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Wednesday, March 29, 1989 / University Daily Kansan
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Air conditioning on campus lags seasons
by a Kansan reporter
Students and faculty are going to have to live with the heat in campus buildings for at least a few months.
Bob Porter, associate director of physical plant facilities for Facilities Operations, said that the air conditioning in campus buildings probably would be turned on by April 15.
"Everybody and his brother wants to know when the air conditioning will be turned on." he said.
"There's always two or three weeks in the spring and fall when I can't satisfy anybody.
"I can't turn it off and on like a water faucet." Katie Davis, Denver, Colo., sophomore, said that it was hard to concentrate in classes when it was hot.
"We do get restless, especially on Tuesdays and Thursdays when classes are an hour and a half," Davis said. "We've suggested going outside to our professors, but they need their chalkboards."
Porter said that a changeover from heating to cool takes 24 hours.
He said that the air conditioning usually was turned on by April 15. Temperatures this weekend were between 23 and 27 degrees F.
Some students have considered not attending their classes because of the heat.
Jordan Karant, Evanston, III., freshman said,
"may influence my decision on a really hot day."
Diversity week to promote equality of students
by Merceda Ares Kansan staff writer
Many KU students are sharing one thing in common this week — the addition of a button to their wardrobe.
The button announces Celebrate Diversity Week, which began Monday, and Student Senate leaders are going to will bring the campus closer together.
However, there's a catch to obtaining this button.
To get one, people have to sign a
covenant that says they will strive for a more peaceful, equal world.
“It’s actually a way to get out there and get people active,” said Brook Mendez, president of Student Senate and coordinator for diversity week. “Everyone who signs has to read the covenant. If nothing else, they are agreeing to the statement that they believe in the equality of all people.
"This in itself is a victory." he said
which was formed last fall.
Diversity week is being sponsored by the Student Division Task Force.
Menezes said presidents from 13 organizations on campus were asked to join the task force. He said the task force, in small but represented diverse groups.
"We felt if the president made it a point, they, in turn, would have a lot of influence on participants of their organizations." he said.
The buttons are being distributed from tables in front of Wescoe Hall and on the third floor of the Kansas Union until Friday.
Tom Cooper, Morristown, N.J. senior, said diversity week would make people more aware.
"There is discrimination on campus," he said. "It's not just through minorities, it's everywhere — even between greeks and nongreens."
Mennes said that Senate, which paid $1,400 for the buttons, would not buy additional buttons after the goal of 7,500 had been met.
Menees said he would try to persuade the next Senate to continue the task force.
LIBERAL ARTS & SCIENCE UNDERGRADUATES Check your mail March 25-March 31 for your permit to enroll. (This replaces the enrollment card. You will not be able to enroll without your permit.)
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