CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, August 22, 1996
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ON CAMPUS
Baptist Student Union will hold a dinner at 5:30 p.m. and a meeting at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Baptist Center, 1629 W. 19th St. For more information, call Rick Clock at 841-3148 or contact http://falcon.cc.ukans.edu/~rcbsu/
■ Immanuel Lutheran Church and the University Student Center will sponsor a free barbecue from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and a concert at 7 p.m. at 15th and Iowa Streets. For more information, call 843-0620.
KU Champions Club will hold meetings and gaming activities from 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Thursdays in the Kansas Union parlors. For more information, call Erik Lindsley at 841-4585
KU KI Alkdoq Club will meet from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 10 a.m. on noon on Saturdays at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Jill Woodworth at 864-1798.
■ The KU Meditation Club will hold a meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the Daisy Hill Room at the Burge Union. For more information, call Parun at 864-5573 or 864-5374.
The Kansas City Baptist Temple will hold a Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call John Hepford at 841-1683.
The Office of Study Abroad will hold an informational meeting about French-language study abroad at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 5 at 4047 Wescoe Hall. For more information, call the office at 864-3742.
ON THE RECORD
A KU professor's video camera, television and other miscellaneous items were stolen Sunday from the 2900 block of Rimrock Drive, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,950.
A KU student's desk chair was stolen from the 800 block of Michigan Street, Lawrence police said. The chair was valued at $15.
A KU student's mountain bike was stolen from the 1400 block of Kentucky Street, Lawrence police said. The bike was valued at $300.
Lawrence police reported a minor in possession of alcohol at 1344 Tennessee Street early Wednesday morning.
A KU employee's windshield was damaged between 11 p.m. last Thursday and 2 a.m. last Friday at Bremer Drive and Crestline Street, Lawrence police said. The windshield was valued at $300.
A KU student's day planner, driver's license and KUID were stolen from Lot 110 between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Monday, KU police said. The items were valued at $58.
A Topeka Capitol-Journal newsstand was stolen Monday or Tuesday from the north side of Robinson Gymnasium, KU police said. The stand was valued at $400.
Hemenway draws convocation crowd
By Lindsey Henry Kansan staff writer
Chancellor urges freshmen to live their college dreams
Charcellor Robert Hemenway wants students at the University of Kansas to be certain of one thing: The 131st annual convocation ceremony was not just a tool to keep students onboards on the night before classes.
Hemenay assured a near capacity crowd in the 2,020-seat Lied Center last night that convocation was not designed to keep people out of the bars but an opportunity
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to look to the future of the University and to reflect on its traditions.
Hemenway said he believed convocation was a tradition that should not be discarded. "$Convocation places you as
new students in the context of history, "Hemenway said to a crowd of mostly freshmen and faculty. "You have a role to play on a larger stage, not just in the University, but in the world."
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Likening the opening of a new academic year to the Kansas wheat season, Hemenway stressed the importance of exploring new opportunities.
"Our form of academic spring occurs in the fall. As the earth comes alive in the spring, our campus comes alive in the fall with earnest young people," Hemenway said. "As the wheat seeks illumination from the sun, students seek illumination from the University."
He encouraged freshmen to live out their dreams.
"This is a free marketplace for ideas, and you need to be a part of this marketplace to compete with the best in the world," Hemenway said. "You can drink it away, you can drug it away, you can TV it away, but I do not think you will
do that. You are Jayhawks."
Bob Kraft, Concordia senior and resident assistant, said he accompanied students from Hashinger Hall to the ceremony to experience what the University has to offer.
"I think Chancellor Hemenay has a good vision of where the University needs to go," he said. "It's good for
academic year. Hemenway spoke to a full house Wednesday night at the 2,020-seat Lied Center.
new students to hear what the top administrator has to say."
Dan Gehlbach, Des Moines, Iowa, freshman, saan attended because he wanted to learn about the University.
"I thought the chancellor's speech was informative and had a good message," he said.
University launches program to recycle paper
By Dave Breitenstein Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas and Dickerson Recycling reached an agreement Aug. 12 to begin a new office paper and green-bar computer paper recycling program.
cialist, said housekeeping and facilities had pushed for a campus-wide paper-recycling program. The University had a monthly contract last year, but Silva said the yearly contract was a sign of commitment to recycling.
Under the contract, Dickerson will remove paper from more than 140 locations in 35 buildings. The program began Monday and is a year-long contract. The University will receive about $5 for each ton that is recycled, and the remainder goes to Dickerson, which operates from Leavenworth.
Silva said one snag in the contract had been the pickup location. KU employees wanted convenient drop boxes, but more centralized recycling boxes were agreed upon.
Victoria Silva, KU environmental spe-
"Some locations are in private offices, so we think it would be more efficient to start centralizing pickup locations. It shouldn't take a lot for people to take paper out of their offices." Silva said.
Center, language labs in Wescoe Hall, major departments and large classrooms. The number of pickup spots depended on how flexible Dickerson was, Silva said. If the company agrees to spend an extra day picking up, the University can have more locations, she said.
Pickup locations include the Computer
Durand Dickerson, owner of Dickerson Recycling, said the number of days the company would spend picking up was related to the number of employees.
"If I send two men, it will take four days. If I send three men, it will only take three days," he said.
Dickerson will receive money from where the paper is recycled, but transportation and manpower costs come
from that money.
Dianna Beebe, assistant director of facilities operations, said an average of five to six tons of office paper were recycled each month.
Housekeeping originally established a program to pick up paper from every office on campus, but that took too long so drop boxes were placed in central locations, she said.
Nancy Krische, office assistant in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said her office recycled paper.
"We all put our paper in the recycling box," she said. "It is expected that we recycle. It's kind of common office practice here."
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