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Mini tornadoes spin on campus
By LEROY JOHNSTON
Staff Reporter
Tornado season is still a few months away, but research into these mysterious, unusual events is ongoing.
The University of Kansas has been involved in tornado research since 1973 under the direction of Vincent Muirhead, professor of aerospace engineering.
Working through a NASA grant, Murhead and two aerospace students, Trevor Sorensen, Mauldin, S.C., graduate students from the University of sophomore, have created miniature torndocks by spinning cage up to 1,200 r.p.m. A suction device draws up air inside the vortex to simulate tornado action more realistically. The team's bovairant in air, make the airflow visible.
IN 1975, Muirhead helped write a book about tornadoes and building damage, which presented evidence that, contrary to previous belief, the southwest corner of a building wasn't the safest place to be during a storm. Instead, the northwest and central areas were shown to offer the best protection.
Joe Eagleman, professor of geography, and Nicholas Willems, professor of civil engineering, worked with Muirhead doing tornado research. They used destruction
model testing and pressure mapping processes. Models of houses and other structures made of balsa wood were subjected to winds up to 300 miles an hour in a wind tunnel. What remained was carefully studied.
THREE HUNDRED m.p.h. winds are considered the upper limit for a tornado compared with a 100 m.p.h. limit in a hurricane. Besides high winds, a tornado's suction effect can cause damage by exploding buildings.
Kansas is in the heart of tornado country. The Rocky Mountains to the west, the Gulf of Mexico to the south and arid deserts to the southwest channel cold polar air from the north into warm moist air coming from the gulf. The meeting of these two air streams is strong frontal activity, triggering intense thunderstorms and rapid air lifting.
A MAP in Murhur's office clearly shows that all reported U.S. tornadoes move from southwest to northeast. It also informs residents of sage sightings west of the Rocky Mountains.
A breakdown of tornado sightings by decade shows that the number of tornadoes has remained constant over the years, but that the amount of death and destruction has increased because of increased population density and urban expansion.
The most notorious tornado in Kansas history hit Toppea June 8, 1966, destroying more than 8,000 homes and killing 17 people. The massive funnel cloud created a 12-mile path of destruction that started at Gage Blvd. and ended at the Capitol building. In the process, the Washburn University campus was nearly wiped out.
MURHEAD'S RESEARCH has shed some light on tornado phenomena. His findings have confirmed that the core of tornadoes moves upward, and experiments with simultaneous vortices have shown that a stronger vortex will often absorb a weaker
It is hoped that basic research such as this will finally lead to methods to dissipate, control or predict tornado activity. One possibility is that we were dealing a bomb into a torrone core.
If a tornado should appear, what are your chances?
SAID PIRNAZAR, resident director of McCollum Hall, said that if a tornado were sighted, a notice would be broadcast over the intercoms in every room advising people to leave their windows shut. sail door or glass up on the wall hall. If a person could not get to the basement, he should lie down on the floor in the hall, he said.
Woman's band strong on vocals
Bv JULIE RORINSON
Staff Reporter
All-woman bands are a rarity in Lawrence, but the Lawrence Women's Music Collective hopes that's not the reason for its growing popularity.
The band staried last summer when four women decided it would be fun to “jam a little every Wednesday night.” The group played on the floor, playing at benefits and small local clubs
The nine women play violins, pianos, guitars - electric and bass - flutes, mandolins, saxophones, drums and conga's that their strong point is their vocals, according to Lynn Bretz, Lawrence graduate student and a member of the collective.
THE GROUP! plays a variety of music, including folk, rock, blues, country and gospel.
Some of the group's material is original, but much of it is from popular artists.
Susan Davis, 1205 Mississippi St. said,
"We do some Joni Mitchell, James Taylor,
Phoebe Snow, even Bach, although we
haven't done that in awhile."
Kathy Buehler, 1138 New York St., has been in rock groups since 1971 and the group plays some of her material. Other songs were written specifically for the band, such as Fischer's "Lavender Jane On If Wheels" a song about women truckers
BUEHLER, WHO was in male bands
and his band has both advantages and drawbacks.
"It's delightful not to have to deal with the workings of working with all-male bands," she said.
Bretz added, "We don't force each other to wear hot pants."
Buehler and Bretz agree that one drawback of the band is that people contend
Bretz said, "We're out to play well, and be a good, solid band, not to create an image."
Group members say they've glad the band has a following of both men and women and think Lawrence is a good environment to start in.
"There are lots of groups here, and we have lots of friends who support us," Bretz said. "The people at Off the Wall Hall have been very helpful."
The group has had to rely on musician friends for amplifiers and microphones. Members own all their instruments but they also want to invest in a public address system yet.
MarienLY, Lawrence graduate student, said, "We had a benefit concert last Thursday to startraising money for our p.a. system. That will be our first expense, since we have already paid for the concert and said they always practice in the home of Deb Holmes, Lawrence graduate student.
THE GROUP usually practices seven hours a week, a difficult habit because most of them have jobs or are students and two others do not. Dr. Karlinn and Sarah Lepelt, live in Topeka.
But the endear has been worth it, the group agrees.
"It's refreshing because it's usually hard to find people you are compatible with musically," Julie Deisler, Houston freshman, said.
Most importantly, according to Bretz, that all the members have grown musically and are comfortable performing.
Davis said. "We've learned new things about our audience, how to improve our communication," he said.
THE WOMEN staged a rap session this week to determine their goals.
"We all have different musical needs and different personal goals, so it's hard to figure out where we go from here," Davis said.
But Bueller said some immediate goals were to be financially independent, to improve musically, to make more money and to start traveling more.
Feb. 18 and 19 the group will perform at Fookhill, Etc., 4/6. E 31 St. in Kansas
They hope to have a concert in Lawrence late in March. Their last concert, at Off the Wall Hall Feb. 3, turned into a "rock out" people dancing all night, the group said.
THE GROUP ISN'T really suited for the club market, according to Buehler. She said the group would prefer doing small conerts.
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If a tornado should approach, it's still good advice to move at right angles to the path. A person in a car might be able to walk up a hill without hitting someone known to pick up and relocate cars. Torndares are predictable to an extent and a close watch on the weather is still good advice.
If Wilson doesn't have a pipe, he can make one to specifications, although the pipe must be of a certain type.
year, he says, most of which are machine-made and of standard shapes and sizes. He says he can make more profit on machine-made pipes than machine-made pipes because no two are alike.
Pipes ...
"We're just trying to enjoy old age," he says.
Wilson walks over to an old television housing several goldfish in its clear picture window.
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"If you dream of something, I can probably come up with it." he says.
He says he has tried to reach a balance in sales between low- and high-cost items.
sales between now. and nigh-cost terms.
"That what's killed most of the shops," he says. "You've got to move a lot of merchandise if it's a low-dollar deal."
Although the pipe business' success is dependent on the tobacco industry, Wilson
"I don't claim to make a lot of money, but I probably have had more fun than anybody in the business." Wilson says, laughing heartily. He adds that the pipe shop, run by him and his wife, Lorraine, is "one of the few ma and pa operations around."
says he isn't in business just to make a buck.
KU bands have openings
"There's no successful man who doesn't have some place to play." Wilson says. "I have a reputation of being the oldest hippe in the most relaxed businessman in Lawrence."
Students who enjoy playing in bands but
may not play at the university's opportunity to
play three universities of music.
Those interested should call Thomas Stidham, assistant professor of ensembles.
The varsity band has openings for the
same instruments, as well as openings for clarinet, tuba and double reeds.
The concert band meets at 2:30 p.m.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It has concerts on and off campus and a tour March 2 and 3.
It meets at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and
Thursday, and has concerts on off-campus.
The concert band has openings for string bass, double bass, harp and percussion musicians. The number of openings depends on the quality of the applicants, according to Robert Foster, director of band ensembles.
Those interested should call David Boadhouse, associate professor of performance studies.
A jazz ensemble is forming with openings in all instruments. The class will meet at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. Those attending must be at the bandroom either day this week.
The classes for the three bands will be closing this week, according to Foster, All Music and CBS.
Wilson says he also enjoys the company of the wooden Indian standing guard outside the shop. It's equipped with an intercom system. Wilson to play music or to talk pass-by-
"Sometimes teachers from KU bring those little kids up here and they have them all hanging on ropes," Wilson recalls, barely spitting it out between chuckles. "I started talking to a little kid on the end, and then he came home when that Indian started to talk."
On slow days when Wilson can't find anyone to talk to, Chindy, his singing dog,
"Hell, on command she'll do as good or better than those singing dogs on Johnny Carson." Wilson says, taking a long draw on his hands and looking at home in the corner of his mouth.
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