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Friday, March 13, 1987 / University Daily Kansan
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By GARY LARSON
"Now listen — will you please try to control yourself tonight? ... I don't want to see you goading some guy into crashing heads with you."
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"It's a tough program," she said. "And students who do not meet the requirements of the program or receive positive comments on their on-the-job evaluations are dropped from the program."
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Students are guided and trained by the corporation with the intent that they will one day take on leadership in a corporation, Danielson said.
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The students also must have an
score of 20 or better or a
minimum score of 35.
Some of the building's services, including the fitness room, will be free. DeVictor said. Other services, such as training classes, for example, will have a fee.
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The center will include one multi-purpose room for activities ranging from parties to basketball games, he said. The building plans also include a gymnasium, an indoor jogging track, a common games area and a fitness room with weight-lifting equipment.
Danielson said the program recruited minority students in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class who have an overall grade point average of 3.0 or better and who exhibit personal motivation and leadership potential.
In November 1986, Lawrence citizens voted to allow the city commission to allocate about $1 million in general obligation bonds to help finance the $1.3 million project. Pri
Also expected to attend are 125 corporate executives to assist the students, about 100 alumni of the program and about 125 staff members. About 20 to 30 KU students are expected to participate in the INROADS program, Danielson said.
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The film, "The Sound of Music," is scheduled to be shown free at 7:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Ministry, 1204 Oread AMPs.
The parks and recreation's office and the architect, Lawrence R. Good and Associates, 900 Massachusetts St., hope to complete building plans within a month, DeVictor said.
"If a corporation interviews a student and is pleased by his or her performance, then the corporation will sponsor the student in a four-year internship program," Danielson said. "The corporation will not give any financial assistance to the student, though."
vate funds covered the remaining $300,000. DeVictor said.
Then, the parks and recreation board and the city commission must review the plans before bidding for construction can begin in April or May, Wilden said.
Mike Wildgen, assistant city manager, said the city needed the Holcom center.
The Lindley Hall observatory is
From these students, Danielson said INROADS recruited 2,500 students to become part of a talent pool. These students are prepared to interview with top corporations wishing to hire. Most INROADS students pursue degrees in business, computer science or engineering.
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Founded in Chicago in 1970, the program now receives private support from 850 corporate sponsors. Danielson said.
INROADS is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to developing and preparing talented minority youth for positions of leadership in corporate United States and in their communities, Danielson said.
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"Our recreation program has greatly expanded over the last couple of years," Wildgen said. "We were outgrowing the facilities that we had
... You can't have everything in school buildings."
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The Lawrence Community Building, 115 W. 11th St.; the East Lawrence High School, 15th Brook; and some schools now to fill the city's needs for recreation
Recreation center near Holcom Park to be ready in 1988
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The city probably will establish one full-time and some part-time positions to operate and maintain the building, DeVictor said. The city commission will consider including salaries for these positions, along with an operating budget for the center, in its 1988 fiscal year budget, he said.
The planning phase for the Holcom Recreational Area in Holcom Park, 27th Street and Lawrence Avenue, will be completed soon, and the building should open in the spring of 1988.
Anyone will be able to use the recreation services in the center. Drink
Lawrence will have a new recreation center next year.
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Fred DeVictor, director of Lawrence Parks and Recreation services, said construction plans for the park needed only small adjustments.
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son said the program was highly selective.
Mon.-Sat. 9:30-5:30
Thurs. 9:30-8:30
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scheduled to have an open house at
8 p.m. today if the sky is clear.
■ A student recital with Rebecca
Parkis, violin, is scheduled at
8 p.m. today in Swarthout Recital
Hall at Murphy Hall.