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University Daily Kansan / Monday, March 5, 1990
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Expanded bus stops considered
By Pam Sollner Kansas staff writer
Closing Jayhawk Boulevard isn't the only option the Campus Transportation Committee is considering and safety along the boulevard.
Tom Mulinazzi, committee chairman and associate dean of engineering, last week appointed members to explore three options and report their findings at a meeting Friday.
Judith Ramaly, executive vice chancellor, formed the committee last fall because of frequent traffic congestion. Ramaly will review
the recommendations with the Office of Facilities Planning to develop a long-range plan for the campus and to update a 1974 facilities and campus plan.
The most popular option with committee members was to improve the bus stops along the boulevard.
Charles Bryan, coordinator of KU on Wheels, said larger, more substantial bus stops situated near the interchange for congestion and promote safety.
Bryan volunteered to design a plan of larger covered bus stops where students could congregate
more safely than leaning against the railing by the busy boulevard. He said by designing larger stops, the number of them along the boulevard could be reduced. Some new stairs also would be eliminated.
Greg Wade, landscape architect for the Office of Facilities Planning, designed plans for the other two options.
In one design, the boulevard would be closed completely to all traffic except emergency vehicles
The boulevard would be completely closed from Poplar Lane, between Strong and Snow halls, to
Sunflower Road, east of Bailey Hall. The street would be replaced with paved walkways and more landscaping. Traffic would be redirected behind Strong Hall.
The committee agreed that the plan had a lot of disadvantages.
"If you take all the traffic off of the boulevard, where does it go?" Wade said.
He said the excess traffic would be directed to other streets off campus, which might cause problems for the city.
Mulinazi volunteered to explore the advantages and disadvantages of closing the boulevard completely.
In the second design, the boulevard would stay open, but traffic would be limited during primary busing hours. The boulevard would be converted into a walking plaza by altering the path of the street and adding benches and more landscape.
Wade said a curved road would slow down traffic through the park-like atmosphere.
"The perception is that it is the street but a pedestrian space, even though it's handling vehicular traffic." Wade said.
Wade volunteered to analyze that design.
Deadline for immunization extended for new students
By Steve Bailey
Kansas staff writer
Kansan staff writer
New students who have not yet updated their immunization records at Watkins Memorial Health Center are now enrolled. Holders are placed on fall enrollment.
Jim Strobi, Watkins director, said students would have until Thursday to update their immunization records before the holds were printed on enrollment cards. The previous deadline was last Friday.
As of Friday, about 750 students had cleared their immunization records with Watkins.
"We found we had more time before the cards were going to be printed, so we worked it out with the enrollment center to extend the dead-line."
As of Friday, about 750 students had cleared their immunization records with Watkins. New students are required either to provide documentation of measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations, or get the shot. Students can get the vaccination free at Watkins on a walk-in basis. Strobl said about 1,000 students still had not commiled.
"This should give the students more of a chance to get this cleared up before the hold creates problems for them," Strobl said.
Gary Thompson, director of student records, said he notified Watkins on Friday when he discovered that a computer would not be printed for another week.
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The permit-to-enroll cards will be printed Friday, Thompson said. The cards will be mailed to students and break. Enrollment begins April 6.
"The deadline wasn't really changed," Thompson said. "We simply ended up with more time than we thought before the cards would be dealt and the fortunes who need to comply are fortunate they still have some time."
Students receiving holds on their permit-to- enroll cards must have the cards validated at Watkins before registration. Students with scheduled appointment times.
Individuals who miss their scheduled enrollment times must set up new times before they can enroll for the Fall 1990 semester. However, Thompson said the new enrollment times could be several days later than the originally scheduled times, depending on the number of students needing changes.
Air Jordan?
Gabe Reding, Eudora High School student, attempts to dunk on an eight-foot basket at the Kaw Valley Elementary School basketball courts east of Lawrence. Reding said he and his
friends did not have anything better to do Sunday afternoon. According to the KU Weather Service, the high today will be in the upper 50s with a chance for rain.
Lied Center design will be altered
By Eric Gorski
Kansan staff writer
Architectural plans for the $14.35 million Lied Center will be altered because the University of Kansas and a contracting company were unable to come to terms Friday on a contract, a KU official said yesterday.
In about two weeks, an architectural firm, Henningson, Durham and Richardson, Inc. of Omaha, will submit its recommendation for changes that would lower the project's cost, said Allen Wiechert,
director of facilities planning.
Officials from KU and Universal Construction of Kansas City, Kan., met to discuss possible reductions in performance arts center. Wiechcant said.
"The contractors, who have been working very hard, came back with additional options to reduce costs," Wiechert said. "But it still wasn't enough to award the project."
Wiechert would not reveal the cost of Universal's new proposal.
Chancellor Gene A. Budig approved a $1.25 million increase to
the center's original $13.1 million budget on Feb. 19. Universal's bid, submitted Jan. 12, did not meet the project's original budget.
Friday's meeting between Universal and KU officials was arranged because the company's original bid did not meet the $14.35 million budget.
would be a last resort, Schaecher said.
Dave Schaechner, assistant director of facilities planning, said architects would focus on reducing the cost of interior finishes and electrical systems.
The center's plans include a 2,160 seat auditorium with main level and balcony seating. Schaecher said. The building is an area, box office, or lobby, be said.
Lessening Lied's space regulations
Groundbreaking ceremonies scheduled for Jan. 19 at the center's site, 15th and Iowa streets, were delayed because of the bid difficult
Schaeer said the center would be completed two-and-a-half years after construction began.
SUA film broadens cultural portrayal
By Carol B. Shiney
Kansan staff writer
The director of the film decided to change the film after concerned students met with him about certain campus groups being left out.
Issues concerning religious minorities, physically challenged individuals, and gays and lesbians now will be featured in a film about cultural diversity at KU
"I felt like the concerns that were brought up were important and that they did need to be included," said Tim DePace, director of the film.
The 90-second film, titled "The First Step," is scheduled to precede all Student Union Activity films.
'I think it's going to make the film more solid, and I think it will be more representative of the diversity on our campus.'
Michael Diggs
Michael Diggs
Member of Students Concerned
About Discrimination
About Discrimination
DePaepe, Emporia senior, Thursday announced his decision in a meeting with members of Students Concerned About Discrimination and representatives from the Office of University Relations and the Office of Minority Affairs.
Andrea Katzman, facilitator for SCAD, said members of SCAD talked to DePaepe about religious minorities, physically challenged individuals, gays and lesbians being left out of the film.
"To just say that diversity is the color of your skin is artificially limiting diversity on campus," said Katzman. Lawrence junior.
Katzman said it was important to represent all cultural issues in the film to educate people and so that members of groups who faced discrimination would feel a part of the campus community.
Marshall Jackson, interim director of the Office of Minority Affairs, said the film was a recommendation of the Minority Task Force. The purpose of the film, which is a project coordinated by Minority Affairs and University Relations, is to help promote cultural and racial diversity.
Jackson said members of the groups had some legitimate con-
"People are going to go to an SUA film and will hear the word gay," said Griswold, Topeka senior. "It's a way not of being silenced anymore."
Dennis Saleebey, faculty adviser for GLOSK, on Feb. 1 sent letters to Minority Affairs, University Relations and the Office of Mimfriative requesting recognition for the KU gay and lesbian community in the film
Michael Diggs, member of SCAD, said he thought everyone at the meeting was satisfied with DePeape's decision.
"I think it's going to make the film more solid, and I think it will be more representative of the diversity on our campus," Digssa said.
The first 60 seconds of the film were shot on Jan. 9. DePaepe said the other issues would be included in the last 30 seconds of the film. He said he expected the film to be finished by late April.
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