Wednesday, May 2, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 9
Hemenway's steps get repairs
By Rachel Moluf
writer@kansan.com
Special to the Kansan
Chancellor Robert Hemenway might want to watch his step, but some students think repairs on campus should come before repairs to the chancellor's steps.
Workers from Facilities Operations will be renovating the front stairs of the chancellor's house until the end of the month, said Larry Rawlings, assistant director of the construction department of Facilities Operations.
David Billings and Larry Thompson lay mortarboard on the steps of the Chancellor's house. Some students questioned whether the project should come before other campus repairs. Photo by Joshua Richards/KANSAN
Marianne Hovgaard, Veije, Denmark, senior, said she thought the University should first focus on repairing busy stairwells.
"I think people's safety should come first," Hovgaard said. "Lots of people use the stairs between Watkins and Miller Scholarship Halls, and those stairs are pretty bad. I think they should fix them before they work on beautification."
Hovgaard said she understood that it could be difficult to close a major path while classes were in session, but that people had alternatives to
using that route. She said she had been pleased with some of the repairs she had seen on campus, but there needed to be more.
"I saw that they fixed up those stairs between Blake and Twente halls, which really made me happy," Hovgaard said. "It's depressing when things are falling apart and don't look maintained."
Jim Long, assistant provost for planning and facilities management, said when stairs deteriorated and tiles came off, they needed to be fixed immediately—including those of the chancellor's house.
"That is a process you have to stop, because it just gets worse and worse and worse," Long said. "Especially with the large number of people that visit the chancellor's house."
Last week, workers removed the tiles and poured new concrete, Rawlings said. This week they began replacing the mortarboard and laying new tiles.
"When moisture gets in the joints of the stairs, it rots out the concrete and pops the tiles loose," Rawlings said.
"In this case, some tiles broke loose
and others cracked.
Rawling said workers would have to devote a lot of time to the tiles and follow the tiles' established pattern.
moist and not too dry,"he said.
"We also have to have the mortar just right to keep the tiles on—not too
Rawlings said if weather cooperated, the repairs should be finished by the end of the month.
— Edited by Leita Schultes
Multiple break-ups hurt confidence
Bv Sarah Smarsh
By Sarah Smarsh
writer@kansan.com
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
One week they're in love, and the next week they hate each other. One week they're crying about one another, and the next week they're holding hands. You know them — the multiple break-up couples.
College is often a tumultuous time for committed relationships, as people change and paths diverge. Many couples find themselves breaking up and getting back together over and over again.
Christina Peter, Tribute junior, recently reunited with her long-time, on-again-off against boyfriend. Peter said she and her boyfriend, who moved to Seattle last year, had broken up three times since they hooked up almost three years ago as college freshmen. She said their
relationship had been erratic, partly because of the distance between them.
"One week, everything would be perfect, and the next week sometimes I didn't even know who he was or where he was." Peter said.
Peter said the breakup began with trivial disagreements.
"It would start out with the dumbest things, but then it would just escalate from there," she said, but added that the underlying, meaningful issues included her boyfriend's fear of commitment and her passive-aggressive nature.
"It seemed like I was always up and down with my emotions," she said.
Peter said the unstable periods took a toll on her, mentally.
Joyce Davidson, a psychologist at Psychological and Career Services, said she had heard similar tales from a number of her student
patients. Davidson said a pattern of throwing in the towel at signs of trouble could dash hopes for the future.
"If you change your mind about something that's important to you more than once or twice, it undermines confidence in the relationship," Davidson said.
Becky Falter, Long Grove, Ill. junior, said she and her boyfriend of more than two years had endured extreme ups and downs. Falter said the relationship faltered when she moved home for six months after her freshman year, a period marked by horrible fights.
"The hardest thing was going to bed at night knowing we were pissed off at each other, and not knowing what was going to happen the next day," Falter said.
Faltar and her boyfriend now live together and think things will work out.
"As they get stronger and more mature individually, they're able to break those patterns," she said.
Davidson said multiple break-up couples could make it in the long run.
Peter said she and her boyfriend, who might return to the University next fall, had both matured, deciding to give it another shot by improving communication and changing their perspectives.
"Both of us need to grow up," she said. "We need to start acting like we're in a committed relationship. No more games."
Peter added that if they don't make it work this time, there wouldn't be a next time.
"I wouldn't be able to deal with all that again," she said.
-Edited by Jay Pilgreen
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Storytelling class shares tellable tales
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Like other University of Kansas students at the start of each semester, Derek Shancer went to the wrong class.
Welcome to the wonderful world of storytelling, KU style.
By Andrew Davies
The women's rhetoric class the Overland Park senior expected to be at 4058 Wescoe met in a different room, but Shaner did not find out until after class started.
By Andrew Davies
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Shaner stayed through the class he went to, narratives for personal growth, and liked it so much he decided to take the class.
the class was being offered for the first time at the University and meets Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Thursdays, students tell their stories, which last between five and 10 minutes. Either students or Friedman ask questions after the story before moving on to the next story.
"I want them to see stories as tools they can use to make a difference for other people," he said. "There is a vast list of literature of tellable stories that provide
Sitting in a circle, students pick a story from several choices on Tuesdays.
Friedman said the class tried to illustrate the power of stories and the way stories can make a difference.
insights about all of the major issues of life."
Stories also can be used to give advice, move or comfort someone, lighten a situation or sell an idea or product, Friedman said.
Shaner said the class had benefited him more than learning how to tell stories. He said he had made friends with his classmates and grown comfortable with them.
"People I never would've met, I'm friends with here," he said. "It's actually good public speaking. It makes you more comfortable to talk in front of people. It's good practice."
The class has grown closer, Friedman said, because of the nature of the class and that people had grown to know each other from their stories.
"You need to be for people to tell stories about their own lives," he said. "Stories open people up to each other."
Sherre-Khan Blackmon, Houston senior, said the class had shown her that people experience the same type of things, but that they viewed those experiences from different perspectives.
"It's a good class to take," he said. "I've told people if they offer this class again to take it."
Friedman said he hoped the class would be offered again next spring.
Edited by Matt Daugherty
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