WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.102,NO.23
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FEATURES
NASA and the University have joined forces to continue space education. Page 10A
SPORTS
One small step for KU science
What motivates the motivator
Kansas linebacker Keith Rodgers appreciates where he is and where he has come from. Page 1B
NATION
Unabomber published
The Washington Post ran the terrorist's 35,000-word tract yesterday. Page 7A
WORLD
Iranian jetliner hijacked
A flight attendant forced a plane to land at a desert airport in Israel. Page 8A
WEATHER
CHILLY
High 49° Low 39°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
National News ... 7A
World News ... 8A
Features ... 10A
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 4B
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What might the University look like in 20 years?
Administrators envision a new KU
The Master Plan
The construction proposal would revamp Jayhawk Boulevard and raze existing annexes in favor of more parking.
Andy Rohrback/ KANSAN
The Plan's goals
The University of Kansas' Lawrence campus 20-year plan concentrates on the expansion and the improvement of existing campus buildings and landscapes. Some of its purposes Include:
Involving campus
representatives in forming expansion ideas
Providing a statement for the future quality and character of KU's physical environment
Planning the visual quality of campus landscape and increasing campus beauty
Establishing guidelines and
Identifying future sites for campus expansion
cerns of safety on campus Integrating transportation
Addressing long-term concerns of safety on camouflage
Integrating transportation needs with campus layout
New 20-year plan focuses on campus
By Josh Yancey Kansan staff writer
Planners at the University of Kansas are looking through the eyes of the class of 2019.
students might not dream of driving to class or parking on campus. Cars on Jayhawk Boulevard might be obsolete. Strong Hall might not be the center of campus.
Administrators have produced a draft of their 20-year plan for campus renewal and physical development, and about 40 people attended the first public presentation of the plan last night at Nichols Hall on West Campus.
The plan is the result of a search for ways to expand and improve the present 1,000-acre, 120-building campus without sacrificing tradition and convenience. With financial constraints generally ignored, a 24-person task force examined land use, accessibility and image topics for the campus and considered virtually every square foot of land for possible use or renovation. The task force then made its recommendations to the plan's writers.
Tom Waechter, planning coordinator for capital programs, wrote most of the plan during a period of more than two years. He said the plan was an attempt to organize the decisions facing the University in the next 20 years.
"We ask how we can maintain what we have and how we can update," Waechter said. "We examine long-term land use relative to academic need."
The last long-term plan, released in 1973, made some correct and incorrect assumptions about growth at the University. Enrollment, for example, was expected to remain near 18,000, but today more than 24,000 students attend KU's Lawrence campus.
Planners must keep these deviations in mind as the University grows, and the
consensus is that expansion will continue west, said Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor. West Campus has doubled in size in the last 20 years. Planners appreciate the area's topography and potential for roads and walkways, and a major entrance road to West Campus has been suggested for the southeast corner of 15th and Kasold streets.
Open, grassy spaces on campus that traditionally have not been considered as expansion sites, such as the lawn in front of Strong Hall, are few at the University. Planners want to ensure that such areas are maintained, even though it means fewer potential building sites, Waechter said. Areas west of Memorial Stadium and north of Nismith Hall remain prime areas for development, but increased construction in the already-dense center of campus brings forth a formidable problem: parking.
Large parking garages off campus and shuttle systems have been suggested, especially for the area north of the Kansas Union. One shuttle system would run from the Lied Center to campus. Many faculty and students have parking passes but no place to park, and administrators know the problem will worsen as the University's enrollment increases and the campus and Lawrence grow. Budig Hall, for example, will attract hundreds more people to the heart of campus when completed in late 1996, and parking concerns will increase, Waechter said.
For academic improvements, Strong Hall could be renovated for more classroom space, and offices not affiliated with the chancellor's relocated.
Some of the plan's ideas probably will not be enacted. Others will, said Max Lucas, professor of architectural engineering and contributor to the plan.
"This is a series of recommendations." Lucas said. "It is an evolving plan."
"We are talking about our most important possession: our campus," Meyen said. "At 130 years old, we're young. We are hoping we can protect this University so that at the age of 180 our campus will still be our most significant asset."
Campus annexes slated for demolition
Kansan staff writer
By Brenden Sager
A University of Kansas task force plans to demolish campus building annexes soon, and people and offices located in them will have to move.
"The annexes are in poor condition," said Thomas Waechter, University of Kansas planning coordinator.
David Schaecher, KU architect, said that the annexes, built for military-related training during World War II, had problems with their roofs, insulation, lighting and accessibility.
Despite their poor condition, the annexes are heavily used by the department of Spanish and Portuguese (Blake Annex), by the School of Architecture (Lindley Annex) and by the School of Education (Bailey Annex).
KU's physical development planning task force, composed of students, faculty, administrators and alumni developed a 20-year plan to improve the campus. As part of this plan, annexes are scheduled for demolition in the near future, Waechter said.
Bailey Annex is scheduled to be demolished after Jan. 1, 1996, and demolition dates have not yet been set for the other two annexes, Schaecher said.
However, the School of Architecture can't afford to lose any space, said Dennis Domer, associate dean of architecture. The school already occupies parts of four campus buildings — Marvin Hall, Broadcasting Hall, the Art and Design Building and Lindley Annex.
And Domer wants more.
"What we need is an addition to Marvin Hall," he said. "If we don't have an addition to Marvin Hall, I don't know where they're going to put us."
He said that there was drafting and design equipment for student use stored in the annex.
"We have a lot of sophisticated equipment there," Domer said. "We couldn't just bomb Lindley Annex and walk away."
Waechter said that although the annexes were being demolished, new space would be found for the people and supplies in the annexes.
"We don't plan to leave any one without somewhere to go," said Waechter.
Andrew Rullestad / KANSAN
Lindley Annex, located just south of Lindley Hall, may be demolished in the near future. It is one of four buildings used for architecture students.
Contributed photo
Producer to share "experience"
Ken Burns, maker of documentaries, will visit the University of Kansas in February as part of a national tour.
Ken Burns will stop at KU during his national tour
Ken Burns, who made the public television documentaries "Civil War" and "Baseball," has chosen the University of Kansas as one stop on his 10-stop national lecture tour of universities.
By Novelda Sommers
Kansan staff writer
Starting this month, Burns will visit two or three universities each month, including Pepperdine University and the University of Southern California. On Feb. 13, he will be at KU to give a lecture titled, "Sharing the American Experience."
Howard Sypher, chairman of communication studies, said the Washington Speaker's Bureau contacted him with the news that Burns wanted to speak at KU and that General Motors would sponsor
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"It really was a no brainer when you have an opportunity like this," Sypher said. "We've not had a shortage of people volunteering to pick him up at the airport."
the event to cover the bulk of expenses. It took four and a half years to make and was an offer Sypher could not refuse. was more than 18 hours long. His series
The Hall Center for the Humanities and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences also are helping with expenses and arrangements.
"We've not had a shortage of people volunteering to pick him up at the airport."
Howard Sypher communication studies chairman
director and executive producer of the public television series "Baseball," which first aired in September 1994. The film
"Civil War," attracted 40 million viewers during its premiere in 1990, making it the highest-rated series in public television history.
Pam Baucom, Burns' assistant at Florentine Films, a company he co-founded, said Burns appealed to a variety of audiences.
"He has spoken to my daughter's class at school and to senior citizens," she said.
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"The main thing is that they are interested in knowing about their history and their country."