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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, February 11, 1997
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KANU suffers 2 days of silence
Problems cause radio station to go off the air
By Sean Demory
Kansan staff writer
Gavin Bruce noticed the silence before he went to work.
Bruce, Topea senior, is a student announcer at Audio
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Before he started his Sunday shift, Bruce checked his radio to see that everything was normal. It wasn't.
"I thought it sounded diff erent from the usual dead air," he said. "I wasn't sure if it was a prob
Internet and satellite transmission still are functional.
Bob Pearson, chief engineer at the station, said two pieces of the transmission line had failed at the station's main tower.
KUJH, the broadcast journalism school's television station, uses the same tower-as KANU but a different transmitter.
Audio Reader, which is broadcast partially on a carrier wave transmitted along with KANU's signal, also has lost part of its broadcast capability.
"I wasn't sure if it was a problem with the tower, or if a tape hadn't fired." Gavin Bruce Student announcer at Audio Reader
lem with the tower or if a tape hadn't fired."
Gary Hawke, general manager of KUJH, said KAN U's problems were not affecting their broadcast.
Local public radio station KANU has been off the air since 12:30 p.m. Sunday, said Cordellia Brown, operation manager.
He said although these broadcast problems were uncommon, they were not unusual.
She said the service had been intermittent at best with occasional two- to three-minute periods of clear broadcast.
"It's just one of the many dangers we have to deal with in broadcst." Hawke said.
The company that KANU employs to repair the tower doesn't have enough people or equipment available to make the repairs, Pearson said. The station should be broadcasting normally by this afternoon.
Give blood, dance Valentine's away
- Become a bleeding heart for Valentine's Day, Kansas Blood Services and KSNT-TV will sponsor a blood drive from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. The theme of the event is "Friends Saving Lives Together," which is based on the television show Friends. The event will take place at the Kansas Blood Services, Sixth Street and Gateway Drive. Donors will receive special Friends t-shirts and prizes donated by KSNT. Participants may drop by the office or make an appointment by calling 843-5383.
this Valentine's Day. The Douglas County AIDS Project (DCAP) will host the seventh annual "Open Your Heart" Valentine's Dance Friday at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St. The Kelley Hunt Band will perform, and proceeds will benefit DCAP, a nonprofit agency that provides services to people who are HIV-positive.
"The dance is one of our most important fund-raising projects every year, and also the most fun," said Jean Peterson, chair of the board of directors. Tickets are $10 and are available at SUA, Liberty Hall, the DCAP office and at the door.
Seasonal love under the sea
Make someone else's heart pump
Professor finds spring exists for anemones
By Mike Perryman Special to the Kansan
There is a springtime in the deep, dark depths of the ocean — at least if you are a sea anemone. That is what KUZoologist Daphné Fainn found.
Fautin has been researching Bathyphella australis, a type of sea anemone. Fautin and her colleagues spent six years studying this species, which lives off the coast of central California. 2.4 miles below the sea.
By trawling different specimens off of the Pacific Ocean's floor for research, Fautin and her colleagues found Bathyphella australis was the only deep-sea marine invertebrate collected that exhibited signs of seasonal reproduction.
For years, scientists thought organisms residing more than two miles below sea level were unable to reproduce seasonally year after year. Because of no light and temperature variations, animals living that deep did not know whether it was spring or fall. But Fautin overturned that theory.
She said what she called "indicators" from the surface of the Pacific Ocean, and as low as 100 meters below the surface of the ocean, were eaten by plankton.
Just as snow drifts down and lands on the Earth's surface, "marine snow," consisting of plankton, algae and excrement, descends to the ocean floor as the "indicator" that tips off what is happening on the surface to the sea anemone.
As a result, the anemone knows the time of year and when to reproduce.
Fautin said her finding was important because a good, solid understanding of the deepest depths of the ocean simply did not exist. Her research proved that deep-sea organisms were not isolated from the atmosphere at sea level.
It must be spring
Anenomes grow deep beneath the surface of the ocean and do not perceive temperature or light changes. Illustrated below is Daphne Fautin's theory of how they know when the mating season begins.
"The deep sea is low in energy and, to our knowledge, not a lot of deep sea organisms exist." Fautin said.
Katherine Pearson, a graduate student working and researching with Fautin, traveled last summer to Europe to study sea anemone specimens.
researchers in her field, and she is responsible for a lot of the current studies, classification and identification of sea anemones. Pearson said.
"Daphne is one of the leading
Although Fautin still is putting the finishing touches on her results, she is done with the research.
Rising costs keep groups from Revue participation
"The next step is putting these results online," she said.
By Harumi Kogarima
Kansan staff writer
The fierce competition of Rock Chalk Reve has been yanking up the cost for the revue, and some say it is costly to join the show.
Greg Wiggins, Tau Kappa Epsilon president and Dallas sophomore, said his chapter had not performed in the revue for a few years because of the small number of people in his chapter and the expense.
"It costs $2,000 just to get in," Wiggins said. "I support the idea of Rock Chalk, but this is too much money."
Jay Brenner, president of Alpha Epsilon Pi and Memphis, Tenn., sophomore, also said the expense of performing in the show prevented his chapter from joining.
"It costs a lot of money and takes a long time." Brenner said.
cants to make tapes in a recording studio.
Matt Kennedy, executive director for Rock Chalk Revue and Emporia senior, said copying transcripts and recording music in a recording studio were expensive.
However, Reagan Judd, also an executive director and Tula, Okla, senior, said the Rock Chalk Revue advisory board never applied
He said he provided applicants with saving tips, recommending saving money through recycled paper and avoiding recording studios.
"There are several ways they can record music without going to a recording studio." Judd said.
"The sound quality was equal whether or not they made tapes in recording studios," Judd said. "Five groups were chosen because of their creativity."
Kennedy said some groups could not compete equally with others because they did not know how to create shows.
Trey Hohman, Topeka senior and director of the Sigma Nu and Kappa Kappa Gamma presentation, said he did not think expense was the reason why groups did not participate.
"To be honest with you, I don't think money is a problem at all," Hohman said.
Jennifer Lockwood, Overland Park junior and president of Chi Omega, agreed that chapters got into the show based on the talent of their members, but said the expense for preparation was high.
Kansas bus tour to teach faculty
By Mark McMaster Kansan staff writer
A bus full of KU faculty members will tour Kansas in May to introduce new faculty to the government, economy and geography of the state.
The trip will be paid for by the University of Kansas.
On Jan. 13, Chancellor Robert Hemenway announced plans for the tour, and he said it would become an annual event.
This year's trip, which will take place May 19-23, is being planned by Erin Spiridigliozzi, assistant dean of liberal arts and sciences.
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"We want faculty to get a flavor of Kansas and its people," she said.
Although the tour is designed for faculty new to the University, it is open to all faculty. There will be room for 40.
Because all transportation, lodging and meals would be paid for, Spiridigliozi said the program would be costly.
"It will probably cost around $18,000 to $20,000 to do something like this well," Spiridigliozzi said. She said it was difficult to determine the final cost because she had never planned a similar trip.
However, Spiridiglilozzi said the cost was justified because faculty needed to understand the state in which they were teaching.
"It is important that we as an institution know about how the taxpayers and residents feel about KU and having their students here," she said.
Dorice Elliott, assistant professor of English who came to the University from Baltimore last year, said the program could benefit new faculty members.
"I think it would help a lot of faculty members, especially those from different regions of the country, to understand what we're dealing with here," she said.
Spiridigliozzi said the trip also would help new faculty meet each other.
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The University of Kansas Theatre for Young People Presents
ALEX AND THE
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Scenic Design by Delores Ringer Lighting Design by Trevor Banks Costume Design by Branka Grubor
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