THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY,MAY 3,2011
VOLUME 123 ISSUE 144
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AWARDS | 8A
Tyrel Reed Karina Garlington honored at banquet
The two seniors were each named the Robert Frederick Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year at last night's Jayhawk Senior and Scholar Athlete Banquet.
CAMPUS|3A
Forecasts by University students.
For a complete detailed forecast for the week see page 2A.
ADAM STRUNK astrunk@kansan.com
INDEX
Classifieds ... 7A
Crossword ... 4A
Cryptoquips ... 4A
Opinion ... 5A
Sports
KU Environs has helped temporarily install some of the lights on West Campus to test it out.
Proposed LED lighting provides efficiency, aesthetics
WEATHER
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Sudoku...4A
TODAY
Alum creates Google Earth fieldhouse
Brian McClendon, KU graduate and vice president of Google Earth, commissioned Google employees to create an online replica of Allen Fieldhouse. The three-dimensional replica even includes the banners and floor designs, allowing users to experience the fieldhouse without being there.
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Growing up, Brian McClendon would walk through Allen Fieldhouse, admiring one of college basketball's greatest venues. Now, thanks to his efforts, millions of Internet users can share in the same experience.
Screen shot from Google Earth
McClendon, a graduate from the University and vice president of Google Maps and Earth, commissioned Google employees to create a three-dimensional replica of Allen Fieldhouse on Google Earth. The detailed replica features all of the banners and floor designs that appear in the real fieldhouse.
TECHNOLOGY
"I think there are a healthy number of buildings that are not done." McClendon said, challenging students to submit designs. "I would really like to see KU's campus modeled."
"I basically decided that I wanted a good version of Allen Fieldhouse," said McClendon, who lives in California and has a hard time
Although professionals completed the model of Allen Fieldhouse, McClendon said that anyone could design and submit 3-D models to Google Earth, including KU students. Google Sketchup allows people to create three-dimensional buildings online. If Google approves of the model, it will post them on Google Earth.
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making it to Kansas basketball games.
To access, download Google Earth at earth.google.com
Although the real fieldhouse took months to complete, the virtual one was completed in just a few weeks. The designers, who McClendon said consisted of some of the best 3-D modelers available, worked from photos and designs obtained by McClendon and others.
"The result is in my opinion one of the best 3-D models on Google Earth," McClendon said.
McClendon should have a good idea about Google Earth, a computer program that allows users to locate and navigate to any location on the planet; he created it. After graduating from the University with an electrical engineering degree in 1986, he went on to work with computers. In 1999 he
developed Keyhole, the predecessor to Google Earth. Google then purchased the program from McClendon and hired him.
CHEERS AND TEARS
BITTERSWEET CELEBRATION FOR VETERANS
BY ALEX GARRISON
One day after the news of Osama bin Laden's death and nearly ten years after the Sept. 11 terrorism attacks, students reflected on the meaning of Sunday night's historic news in their lives.
Felix Zacharias, a graduate student from Wichita, was a Marine cadet stationed in Hawaii on Sept. 11. He echoed several military veteran voices in saying that the celebrations in Lawrence and elsewhere were understandable in their collective catharsis.
veteran voices in saying that the celebrations in Lawrence and elsewhere were understandable in their collective catharsis.
never were made available in their collective canvases.
"As a veteran, I relieved" he said.
But the tone of celebration, Zacharias said, was misplaced. His commanding officers in Hawaii told his class to continue with life as normal after the attacks. That advice sat him and others up for a better perspective on terrorism. Zacharias said.
"We thought, Maybe we'll have to go to Afghanistan after the connection to bin Laden was made" he said. "But we didn't let ourselves get overwhelmed with a fear of death."
When he heard of President Obama's announcement Sunday night — through text message — he thought again of that concept instilled in by his commanders.
"The best thing you can do against terrorism is live your life normally," he said. "I would love to see a point where nobody cares — that would really mean that we all moved on with our lives."
Tony Phansiri, a sophomore from Kansas City, said the death was not a time of celebration but a milestone in the on going military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq. It is something he says, of which many students don't understand the complexity. "People don't fully 'get it' because it's very hard to grasp," Phansiri said. "But most of us who have served, we've lost friends on
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CAMPUS
More gender-neutral restrooms wanted
BY ADAM STRUNK astrunk@kansan.com
On cigarette breaks, Cage Letchworth would urinate by an air conditioning unit next to Snow Hall.
It wasn't out of laziness or a desire to vandalize University property. He wasn't making a political statement. Letchworth urinated outside because he could not find a bathroom he felt comfortable using.
Letchworth, a former KU student from Lenexa, was transitioning from female to male. At the time, Letchworth looked too masculine to use a women's restroom, but not masculine enough to risk entering the men's room. And he couldn't exactly walk up to a urinal.
"I wasn't passing as well as I am right now," said a flat-chested, full-bearded Letchworth. "People didn't think I belonged in either
one."
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Scenes like this have prompted the Student Senate coalition KUnited and the KU LGBT Resource Center to call for more gender-neutral restrooms to serve transgendered people as well as disabled students with attendants of the opposite gender and parents with children of the opposite gender.
So instead of risking embarrassment, Letchworth would squat outside and try to hide behind a chain-link fence while he did his business.
"When push comes to shove, and we are looking at our peer institutions, I feel we are not adequately addressing this issue," said Diane Genther, LGBT resource center director. "I mean even Missouri is doing a good job."
According to a 2007 University survey, about 70 public unisex
SEE RESTROOMS ON PAGE 3A
In total, there are 113 unisex/family bathrooms located in KU-owned buildings. Here is a table of some buildings on-campus that have unisex/family bathrooms
Building Number of unisex/ family bathrooms Location
Kansas Union 2 Floors 4,6
Strong Hall 1 Basement
Robinson Gym 1 Floor 1
Marvin Studios 1 Floor1
Haworth Hall 5 Floors 1,2,4
information provided by the Office of Design and Construction management
Graphic by Max Lush
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