger said.
The committee will include student representatives who have not yet been appointed, Pisani, and representatives of the office of design and construction management.
He expected the Regents to approve the increase in student fees this fall.
Pisani said she was excited about the new child-care center and grateful to the University students, faculty and staff who made the need for a new center an issue.
She already has met with the architects, but the new child-care center is still in the very beginning stages.
"We're hoping that it will be a real model for campus child care in the U.S.," she said.
Pisani said the new center would be built around a Kansas nature and environment theme with state flowers and animals worked into the landscape and design.
dren of KU students and faculty, increased service for some children with disabilities and better playground space, Pisani said.
She said the center would be built with a big enough kitchen and mechanical systems to expand in the future.
Advantages of the new center will include more daycare spots for the chil-
Corman said the University chose Rafael Architects Inc., headquartered in Kansas City, Mo., as the project architects after reviewing proposals from about 30 firms and interviewing five firms.
University baits scholars with dollars
90 National Merit scholars attend University; Hemenway nears goal
By Matthew Friedrichs Kansan staff writer
Scott Raymond, Kansas City, Mo., freshman, could have attended any of a dozen large and small Midwestern colleges and universities with a full scholarship.
After months of review and visits to schools, Raymond decided that the academic programs at the large state universities were comparable to one another. He chose to attend the University of
Kansas.
graduating high school seniors nationwide. They are selected by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1955. Selections are based on standardized test scores, high school academics and extracurricular-activity involvement.
Raymond is a member of a record freshman class of National Merit scholars at the University. He and 89 other scholars — including 67 from Kansas — enrolled as freshmen at the University this fall, according to unofficial University totals.
"Lawrence was just a cooler town than some of the other college towns," Raymond said.
Two years ago. Hemenway set a goal for the University to recruit at least 100 National
"The fact that so many National Merit students have chosen to come to KU says something about the quality of the institution," Chancellor Robert Hemenway said.
National Merit scholars represent the top 1 percent of
Renovations to Memorial Stadium advanced two years
Attracting merit
National Merit Scholarship identifying KU as their first choice (Some students identify KU as their first choice but do not enroll. Others enroll without selecting KU as their first choice):
National Merit Scholars
Andrew Rohrback/KANSAN
See MERIT on page 3A
Athletic Director Bob Frederick said that the new product would be completed in time for the start of the 1999 football season.
By Kelly Cannon
kcannon@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The first phase of the project, which consists of renovations to the infrastructure, concession stands, concourse and restrooms, will be completed in time for the 1998 football season, Frederick said.
Kansas football fans will not have to wait until 2001 to enjoy a renovated Memorial Stadium.
"We have had a lot of help from a lot of people to accelerate this project by two years," Frederick said.
The second phase, which includes a
Frederick said that suite prices would be announced by the first of the year and that there would be a five- to 10-year minimum to purchase a suite.
"We have been talking to people about the suites for a couple of years," Frederick said. "We have handshake agreements for 30 of the 36 suites so far."
new press box and private suites located directly below, will be finished before the 1999 season.
The first part of the project will begin after the 1997 season and after the area below the stadium has been cleared out.
The area below the stadium has become a warehouse during the years, Frederick said. Both KU Concessions and the Kansas Union Bookstore use the area and have agreed to vacate the stadium before November.
The estimated cost of the renovation project, which also includes renovations to Allen Field House, is $32 million. Moving up the projected completion date will not cost more money. Frederick said.
After the demolition and reconstruction, the underside of Memorial Stadium will be open.
"On Monday, Nov. 3, we will start demolition," Frederick said.
Kansas football coach Terry Allen said he was excited about the renovations.
"It's a great tool for recruiting," Allen said. "And probably more important than everything, it facilitates a better arena for people to attend games."
The renovation schedule and designs for the field house have not been set, but Frederick said those plans should be known within the next month.
Student reports on-campus rape; fourth reported incident this year
By Mary Corcoran
mccorcan@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
A KU student said she was raped Tuesday in an apartment in Tower D of Jayhawker Towers, 1600 W. 15th St.
The woman, an 18-year-old KU student, identified Dwayne "Ice" Lopes at the alleged rapist, KU police said. Lopes, a 20-year-old KU student, was arrested yesterday morning at 6:45 a.m., police said.
The woman told police she had gone to Lopes' apartment in the towers to visit him. Lopes and the victim were acquaintances, she told police. She said she was in the apartment from 10:30 to 10:45 p.m.
The victim said Lopes physically forced her to have sexual intercourse with him while she was in his apartment, even after she had told him no several times, police said. The woman reported the rape to police at 11:46 p.m.
This is the fourth on-campus rape reported this year, according to KU police statistics.
Police said that alcohol was not involved in the rape.
Lopes was released from the Douglas County Jail at 2:45 p.m. yesterday, jail officials said. District Attorney Christine Tonkovich has decided not to file charges against Lopes at this time. She is waiting for more information on the case.
Peace Corps volunteers
Top 10 Peace Corps volunteer-producing universities and colleges (Since 1961);
1. University of California at Berkeley, 2,960 volunteers
3. University of Washington, 1,990 volunteers
4. Harvard University, 1,966 volunteers
2. University of Wisconsin at Madison, 2,237 volunteers
5. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1,821 volunteers
6. Michigan State University, 1,756 volunteers
7. University of Colorado at Boulder, 1,633 volunteers
10. Stanford University, 1,240 volunteers
8. University of Illinois Urbana Campus, 1,550 volunteers
9. University of California at Los Angeles, 1,445 volunteers
Schools in the top 50 from the Big 12
16. University of Texas at Austin, 1,091 volunteers
18. University of Kansas, 651 volunteers
Peace Corps gives students, grads chance to build worldly resumes
Study ranks KU 38th in volunteer numbers
By Gwen Olson
golson@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
During the years, many KU alumni have postponed entering the work force to volunteer around the world.
A study released in August listed the 50 universities that have produced the most Peace Corps volunteers.
With 651 volunteers, the University of Kansas ranks 38th nationwide for the number of graduates who have served in the Peace Corps since it was founded in 1961. The University ranks 22nd in the nation for the number of volunteers who are actively serving.
Jeff Martin, representative for the Denver region of the Peace Corps, said that the number of applicants from the University had grown during the years.
The top university was the University of California at Berkeley, with 2,960 volunteers. The University of Colorado at Boulder ranked 7th, with 1,633 volunteers, and the University of Texas at Austin ranked 16th with 1,091 volunteers.
Applicants must complete two interviews, a physical examination and a background check to determine their eligibility. Martin said that the application process takes six months to a year to complete.
"KU started out slow, but now the ball is really rolling," he said. "We have seen a renewed involvement from students at KU."
The Peace Corps sends a representative to the University twice a semester to recruit new members and interview interested students.
Martin said the recruiters are most interested in juniors and seniors at universities. He said that 97 percent of Peace Corps volunteers have a college degree.
"College campuses are still our main recruitment," he said. "Seniors just starting out is the best time because by the time the application process is completed they are ready to graduate and go out into the world."
Martin also said involvement in the Peace Corps can often help people when they enter the job market.
"Someone who was in the Peace Corps is worldly," he said. "It definitely pulls the resume out of the pile."
Peace Corps recruiter Barb Hilpman said that the application process was designed to prepare people for what they would encounter while in the corps.
"In the interview we go over issues that are real to the applicant," she said. "We try to tell them that by getting involved there is a possibility of having a lot of stress in their lives."
Hilman said that volunteers make a 27-month commitment that usually is spent in another country.
Jenette Nagy, a recent KU graduate, was sent to Gabon, Africa for her two-year stint with the Peace Corps.
"I did health education in a town of about 1,000 people," she said. "I usually taught nutrition, hygiene and sex education."
Nagy said her experiences in the Peace Corps changed her life.
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"It helped give me direction and an idea of what life is like for the rest of the planet." she said.
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