University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, February 19. 1991
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Speech kicks off Engineering Week
By Benjamin W. Allen
Kansan staff writer
Every student who went to class today walked on or drove over the subject of the inaugural speech to Engineering Week — concrete.
David Darwin, the Deane E. Ackers distinguished professor of civil
king, kicked off Engineering work last night with his speech titled "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Concrete but Never Bothered to Ask."
He spoke at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union to an audience of more than 120 people who wore everything from suits or dresses to jeans, work boots and John Deere caps.
Brower Burchill, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the speech was a way of honoring
Darwin as a distinguished professor and introducing him to the community.
Engineering Week features events and contests planned to bring greater awareness to engineering and to attract students into the profession.
This year, Engineering Week also celebrates the engineering school's campus.
Darwin's speech was designed to introduce the public to the complexities of concrete.
"The idea is to have a topic and presentation which is of general interest." Darwin said. "The idea is to tell a story, in particular, in order to inform to take away with them."
Gary Koehler, Douglas County employee, said the speech was informative.
"It — the speech — is a chance to expand your mind and learn something new," he said.
Concrete can be traced as far back as 8,500 years to Syria and is one of the most widely used construction materials today. Darwin said.
"The water-cement mixture is the single-most important factor controlling the strength of concrete," he said.
After enough water has been added to cement to make cement paste, any more water weakens the strength of the dried product.
Darwin said the damage to concrete commonly seen around campus, such as crumbling stairs, was because of gravel in the cement.
"It called D—cracking," he said. "The reason why it's called D—cracking is shrouded in mystery. No one knows."
Darwin explained that some of the stairs around campus had been constructed before builders knew that much of the rock in Kansas would degrade quickly in a temperate climate where it constantly froze and thawed.
The aggregate — the gravel in the concrete — is what is breaking down, not the cement itself, he said.
House approves special military license tags
World War II. The groups would receive their special plates for the standard license fee paid.
TOPEKA — A few members protested yesterday, but the House approved a bill to allow three groups of military personnel, including participants in Operation Desert Storm, special license plates on their cars.
Representatives voted, 109-9, to send the bill to the Senate, which traditionally has viewed such legislation skeptically. In fact, one prominent senator said he thought its chances of passing were slim.
A Lawrence woman reported that she was abducted at knife-point from in front of the Kan-ger police station, according to local authorities.
Vietnam and Korean wars, deserved recognition.
The Associated Press
"When the troops come home, I'm sure there are many things we can do for them that would be more useful and patriotic than providing a special license tag," said Rep. Richard Reinhardt, D-Erie.
The woman reported to Lawrence police that she was at a crowded bus stop about 5 p.m. Feb. 12 in front of the Union when a man in a car asked her if she needed a ride.
Kansan staff report
Some House members who voted against the bill said it was an emotional response to the Persian Gulf crisis. Others, such as those who served in the
Woman says her abductor used a knife
The measure also would create special tags for retired National Guard members and survivors of the Japanese attack on the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, naval base Dec. 7, 1941, which brought the United States into
Rep. Al Lane, R-Mission Hills, said he voted against the bill because allowing such tags to be issued now could make families of Desert Storm participants an easy target for terrorists.
She reported that the man had a knife in the front seat of the car and that he threatened her to get into the car.
She reported she got into the car and was held against her will, said KU police Lt. John Moulens. She said she was married to a man at times, to and from an abandoned house in Lawrence.
Mullens said that the woman reported that she escaped from the car and went directly to Lawrence Memorial Hospital about s.p.m. wednesday, when contacted Lawrence police.
Mullens said yesterday that one individual had been interviewed in connection with the investigation and an alibi and was not a suspect.
KU police, in conjunction with the Lawrence Police Department and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, are investigating the kidnapping, Mullens said.
Basketball parking confuses patrons
before a game.
The University parking board will send out parking information next semester to students, faculty and staff who use the parking lots that are reserved for men's basketball games.
The Williams Fund reserves park-
selling space for people who
whistleblower to the fund
By Katie Chipman
Kansan staff writer
The decision to distribute information sheets came after a faculty member received a ticket for not removing his car from a reserved lot
Currently, the parking service posts signs the day before a game, warning users of the lots that their cars must be removed by a certain time, said Don Kearns, director of parking.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking, said that there had been cooperation from people about removing their cars on game days; there still was some confusion from some people who parked in the lots.
Hultine said. "We sent out similar
information this year, but we're going to expand who we send the information to next year.
"We'll put a schedule in it reminding them when the games are."
There are 11 parking lots reserved for the games at Allen Field House Lot 90, which is south of Robinson Center, has 200 reserved spaces and 800 toll spaces that are for the gen- eral public. The toll spaces cost $2 each.
Craig Pannell, Goddard senior, has a late class once a week and parks in the Burge Union lot.
Pannell said, "It is kind of inconvenient to have to be out of the lot by 5, especially if you have a late lab.
"We pay to park, and yet we have to out by a certain time. It's a bad deal."
Janine Taylor, Baldwin City senior, usually parks in the Burge lot, but on game days she parks in the lot south of Robinson.
"The information sheet will be helpful, but some people have class and are going to have to stay in those lots," she said.
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