Friday, January 19, 2001
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
A water main break under Massachusetts Street between 10th and 11th streets brings downtown traffic to a standstill. The scene attracted onlookers like Jay Snelson, Lawrence resident, who was working when the water main broke last night. Photo by Thad Allender/KANSAN
Downtown water main break closes street
A water main burst near the intersection of 10th and Massachusetts streets at 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Lawrence police closed a section of the street for more than four hours while the city's department of utilities cleared Massachusetts Street of rushing water.
Utilities supervisor Kevin
Barr said nearly four inches of water had covered the street between 10th and 11th streets when the main first broke.
"We're not sure yet why it broke, but the water could have been leaking somewhere up the street before it came up," he said.
Barr said this was the first
time that section of the main had broken since it was originally laid in 1886.
Utilities system operator Jim Goodwin said the dry and cold weather may have caused the ground to shift and the main eventually to break.
The department of utilities replaced entire sections of water
mains on Massachusetts Street during the past few months, including a section near Eighth Street just two days ago. Goodwin said.
"Mass Street will never fully close, so we have to replace them section by section," he said.
— Amanda Beglin
Education faculty study technology
By Andrew Davies
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
School of Education faculty will explore methods to bring technology into the classroom at a Brown Bag Technology Demonstration today.
The luncheon demonstrations, which will be at 11 a.m. in Joseph R. Pearson Hall, will focus on digital cameras, computer microscopes and Cassiopeia and Palm personal digital assistance. The Blackboard online course information service will also be demonstrated.
Bryan Newberry, project coordinator, said the purpose of the demonstration would be to show faculty the role technology can play in a classroom.
"We're trying to introduce faculty members to how technology can be integrated into their classroom environment," he said.
Newberry said it was important for University of Kansas faculty to use the technology in the classrooms so future teachers would be open to using technology in their classrooms.
"We believe very strongly that the next generation of teachers, those students who are in the School of Education right now, will be strongly influenced by positive examples of technology use that they have exposure to in their classes," he said.
Susan Zvacek, director for Instructional Development and Support, said most University professors want to use technology in the classroom but some'
University faculty continue to find new ways to bring technology into their classes.
times struggle to find the time.
"I think the biggest problem is finding the time to create and develop the materials," she said.
"They really see the potential to extend the classroom beyond, say, Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes," she said.
Zvacek, who will help explain Blackboard, said the technology used in classrooms ranges from videotape and slides to the Internet and streaming media.
Doug Houston, professor of business, uses Internet downloads to supplement his courses. He said teachers should use what they like and feel comfortable with.
Zvacek said most professors see technology as a way to expand the classroom.
Shc said Blackboard had been used in a variety of ways, including practices, quizzes, tests and class discussions. It is also used to post notes and handouts.
George Crawford, associate professor of education, said he does not use technology in his classes because the discussion-based classes he teaches are hindered by technology.
"I use very little technology in my classroom," he said. "It's primarily because of content and the approach I use."
Today's program is sponsored by Learning Generation, a federally-funded project under the PT 3 initiative, which stands for "Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Teach."
The three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Education is in its second year.
Three arrested in park suspected in area car thefts, robberies
The past two days were no walk in the park, literally, for a Lawrence man, a Topeka woman and a transient.
By Lauren Brandenburg
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
This is the first Brown Bag luncheon sponsored by Learning Generation.
Edited by Brandy Straw
All three were arrested Wednesday after officers approached them in Burcham Park, which borders the Kansas River near Second Street, said Sgt.
Mike Patrick of the Lawrence Police Department.
He said two of the three fled in a stolen '84 Dodge Ram van with an illegal tag, eluding police until they pulled over at Eighth and Indiana streets. The vehicle's driver, Sheryl Elaine Bayless, of Topeka, was booked into the Douglas County Jail Wednesday afternoon for possession of crack, fleeing or eluding a law enforcement officer, reckless driving and possession of stolen
property. The passenger, Jesse Wayne Remby, who has no permanent address, was arrested on two warrants for failure to comply.
Remby was released from jail shortly after 8 a.m. yesterday.
Monte Reed Dolan, a 38-year-old Lawrence resident, who remained at the park when his companions left, is accused of stealing a University of Kansas student's car, damaging a door and door jamb while attempting to break into a
student's residence and burglarizing a Lawrence man's residence, said Bethany Daniels, assistant district attorney.
Dolan was charged yesterday with one felony count each of aggravated burglary, theft, aggravated assault, attempted burglary and criminal possession of a firearm. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of criminal damage.
Lawrence police reports showed
the events started Monday.
A female student reported her Honda Civic was stolen Monday from the 500 block of Florida Street, and another female student reported that her front door and door jamb were damaged in an attempted burglary Monday in the 400 block of Michigan Street, Lawrence police said.
Patrick said a 49-year-old Lawrence resident discovered a man in his residence when he
returned home Wednesday night in the 400 block of Florida Street. Patrick said the suspect pointed a gun at the resident before leaving with the resident's Ruger.22 caliber pistol, leather holster and hunting knife.
Dolan and Bayless remained in jail yesterday, because neither had enough money to post bail. Dolan's bond was set at $8,500, and Bayless' bond was $2,500.
— Edited by Doug Pacey
Fraternity honors civil rights leader with campus vigil
By Danny Phillips writer@kansan.com Kanson staff writer
Christopher Haydel hopes his fraternity's annual candlelight vigil to honor Martin Luther King Jr. this afternoon will draw a good crowd.
"It's kind of important for us to have a good turnout for this," said Haydel, Alpha Phi Alpha president and Philadelphia senior.
Haydel said he was expecting at least 50 people to attend
The vigil will begin at 3:30 p.m. in front of Wescoe Hall with several of the fraternity members sharing thoughts about what King's legacy means to them. The civil rights leader was an Alpha Phi Alpha member at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
The group will then proceed to Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
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Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity is planning a candlelight vigil at 3:30 this afternoon in front of Wescoe Hall. It will proceed to Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
to march to the student union as a symbol of his marches in the "80s." Haydel said.
A yet-to-be-announced keynote speaker will address the participants in the auditorium, said Robert Page, interim director for the Office of Multicultural Affairs.
"His teachings should be as strong as they were back in the '60s," Haydel said. "I feel the whole civil rights movement has kind of died. It's in a lag stage."
The University's Inspirational Gospel Voices will perform a few songs afterward. Haydel said. The fraternity's vigil is traditionally scheduled on the first Friday of classes after the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday so that students have a chance to attend the ceremony, Haydel said.
Haydel said that in previous years, he spoke about what King's teachings meant and applied them to all races.
Fraternity member Alfred Harris, Kansas City, Mo., senior, said he agreed the movement lacked the energy it did 40 years ago, but he didn't believe it was gone.
"The awareness is there," Harris said, "But the passion isn't as strong."
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Students worried about fate of family farms
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said he wants to return to the country some day, possibly to make farming a pastime. No matter what, the family farm maintains a place in his heart.
"Ideally, it will be in the family for as long as there is a family." Clary said.
Carissa Wheat, Allen junior, has similarly mixed feelings. Wheat grew up as her "dad's tomboy," working summers on the family ranch. But the cattle market declined in recent years, and her parents encouraged their three daughters to obtain college degrees and do something different with their lives.
"It makes me really sad to think that all I knew as a child could be gone some day, or be completely different to me." Wheat said.
Bill Wood, Douglas County Extension Agriculture Agent, acknowledged the difficulties farmers face. He cited corporate farming as the main threat to family operations, but doesn't think the outlook should be so bleak.
Wheat, a communications studies major, said she probably won't take the risk involved in being one of those farm managers, but she's proud of her roots and glad for the work ethic she feels she gained from her agricultural upbringing.
"While we have considerably fewer family farms than 20 or even 10 years ago, I think we'll have them for some time," Wood said. "There will be exceptionally good farm managers who will be able to compete with the corporations."
you had to work with your hands — hard labor," Wheat said. "People who have never done that just don't know."
Smith agrees that, while she might not be plowing a field any time soon, she wouldn't trade her history on the farm and the values it instilled in her.
"It can only benefit me, and it connects me," Smith said. "Every time I meet someone who grew up on a farm, we're instantly bonded."
Clary feels the roots of such bonds on a deep level.
"Once you become a farmer, it kind of gets into your blood," Clary said.
But that just makes his decision to pursue another career all the more difficult.
"These days," Clary said, "it really seems like farmers almost don't have a shot."
Clary roils rusty barbed wire from a fence that was replaced by a stronger metal barrier. "This isn't my favorite aspect of farm work, but it needs to be done," the Ft. Scott native said. Photo by Thad Allender/KANSAN
- Edited by Sydney Wallace
Clary's daily routine includes rounding up the cattle for feeding. With help from Smakey, an intimidating blue-heeler, Clary's job is quick and easy. Photo by Thad Allender/KANSAN
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