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Where do we go when the halls are full?
By JOHN RIGGINS Kansan Staff Writer
Visual arts limited by space
"They pour out of the rooms and do their work in the halls because there is not enough space in the studios," said John McKay, associate dean for visual arts within the School of Fine Arts at the University of Kansas. McKay was referring to the space shortage problem of the visual arts department.
A new building designed especially for the visual arts program is the eventual goal, but immediate action is needed. McKay explained the only course of action taken so far was to limit the number of students enrolling in visual arts. This practice is robbing the University of many talented people, he said.
The current enrollment of persons majoring in visual arts is 800, with 1,200 expected by 1980. The department is now allocated 48,000 square feet of space, but within the next 10 years it will need 136,550 square feet, McKay said.
A possible solution would be to
provide emergency space with the pre-fabricated type building now in use east of Summerfield. McKay said this was the only route left, but there were serious drawbacks to this plan, too. One liability is that the size of these buildings is only 24 feet by 60 feet, an allowance of barely enough space for 25 people. The cost of such a structure is about $18,000. McKay estimated it would be five years before a new building could be completed, which would result in an extremely high rate per person for such temporary use.
"There is literally not any space on campus to use," said McKay. The department is so short on space that it is renting the Wesley Auditorium on a year to year basis. The Wesley Foundation can decide not to renew the lease to the auditorium at any time, he said. The visual arts department also has a few rooms in Memorial Stadium, and a branch of visual arts, occupational therapy, is located off campus in Sudler House.
When McKay took his problem to the KU Planning Board Saturday, he emphasized that the visual arts department should have priority for a new structure if the University obtained funds for the construction of another building
"The students are very much aware of their plight, but after waiting for so long they have a tendency to give up," said McKay. McKay said that usually there were between 400-500 new freshmen enrolled in visual arts, but by the time graduation comes about half are gone. He said that possibly the poor facilities turned them away.
McKay said he was not displeased with the way the chancellor is handling his share of the situation.
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Results given by language researchers
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Representatives from various groups interested in the language survey results have evaluated present findings and decided upon further plans, said Robert Duncan, Wilmette Ill., sophomore and chairman of the committee.
The latest results of the Foreign Language Survey and the proposals of the Committee on Language Research have been revealed by the chairmen of the committee.
A meeting was scheduled to compile faculty opinion at 2 p.m. March 15 in the North College conference room.
The committee wants to acquaint others with what it is doing to change the foreign language requirement, Duncan said. With help from the chairmen and representatives, he said the committee was going to determine faculty opinion on the foreign language requirement in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. With faculty and student support, a circulating petition and a possible referendum during student elections, Duncan said the committee hopes to gain stronger backing.
The committee will present a plan of change in the foreign language requirement to the Educational Policies Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at a meeting on April 7, Duncan said. Among the possibilities discussed were studies in philosophy, history or cultural trends of a country as an option to learning the grammatical language.
Duncan said that the committee was not questioning the value of the language but the value of the requirement.
Earlier this semester the committee sponsored a foreign language survey during enrollment. The latest facts and figures from the survey are now available to the public. Approximately 75 percent of the College students who returned the questionnaire wish to alter the present requirement in some manner, Duncan said. The committee has placed particular emphasis on the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences because it has the greatest number of hours of foreign language requirement, he said. Copies of the survey results have been made available to all chairmen and representatives of the College Within a College Student Advisory Boards and hall councils.
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