CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, August 30, 1994
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David Turner / KANSAN
Arrangements were made for some women to temporarily move into Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall while Corbin Hall was under construction.
Students play resident hall shuffle as Corbin renovations continue
By Ashley Miller Kansan staff writer
Allison Presley may not have electricity, but at least she is in her own room.
The Overland Park freshman was one of 18 women displaced to Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall this semester because of construction work in Corbin Hall.
The Department of Student Housing made arrangements during the summer to move the women from Corbin to GSP until the work was done. Presley was notified of the room change about one week prior to moving to Lawrence.
She moved into Corbin from her temporary room in GSP Friday to find out the lights did not work.
"Moving twice was a huge hassle, but I like this room a lot better than GSP." Presley said.
Kenneth Stoner, director of Student Housing, said eight of the women displaced to GSP moved into Corbin last week. The remaining 10 should move in by next weekend.
He said most of the current reconstruction was necessary because the residence hall did not meet building code standards. A second interior stairwell was added to provide residents with another fire escape. Several dead-end corridor walls also were knocked out to give residents more fire exits.
"This prepares us for future renovations." Stoner said.
In addition to the code upgrading, Corbin will have a new exterior and an adaptive living wing for handicapped residents.
Stoner said the adaptive living wing would have slightly enlarged rooms for easier wheelchair accessibility and would house about 20 residents.
Right now, there are no applicants for the adaptive living wing. Stoner said that unless someone requested to live on that floor, it would not be used until next fall.
He said that the current construction was phase two of three and that it should take about six months to complete.
Phase one of the reconstruction was completed four years ago. At that time, lighting near Corbin was improved, parking was expanded and one floor of Corbin was renovated for student housing offices.
Phase three will not begin for three or four years, Stoner said. All of the rooms will be renovated then.
Phases one and two cost about $1.3 million each, he said.
Funding for the first two phases came from a student housing reserve fund. Money from each resident in student housing was set aside to build up the fund for occasions such as the reconstruction process, he said.
Stoner said he thought the third phase would run in excess of $2 million. A bond may be necessary to pay for the third phase of reconstruction.
Early figures do not reflect University enrollment
By David Wilson Kansan staff writer
After releasing first-day enrollment numbers Friday morning, KU administrators vowed never to release the figures again.
David Shulenburger, vice chancellor for academic affairs, said first-day enrollment numbers never were an accurate reflection of how many students attended the University of Kansas each semester because it takes at least two weeks for students who enrolled late to show up in the computer.
The difference, he said, could be as many as 2,000 students.
"It's pretty significant," Shulen-burger said.
This semester, 26,665 students were enrolled on the first day of classes, a drop of about 1 percent, or 289 students, from the first day of classes in Fall 1993.
But in the 20 days after the first day of classes in Fall 1993, enrollment rose by 1,565 students. Administrators said they expected the same thing to happen this year.
Shulenburger said Chancellor Del Shankel would ask the presidents of other Board of Regents schools to recommend to the Regents that in the future, only 20th-day enrollment numbers be released.
The Legislature uses 20th-day enrollment numbers to determine how much money the University will receive from the state treasury, Shulenburger said.
He said that most of the students who enrolled late had forgotten to pay tuition on time but that some students were expected to enroll on the first day of class. For example, public school teachers taking education classes don't enroll until the first night of class.
Shulenburger said that even collecting the numbers was a waste of time.
"It's pointless to collect and focus on those numbers," Shulen-burger said. "They really don't have any meaning."
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