UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, September 14, 1995
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ESPN sets up to focus on'Hawks
Matt Flickner / KANSAN
Lights, cameras. Blockbuster blimp greet football fans
Audio Engineer Mark Butler hooks up equipment for ESPN's telecast of the Kansas-Texas Christian football game. The game begins at 7 tonight at Memorial Stadium.
By Hannah Naughton Kansan staff writer
The lights are back in Memorial Stadium, ESPN's cameras are ready to roll, and the Blockbuster Video blimp is hovering over Lawrence.
Preparations took two days, but the stadium finally is decorated with equipment for tonight's broadcast of the Kansas-Texas Christian game.
The game is part of ESPN's attempt to bring their Thursday night college football series to the level of Monday night pro-football telecasts, Wilson said.
"They don't just send the blimp to any game," said John Wilson, associate director for the ESPN telecast. "Somebody must think these teams are up-and-comers."
"ESPN, based on the success of last year's Kansas-Kansas State game, approached Kansas and TCU about scheduling this game," he said.
Both teams have young defenses and a lot of offensive talent, so there is potential for a high-scoring game. Wilson said.
MUSCO Mobile Lighting began assembling the lights on Tuesday morning, said Jerome Fynaardt, sales manager for MUSCO.
To light the football field, MUSCO brought four banks of lights, each containing 15 lamps. Two banks are above the press box on the west side of the stadium. The other two banks are positioned on 120-foot cranes on the east side.
'It's hard not to get any shadows with four banks and 60
lamps." he said.
Fynaard said most stadiums have six to eight banks for a total of about 250 lamps, 1500 Watts each.
The lamps MUSCO is using for tonight's game are 6000 Watt lamps, which should help remove the shadows from the stadium.
The ESPN mobile productions truck has four rooms that house audio, video, production and videotape equipment.
On Tuesday, ESPN brought its television equipment, which includes eight cameras. 10,000
The video room is equipped with eight replay devices for slow motion replays during the broadcast.
feet of video wire and 3,000 feet of audio wire.
A 30-foot long truck parked on the lawn southwest of the stadium carries the C-band satellite which will
send the game's signal.
Finding a place for the satellite truck was a minor problem because of its size, said Marvin Wiedeman, facilities operations electrician.
Last year, the satellite truck was parked in the parking lot west of the stadium.
This year, the generators powering the lights were placed in the lot, and the truck was moved to its new location.
Watkins not just for the sick today
Students can get free food and condoms at the Health Fair
By Joann Birk Kansan staff writer
Free food, free drinks and free condoms.
It is that time of year again. Healthy students have reason to go to Health Fair 1995 at Watkins Memorial Health Center . The fair, outside the west entrance of Watkins, will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and tomorrow.
“It's fun and it's interesting,” said Trevor Swanson, Sharon Springs senior. “Not only that, but you get free condoms — and I hear they are mint flavored.”
The Health Fair has been an annual event at the University of Kansas since 1988. Students can receive free body fat assessments, cholesterol tests, nutritional assessments and blood pressure screenings. Free popcorn, frozen yogurt, non-alcoholic beverages, information on medicines and illnesses, and condoms also will be available.
To receive the most accurate body fat assessment, nurses recommend avoiding alcohol, strenuous exercise, and heavy meals for 12 hours prior to testing. It is also recommended, but not required, that students fast for 12 hours prior to cholesterol testing. Students can receive detailed nutritional assessments by bringing in a typical day's diet for evaluation.
Janine Gracy, director of health education and coordinator of the
"It is a fun way for everyone at Watkins to show what we have to offer."
Representatives from all departments of the health center will be
Health Fair, said the fair gave students a chance to feel comfortable at Watkins in a relaxed, fun atmosphere.
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available to provide information, answer questions, and administer tests. Gracy said students were encouraged to participate in all activities and fill out evaluations on Watkins and the Health Fair.
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"It is a fun way for everyone at Watkins to show what we have to offer," she said.
Candye Waitley, a nurse health educator, said she hoped the fair helped heighten students' awareness of a variety of health issues. She said she often met students who thought they were too young to worry about cholesterol or blood pressure.
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"Just because they are young, students should not take their health for granted," she said. "They are determining now what kind of lifestyle they will live and what patterns they will keep for the rest of their lives."
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