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Wednesday, March 23, 1977
University Daily Kansan
Antarctica sojourn recalled by student
By ROBERT MACKEY
Staff Renorter
Kent Cristal puffs on an OpaL, a Russian-made cigarette, and leans back in an armchair in his Mobile Acres home. He smiles when he remembers the Soviet scientists he met in Antarctica during the nearly three months he spent there between semesters
"They're the biggest academics I've ever seen," the 28-year-old Wellington senior says, referring to the Soviets' habit of bringing trinkets along to sell to other students. "It's a great Mundo Station, a former U.S. Navy base, now used as a research station."
Cigarettes aren't the only mementos Crialer brought from Antarctica. He also displays three small rock samples, some of which are covered with successes continually at work in Antarctica.
ONE JET-BLACK piece of volcanic rock shows the marks of exposure to strong winds there. It is polished and worn into roughly a ovramid shape.
one two others, small enough to fit in the palm of his hand, are fragments from a meteorite. Crisler knows this because the meteorite is just one meter thick. "This ice." This ice, constantly squeezed by new ice being formed around it, is pushed upward, allowing the wind to polish its surface, turning it blue. Blue ice can be formed out of the Antarctic plains and valley floors.
"There are no mountains around, so any
find are from meteorites," Crius says.
ASIDE FROM being conversation pieces, meteorites are valued by some researchers. Because of their scarcity, he says, they are worth about $1 a gram.
He says the pieces he collected, a dusty gray color with brown flecks of rusted iron, came from a 900 pound meteorite that broke three fine pieces on impact with the earth.
But collecting meteorite fragments was little more than a time-killing activity for Crister and the Antarctica team. He went to Geology professor Edward Zeller, his research associate Gisela Dreschloff and West German geologist Franz Tessenshoff. The four did the first part of a mineral analysis unsourced by the National Science Foundation.
THE MAJOR reason for the survey was to determine the size and location of deposits of uranium and other scarce minerals. Part of the survey was conducted from the air. And that's where Criser entered the picture.
"There was a lot of luck involved," he
said. "But the most reason I went along is
that I thought I should be smart."
He received his helicopter training in the military, which included service in Vietnam. When he returned, he worked as a brakeman for the Santa Fe Railroad.
Then he decided to become a geologist. "AT THE TIME, I didn't know rocks from meteorites."
Crisler came to KU where he took a primary geology course from Zeller.
While hanging around, he learned from
"I knew right away that he was somebody I wanted to know," Crisler says. "So I hung
Robbery reported near residence hall
James Gillespie, Leavenworth freshman,
allegedly was attacked and robbed about
midnight Monday as he was returning to his
room at Joseph R. Pearson residence hall.
Gillespie described his assailants to police as one black and one white male. He said he was punched twice—once in the nose and once in the mouth.
Gillespie allegedly was robbed of his wallet, which contained $18.
The police briefly detained and questioned a suspect shortly after the incident. The suspect was released without being charged.
Zeller the difference between rocks and marbles and assisted in some field work in western Kansas. Two years ago, he was wounded by a bullet during an attack until recently because of bad weather.
The weather last November proved to be nice enough for flying and Crialer was the copilot on most of the field studies done away from the McMurdo base.
"I WAS REALLY glad to do it," Critaker says about the flight. "I hadn't done it in the past."
His arrival in Antarctica was partly obscured by blowing snow. When it's not snowing, he says, the visibility there is about 100 miles.
An area as vast as Antarctica causes a certain pride to grow in the scientists who work there, he says. Some whole valleys have been set aside as preserves—but they extend to fly over them. He says this feeling extends to areas that aren't preserved.
"You're walking through the valleys and you're so proud of them that if you see an old smoke grenade or tin can, it insults you. If you're in a field from the field with truss in our pockets."
FINDING something to do in idle moments can be difficult in Antarctica. Crisler says two of the guides at the base camp had a glimpse of an adult practiced snooker while he was there.
"I couldn't find anyone who could beat me. thouh." he says.
In addition, the KU team visited other scientists working there. The team's Christmas dinner, a multi-course affair, was provided by a team of Italian scientists. Hosts and guests later autographed the menus.
The relaxation extended to the field work. Crisler says that while in the field, the team listened to a cassette recording of Pagniini's Russian vodka from "little silver glove."
THE VODKA, and other potables, were sold at cut-rate prices. A brand of vodka selling in a local liqueur store for $4 could be bought in Antarctica for $3.25. Some beer sold for seven cans a cup. When a shipload of 40 cans or 40 cans a person, everyone refused to buy it.
"But when we were out of Schlitz, we were out of beer," Critsler says. "We drank a little."
Johnson files VD countersuit
Clint Johnson, starting forward on the University of Kansas basketball team, has filed a $10,000 counterattack against Susan Waldorf, Shaker Heights, Ohio, graduate student, claiming damages to his name and reputation.
In the suit, filed March 14 in Dougles County district court, Johnson claimed that he didn't give Walderd gonorhea, as she said, and that she never told him she was sick.
Walford所 in a law suit filed Feb. 25 in Douglas County District Court that Johnson gave her gonorrhea, which she said made her sterile later.
Johnson's counterstaff claims that Waldorf should have been aware of the risks involved and that she was a consenting and willing participant.
His suit further states that Waldorf's carelessness and negligence contributed to her injuries, and that she made false and unsuccessful claims against him, greatly injuring his reputation.
Waldorf filed an answer to Johnson's counter-claime Monday in which she denied all his charges. She also charged that any damage to Johnson's reputation had been done on his own actions, and that he should be barred from recovery of damages.
He is asking the $110,000 for damages to his character, name and fame.
She also requested a jury trial. Johnson will give a deposition 8 in Johnson's case.
By LEON UNRUH
Gone are the days of the red-eyed vignell, the traditional wait of computer science students who withstood intermuble turmoil at University of Kansas computation center.
Gone for most are the one- two- or five-hour waits. Students now have turnaround times of five to 10 minutes, or at the most, half an hour.
Staff Renorter
"It's unbelievable," Jay Smith, Hays junior, said recently. "Last year I spent hours down here and now I spend 15 minutes."
Turnaround time is the period between the time when punch cards are submitted at the dispatch office in Summerfield Hall and when the printout is ready for pickup.
THE REASON for less turnaround time is two computers installed in Summerfield Hall last summer. They have a greater capacity and are computing data faster than the computers they replaced, according to John Seitz, assistant director of instruction and research at the computation center.
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Printout time shortened with new computers
The computer used for classwork and research, a Honeywell 68-60, can find stored material four times faster and execute it better than the computer, a Honeywell 635, Seltz said.
TURNAOUND time has been speeded up, Selts said, by the addition of the Express Small Program system to the 66-60. The system, comprising a fast punch-card reader on a 1,400-line-a-minute printer, is used in classwork, which includes classwork.
Dave Nordlund, assistant director of instruction and research, said that the computer load "mortar" on the computer load "mortar" taking more time, made up 40 per cent.
Another computer installed at the same time as the 60-60, an IBM 145, is used for University student records and enrollment. It costs $2.7 million, and the 145 cost $2.4 million.
Eric Reynolds, Lawrence junior, said he was pleased that there was less turnaround time now for his classwork. He used the old book and he said he noticed the improvement.
Getter, who uses the computer in his quantitative analysis class, said there had been few problems when the department was unable to obtain the obese, 10-year-old 635 at the 66-60.
RUSSELL GETTER, assistant professor of political science, said his department had grown to include 50 faculty members.
THE CENTER now has three printers—one more than it had before. One is used exclusively for the administration compartment, and two others other than the express program system.
Seitz said the center had experienced few conversion or break-in difficulties.
"At the most it's 10 minutes, and it used to go almost a day," Reynolds said.
The new printer, valued at $7,000, is 400 times-accelerate faster than the one it once purchased.
The additional equipment forced a remodeling of Summerfield to "shoehorn" the computers and express system in, Seitz said.
**The Time Sharing System** (SHSU) **shu743**
about 60 remote terminals on campus and in the Lawrence area connected by telephone to the 66-80. Data is typed into a terminal, and the computer answers on a television or on a printout at the terminal or center.
Long jobs, which require several hours to compute, account for 10 per cent.
66-60's work was done through this system.
Response time, which could take up to 20 seconds on the 635 during peak use, is rarely used.
Then, when using the 66-60, according to Nordium.
SEITZ SAID that about 50 per cent of the 66-60's work was done through this system.
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Mike McNeil, Lawrence graduate student, uses the time-sharing terminals to introduce data to the computer. He then goes to the computation center and picks up printouts of the 20 to 30 jobs he does each week for the Center for Research.
--the speed of the center, some people were disaffected with the center's speed at attacking them.
However, Seitz said the new system took less time and was easier to remit.
"You can get a job back in 15 to 20 minutes," he said. "The express printer they have up in the dispatch room has helped quite a bit."
In my new, larger shop, I'll be carrying a full line of crew work [Eta Williams and Ericia Wilson designs], cross stitch, counted cross stitch and latch rugs. Of course, I still have a complete collection of needlepoint and an even larger assortment of yarns and canvases.
"We used to take 10 hours to solve a problem," he said. "We may spend two hours on it."
Nordlund turnaround time for printouts was almost as low as it can get. He said "human factors" were becoming influential.
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"It's 'state of the art' hardware."
"PART OF THE problem is that our system is fast enough now that the time it takes our dispatcher to tear the output off, separate it, figure out where it goes and stick it in the bin is an appreciable amount of the turnaround time," he said.
One teaching assistant said that despite
"Some people think the computer center isn't fixing them up fast enough," he said. "But their main problem is that they're understaffed, I guess."
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Cancer Careers Day
--former Instructor of psychology and business education at Univ. of Kansas
On Friday, March 25, students who are interested in Medicine and the paramedical sciences will have an opportunity to view the Cancer Research and Patient Care facilities at the University of Kansas Medical Center and to discuss their own career possibilities with several of the research and clinical faculty at the Medical Campus. There will be three workshops on the Lawrence campus in the late morning and will return then is the campus in the late afternoon. There will be no charge for the transportation.
Students who would like to participate in this program should call Airline Blenner, 864-4021.
--former Instructor of psychology and business education at Univ. of Kansas
CAMPUS VETERANS GENERAL MEETING
4:30 Meadowlark Rm.. Union
Thursday, Mar. 24th
402-638-7111 Abe Miller from the Topeka Veterans' Hospital will show a film and talk about part-time jobs at the VA Hospital. John Hall from IBM will be looking for graduating students for possible jobs with IBM. All vets are urged to attend.
E.R.A. DEBATE
Equal Rights Amendment
"Equality of Rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of Sex."
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