progress
Subtracting the additions
They're outdated.
They're expensive to maintain.
Brenden Sager Kansan staff writer
They will be destroyed to provide more parking space.
After the Allied victory in World War II 50 years ago, structures were built on the KU campus that would preserve the memory of postwar America - campus building annexes.
annexes.
But the annexes built to serve specific short-term functions have become permanent fixtures on cam- like it or not.
Annex behind Bailey Hall
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"I think they need to be destroyed completely," said Bob Porter, associate director of physical plant maintenance.
After January 1, 1996, Bailey Annex will be demolished. The remaining annexes behind Lindley Hall, Blake Hall and those east of the Continuing Education Building, also might be slated for demolition, said Tom Waecchter, planning coordinator.
The reason for so much angst against the humble annexes is that they are in poor condition but still in use, Waechter said. He described their structure, electrical wiring and insulation as marginal.
"It's not what you'd normally expect," he said.
The University of Kansas' physical development planning task force has created a comprehensive long-term master plan that would change the face of the KU campus, Waechther said. The plans are to make campus more accessible, better-looking and environmentally friendly.
Tearing down an annex here and there could be part of accomplishing this, he said.
"Building sites, open space and parking compete for every square inch of this campus," Waechter said.
But the University has created comprehensive long-term master plans before, Waechter said, plans that identified campus annexes for possible demolition.
Now some of those temporary annexes are pushing 50 years of continuous use.
Temporary structures used to be prevalent on campus, said Keith Lawton, retired vice chancellor for
"It was absolutely a tidal wave of students who wanted an
campus development and planning. In the early 1950s, as much as 50 percent of the structures on campus were temporary.
education after the war." he said.
The annexes were originally constructed as temporary living and teaching quarters, Lawton said. After World War II, the annexes were strewed around campus.
The annexes came from dismantled military installations across the country. Fortunately for KU, generation G.I. was turning in rifles for slide rules.
"After World War II, going to college was very much the thing to do," Lawton said.
In 1948, Lawton said that he had arrived at KU as the housing director at a time when it seemed everyone needed somewhere to live.
"There was no housing in Lawrence," he said. "So we had a very difficult time staffing the University for the burgeoning enrollment. Faculty didn't ask, 'How much could you pay me?' They asked, 'Do you got a place for me to live?'
The University was able to answer that question with 186 barracks-type buildings called Sunnyside Apartments, close to where the avenue with the same name is today.
Temporary student quarters
named Oread Hall also had been built west of Memorial Stadium. Temporary teaching quarters were behind Strong Hall, and temporary basketball quarters were where Haworth Hall is today.
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"They were all very temporarily built," he said. "But they were all in demand."
Then in the early 1960s, the temporary motif of campus architecture ended when Summerfield Hall was built, and the Sunyside Apartments were torn down. Lawrence was able to provide a more suitable apartment market for the growing college town, and Daisy Hill residence halls and scholarship halls began to sprinkle the campus.
"It was like a big checker game," Lawton said.
But Porter said that maintaining obsolete annexes was more than a game: It costs the University time and money.
He said that when Facilities Operations renovated Blake Annex for the language laboratories, workers had to build new structures and rewire the complex.
"It was probably the most extensive work we did for an annex," he said. Teaching assistants now have offices in the annex.
Annex behind Lindley Hall
The Military Science Annex also needed to be renovated for the Multicultural Center.
Waechter said the reason the University kept the Military Science Annex around is because it was at the heart of the campus and was accessible to students.
And even though the campus annexes aren't as pretty as Spooner Hall, they still have some value.
"You know what they say in real estate location, location, location," he said.
Sponge: Soak it up
They go to work in factories, restaurants, auto-body shops. They listen to rock'n'roll
not for fun, but for survival.
Ask Vinnie Dombrowski, lead singer of Sponge.
"Basically, there's a real lack of opportunity out there," he says. "Because of that, people turn to music as a form of sustenance."
That's nothing new for Detroit. The city of automotive muscle (and little else) has given us Motown, Iggy Pop, MC 5 and the Stooges. The latter two formed the hard-core scene that Dombrowski grew in. In 1979 he decided to
become a profes
sional musician
In 1985, behind the guts and guitar of "Molly" and "Plow," Dombrowski finally is seeing his dedication to rock pay off.
"People talk about this 'indie-rock' stuff and 'selling-out', and I
think about how many years I've been doing this, and I just get a payoff now?" he rants. "I've put more into it than a lot of these people that might be 20 years old and have 10 times the success I have
That might be more credible because of their punk-krock status, but to me it’s ridiculous, man. It’s a double standard. What do you think happened to all those flower children of the '60's, man? They’re the conservative Republicans of today. After a while, everything catches up with you."
Don't be so jaded and bitter,
Vinnie. Your band is good.
People like you.
Stop to look upright.
head downtown to Love Garden Sounds and spend $4 for a Richard Pryor record. I recommend "Live on the Sunset Strip." Overall, out of ten: 4
with Champaign, Ill.'s Poster Children at Liberty Hall. Tickets are still available. Mary Lawrence Fresh Punch
Gerald Levert and Eddie Levert Sr.
(East/West/Atlantic). Any stand-up comedy album with a track entitled "Wash Yo' Ass!" has to have at least a couple of redeeming qualities (the best of which is getting to print the word 'ass' a couple of times in your column). Lawrence's profane antics will make you laugh here and there, especially when he's on the topic of airplanes, but as an album, this release is lacking. If it's laughs you're after,
Martin Lawrence Funk It!
Father and Son (Atlantic). In the last eight or 10 years, "Wind Beneath My Wings" has been recorded and released by every artist with a decent voice and a synthesizer. When I saw that the Leverts included on their father and son collaboration, I ringed Imagine my surprises.
when I listened to the disc and round me song to be one of the better tracks. They've taken some real liberties with the song's arrangement, and that helps immensely. It's still the cheesiest song of the last decade, but if someone has to sing it, my vote goes to the Leverts. The rest of the disc sounds much like the solo work that Gerald's done, with the exception of the gospel-twined final track, "The Apple Doesn't Fall." A tribute to fathers and sons from start to finish, this disc would make a good — though surely, gift for dad. Orwell?
"leer"), and they love it. See, they know they'll be big stateides eventually. So does their record company, Boulder, Colo.-based What Are Records?
then set-
ting out
on a U.S.
tour of
clubs
crammed
full of ...
no one?
That's
what's
happen-
ing to Lir
(pronounced
Irregular supply - get out and. Overall:
Llr Nest (What Are Records?) Imagine
selling out shows in your native Ireland,
making an incredible album and
Why? Because the band's got everything. Great range in guitar sounds, innovative lyrics, and some awesome vocal harmonies. The disc has a raucous instrumental tune, "Railroad," and the whole thing has been mixed perfectly.
"All right, smart-guy, if they're so great,
why have I never heard of them?" I can
hear you ask.
Well, because they haven't played here yet. Their label is much too small to get them radio play or television exposure. That's OK, though, because the people that will like Lir are the same people that buy all of those Phish and Samples records. You doubt me? Lir plays Saturday Oct. 14 at the Bottleneck. Check 'em out. Overall: 9
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Nightlife Calendar
= Tonight
Action Man, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. Cost:$3.
Chris Blake Band 10 p.m. at Mulligan's, 1016 Massachusetts St. Cover charge.
Boogie Shoes, 10 p.m.
Lawrence, 9261/2 Massachusetts St. Cost: $3.
Baby Jason and the Spankers, 10 p.m. at Johnnie's Tavern, 401 N. Second St. Cover charge.
Sponge with the Poster Children, 8 p.m., at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. Cost: $14.30.
Jazz Jam Camera featuring Craig Akin House Band, 10 p.m. at Full Moon Cafe, 803 Massachusetts St. Free.
Delancey Thomas Band, 10 p.m. at Full Moon Cafe. Free.
Boogie Shoes, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus. Cost $3.
Baby Jason and the Spankers, 10 p.m. at Johnnie's Tavern. Cover charge.
Tomorrow
The Deal, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck. Cost: $4.
David Heinze and Lipkin, 10 p.m. at Mulligan's.
Cover charge.
Sunday
Cherry-Pop and Daddies, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck. Cost: $4.
Monday
Open Mic Night, 9 p.m. at The Bottleneck, Free.
Tuesday
Jonathan Richman, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck.
Cost: $7.
Bill Maxwell, 8.p.m. at Full Moon Cafe. Free.
Wednesday
Wednesday
Medicine, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck, Cost: $5
Medicine, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck. Cost: $5.
The Drivers and Jimmy Thackery, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus. Cost: $5.
So What, 8 p.m. at Full Moon Cafe. Free.
Thursday
Carson Shoefly, 10 p.m. at The Bottleneck. Cost:
$3.
Jack Ingram, 10 p.m. at Mulligan's. Cover charge.
Bastard Squad, 10 p.m. at The Jazzhaus. Cost: $3.
The Greasers Ball II, featuring Sleepy LaBeef,
Spam Skinners and Kristi and the Starlit
Rounders, 8 p.m. at Liberty Hall. Cost: $7.30.
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