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KU architecture students in home stretch of innovative addition to Marvin Hall
Chamber reports $700K in pledges By Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
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KANSAS UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT in architecture Michael McKay notches a 2-by-4 on Thursday for the ceiling structure of an addition to Marvin Hall, to be called The Forum, which is being completed by McKay and others with the Studio 804 graduate architecture class. The students are involved in every step of the process from design to actual construction.
Future architects leaving their mark on alma mater By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
The distance between architectural drawings and the reality of the new addition to Marvin Hall on the Kansas University campus is quickly closing. With the essentials of its floor, roof and walls in place, the building’s main structure has taken shape behind the 105-yearold Marvin and is getting more detailed every day. “It went up pretty quick,” said Renee Brune, a KU master’s student in architecture and part of the team building the addition. “The hardest part has just been our time — trying to stay on top of everything.” The KU School of Architecture, Design and Planning’s Studio 804 has been at work since fall building the $2 million extension to Marvin, dubbed “The Forum.” It will be Marvin’s first lecture hall and commons area. Studio 804 takes students through every phase of the building process, from design through construction, a phase that architects generally cede to contractors and others. The team laid the foundation shortly before Christmas and then had to wait out bad weather and the state permitting process, all the while working on doorknobs, handrails and other design
ABOVE: The Forum addition at KU’s Marvin Hall under construction, as it looked this week. RIGHT: An exterior rendering of what it will look like after completion this fall.
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Scholar on race and class joining KU By Ben Unglesbee bunglesbee@ljworld.com
Kansas University’s Foundation Professor program is meant in part to encourage intermingling of academic disciplines as a way to hatch innovative ideas and research. So it makes sense that the first Foundation Profes- Roediger sor hired at KU was through the American Studies department, which blends history, literary studies, sociology, philosophy and a host of other subjects to explore the American identity. David Roediger has Please see SCHOLAR, page 8A
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Lawrence Chamber of Commerce officials confirmed Friday that they’ve received nearly $700,000 in pledges from individuals and businesses as part of a three-year capital campaign to boost economic development efforts in the community. Now, a city/county appointed economic development board is urging the chamber to provide more details about how that money — plus about Schumm $400,000 a year in taxpayer money — will be spent. “I get a significant number of questions from the public about funding for this organization, and I should because it is a significant amount,” said City Commissioner Bob Schumm, who is a member of the Joint Economic Development Council. Chamber officials said
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