WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
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SECTION A VOL.102, NO.18
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
(USPS 650-640)
Kansas shocks Wichita State
The Jayhawks defeated the Shockers 3-1 in their volleyball home opener. Page1B
CAMPUS
K-State, take your own notes
Jon's Notes, a note-taking service was forced to close its Kansas State branch. Page 5A
NATION
More teens getting high
The number of teen-agers smoking marijuana almost has doubled since 1992. Page 8A
WORLD
Swiss banks may hold Jewish assets
At least $34 million may have belonged to Holocaust victims. Page 9A
WEATHER PLEASANT
High 85° Low 57°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Opinion ... 4A
National News ... 8A
World News ... 9A
Features ... 10A
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 4B
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Students to march against loan cuts
Bill would slash grants and loans
By Sarah Wlese
Kansan staff writer
It would mean a world of financial hurt for more than 10,000 University of Kansas students who receive federal student loans.
It's the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives spearheaded the
bill, which would cut about $11 billion in federal student loans during the next seven years, the largest cuts in financial aid history. The cuts would affect programs such as the Stafford Loan and Pell Grant programs. Other programs, such as the Perkins Loan program, would be eliminated.
To show opposition to the cuts, the Student Legislative Awareness Board, a non-partisan organization, is sponsoring a march at 12:30 p.m. today from Wescoe Hall to Republican Rep. Jan Meyers' district office at Ninth and Mississippi streets. Meyers voted in favor of the bill,
which passed in the House by a narrow margin in early August.
David Stevens, Wichita senior and Student Legislative Awareness Board's issues coordinator, said the march would send a strong message to Meyers and other legislators that cutting support of higher education was wrong.
"We believe the federal government shouldn't cut student aid to pare down the budget deficit," Stevens said. "Education should be a top priority, and we're urging Meyers to vote against cuts to federal student aid."
The march is one of about 75 hap-
penning today on college campuses across the nation, said Jeannette Galanis, president of the United States Students Association, which is sponsoring the nationwide campaign. About 100 colleges and 70,000 students participated in similar marches Monday, she said.
Ted Miller, Bonner Springs senior and president of the KU Democrats, said he thought the march would increase student awareness of the proposed cuts. Equally important, Miller said, it will send a message to Meyers about her district, which includes about 100,000 college students.
"It will remind Congresswoman Meyers that she shouldn't neglect the interests of the University and the students who need financial aid in order to cover college expenses," Miller said.
Stevens said everyone who valued their education had a reason to join the march. The more students participate, the stronger the message will be.
"I think it will send her a wake-up call that we care about our education." Stevens said.
Anyone who wants to join the march should meet in front of Wescoe Hall at 12:30 p.m. today.
Students from the KU School of Architecture repair the old Barber School at Clinton State Park. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was considering razing it three years ago.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Damien McBride, Independence, Mo., graduate student and Lane Ikenberry, Quinter graduate student, with Dan Rockhill, professor of architecture work on the Barber School's roof. They are adjusting the capitals on the main columns by adjusting the length of the truss beams.
Old landmark has new life
Students clear rubble design roof for school
Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
The old Barber School at Clinton State Park was in ruins three years ago — its walls crumbled, its roof collapsed and its interior ransacked.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was considering bulldozing it.
Barber School was named after Thomas Barber, an abolitionist who was killed in 1855 during the early struggles against slavery in Kansas. It is one of a few remaining 1870s school houses, said Karl Gridley of the Douglas County Preservation Alliance. The Alliance contacted KU about working to save the building.
But today, thanks to the work of students and faculty from the KU School of Architecture, the 1871 landmark has been preserved.
"It's a delight to be able to contribute to the renewed life of an old relic," said Dan Rockhill, professor of architecture.
Because the limestone, one-room school was in such bad shape and because there were no records of what its interior looked like, the KU students and professors decided not to restore the building to its original condition.
"We didn't want to create false history," said Dennis Domer, associate dean of architecture.
After clearing rubble and preparing site drawings, workers removed the roof and replaced the exterior mortar of the stone walls. Next, students designed a new roof in a graduate design studio class.
"An obviously modern intervention makes the original building be the focus," said Lane Ikenberry, Quinter graduate student.
The roof was completed last spring, and
hands-on aspect of the project because architects often aren't involved in construction work.
"I've taken with me a more personal connection between design and construction," said David Vance, Tulsa, Okla., graduate student.
The Barber School became a personal
The project is expected to be completed in two years, at which time the Barber School will be used as a pavilion for a prairie walk being developed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Domer said.
limestone slab flooring is being laid. Additional work includes replacing interior wall mortar and landscaping the exterior.
Student workers said they enjoyed the
dents when Harris Stone, professor of architecture, was diagnosed with cancer this spring. Stone had spearheaded efforts to save the school and had paid for the materials used on the roof.
"We became emotionally involved to try and get the roof done before he died." Vance said. Stone died on June
15, but he was able to see a booklet the students prepared documenting the design, construction and completion of the Barber roof.
"He was delighted." Rockhill said.
A memorial gathering for Stone will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Barber School. There will be readings from Stone's books and a walk through the school and surrounding prairie.
Cardinal advocates religion in academe
Brenden Sager
Kensan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
There is no separation of faith and fact in the eyes of God, said Cardinal Pio Llaghi during his speech yesterday at the Kansas Union Ballroom.
"There can be no conflict between Christian faith and scientific discovery," he said. Laghi, a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, also is the Vatican Prefect of the Congregation on Education. As prefect, Laghi is in charge of the Vatican's education department. The congregation, composed of other Vatican officials, is directly supervised by the pope's governing body, the Holy See.
Bishops and priests from Catholic parishes in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas attended the speech, as well as many people of non-Catholic faiths. Students and faculty members from the University of Kansas and other universities filled nearly every seat in the ballroom. Chancellor Robert Hemenway, who is Lutheran, also attended the speech.
Laghi addressed the role of the Roman Catholic Church in higher education from the Vatican's internal report "The Presence of the Church in the University and in the University Culture," published in 1994.
Laghi said universities had a unique relationship with the church because the church invented universities centuries ago.
"Who instituted universities?" Leghi asked. "The university was born in the heart of the church."
Laghi said that the first universities were established in Paris; Bologna and Padua,
Italy; Oxford, England; and Salamanca, Spain in the 15th century. All of them were established by penal authority.
But in the 20th century, the church's influence waned. He said the university structure of modern times didn't recognize the church as it should — at the cost of its own spiritual identity.
"Universities don't consider Christianity as being part of university life." Lali said.
Christians must unite so they can affect a spiritual change in their communities, he said.
Hemenway said he found the cardinal's account of the church and the university interesting, but he disagreed with bringing religion into the classroom.
"Public universities must be secular," he said. "Students and faculty will have many faiths."
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Cardinal Pio Laghi spoke last night to KU students about the role of the church at the university.
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