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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
Alan Corenk, English writer
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1. Russia also concerned about Iran missile tests
MOSCOW — Russia voiced concern Monday about the latest Iranian missile tests and urged Tehran to fully cooperate with a U.N. nuclear watchdog and answer questions about its secret nuclear facility, news reports said.
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after meeting with his Iranian counterpart at the United Nations in New York that he urged Tehran to be "maximally cooperative" in its contacts with the International Atomic Energy Agency regarding its previously disclosed uranium enrichment facility.
2. French filmmaker arrested years after crime
PARIS — Was Roman Polanski "thrown to the lions because of ancient history?" That's what the French culture minister says — though not everyone in France agrees.
The French government
has rushed to the filmmaker's defense since he was arrested this weekend in Switzerland on a three-decade-old U.S. charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Government ministers and France's cultural world have lauded Polanski as a great artist, a family man and a survivor of countless hardships who deserves peace at age 76.
3. To prevent smuggling, Cuba readv to talk to US
UNITED NATIONS — Cuba told the United Nations Monday that the communist regime is ready to normalize relations with the United States and will work with Washington in the meantime on other issues such as fighting drug smuggling.
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4. Bomb threat at USC
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Taking a conciliatory tone, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez told the U.N. General Assembly that Cuba had approached the American government with "a set of essential topics" it considers imperative to improving bilateral ties, including doing away with the so-called "wet-foot, dry-foot" immigration policy.
causes two evaluations BEAUFORT, S.C. — Authorities said a bomb threat forced the evacuation of two campuses at a University of South Carolina branch.
Vice Chancellor of University Advancement Lynn McGee said the threat was called into the school near the Georgia border just before 1 p.m. Monday.
LOS ANGELES — A chef is suing a Saudi Arabian prince, alleging that he routinely worked up to 14 hours a day with no overtime pay or time off at the prince's Beverly Hills estate.
The caller didn't specify a location, so university officials and law enforcement decided on a full evacuation of the school's campuses near Bluffton and downtown Beaufort.
5. Chef sues Saudi prince for lack of overtime pay
Pedro Gomez filed the lawsuit Wednesday against 69-year-old Prince Saud bin Faisal bin Abdul
Aziz al Saud, his wife and daughter in Los Angeles Superior Court
The prince could not be immediately reached for comment. He is the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia.
Gomez says he worked for the prince from 1999 to March 2009, when he was fired.
He said he prepared three meals a day for 30 people without meal breaks, rest periods or overtime pay.
6. Pastor allegedly shoots Detroit man who broke in
DETROIT — A retired police lieutenant-turned-pastor shot and wounded a man who allegedly broke into his Detroit church.
Detroit police Sgt. Eren Stephens sent the pastor had gone to Westside Bible Church Sunday evening and found the intruder inside the building. Stephens said the man began swinging an object at the pastor who pulled a handgun and shot him in the abdomen.
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Warren Corman
BY SABRINA LIEDTKE
sliedtke@kansan.com
The Kansan sat down with Warren Corman, the university architect and special assistant to the chancellor, to talk about his time at the University. Corman graduated from the University in 1950 with a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering.
How have you seen the University change over the past 60 years?
It has changed completely from a few thousand students to almost 30,000 students and the cars, there were very few cars and now it almost seems like everybody has them. You get a permit, which is a hunting license for a parking spot. As the population of students has increased so has the needs for buildings and programs. A lot of the programs were pretty simple
back in Kansas 60 years ago. In fact, Stauffer-Flint Hall used to be the shop. And I learned how to weld and do factory work.
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What does it mean to be the university architect?
I advise the chancellor on all things relating to building construction or design. We have over $100 million worth of construction going on right now.
What is a regular day for you?
I get up at five in the morning and go running for about 30 or 40 minutes. Come to work at about 6:30, come to the office, unlock it, bring in the papers.
What is you most memorable experience at the University?
Six years ago we dedicated the Dole Institute of Politics and I was in charge of the project. We had to get it done by Bob Dole's 80th birthday, because he was coming
Warren Corman, assistant Chancellor of KU, poses in the newly renovated area in front of the original wall of Allen Fieldhouse. Corman, himself a graduate of KU in 1950, is the last surviving architect who designed Allen Fieldhouse. Corman said that he was only 25 when he and other architects began drawing the plans for the building.
and we had a three-day celebration and we had about 50,000 people here for the celebration. The army was here and they flew all the living presidents in. Well, you know there's a lake around the building. Well, the day before the celebration, it had a lot of construction debris in it. It was in July and it was a hot day, so I left, I went home and got my swimsuit on. I got a fork stick and I put a nail in it, got a big trash bag and I waded that lake all day long picking up trash. The chancellor drove by and yelled at me "What are you doing out there playing in the water?" So he always tells people I was playing in the water but I got it all cleaned up!
Designing buildings that people like and love and use, and they're worthwhile and practical.
What inspires you?
I helped design Allen Fieldhouse in the '50s. I'm the only one still living who worked on it. In 1952 we designed it and
we dedicated it in 1955. We didn't think that much of it then, but now it has such a tradition of basketball with Naismith, Dean Smith, Roy Williams and Wilt Chamberlain. That's probably one of the things I'm most proud of. Now we're adding on to it, and the chancellor said "if you ruin the looks of it, I'm going to bury you out there." We're not messing with the seating bowl, but we're making more stairs.
What has been your most proud accomplishment?
Do you have any secret hobbies?
I like working in the yard. I grew up on a farm.
What made you want to be an architect?
My dad was an architect.
What is your favorite quote?
"It is not the strongest that survive, nor the most intelligent, it's the one that's most adaptable to change." Every time we want to do something, the old folks say you're changing it, it's not the way it was.
Edited by Jacob Muselmann
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The "Defending the Periphery: Tserist Management of Buddhism" brownbag lecture will begin at noon in 318 Bailey.
The Resumes for Interviews workshop will begin at 9 a.m. in 204 JRP.
The "Sex, Jurisprudence and Rock & Roll" lecture will begin at 12:30 p.m. in 104 Green Hall.
The "EndNote x3: Bibliographies and Cite-While-YouWrite" workshop will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the instruction Center in Anschutz Library.
"We've Got Issues" will begin at 4 p.m. in the Dole Institute of Politics.
ON THE RECORD
The Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting will begin at 3 p.m. in the Provost Conference Room in Strong Hall.
About 7 p.m. Thursday near 27th Street and Inverness Road, University football player Kale Pick reported an aggravated burglary and the theft of two backpacks and a wallet, at a total loss of $65.
About 11 a.m. Friday at the Allen Fieldhouse Parking Garage, a person was charged with disorderly conduct after being combative towards parking employees.
About 8 p.m. Friday near Corbin Hall, a man was issued a notice to appear in Municipal Court after he was found to be a minor in possession of a cereal malt beverage. Another man was arrested and charged with being a minor in possession of a cereal malt beverage after he was unable to provide any personal identification.
About 3:30 a.m. Saturday near 9th and Ohio, a University student delivering for Jimmy John's reported an aggravated burglary, aggravated battery and the theft of cash and a cell phone. The student reported a handgun was involved in the incident and reported total losses of $190.
About 5 p.m. Saturday near 13th and Louisiana streets, a University student reported a battery.
About 1 p.m. Saturday on the hill of the Campanile, a peison was charged with disor derly conduct and violating a protection from abuse order.
About 4 p.m. Saturday near 11th and Tennessee streets, a University student reported an auto burglary and criminal damage to his vehicle, at a loss of $1,500.
About 4 p.m. Saturday near 23rd and Barker streets, a University student reported a burglary and the theft of a bicycle, at a total loss of about $260.
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