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University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, March 28, 1989
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Groups differ in perspective on relocations
by Merceda Ares Kansan staff writer
Remodeling on two KU buildings is scheduled to begin this summer and should be completed by Fall 1990. The director of facilities planning,
The third floor in Fowler Shops, which is located in the south end of the Art and Design Building, and the west half of Broadcasting Hall, which is east of the Art and Design Building, will be remodeled in two phases.
Schaecher said facilities planning was waiting until the Kansas Legislature had passed a bill approving a new law that would before requesting bids for the project.
The third floor in Fowler Shops now is used for storage and temporary room assignments.
Schaecher said the floor would be completed first in preparation for the department of jewelry and metallism which is now located in Broadcasting Hall.
Remodeling will begin on the west half of Broadcasting Hall after jewelry and metalsmithing has moved out, Schaeher said. The department of architectural engineering then will move into
KANU occupies the other half of Broadcasting Hall
Thomas Dean, acting chairman of the department of architectural engineering, said the department would be happy with the move. The department now is located on the second, and fourth floors of the west end of Snow Hall.
He said it would be more convenient to be located next to Marvin Hall, which houses the School of Architecture and Urban Design.
However, all are not happy with the move.
Oll Valanale, associate professor of design, said the people in the department of jewelry and metallmithing would like to remain in Broadcasting
"the new hall (Fowler) is very dark," he said. "it's sort of like a tomb. An art department without windows is kind of hard. It's like a
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The new hall (Fowler) is very dark. It's sort of like a tomb. An art department without windows is kind of hard.
Olli Valanne associate professor of design
swimming pool for swimmers without plumbing.
"I think we're going to lose. Whoever gets this Broadcasting Hall gets a nice hall."
Marci Francisco, assistant director of facilities planning, said people in the jewelry and metalsmithing industry are looking for comfortable where they were located.
"My feeling is what they're saying is, 'Where we are is just fine,'" she said. "You never know if you're going to get everything you need."
Francisco said that when the Art and Design Building was built in 1977, plans were made to include the department of jewelry and metalmasonry. The building also allows for the third floor in Fowler Shops to be completed that year.
Improvisation makes jazz concert unique
Schaeher said facilities planning would work with the department of jewelry and metalmensing to assure them the type of space it needed.
"We could add lighting on the inside," he said. "We probably would stay away from adding more windows. Obviously, they have special requirements. We'll just have to look at it when we get in the designing process. Once we've got the money, we'll start working on the designs.
Francisco said Broadcasting Hall had been in need of remodeling for a long time, including better ventilation and a better fire alarm system.
"The project has been on capital improvements list for the Legislature for a number of years," Francisco said. "One thing the University is trying to do is make sure departmental faculty needs to nice be get jewelry and metalmithing in the Art and Design Building."
Before practice, Mike Meyers, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, plays the drums. Meyers is a member of Jazz Ensemble II, which will perform at 8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital Hall. There is no admission charge.
Inside the room, the students were all smiles.
by Kris M. Bergquist
Kansan staff writer
Just as the jazz ensemble played a loud note, the practice room door flew open.
It may have been the wind,but it felt good,and the class was having fun.
"If it's anything other than fun, I don't fool with it," said Ron McCurdy, associate professor of music and coordinator for music and dance.
Audiences will have an opportunity to see the product of that fun as the Jazz Choir, Jazz Ensemble II and Jazz Ensemble III play at a concert at 8 p.m. today at 32 Swarthwout Recital Hall.
The KU jazz program began in 1971. There are two jazz choirs, Jazz Singers and Jazz Choir. Jazz Singers have eight people and is the elite group. Jazz Choir has about three thousand. There are three jazz ensembles.
McCurdy will conduct the Jazz Choir tonight. Vince Gnojek, assistant professor of saxophone and associate director of jazz studies, will direct Jazz Ensemble II, and instruct students in conducting a student, will conduct Jazz Ensemble III. Each of the jazz ensembles has about 18 students.
"The size has increased in the groups and most importantly, so has the quality." McCurdy said. "People that are in Jazz Choir today would have been in Jazz Singers a few years ago. The word as gotten around, and we have a lot of quality singers."
McCurdy said that auditions for the jazz choirs had increased 15 percent and that there were enough people who auditioned for the jazz instrument ensembles for four or five groups.
Jazz singing and playing have an improvisational technique that is different from most choral and instrumental groups. McCurdy said. He said students were given a certain chord structure and continued with the notes from there, especially concerning the rhythm.
"There are lots of people who would like to be involved, but we don't have the space or instructors." McCurdy said.
"It's not premeditated," McCurdy said. "It's different every time you do it. It has to do with creativity and subjectivity."
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It's not premeditated.
It's different every time you do it. It has to do with creativity and subjectivity.
— Ron McCurdy jazz coordinator for music and dance
"Let's say I take a bowl of clay, and I give a piece to you and a piece to your friend and a piece to another friend. Each of you sculpt something Maybe yours is a candy jar, and one your friend is a necklace symmetrical, and your other friend does a bust of a person.
"All three would be acceptable.
It's just up to the eye of the beholder to make the judgment on which one you like. You have that same flexibility and variety in playing. Everyone has the same perimeters, is given the same ball of clay, to mold."
Gnøjek, director of Jazz Ensemble II, said 10 soloists would be improvising.
"I really do try to give everyone a chance," Gnojek said. "It's just so they get that experience of doing improvisation Jazz is more improv than reading the notes, which makes it a unique art form."
Syd Rodway, St. Louis freshman, will be playing two tenor saxophone solos.
"I love jazz, and the group gives me the opportunity to express myself, especially with improvisation." Rodway said. "He (Gomajk) told me to out a beat, I guess you could say it's an equal opportunity band."
Lillian Sengpiei, Topea freshman, is a member of Jazz Choir and University Singers, a freshman choir that sings classical music. She said the best way to sing jazz was to combine the classical music techniques with the jazz techniques.
"I've been brought up on classical music, so the most difficult thing about jazz for me is the different style of music and the way I heard it in the studio," he said. "You have to read music fast. I've really learned to respect it a lot. It's not easy to do at all."
Constance emphasizes incumbency
Editor's note: This is the second of six City Commission candidate profiles. The candidates are running for three available spots on the commission. The election is April 4.
by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer
Dennis Constance, 40, is the only incumbent in the Lawrence City
Commission election and says he stands behind his record of accomplishments.
He said that he thought he had been effective in some areas, but that there was
more work to be done
Constance, a residence hall manager for the KU housing system who was elected to the commission in 1987, said he still saw Lawrence as "home first" and wanted to continue his work and improve the quality of life in the city.
The development of more neighborhood plans in Lawrence is one issue Constance said he would encourage so that city and planning decisions could be made based on established guidelines.
"It is a question of determining our own fate rather than letting happen-ance take care of it for us." Constance said, referring to the need for quality and controlled growth in Lawrence.
Constance said uniform neighborhood code enforcement that was proactive rather than reactive was needed and that adequate levels of public service were needed to upgrade older neighborhoods.
Constance and his wife, Virginia,
have two sons. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1974 where he lived in Lawrence for 21 years.
Constance said he would not support the proposed South Lawrence Trafficway because it did not serve enough of the public's needs for the
amount of money being spent. He said studies had shown that 23rd Street was one of the top three streets in the city, and a pass would not solve the congestion.
The public should be able to vote on the trafficwav. Constance said.
He said he was concerned that all the possible solutions to the traffic problems in Lawrence had not been considered.
"What would it cost to actively synchronize all our traffic lights to maximize the efficiency of how our traffic moves?" Constance said, illustrating one possibility. "Are there internal streets that could be improved instead of building a new one?"
Constance also mentioned the possibility of linking a new public transit system with the existing bus system as a possible means of relieving congestion by taking some of the cars off the streets.
Constance lives at 817 Tennessee St
Constance, who finished fourth in the primary election with 2,340 votes, said Lawrence was not large enough to withstand the economic impact of a suburban man. The Riverfront is the central retail district he said.
Candidate sets goals for district
Editor's note: This is the second of five Lawrence School Board candidate profiles. Three spots on the board will be filled in the April 4 election.
by Carrie Harper Kansan staff writer
Condra said he was ready to get back into public education. He served a term on the Lawrence School Board in the mid-1970s and is a former teacher and
school administrator. He is the owner of Residential Alternatives Inc., a business that provides group home care for handicapped adults.
"It is easy, when you are making changes, to assume that you should do everything the way you always do." You might try to try new approaches in the district.
students and their parents should be able to choose which school the student would like to attend, rather than drawing boundaries. Condra said. Any minority imbalances would be taken care of administratively.
A magnet concept of curriculum, where each school would offer the basics and then develop a different emphasis such as science or humanities, would give students a chance to concentrate on their educational interests and objectives.
A large 64 school and a large 54 school would provide two facilities that could be highly competitive in the state, but not with each other.
He said he would like to see a second high school built intentionally smaller than the existing school.
Conda earned a bachelor's degree in education from Kansas State Teacher's College at Emporia in 1962 and a master's and a doctorate in administration from the University of Kansas in 1965 and 1971 respectively.
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The "at risk" child, who is a potential drop out or a problem learner, is another issue that needs more school district attention. Constra
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The district should consider building an alternative school for junior high students that would be modeled on the other schools in the Extension Program, Conrada said.
"Choral music of the highest perfection!"
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Condra and his wife, Judith, have
Conda has also discussed the possibility of establishing a Greater Lawrence and Douglas County Area Vocational Technical Center as a means of keeping a high quality vocational designthey have two high schools.
"We need to do a better job of reaching these students at all grade levels, or it will cost society in the long run." Condra said.
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It is easy, when you are making changes, to assume that you should do everything the way you always have.
Conducted by Elmer Iseler
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