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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, May 18, 1965
KUMC Student Union Serves As Center of Campus Activity
A red brick building surrounded by flowering trees is the pride and joy of students and faculty at the KU Medical Center.
The object of their pride is the 10-year-old Student Union, located at the southwest corner of the Kansas City campus.
"People at the medical center consider the Student Union the front door to KUMC." Byran Thomas, business manager of the Union, said.
THE STUDENT UNION is noted for its outstanding book store—one of the largest in the country, Thomas said.
The book store primarily sells medical books, both textbooks and clinical books.
"It is the only book store in the nation that operates on a 24-hour basis seven days a week," Thomas explained. "The store keeps the same hours as the hospital."
KUMC's Student Union was dedicated in 1954 and was built by contributions from three funds totalling $750,000. The funds are the Battenfeld Memorial Fund, the C. D. Francisco Fund, and a fund in honor of Lt. William T. Fitzsimons, the first American killed in World War I. Fitzsimons was a
graduate of the KU school of medicine.
THOMAS SAID THE Union was built with two primary purposes in mind. The first and most important purpose was to house the postgraduate medical program.
"At KU we enjoy the prestige of having one of the best post-graduate programs in the nation," the business manager said.
"Through this program excellent relations between the faculty and physicians throughout the state are maintained," he said.
THE SECOND PURPOSE of the building is to be a service to students, faculty and others at KUMC.
Although the book store is open on a 24-hour basis, the cafeteria is open for the noon meal only. A snack bar-coffee house concession stand is open at all times, however.
The Union's Battenfeld Auditorium, a primary spot for post-graduate medical programs and other meetings, accomodates about 800 people. Other conference rooms are available to serve the medical center and other outside groups.
THOMAS SAID THE Union was idealistically founded on the hope that it could support itself.
"In 1959 we found we couldn't support a building of this type
without outside help," Thomas said.
"We opened the Union to outside groups because we felt we had certain responsibilities to the community at large," he said.
"Another reason was that we were bankrupt. We had lost $30,000 to $40,000 to that time," Thomas said.
TWO YEARS AGO, as the number of students at KUMC increased, a dormitory was added to the two-story building. The three floor dormitory, built on top of the Union, houses 74 men students.
With the addition of the dormitory many new facilities were offered. On the third floor (the first floor of the dormitory) there is a recreation area exclusively for student use. This room, which also serves as a study room, has television and game facilities. Current periodicals are also available.
A small lounge area and music room are separate from the recreation area.
A PATIO with a ping pong table, deck chairs and a recently acquired barbeque grill gives the student additional opportunity for relaxation.
Civil Rights—
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Lawton, vice chancellor of operations, who said that the demonstrators obstructed pathways and that he had to request people in the corridor to be quiet on several occasions.
During the cross examination he agreed that the students did not disturb the peace before 5 p.m., and that they were arrested because they refused to leave the office at this time.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe testified that the students for the most part were respectful and that he invited them to stay following discussion with them in the corridor.
He said he informed them of the closing time of the office and requested that Lawton keep the group quiet. Chancellor Wescoe said that an aisle in the office was kept clear but that it was difficult to get through.
Chancellor Wescoe said he asked Laurence C. Woodruff, dean of students, to ask the students to leave at 4:30 p.m. He said that later E. P. Mooomau, chief of traffic and security, called the sheriff's office for assistance.
Laurence Woodruff, dean of students, testified that at 4:50 p.m. he
told the demonstrators they would be subject to disciplinary action by the University if they did not leave. Later he returned and told the students that they would be suspended if they did not leave. Dean Woodruff said the police arrived at 5:15 p.m. and the students were given another chance to leave.
Chief Moomau said he blocked the doorway to the chancellor's office when the students began to crowd into the office at 4:30 p.m., and that he gave the students an opportunity to leave after law enforcement officers arrived. Moomau stated that the students were noisy.
"At the time the dorm was built the first two floors of the Union were turned over to the state of Kansas." Thomas said.
"It is now owned by the state but operated by the Student Union and Dorm Corporation, a non-profit organization." Thomas said.
The Union is earning one-third million dollars per year and operating at a minimal yearly profit of $1,000 to $2,000, Thomas explained.
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