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The University Daily Kansan
Tuesday, January 19, 1999
As dust flies, construction begins
By Kristi Reimer
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Construction at the University of Kansas is generating dust, noise and inconvenience, but the payoff will be roomier facilities and updated technology.
Three projects on campus are at various stages of completion: Workers are just beginning to prepare the foundation for an addition to Murphy Hall; renovations are almost finished at Hoglund-Maupin Stadium; and an overhaul of Memorial Stadium is about half completed.
Expansion and renovation of Murphy Hall will allow the Department of Music and Dance to consolidate its music programs and gain much needed room, said Roger Stoner, associate chairman of the department.
"We've run out of space in Murphy Hall." he said.
The addition will include three rehearsal ensemble spaces, a new library, recording studios, a technology center, faculty studies, practice rooms and storage space for instruments and sheet music.
After the addition is complete, renovations to the existing structure will begin. An instrumental rehearsal room will become a "black box" theater with versatile lighting and seat ing possibilities. Stoner said.
The current library will be con
verted into office space that will house Music Education and Music Therapy faculty, who are now located in Bailey Hall.
New construction is scheduled to be finished in May 2000. Organizers expect the new theater to be ready by the fall 2000 semester and the library space ready for its new occupants by spring 2001. The project will cost $9.8 million and is entirely state-supported. Stoner said.
Down the road from Murphy Hall, the contractor is putting the finishing touches on Hoglund-Maupin Stadium, said Amy Perko, associate athletics director.
Improvements to the ballpark include doubled seating capacity about 2,500 seats will be available
an expanded dugout, better sight lines, a new press box, improved infield lighting and 200 new seat seats. Also, a plaza within the stadium will provide a place for picnics and other activities that coincide with games.
"We wanted a better fan atmosphere in the ballpark." Perko said.
Across campus, construction will almost quadruple the size of the press box at Memorial Stadium, said Pat Warren, assistant director of athletics. The facility will gain 36 private suites and a new photo deck including two new broadcast booths and several radio booths.
"This brings us into line with what other schools are doing, both in the Big 12 and around the country," Warren said.
Construction crews work on the south side of Murphy Hill. The project is being done for an addition to the music and arts building. Photo by Graham K. Johnson/KANSAN
The project is scheduled to be com-
pleated in August and is privately funded through contributions and ticket sales.
After the press box is complete, the next step is the installation of a new video replay board, which should be done by next season, Warren said.
University, Farmland merge to form institute
By Chris Hopkins
Kansan staff writer
Bill Beedles hasn't had many opportunities to test his business theories since he began teaching right after college.
He got a chance Dec. 24 when the University of Kansas School of Business and Farmland Industries in Kansas City, Mo., agreed to collaborate and form the Farmland Leadership Institute at KU.
The institute will be used to turn Farmland managers into effective leaders and to teach important areas of business.
The program has already been fruitful for Beedles.
"What we're learning is that the governing structure is more complex than what we're accustomed to," said Beedles, referring to Farmland Industries.
Beedles, professor of business at the University of Kansas since 1978, and six other colleagues, Keith Chau
vin, Ron Ash, Barry Baysinger, Melissa Birch, John Charnes and Joe Retz, began training the managers Jan. 4.
After a week of intensive review to make sure the managers had the same basic knowledge, the professors moved to a program that encompassed sections on human resources, marketbased management, accounting and finance for co-ops, international business, ethics and leadership.
College and the University of Missouri-Kansas City because of its superior resources and its diverse faculty.
Ash, who handles the human resources section of the program, said that the University was selected over Rockhurst
Ash said that he enjoyed the exchange of ideas and the bonding and change that took place with the students.
"There were not professors lecturing to them, it was interactive," Ash said.
Beedles said that this give and take made the program a combination of teaching and field research for the professors.
cooperatives throughout North America. Collectively, they own 2.8 billion in assets.
Sherlyn Manson, Farmland media spokesperson and a student in the class, said that it had been fun to be back in school and that she had really enjoyed the class.
Farmland Industries includes 600,000 farming families who are members of 1,500 smaller
Tom Sarowski, dean of business, said that programs — such as the institute — were essential to furthering the education of both the students and the faculty.
"If we don't have that contact with the business community, we aren't doing our job," he said.
KUJH might air on cable television as soon as March
By Dan Curry
Kansan staff writer
More KU students will see themselves on television, but they won't need their rabbit ears.
KUJH may be broadcasting over a cable channel as soon as March.
KUJH currently broadcasts on Channel 14, a low-powered broadcast signal, and over the Internet.
"We expect to be on by March 1 as long as all of the relations between Sunflower Cable and KUJH are ready to go on," said Hillary Johnston, Belleville, IL. senior and promotions director at KUJH.
By broadcasting over a cable channel, the station will be able to reach a much larger audience. Johnston said.
The cable channel became a possibility when Sunflower Cablevision began replacing their conventional cables with fiber optics, which will add six new channels to its service, she said. Besides KUJH, Haskell Indian Nations University also will receive a channel.
KUH will be on channel 63 or 64, Johnston said. Johnston said that the cable channel would be a boon for the station.
"We hope to maybe upgrade our programming a little bit," Johnston said. "Right now we use a lot of networks that send us tapes. We hope to produce more of our own programming.
"We'll have more students involved. We expect more participation with the students," she said. "We have to get more people on TV this semester."
Paul Turec, Overland Park senior and development director at KUJH, said that this was something that the station had been working on.
"We want to be a sort of public-access channel," he said. "We're looking for students to put together some programming."
Turec said that KU students could come into the station with their ideas and potentially see them on the air.
Unlike a public access channel, however, anything and everything won't be broadcast, said Gary Hawke, the general manager of KUJH.
"We're not really soliciting ideas, but we are open for suggestions." he said.
Hawke likened the new programming format to a C-SPAN approach toward KU, saying that they would cover Student Senate meetings, presentations and many less-featured sports teams.
Chris Jilka, Little Rock, Ark., senior in broadcast journalism, said the main difference would be in how many people actually saw KUJH programs.
"I don't necessarily think it will improve the professionalism that we've tried to maintain over the years. I think it will increase the amount of awareness that our audience has," Jilka said. "Because of that, I think you'll see an improvement in the news stories, and I think you'll see more advertisers."
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