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Thursday, March 22, 1979
On Campus
TODAY: BLACK FACULTY AND STAFF COUNCIL, will be at 3 p.m. in the Jawahary Room in the Union. The UNIVERSITY COUNCIL meets at 3:30 p.m. in Room 105, Blake Hall. The ENGLISH DEPARTMENT COLLOQUIIUM features author Paul Fussell, who will lecture on "Passports, Frontiers and the Future." He will meet at 5 p.m. in Room 265 Robinson. Lawrence CHAMBER OF COMMERCE dinner meeting will meet at 7 p.m. in the Union Ballroom. SUA BRIDGE CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Pine Room in the Union. SCIENCE FICTION CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. in the Greed Room in the Union. THE HANCHANG CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Robinson. SUA GHEETO CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Robinson. SUA POETRY HOUR at 8 p.m. with Donald Bell and Constance Urbang will be in the Council Room. Also at 8 p.m. the KU SKYDIVING CLUB will meet in Room 124 in Robinson. THE MARIA CLUB will meet in Room 124 in Robinson. BENNY CLUB will meet at 8 p.m. in Robinson. Refreshments provided. Music will be by Steve Mason, Mary and Mark Franzke following in Room 207 in Marvin Hall.
Events
TOMORROW: From 8 a.m., until noon, the AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS REGIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE will meet in the Kansas Room in the Union. Starting at 9:30 a.m., Timothy Barrett will give a demonstration on the art of NAGHISUZKI, Japanese hand-paer-making in Room 212 in the Art and Design Building. The LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY will meet at 11:30 a.m. in the Cork Room in the Room. BIOLOGY CLUB will meet at 4 p.m. in the Sunflower Room in the Room. THE CHANGE HOURS CLUB will meet at 7:30 a.m. in Room 173 of Nichols Hall. THE KU FOLK DANCE CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room 173 of Robinson. The KU CONCERT CHORALE SPRING CONCERT will be at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall. The MCCOLUML HALL Formal Dinner will be at 8:30 p.m., in the Union Ballroom.
There are rumors going around Lindley Hall that say the sky is falling.
But the only things falling are chips of rotten wood from the smaller dome of the house.
KU astronomers want dome fixed
"I's beyond its useful life," John P. Davidson, chairman of the department of physics and astronomy, said yesterday. The structure is, in fact, hazardous to be in.
Davidson said the dome was cracked and leaking, and the floor was unsound.
The office of facilities planning has estimated the cost to remove and replace
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Because the University of Kansas is the only school in Kansas that offers an undergraduate degree in astronomy, KU has a well-known a good observatory, Davidson said.
Lindley's two wooden domes were built in MM. The large one was covered with steel and metal roofing.
The dome has been closed to the public since August, when a refractor telescope was removed from the structure and stored in a Lindley office, Davidson said. The telescope's support stand is the only thing left in the dome.
The Kansas Legislature allocated $277,500 last week for the renovation of Lindley. However, funds to repair the dome were not included.
The department of physics and astronomy wants to tear down the smaller dome and replace it with a pre-fabricated one. The team says they would revolve electrically, David said.
"If money is left over, then it probably would be one of the things we would con-
The large dome already has an electric motor and is used by four observatory classes a week as well as by astronomy majors working on individual projects.
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