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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Wednesday, June 18, 1986
Lippincott renovation to be finished in June
By Bill Raynolds
By Bill Haynholds Special to the Kansas
For the past three months, visitors and workers at Lippincott Hall have had to trek across Jayhawk Boulevard to use the restrooms in Praser Hall because of innovation project in Lippincott.
Dusty, decrepit toilers, a cobweb-encrusted radiator, a water heater, copper pipes, and a half-full bag of gypsum plaster in the only two restrooms in Lippincott, which are in the basement.
"It has been very inconvenient for everyone in this building," Carol Clifford, secretary to the director of the Applied English Center, said yesterday from her office in Lippincott.
The renovation, scheduled to be finished June 20, was necessary to comply with federal and state laws concerning accessibility for the
handicapped, said Jim Modig, associate director of facilities planning.
“Our goal is to create a barrier-free restroom facility.” Modig said. “We intend to put in new fixes, increase stall widths and door widths.”
Modig the renovation had been slowed by a delay in the delivery of sinks, toilets and toilet tubs. The materials they would arrive any day.
Teftf & Donaldson Contractors Inc. of Topeka are working on the renovation at a cost of $43,972. Modig said state law required acceptance of the lowest construction bid.
Tefft Donaldson received permission to begin work on the renovation February 20, Modig said. At a preconstruction meeting in April, the contractor estimated that the renovation would take six weeks.
Organizations hindered by crowded office space
By Brenda Flory
The renovation of the Kansas Union has brought a new set of concerns for student organizations, health body president, said Monday.
Staff writer
Because of the Union renovation, which is scheduled to begin in January, several student organization have moved to the Burge Union.
"I see a lot of potential problems," Epstein said. "Organizations can't remain alive and active without a nesting place."
He said the organizations had planned to move into the Party Room, in the basement of the Burge Union, sometime this summer. But he has learned the room won't be ready by September.
"The situation would be all right for this summer, but come this fall, student organizations are a major deal." Epstein said.
Epstein said many of the temporary offices were separated by tape only. He said the offices had no
private space, some had little or no room for telephones or files and some had no place to sit down.
"I'm opposed to the whole way it has been handled." Epstein said. "If money is the problem, they should be given priority and they decided to renovate the Union."
Ruth Litchwardt, spokesman for Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas, said her group's services would be hindered next year.
"We handle a lot of confidential material," Lichardt said. "Many people who want to talk to us might believe, because we don't have the privacy."
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