Hot cobalt source move causes street closing
Naismith Drive was closed temporarily at 7 p.m. last night during the transfer of a radioactive cobalt 60 source from an underground research vault west of Lindley Hall to a concrete and lead cask.
The cobalt, considered radioactive waste, was moved prior to disposal in a radioactive dump somewhere in the United States, the site not yet determined.
YESTERDAY'S transfer operation, which took approximately one-half hour, was handled by Allied Crossroads Corp., an Atomic Energy Commission-licensed concern specializing in nuclear services, including waste disposal.
According to Professor Benjamin Friesen, of the radiation biophysics department, the radioactive material is relatively harmless if handled carefully.
"We really didn't expect any trouble, but there's always one chance in a billion that something could go wrong so we had to take precautions."
HE SAID THERE was a slight radiation field set up when the cobalt, in its foot-long sealed container, was transferred. The amount of free radiation was negligible, however.
The radioactive material, in its new container will be transferred by truck to the final waste site within the next four to seven months, Prof. Friesen said. The exact date depends on the arrival of the truck.
He added that the cobalt was being scrapped because it has lost much of its radioactive strength.
The university has two other sources of greater strength.
The cobalt is used to study radiation effects on a variety of substances including rocks and biological specimens.
City requests second bridge
The Lawrence City Commission has requested the construction of a second bridge across the Kansas River to serve Lawrence in a resolution to the Douglas County Commissioners and the Kansas State Highway Commission.
Hyde Park Forum to be discontinued
The wooden soapbox is put away for the remainder of the year and the self-appointed committee of one asks: "Why didn't the Hyde Park Forum work at KU?"
A drop in attendance after the first four meetings caused chairman Barb Dewey, Lincoln, Neb. freshman, to discontinue the forum until next fall.
"THE KIDS didn't want to get up and talk, they just wanted to listen," Miss Dewey said. Another reason for the lack of interest, she believes, was the organization of the forum this semester instead of during the fall term.
Publicity, she feels, was adequate since she informed all campus living groups and placed ads in the University Daily Kansan. However, the 3 p.m. sessions in the Trail Room did not draw over 50 people per session. A forum held last month in Fowler Grove between the Information Booth and Flint Hall drew only six students.
Many who came to the forum sessions were members of Students For a Democratic Society. Miss Dewey said that after awhile they "got tired of talking about the same things since most of them agreed with each other."
PLANS FOR the forum next year include a change in the time and place. The south lounge of the Kansas Union or outdoor areas, perhaps on Daisy Hill, may be the site of next fall's forums. The time has not been decided upon, but may be changed to 1 p.m. instead of 3 p.m.
Miss Dewey hopes to interest some students to form a Hyde Park Forum committee next fall. Committee members will be chosen from those who show interest at Student Union Activities introductory meetings.
THE FORUM, sometimes called a "bitch-in," was patterned after one Miss Dewey observed at the University of Nebraska. Initially,
its program consisted of a few "beatnik types" voicing their opinions, Miss Dewey explained.
But a fraternity member generated real campus interest in the forum when he stood up at one gathering and said he was tired of listening to the beatniks. Since his "stand-up," attendance at each session has grown to approximately 200 students.
Perhaps one of the main benefits of speaking at the Nebraska forum is the location, Miss Dewey said. Held in the foyer of the student union, numerous podiums are made available to bolster the timid.
Catacombs hold Hill steampipes
History tells of the catacombs underlying ancient Rome. Dark, cold and wet, they were gruesome caverns. Tales of happenings in them, of Christians chained in some out-of-the-way passage and political offenders also chained and forgotten.
Honeycombing Mt. Oread are the catacombs of KU. No political offenders will be found chained. No Christians persecuted in their dark alleys, but they are true catacombs, none the less.
The tunnels are about six feet high and four feet wide. Along one side run the pipes, some of them 12 inches in diameter. The tunnel walls are of brick, dusty and moldy.
The tunnels wind torturously under the ground, connecting the various university buildings. Massive steam pipes in them carry heat from the power plant to other buildings on campus.
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All is quiet in the dark except for the soft, snake-like hissing of steam off somewhere. Once in a while intensified by contrast with the deep quiet, one of the pipes clanks loudly.
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The anticipated completion of local flood protection works along the river is stimulating both residential and industrial construction in North Lawrence, and the bridge is needed to strengthen the link between North and South Lawrence for persons who live in one area and work in another, a city spokesman said.
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The resolution requested the county and the highway commission "to expedite the planning and construction" of the new bridge, but did not propose a location.
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Haugh goes to Senate
Oscar M. Haugh, professor of education, and George J. Worth, professor of English, have been elected to the Senate advisory committee. The KU Senate is the all-university governing body made up of faculty associate professors plus certain administrators.
New representatives of the Senate to the athletic board will be William A. Conboy, professor of speech; James E. Seaver, professor of history; and C. A. Reynolds, professor of chemistry.
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