University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 15, 1988
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Field house site may get garage Multi-level facility could add as many as 600 spaces by 1989
By Donna Stokes
Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas could gain as many as 600 parking spaces in a multi-level garage north of Allen Field House by the beginning of 1989. KU officials said this week.
The new garage is now in the design development phase, said Jim Modig, associate director of facilities planning. The construction of the garage is still subject to approval by the Board of Regents.
"What has been presented to date of the image has been accepted." Modis said.
The garage will be financed through bonds that must be approved by a state bonding committee appointed by the governor. Parking Services will be responsible for paying off the bonds, Medig said.
"We have authorization to do it in the manner we are proceeding." Modig said. "The only thing that would stop the plans would be proof that it could not be supported financially. And I don't believe there should be any problem with that."
Two sites originally were proposed for the parking garage. Facilities planning recommended building the garage on the two parking lots north of the field house. The other site was east of Robinson Center.
The architecture firm for the project, Kiene and Bradley Design Group of Topeka, thinks it can have the project ready for a bid by early this summer and the garage can be built by late 1988 or early 1989. Modig said
The joint committee on state building construction met Wednesday with facilities planning officials at KU and said they did not have problems with proceeding at the Allen Field House site, said Allen Wiechert, director of facilities planning.
"The purpose of meeting with the committee was to advise them where we were with the project and to discuss the accommodation of water retention," said Wiechert. "They seem to have no concerns with the field house site."
Ray Moore, chairman of the parking board, said, "The amount and intensity of potential water drainage from a reservoir can to people living south of campus."
One of the requirements of building
The only thing that would stop the plans would be proof that it could not be supported financially. And I don't believe there should be any problem with that.'
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Jim Modig
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the structure was building a water- retention system under the garage. Water will be retained until it can be released into the drainage system.
The field house site was chosen over the site between the computer center and Robinson Center for several reasons. KU officials said.
"For a parking structure of the scale that it needs to be to provide the optimum capacity of spaces, the Robinson site just really didn't fit as well as the Allen Field House site," Moore said.
The terrain from Irving Hill Road to the field house slopes to the south. "This causes the garage to be more aesthetically pleasing," Moore said. "The garage will look much lower than if built on level ground."
elements into the garage that blend with the architecture already existing in Anschutz and the field house," he said.
"There is also a possibility of incorporating some architectural
Negative aspects of the site east of Robinson were also a factor in the failure of the project.
At the Robinson site, drivers would have no direct access from Sunny side Avenue. The only way to reach it would be from the south or the east, which would cause a traffic flow problem and could be through residential areas. A building on the site would also be less pleasing to the eye, Moore said.
"You have to look at how you can approach the garage without using residential neighborhoods and also doing something about directing people to it." Moore said.
The field house site also will be more convenient for people attending theater productions at Murphy Hall and athletic events, he said.
Even though the Robinson site will not be used for the garage, it may still be used for additional surface parking.
No formal decision has been made about the temporary lot or how parking in the new structure will be designated, Moore said. It may be a mixture of permit and metered parking, but it is still under discussion.
KU computers to link in new Xerox network
Bv Michael Carolan
Kansan staff writer
Computer systems in five campus buildings will soon be able to link with one another and communicate up to about 40 times faster once a contractor is found to install new computer links.
KU officials said yesterday that the Ethernet, a computer network developed by the Xerox Corporation, will begin replacing the University's current computer link as its chosen option is chosen to install copper wiring.
Currently, bids have been sent to five companies. KU officials hope to select a contractor for the project by next month.
"The phenomena we are seeing is that more and more departments and faculty are getting computer resources," said William Bulgren, chairman of the department of computer science. "The question was how do we get connected. We can now."
The Computer Center will be linked to computers in Learned, Nichols, Malott and Strong halls when the system is complete. The departments of computer science, electrical and computer engineering and physics and astronomy will have access to the system.
Dewey Allaire, KU director of telecommunications, said that computer systems in the buildings would be linked by attaching about 1,500 feet of copper wire to existing fiber-optic telephone lines and data switches that were installed on campus last June.
Ken Jordan, a technical support programmer at the computer center, said, "The current network allows computer terminals to talk to systems, but the new network allows systems to talk to systems."
He said the Ethernet would allow users in five locations to send more information and communicate rapidly by what is called electronic mail, which involves direct animal-to-terminal communication.
Alaire said that the different departments that received the Ethernet hookup would pay for its installation according to the footage of wire required to reach its destination. The network will cost the departments with the connection about $75 a month, he said.
Amy Randles, SenEx vice chairman, hands fliers to Scott Swenson, Lawrence senior, and Mike Connor, Lawrence graduate student. The fliers encouraged students to express concerns about the shortened add-drop period.
Closed classes cost students
By Elaine Woodford
Kansan staff writer
The frustration of crowded and closed classes has become a source of irritation for both students and faculty.
"As long as enrollment remains at the current level, we will continue to have a problem," said James Carothers, associate dean of liberal arts.
Instructors say the problem is complex. Underclassmen need these core classes for their majors. But tight budgets do not allow departments to hire more instructors to meet the growing demand.
"It's a terrible problem," said Wilmer Linkugel, chairman of the department of communication studie.
Linkukel said the department hadn't received approval to hire additional faculty after several professors retired or left the department. This has created a critical need for qualified professors, he said.
The department decided to close four sections of Communications 150 to free instructors to teach upper-level communications classes.
"This isn't an ideal situation. It's a makeshift situation." Linkugel said. "We need regular faculty to teach upper-level classes."
"More faculty is the only solution," said Burtel Lettom, chairman of the university's physics department.
"Frequently, our own majors are having problems getting into courses," he said. "Students in other majors are having problems getting into courses ahead of majors."
Carothers said that courses in political science, English, psychology and communications were taken by students from many schools in the University and, therefore, closed faster than other classes.
Problems stem not only from lack of funds and staff, but also from the small size of classrooms.
"Classroom space is critical on this campus," Johnson. "We have the English of our class."
Loomis said, "We couldn't even accommodate larger sections if we wanted, due to the small size of the classrooms."
Bion Clark, Topeka junior and a political science major, said he had
been able to enroll in only six hours of political science since his freshman year.
Despite two trips to the enrollment center last fall, Clark said he was unable to enroll in any political science courses this semester.
"I've been to classes to ask professors for closed-class openers and been put on a waiting list," Clark said. "Sophronores and non-majors are getting into the classes before majors. It's been really frustrating."
Loomis said, "The problem with the add-drop system is that we aren't able to control the size of the classes. Students who aren't majors are enrolling in classes that aren't suited for their needs, while political science majors are on waiting lists."
Loomis said that political science majors were given priority on class waiting lists and that seniors were the first students offered a place in the class.
"While we wait for the state to give the University more money, it's costing students their education," Clark said.
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