CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 3, 1995
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Pam Dishman / KANSAN
Brick by brick
Construction workers continue to rebuild Budig Hall. The building, originally Hoch Auditorium, burned June 15, 1991, after being struck by lightning. The University doesn't expect construction to be completed until next fall, but the structure already is becoming apparent on KU's skyline.
Class will blend physics and creation beliefs
By Novelda Sommers Kansan staff writer
Science and humanities will meet next semester in a cosmic pairing.
Adrian Melott, professor of physics and astronomy, said he hoped to tackle the old belief that science and humanities do not mix by offering a course called "Cosmology and Culture," which will blend physics and religious studies.
Students who take the course will
study how ancient creation beliefs developed and how modern scientific creation theories have affected those beliefs.
"There's this idea that there are two cultures — science and humanities — and they don't know how to talk to each other," Melott said. "This is an attempt to bridge that gap."
Paul Mirecki, associate professor of religious studies, will team-teach the course with Melott. Mirecki said the students would study creation stories,
including the book of Genesis and the "Epic of Gigamesh."
"Basically, the class juxtaposes ancient views of the universe with modern cosmologies." Mirecsa said.
Melott proposed the course last year as an application for the Keeler Fellowship, administered through the University of Kansas Endowment Association
The fellowship pays for Melott's temporary replacement in the physics department.
Ship from university department, he said.
The course will be open to 40-60 students. They can choose to receive credit in physics, religious studies or humanities. The course will be cross-listed as REL 602, PHX 594 and H&CL 500. There are no prerequisites.
"It's sort of like a visiting professorship from another department." he sait.
Melott said that the course was not just a blending of academic disciplines but a new environment for students.
"At the University, people sometimes specialize so much that they don't talk to people outside their major," he said.
Delta Chi regroups after hazing
By Philip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
Despite their recent suspension, Delta Chi members said their fraternity would survive and would stav strong.
"We signed 26 guys last summer, and even with all the press we have received, none of them has left," said Braden Hopkins, Delta Chi president.
Bryan Breckenridge, Louisburg senior, said, "We've faced challenges before and pulled together, and we're doing that now."
The University of Kansas suspended Delta Chi Sept. 26 for an August hazing incident that put pledges Adam Mues and Nate Hines, both Kearney, Neb., sophomores, in the hospital.
The University also prescribed a 13-point plan of corrective actions, including requiring Delta Chi to coordinate all activities with two student affairs staff members and to sponsor an anti-hazing speech on campus.
Hopkins said that the fraternity members accepted the sanctions and thought they were fair. They had no plans to appeal the suspension.
The members said that they were glad the investigation was completed. Their biggest frustration was the time it took the University to reach its decision, said Dan Kopec, Chicago senior.
"The longer the time lag, the more rumors that were spread," Kopec said. "We had to wait around and put our lives on hold."
Hopkins said that the fraternity now was eager to restore its reputation and to prove that it was a valuable member of the University community.
"Historically, we have been one of the top fraternities at KU," he said. "We have been recognized by both the national fraternity and by the University."
Last year, Delta Chi received the University's special award of commendation for its scholarship and financial management, and its national fraternity recognized the KU chapter as the best of its 122 chapters nationwide in seven of the past nine years. Delta Chi also co-sponsors a dance-a-thon each February that raises about $15,000 for the Lost Child Network.
But Delta Chi realizes that overcoming a suspension won't be easy.
"It's going to be a battle to show that there are a lot of positive aspects to Delta Chi," Hopkins said. However, the members are up to the challenge, Breckenridge said.
"If there is an organization at KU that can recover from something like this, it is Delta Chi," he said.
KU student caught in sorority burglary
Kansan staff report
According to police, the two men entered the sorority from the fire escape about 4 a.m. Saturday. Police were called when a sorority member spotted the men leaving with the large, rectangular pictures. The men dropped the stolen items when police arrived. One man was caught hiding in a bush near the house. The other man got away.
Lawrence police arrested a 19-year-old KU student early Saturday morning who, with another man, had stolen $10,000 in composite pictures and a framed prayer from Kappa Delta sorority, 1602 High Drive, Lawrence police reported.
Charges of aggravated burglary and theft later were dropped, police said.
The composites and framed prayer were returned unharmed, said Brooke Lambertz, Enid, Okla, senior and president of Kappa Delta.
Lambertz said the sorority members had not considered the incident very serious, but she also said, "I do think composite stealing is a problem for the Greek community."
New on-line magazine explores Internet's capabilities
By Craig Lang Kansan staff writer
When readers look at the pages of The Biz, a new entertainment magazine, they will be able to hear and see things other magazines about the industry cannot provide.
That's because The Biz: The Digizine for the Entertainment Industry is only available on the World Wide Web. Katherine Keating, public relations director for Marinex Communications, said The Biz was the first multifunctional trade publication using all the features of the Internet.
The first issue was released this month at http://www.bizmag.com and featured interviews with Reed Hundt, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, and Melvin Van Peebles, director and screenwriter, and weekly columns about topics ranging from Wall Street entertainment analysis to independent films.
One unique feature of the magazine is its use of video and audio clips.
The Biz is a new product from Marinex, a multimedia publishing company.
"This is something you could never get from print media," Keating said.
Keating said that having a magazine on the Web was beneficial to its readers because it provides up-to-the-minute reports, something other magazines cannot provide.
Charles Stuart Platkin and Jonathan Braun, creators of The Biz, originally planned to make the magazine a normal print magazine. However, after they discovered people were not interested in subscribing to a new entertainment magazine, they decided to publish it on-line.
Keating said that because new uses of the Internet were constantly being introduced, The Biz had the power to add new features.
"The possibilities are expanding all the time," she said.
Chris McVay, Derby senior and employee at the Computer Center, said the use of audio and video clips was nothing new to the Web. However, he said he thought it was smart for the magazine to utilize all these features, something other on-line magazines had not done.
McVay said that although the graphics were nice, one problem with the magazine was that it took a long time to load onto Netscape, a program that allows users to access the Web.
Ingrid Swan, business manager for Premiere, a national magazine about the movie industry, said she did not expect an on-line magazine to take away from the newsstand sales of entertainment magazines. She said that most people used Web sites affiliated with publications already on the market.
"Having the hard copy makes people go on to the Web," she said.
In the biz
The Biz is an entertainment magazine available exclusively on the World Wide Web. Its first issue was released this month. The magazine, located at http://www.bizmag.com, includes these sections:
www.bizmag.com, includes these sections:
Interviews by Jonathan Braun with various of the
entertainment industry. This month's interviews include Erin Dugan, president and CEO of PBS; Melvin Van Peebles, filmmaker; and Jack Valenti, president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America. Future interviews include comedian Rodney Dangerfield and filmmaker Skila Lee.
- Columns by writers in the entertainment industry about topics ranging from independent films to the merger of Disney and Capitol Cities/ABC.
- The Source: Top 10 movie and record sales list, as well as links to other entertainment sources on the Web.
- The Company News; Up-to-the-minute news by entrainment companies through press releases and newsletters. This section is updated several times daily.
The News: Resource page containing links to daily entertainment news summaries on the Web.
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