Tuesday, September 7, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 3
Library system to be explained in workshops
Continued from page 1A
Miller, Anschutz Science Library systems librarian.
The University has had an online catalog since
The University has had an online catalog since 1987, but it was not accessible from personal computers. Pierard said she had heard positive feedback about the online catalog's new features.
"If it's raining, you can renew your book from your own computer," she said. "You have broader capabilities than before."
Miller said the online catalog was separate from the University's system. Therefore, a crash on the library's online system would not affect the University's e-mail system.
The catalog also has links to the University of Kansas Medical Center, to Kansas State University's library catalogs and to the Library of Congress.
The one-hour online catalog workshops will inform students and faculty about the catalog's features. Pierard said.
"It can be a way for students to learn about the reserves of the library and all the 110 network databases of the library," she said. "It's a tremendous opportunity."
Other workshops include "Government Statistics on the internet" to "Music in the New Catalog."
Pierard said she expected most of the workshops to be full.
"We have a lot of hands-on focus for the workshops," she said. "We are limited to about 10 people per workshop because of the small computer labs."
Workshops will be at either the Clark Lab in Watson Library or at the Regents Library Center on the Edwards Campus, 127th Street and Oquira Road in Overland Park.
Information about the workshop series is available at the Watson reference desk. Students, faculty and staff can sign up by calling 864-8998.
— Edited by Juan H. Heath
Libraries change fining methods
There will be a 50-cents per day charge for books that have not been returned past the 14-day grace period, up to a maximum of $20. Any book that can only be checked out for a two or four-hour periods will have a late fee of 50-cents per hour.
John Miller, Anschutz Science Library systems librarian, said fees were increased to compensate for the cost of lost books.
"We need to be realistic about actual costs," he said. "But, the library will still be flexible and understanding about fines."
A shorter grace period is also in effect for long-term loans. Previously, borrowers had been allowed a 30-day grace period, but now they have only 14 days.
"We were trying to respond to how we use our collections, and we wanted to use them in an optimal way." Miller said.
The smart card is now required for library borrowing and is now used as a copy card.
Rholes said that by integrating the card, borrowers would not have to remember to bring both cards.
A complete list of the new library policies is listed on the libraries' Web site, www.lib.ukans.edu.
—Amanda Kaschube
Brown Bear will try for new license
By Derek Prater
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
With a little help from their friends, the owners of the Brown Bear Brewing Co. are taking their case before the Lawrence City Commission once again tonight.
The Brown Bear is seeking a new liquor license from the city, and the KU College Republicans are going to be there to show support.
The KU College Republicans gathered signatures at Wescoe Beach on Thursday and Friday for petitions supporting the Brown Bear.
Timothy Burger, vice chairman of the KU College Republicans, said that he had about 300 signatures and that 15-20 other people had asked for copies of petitions to circulate on their own.
Joe Donnally, Lawrence senior, left, and Curtis Bost, Wichita sophomore, sign a petition to save the Brown Bear Brewing Co. last Friday in front of Wescoe Hall. David Brandt, Roswell, Ga.,
The KU College Republicans will present the petitions to the city commission, and Burger said he hoped the commission would recognize that there was significant support for the brewery.
"Nobody's saying that the Brown Bear should be closed except for the city commission." Burger said.
The Brown Bear was denied renewal of its liquor license Aug. 20 after an internal audit showed that the brewery was not in compliance with a zoning regulation that requires drinking establishments started after 1994 to make 55 percent of revenue from food sales. The C-3 zoning ordinance was created by the city with the intention of limiting the number of pure bars in the downtown area.
"They were quite far off the mark,"
senior, and Timothy Burger, Lenexa senior, represent the College Republicans in their battle to restore the liquor license to the Brown Bear. Photo by Chad Cummings/KANSAN
City Commissioner Mike Rundle said that limiting the number of bars downtown generally received support from the community and downtown business owners. Rundle also said that because the Brown Bear had outside dining, it was required to make 70 percent of its revenue from food.
Rundle said.
On Sept. 14, the city commission will have a hearing on revoking the outside dining permit.
The Brown Bear closed and appealed to the commission for a second chance at the Aug. 24 city commission meeting. A motion to reinstate the liquor license was not seconded, and the Brown Bear apparently came to an end.
Three days later, however, the Brown Bear reopened the restaurant
portion of its business and set out to get a new liquor license as a new corporation.
Tonight, the owners of the Brown Bear are armed with support from the KU College Republicans and a new strategy for meeting the food sale requirement.
The Brown Bear is planning to sell a bag of peanuts with every beer and claim that 55 cents is for the peanuts and 45 cents is for the beer. The owners have said that the plan is
meant to point out the problems with the zoning ordinance.
Rundle said that he hoped that the owners would have a better plan than the one presented to the commission at the Aug. 24 meeting, which included a new menu, food specials, and more advertising.
Shawn Schlegel and Ryan Rodenburg, owners of the Brown Bear, could not be reached for comment yesterday afternoon.
—Edited by Chris Hopkins
Public policy institute delayed by site, power issues
writer@kansan.com
By Lori O'Toole
Kansan staff writer
Solid rock, underdevelopment on West Campus and a lack of funding have pushed the schedule for construction of the Dole Institute back about six months from Spring 2001 to August 2001.
Burdett Loomis, professor of political science and the institute's interim director, said the delay had not caused any concerns.
"This is a really important building," he said. "We really want to have the best design possible."
The institute will sponsor national, state and local policy forums and its archives will contain documents from former Kansas Senator Bob Dole's 27 years in Congress.
Warren Corman, University architect, said a soil estimate last spring found solid rock at the site where the building was planned, forcing the University of Kansas to seek a new location and building design.
Loomis said the institute would be located directly west of the Lied Center parking lot.
Corman said that because West Campus had no central utility system, it needed more planning, contributing to the delay.
Corman said the University had assumed that the new building would be able to use the Lied Center's utilities, including sewers, telephone lines, gas, water and electricity.
"We found out that was not the case," he said. "It barely had enough to support itself."
Corman said the University would begin plans to develop the utilities, roads and street lights for West Campus so that the Dole Institute and other buildings could be built there in the future. He also said the Kansas University Endowment Association, which had promised to raise money for the institute, needed more time.
Loomis said the estimated total cost of the project had been $6 mil.
"This is a really important building. We really want to have the best design possible."
Burdett Loomis
political science professor
He said ASAI Architects, based in Kansas City. Mo., began designing the building about a year ago.
The most recent design sets the building into a hill and includes a main floor and a basement.
The building's design, which Loomis said depicted monumental architecture, had a total of about 26,000 to 27,000 square feet.
"it's reminiscent of Washington," he said. "And then toward the back, it will be more rustic, more Kansas-like."
Corman said officials from the
design and construction management department, the state architectural office and the Board of Regents would meet this week to approve the preliminary drawings.
He said if the plans are approved, architects would begin the final designs, which should be completed in January or February.
Loomis said construction companies would bid on the final drawings and that construction could begin next spring, but that it could be pushed back further depending on the bid amounts.
"If the building estimates come in much, much higher, we may need to reconsider and redesign it," he said. "I think it's gratifying to see the drawings coming along. The next stage is to see if we can bring it in on budget."
To see the architects' most recent model of the institute, visit http://ukans.edu/~dole98.
—Edited by Chris Hopkins
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