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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, August 24, 1998
City offers recycling, trash options
Waste disposal, bills challenge off-campus living
By Chris Fickott
Kansan staff writer
Students who live off campus may have more to worry about than homework, papers and exams.
These students may not know where to pay their utility bills, which day to throw out their trash or how to recycle.
Lawrence utility bills, which include water, sewer and trash, can be paid by mail, by credit card over the phone or by using the drop box at the Kansas Union.
Depending on the location, trash is picked up in Lawrence on Tuesday. Wednesdays and Thursdays.
There is no trash collection on
New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Memorial Day and Christmas Day.
Trash either must be bagged or placed in a refuse container by 7 a.m. on the specified pickup day. Single containers must weigh less than 65 pounds when full.
Wheeled trash carts can be rented from the city's Solid Waste Division for $2 a month for a 90-gallon container or $1.50 a month for a 65-gallon container.
Students who recently acquired new appliances or furniture and are wondering how to dispose of their old items should set up an appointment for pickup by calling the Solid Waste Division at 832-3022.
Calling the division won't reserve a curbside pickup for recyclable items such as newspapers, office paper, aluminum cans, plastic containers and glass bottles.
Students can order curbside pickup service from Eco-Services Recycling. For $5.50 a month, the company will accept aluminum, glass, tin, newspaper, magazines, office and computer paper and cardboard. Call 841-1615 for more information.
Recyclable materials also can be taken to the Wal-Mart Community Recycling Center at 3300 S. Iowa St. Recyclers can call 841-9558 to see whether their items can be recycled at the center.
There are several other centers in Lawrence that don't recycle items such as newspapers, bottles and cans and recycle and dispose of hazardous waste such as paint, motor oil and batteries. Call 832-3030 for more information.
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Angela Liddeke, Lindsborg junior, said that she recycled almost 100 percent of the time. She said that she didn't know where to take the bottles, cans and newspapers.
"My roommate pretty much takes care of it," Liddeke said. "She's really active on campus with reccycling."
Danny Goldstein, Overland Park senior, said that he had never heard where to take recyclable items.
"I usually just leave them and my roommate takes them out," he said.
JRP renovation plans remain on track
Education school plans to relocate in spring of 2000
By Carolyn Mollett Kansan staff writer
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Contractors vying for the chance to renovate Joseph R. Pearson Hall will get to place their bids Sept. 29.
The University of Kansas submitted a construction document to the state architect's office last week for the renovation, said KU Consultant Services Manager Steve Scannell.
Scannell said the state legislature allowed a total project budget of $14.1 million. The estimated construction cost was about $12.4 million. The rest of the budget will pay for miscellaneous expenses such as asbestos abatement and a geological sur-
Edward Heck, associate dean for graduate studies at the School of Education, said if the project's costs exceed allotted funds, the School of Education would use private donations.
Scannell said the University hoped to have the renovations completed by May 2000. JRP was a residence hall until 1992, and the plans to renovate it originated in July of 1996.
"It's been a lengthy process," Scannell said.
Heck said the plan for JRP was to gut the building and start over with a new internal layout, which would be filled with faculty offices, administrative offices and space for research projects.
Plans also include an addition onto the back of the existing JRP building for the School of Education classes and labs.
Heck said he was unsure whether all of the School of Education classes could be held in
JOSEPH R. PEARSON HALL RENOVATIONS
Amount allocated by state legislature: $14.1 million
Bid date: Sept. 29
Projected date of completion: May 2000
the new building.
"That's too far ahead," Heck said.
Scannell said that to move some of the school's classes to the new building, some alternate bids would have to be awarded. Alternate bids are for work above and beyond basic renovations.
"It depends on the bids we would receive in late September." Scannell said.
Heck said that the faculty had been involved in the planning stages of the project and that they were given the opportunity to meet with the architect. The majority of faculty had agreed and accepted the proposal.
Paul Markham, assistant professor of education, agreed that his reaction was largely positive.
"It should be a good move if the renovation is done according to plan." Markham said.
He said that most faculty seemed to agree, but that the main concern was the lack of centrality on campus.
"Right now, we're sort of ideally situated with the library being right across the street," Markham said.
He said faculty looked forward to the larger office space planned at the new building.
The first floor of JRP has been used by the University since 1992. Design and Construction Management Planning Coordinator Tom Waechter said the building was used temporarily as assigned space and for storage.
Atmospheric-science labs obtain new technology
By Liz Wriston
Kansan staff writer
New technology in Malotl Hall may keep students up-to-date with scientific equipment at the University of Kansas.
Seventeen digital oscilloscopes were added to atmospheric-science laboratories and copies of a data-collecting program called LabVIEW were added to 12 classroom computers.
An oscilloscope is a device that is used for studying time-dependent electrical signals, said Bob Curry, lab director for Malott Hall.
The atmospheric science department has had a shortage of oscilloscopes. Almost a dozen scopes have been stolen, and the remaining 12 scopes are 20 to 25 years old, he said.
"The new scopes have a lot of advantages over what we have been using in the past," Curry said. "The new scopes have a whole lot of stuff not really related to physics that we are going to try and teach the students because we can with the new technology."
There are many differences between the new and old scopes, Curry said. The old scopes, which were bought in the mid-70s, weigh about 20 pounds. The new scopes weigh close to two pounds.
Another difference is that the old scopes cannot handle slow signals that move across the screen, Curry said. The new scopes can handle slow signals because of the liquid-crystal technology that the new scopes use to send the trace across the screen.
"You can essentially take a picture of a signal and hold it on the screen to study with the new scopes," Curry said. "That is one advantage of the digital scope."
The new Tektronix TDS 210 oscilloscopes offer 60 MHZ of speed, which is four-times faster than the old Tektronix T922 oscilloscopes that run at
"People come in, and the lab looks more fun, not ancient. That level, in and of itself, is important."
Alice Bean
Alice Bean
Associate professor
in atmospheric science
The new oscilloscopes cost $1,100 apiece, and the money was made available to the department because of a University grant.
New computer technology for atmospheric-science classrooms also was made available for student use.
LabVIEW will allow students to gather a lot of data in a hurry, said Alice Bean, associate professor in the department of atmospheric science.
The LabVIEW technology will allow students to generate data, graphs, curves and perform calculations on spreadsheets. The program will be run on MacIntosh PowerMac computers using Microsoft Excel.
"The new technology will allow us to take data faster." Bean said. "People come in and the lab looks more fun, not ancient. That level, in and of itself, is important."
A federal grant from the National Science Foundation through the Instructional Laboratory Improvement Program made it possible for the department to purchase the LabVIEW technology. The grant was for $200,000.
The grant was made available for both the University and Haskell Indian Nations University, said Stephen Sanders, chairman of the lab committee. Seventeen LabVIEW site licenses were made available. The University received 12 copies of the LabVIEW licenses, and Haskell received the remaining five licenses.
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University Forum - Fall 1998
Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 pm.
August 26
September 2
Insuring Kansas Children State representative Sandy Praeger will bring us up to date on our legislature's work to bring health insurance to all children in the state.
William Jennings Bryant Oleander of Here, Kansas Tom Averill, a Kansas playwright, will tell us about his play that toured the state last year.
September 9
The Selling of the University: How Coke Contracts, Smart Cards & Market Orientation Corrupt Universities & Harm America
Dr. David Katzman, Chair of American studies is in his 30th year at KU. He resists using American business and commerce as models for universities, including KU.
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