1 Wednesday, August 26, 1998 The University Daily Kansan Section A·Page 5 City Commission approves grant to revitalize east side By Chris Fickett Kansan staff writer The Lawrence City Commission laid the groundwork for the revitalization of east Lawrence last night. The commission unanimously decided to apply for a $30,000 state grant that would be used by the East Lawrence Improvement Association to establish a conservation district. A conservation district is an area designated to receive funds for renovation. Carrie Lindsey, president of the association, said that the district, whose staff would seek projects for renovation, would provide a starting point for revitalization in the East Lawrence neighborhood. The grant also would require the city to match funding at the lowest $5,000 and not exceeding $15,000. "East Lawrence would like to take on a partnership with the city and take on these funds," Lindsey said. Dennis Enslinger, historic resources administrator for the City of Lawrence, said the purpose of the Metro Community Capacity Building Grant was to encourage neighborhood revitalization planning and implementation in lighted urban areas. The conservation district that the East Lawrence Improvement Association proposes fits the grant's description. Early into the commission's discussion, Commissioner John Nalbandian expressed his concern with the amount of the grant. I think its a great project," he said. "But $30,000 is like hiring half a staff person for a half a year." Commissioner Bob Moody was worried about the stress the conservation district would put on the city planning staff. "Our planning staff is very loaded," he said. "We're just putting another burden on the planning staff." LAWRENCE CITY COMMISSION City Manager Mike Wilden announced that Lawrence set a record Monday for the largest volume of water used in one day. Monday's volume of 22.4 million gallons surpassed the 1988 record of 21.6 million gallons. The commission unanimously approved the purchase of 20 mobile and four portable 800 megahertz radios for the Lawrence LIndsey said she thought the end result of the conservation district would be worth $30,000. Police Department. These radios would be compatible with the systems that the University of Kansas Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff's Department already use. one said the grant would enable staff to learn how to designate areas for improvement and ask for funding. She also said it would provide the framework for conservation districts in other areas of the city, such as downtown. "The staff would then know how The commission awarded a bid of $77,156.55 to Penny Construction Company for the Centennial Park skate park half-pipe installation. to do this," she said. "You could then create a conservation district anywhere in the city." Enslinger agreed that the implementation of the grant in east Lawrence would open up the doors to conservation districts in other areas of Lawrence. "My hope would be that it would provide the framework on how to develop a conservation district," he said. Science department regroups teachers By Carolyn Mollett Kansan staff writer The division of biological sciences aimed to improve its research and recruitment abilities when it reorganized departments for this semester. "My hope is that it will strengthen the graduate program," said James Orr, division of biological sciences chairman. "The merger helps accommodate students who have interest in the biological sciences on this campus." Biological sciences had five departments during the 1997-98 school year, but department mergers have left the school with three departments this year. "The nature of biology has become much more interdisciplinary." Orr said. Tom Taylor Undergraduates probably won't notice a difference when they go to Orr said he hoped the new departments would help with recruitment of new faculty and graduate students. Ecology and evolutionary biology chairman encroll in a biology course because no new classes have been created, but department officials hope that the quality of classes will improve. "The merger helps accommodate students who have interest in the biological sciences on this campus," said Tom Taylor, ecology and evolutionary biology chairman. Professors who used to be in separate departments will have more contact with each other in the merged departments. "We'll be in a better position to teach better courses because we'll be able to bring expertise from several faculty into a single course," Taylor said. The department of systematics and ecology merged with the department of botany to form the department of ecology and evolutionary biology. Also, the department of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology merged with the department of microbiology to form the new molecular biosciences department. "It was to put together all the biologists in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences whose research is on the molecular and cell level," said Richard Himes, the acting chairman of molecular biosciences for the 1998-99 school year. Molecular biosciences will be searching for 12 new faculty members during the next five years. They hope to find a permanent chairman and three other faculty members by next fall. Ecology and evolutionary biology's faculty of 35 has begun a review of the department curriculum for classes formerly taught in the botany and systematics and ecology departments. Taylor said he hoped they could establish a time table of classes that would allow students to plan ahead for the coming semesters. They will also review course material to ensure that it is up to date. Taylor said ecology and evolutionary biology would be searching for seven to eight new faculty members in the next five to six years — two of them during this school year. Environmental program sees many changes Modification includes hiring new professors establishing classes By Liz Wristen Kansan staff writer The new school year has brought many changes for the environmental studies program. "We have many goals for the upcoming school year," said Stan Loeb, acting director of the program. "These include hiring new faculty members, adding more courses and establishing an endowment that can be directed to the environmental studies program to be used for scholarships." The program this fall hired Stacey Swearinger, an assistant professor in Urban Planning and an affiliate of the environmental studies program, to teach Urban Planning and Environmental Values. Loeb said the program hoped to hire a new faculty member within the next year to serve as a public administrator. It also was planning to hire a replacement for John Clark, professor of environmental studies and history who retired last year. Clark's absence caused the program to cancel three courses Loeb had been teaching, Loeb said. However, two new classes, an environmental economics course and an environmental decision making course, have been added this fall. "We are not looking to grow the program, but we are looking to increase opportunities for students," Loeb said. "We are interested in improving the education of our students by improving the quality of our courses." Another change in the program was the addition of an endowment fund for environmental studies students. ships were available through the Nelson Fund. Two $500 scholarships also were offered for incoming freshmen majoring in environmental studies. Deborah邦顿, secretary for the program, said two $1,500 scholar- An alumni fund drive had been established to collect $5,000 per year for scholarships during the next three years. 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