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Fridav. Januarv 22. 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Lighting still a high priority
By Jill less
Kansan staff writer
Although future projects in campus lighting improvements are still undefined, lighting remains a high priority in KU planning, the campus landscape architect said yesterday.
The architect, Greg Wade, said lighting was a continuing concern for the University of Kansas.
"Each of the major projects that we undertake has lighting incorporated in the planning," he said. He said the plans for the new science library behind Hoch Auditorium and the new human development center behind Stauffer-Flint Hall both included new lighting projects.
Campus lighting became a matter of concern at
The first phase of lighting improvements was completed last spring with the installation of lights on parts of Jayhawk Boulevard, Naismith Drive and Crescent Drive. The project was financed through the office of facilities planning, Student Senate and the chancellor's office.
the University in 1985 after Ron Helms, chairman of the department of architectural engineering, studied the relationship between the crime rate and lighting on campus. Helms' study indicated that more lighting was needed on campus to improve the safety of pedestrians and motorists.
crime areas, no decreasing crime rate could be shown.
Selate and the enthusiasm of Helms said that he was happy with what had been done so far in campus lighting but that because the new lights were not installed in high
"I don't imagine that one would see a connection between the new lights and the crime rate," Helms said.
After the first phase was identified, Wade said, it was determined that lighting projects would have to be completed in phases because of a lack of funds. The first phase cost $100,655. He said that the second phase had not yet been defined but that it was likely to include scholarship hall areas or the area around Joseph R. Pearson Hall. Parking lots are also likely candidates for phase two of the lighting project, Wade said.
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One plane design Roskam and two graduate-student teams are developing would fly at two-and-a-half times the speed of sound, Mach $2 \frac{1}{2}$, and another would fly at Mach 4.
The problem with increasing the flight speed is that sonic booms, explosive sounds that can be heard from the ground, result from aircraft that travel the speed of sound, Roskam said.
"The amount of boom which is heard depends on the size and shape of the aircraft," he said. "The trick to come up with a shape of craft that reduces overpressure and thus hurts less on the ears."
Roskam's team has created a design for the Mach 4 plane that would fly so high, at 85,000 feet, and is shaped so that no sonic boom can be heard from the ground.
The only problem, he said, is that ozone levels at that altitude have not
been studied and no aircraft company wants to spend millions of dollars on the design and development of an aircraft that can harm the atmosphere at that level.
"I've shown them to NASA, and they thought the ideas were worth looking into, although it will be about another five years before just the tests on the atmosphere are completed." Roskam said.
Still, people are interested.
Roskam also has worked with KU's Flight Research Lab since he founded it in 1967.
students' research were continuing into the future and beyond.
"Wouldn't it be nice to someday be able to take off from a runway," he asked. "And be able to fly around space and then land like a regular airplane? I think that will happen someday."
Waste stored safely
Rv Christine Martin
Kansan staff writer
Most people don't know that there are 406 different hazardous chemicals on campus.
But Steve Cater does. He's the one in charge of collecting, sorting and disposing them for the University of Kapsas.
Cater collects hazardous material from photography darkrooms, laboratories, and facilities and maintenance operations on campus. The hazardous waste includes photography chemicals, household cleaners and pesticides, he said.
Cater directs the environmental health and safety service at Burt Hall, on West 15th Street across from Jayhawker Towers.
The waste he collects is sorted and stored in a trailer on West Campus. A contractor picks it up four times a year.
Cater said he also kept track of all
hazardous chemicals used on campus. He regularly sends out surveys that ask which chemicals various departments use so the University can comply with state and federal regulations.
John Landgrebre, professor of chemistry, started collecting and disposing of the hazardous waste in 1985. He said he thought it was time aware that the University became aware of the Resource Conservation Recovery Act, which requires that hazardous waste be disposed of properly. In November 1986, the University formed the environmental health and safety service.
Landgrebe said he gradually convinced University administrators to hire someone for the job of collecting and disposing of hazardous waste.
Landgrebe wrote the first campus regulations for collection and disposal of the waste, and the regulations comply with the state and federal regulations.
KU police patrol campus, beyond
By David Sodamann
Kansan staff writer
The long arm of the KU law reaches bevel campus boundaries.
KU police, in addition to their role on campus, are commissioned by the City of Lawrence to take to city streets when needed.
"One thing that happens constantly between the Lawrence police department and KU police is we will respond to emergency calls in each other's effort," said Jim Denney, director of KU police. "We respond to a couple of hundred calls a year in the city because of that, and I'm sure the city responds to pretty close to that same number on campus."
KU police primarily confine their operations to the campus, although they can and do function off-campus, Dennev said.
By law, KU police are charged with the protection of any property owned or operated by the University. In addition, the department is responsible for any property owned, operated or under the control of the Kansas University Endowment Association, the Athletic Department and any organization or group associated with the University, such as off-campus fraternities or sororites.
KU police and city police have drawn a line around campus, setting up an area of responsibility for KU police. But Denney said KU police could go anywhere in the city to address the need to press in cases believed to have originated on campus or within the area of responsibility.
Also, KU police pursuing suspects may follow the trail wherever it leads. Likewise, Lawrence police may come on campus to investigate or pursue suspects.
"There are no turf wars," Denney said, "only concern for solving problems."
The fact that campus and city officers can work interchangeably is a sign of good relations between the two departments, he said.
Sgt. Don Dalquest, spokesman for the Lawrence police department, also said the departments got along well
"There isn't any jealousy — don't step into my territory," he said. "We've got a pretty unique situation here, we've always assisted each other."
Lawrence police have good reasons for maintaining good relations with KU police, Dalquest said. "You have to remember Lawrence wouldn't be this big if it wasn't for KU . . . It's the mainstay."
But the two departments have built a relationship based on more than financial considerations.
No police also serve on the Douglas County major case squad, helping investigations of murders or violent crimes, Denney said. They also help with off-campus fire investigations.
Being part of other teams works to KU's advantage. Dennev said.
"If we have a really bad situation on campus, we can look forward to a major amount of expertise to help us solve it," he said.
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