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GSP Hall closed next academic year for renovations
BY MAX LUSH mlush@kansan.com
Following the end of the school year, GSP Hall will undergo an approximate $13.1 million renovation and close for the 2011-2012 academic school year.
The appearance of GSP will not be the only thing that changes about the residence hall. Beginning in the fall semester of 2012, GSP will welcome male students for the first time since opening in 1955.
Diana Robertson, director of the department of student housing, said the renovations are next on the department's schedule for housing improvements.
Robertson said the department has seen fewer requests from students asking to live in single-gender halls.
"The reality is students today are more interested in living in co-ed halls." Robertson said. "They're more preferable."
Sarah Hoffman, a junior from Bullhead, Ariz., lived in GSP. Corbitt her freshman year said if she
could do things over, she would stay in a co-ed residence hall
"I wish I had more guy friends," Hoffman said. "All the guys I know I had to meet in my classes."
However, Hoffman did like some aspects of living in an all-women hall better than living in a co-ed hall.
"It was nice not to have to be worried about how you look while walking through the hall," Hoffman said.
Adjacent to GSP, Corbin Hall will remain an all-women residence hall along with six other scholarship halls on campus.
Robertson said architectural plans and designs for the hall are about 95 percent complete. The occupancy will change from 428 beds to 374 after the renovations. Robertson said they have not filled GSP to maximum occupancy in a number of years.
Students who would live in GSP next school year will be dispersed throughout the residence halls on Daisy Hill.
Robertson said one of the biggest
changes would be the addition of three bathrooms to each floor. Two bathrooms will be for shared use, along with one in a suite on the north side of each wing. As of now, there is only one shared bathroom in each wing of the hall.
The renovation process will begin with architecture crews completely gutting the inside of the hall and installing brand new infrastructure throughout the building. Robertson said.
A temporary dining area will be arranged for Corbin's residents for next year's students. Previously, Corbin residents ate in the GSP Dining Center inside GSP Robertson said their food would be prepped and delivered from Mrs. E's on Daisy Hill.
After GSP's renovations, Robertson said the department would renovate McCollum, Corbin and Oliver Halls, in that order. Robertson said the housing improvements hope to be done by 2017 or 2018.
Edited by Corey Thibodeaux
Dalton Gomez/KANSAN
Gertteur Sellards Pearson, or GSP, has plans for renovations and becoming co-ed. The Kansas Board of Regents approved a $13.1 million bond for this project.
For more coverage of this story, check out KUJH's newscast today at 4 p.m.
RESIDENCE HALL RENOVATION TIMELINE
Past renovations (year represents when renovations were completed)
Future renovations (year represents when renovations are planning to be completed by)
TEMPLIN HALL:1997
ELLSWORTH HALL: 2003
GSP HALL: 2012
LEWIS HALL: 1999 HASHINGER HALL: 2006 MCCOLLUM HALL: 2016* OLIVER HALL: 2018 *Renovations will begin in 2011 They will be done one wing at time. Each wing renovation will take one year to complete.
CORBIN HALL: 2017
CAMPUS
—information provided by Dr. Diana Robertson, director of the Department of Student Housing.
Doctor discusses benefits of medical marijuana at KU
BY JONATHAN SHORMAN
jshorman@kansan.com
In the background of a state-wide debate over legalization, about 50 students gathered Wednesday evening to hear about the effects and possibilities of medical marijuana.
Wichita doctor Jon Hauxwell spoke to students at Stauffer-Flint
Hall about the benefits and drawbacks of medical pot.
on medical marijuana.
"Canabis ought to be an option and it shouldn't be an option of last resort?" Hauxwell said.
"Any substance that is capable of altering human physiology in a good way is usually capable of altering it in a bad way." Hauxwell said
Hauxwell said that pot could be addictive, but withdraw symptoms, which include irritability and difficulty sleeping and concentrating, are relatively mild compared with the withdrawal effects of other drugs.
"Canabis ought to be an option and it shouldn't be an option of last resort."
JON HAUXWELL Doctor
Dalton Gomez/KANSAN
Hauxwell, who kept his comments exclusively about medical marijuan use, spoke about two common ways of consuming marijuan — by inhalation or eating. Inhaling marijuan, which is usually done by smoking it, helps individuals quickly determine their optimal dosage for relieving pain, he said.
However, Hauxwell said taking pot through eating could be better for individuals who require larger doses. The effect of the pot also lasts longer when eaten.
Hauxwell said that he was frustrated by restrictions sometimes placed
Last week, a bill was introduced into the Kansas House of Representatives that would legalize medical marijuana. Hauxwell, who supports legalization, has submitted written testimony for the bill.
The KU chapter for National Organization for the Reform of Marjiquita Laws (NORML) sponsored Hauxwell's talk and has been tabling in front of Wescoe Hall this week.
NORMAL provided computers for students to send e-mails to their representatives urging them to support the legalization of medical marijuana.
Jacob Fox, KU NORML president, said the reception they received from students had been positive and that the group would be participating in a demonstration in Topeka at a later date.
Edited by Brittany Nelson
More than 50 students sat in Stauffer-Flint 100 to hear physician Jon Hauxwell speak Wednesday night at a lecture hosted by NORML. Hauxwell spoke about the benefits that Cannabis has to offer while at the same time acknowledging some of the negative effects that can appear when used.
KUJH
For more coverage of this story, check out KUJH's newscast today at 4 p.m.
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