UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, March 13, 1996
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Lasers stolen from Malott
Equipment valued at $800 has been missing for weeks
By Amy McVey
Kansan staff writer
The Department of Physics and Astronomy is missing four of its 12 lasers, each valued at $200, which were used by the department to conduct labs.
A graduate teaching assistant for the department first noticed that the Uniphase Helium Lasers were missing in late February from a laboratory in Malott Hall.
Robert Curry, director of labs, reported the stolen lasers to KU police Monday.
Curry said he didn't initially report the lasers stolen because he figured someone had borrowed them.
"Stuff gets borrowed and shuffled around all over the building," he said. "I didn't get too excited until I searched every place."
Curry said that the lasers — black, cigarette carton-size boxes — usually were kept in the storage room. But they had been set up in one of the labs to be used as a coherent light source for an instructional laboratory.
Curry said the low-powered lasers weren't dangerous. Sgt. Chris Keary of the KU police said this type of theft wasn't unusual.
There are many opportunities to steal from the buildings on campus, because they are full f expensive equipment, he said.
"It has to be available for them to use, but unfortunately that availability creates an opportunity that some people take an advantage of," Keary said. "If someone is given the opportunity to steal something, some people will take that opportunity, whether it is a backpack on a table in Watson Library or a laser from a lab."
Keary said police had no suspects.
"There's not a whole lot to go on," he said.
Curry said he didn't expect to get the lasers back
"Im pretty sure now that they were stolen," he said. "Or if they were borrowed, I think the person will be reluctant to bring them back."
By Susanna Löof
Kansan staff writer
The Office of Minority Affair's legacy of helping minority students will be carried into the future.
That was one of the messages conveyed at last night's panel debate at the Burge Union celebrating the office's 25th anniversary. The program, which attracted an audience of 25, featured several former directors of the office.
The program also focused on the sometimes tumultuous office history. Brenda Marzett Vann, director of the office from 1972 to 1974, said the office was under siege during that time.
"I am very pleased that it is still here, because when I left, I wasn't sure that it was on the agenda of the University," she said.
Sherwood Thompson, director of the office since 1991, said he was confident the office would remain in some form for the next 25 years.
Vernell Spearman, who started working at the office in 1972 and served as director from 1982 to 1988, said that during her time, the office was asked to broaden its objective beyond African-American students.
Spearman said she did not mind broadening the purpose but that the demand to do it without increasing the budget caused conflicts.
The Office of Minority Affairs was created because of demands made by the Black Student Union in the 1960s and 1970s. Freda Warren, Coweta, Okla., freshman and Black Student Union delegate, said she found the program enlightening and inspiring.
"It really gave me a sense of direction." she said.
"It really gave me a sense of direction," she said. Hearing the office's history would help give the Black Student Union the extra push it needs to become a more political organization again, she said.
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