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ABOVE: AN AERIAL PHOTO of Kansas University’s campus as it looks constructed in 1866 near 11th today. This year and next, Nick Krug/Journal-World Photo has of its campus, according to and Louisiana streets, where GSP and Corbin residence halls KU will be celebrating its 150th anniversary. BELOW: North University Archivist Becky Schulte. stand today. This 1867 image College, KU’s first building, was of Old North College is the oldest photograph the university

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This conceptual drawing from the Kansas University Campus Master Kansas University/Contributed a mixed-use development featuring Plan Rendering; Journal-World File Photos student apartments and retail near shows what a mixed-use development in KU's Central District might the northeast corner of 19th and Iowa streets, where McCollum Hall look like. The master plan calls for and Stouffer Place will be razed.

Central District driven by ‘comprehensive plan’

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he tangible pieces of Kansas University’s origins is that By Sara Shepherd beginnings were meager. it never excluded people Established (the oldest part of campus, 1865, “The Kansas State University” in race or gender,” Gray-Little said. “This based on including details when the Twitter: @saramarieshep gives people Jayhawk Boulevard and Memorial date gets closer. held an opportunity... to its first classes in fall 1866 reinforce and rededicate ourIn the meantime, KU has been Stadium) and the West District It serves to activate the When the last parents, couples building, North College, andwith a single selves to the goals.” three faculty erything west of Iowa Street). (ev- dismantling the 10-story, three-wing members. KU’s first graduating and children moved out of Today, KU’s Lawrence campus entire complex as a real 32 PAGES building’s interior, including Stouffer has more than Funding details have not removing The intangibles were, as KU class numbered four. 230 buildings and is abuzz Place apartments earlier this focal point and a service for and donating old with construction. It’s sumnalized, but officials have been fi———— anniversary year, “Boundless.” has themed its 150th also abuzz with people — mer, they closed an era of said KU is new homes for furniture and securing students. ———— some 25,000 students and family looking to a combination Interconnectedness — Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little 10,000 faculty and staffers housing at Kansas University. of sources, ers’ portraits the McCollum brothlearning, researching, said 2015-16 that hung in the lobby for is a very exciting including philanthropy, business will be a time to celebrate writing and creating. The shuttering of Stouffer new accomplishments — decades. partnerships and public-private from scientific discoveries also closes a broader era for Place Inside this special KU edition direction for us.” to KU also is accepting submissions the enof the partnerships. onships — and to recall KU’s basketball champiByJournaltire hillside — which for decades Peter Hancock World, read about what’s and posting McCollum memories founding happening has One part of the redevelopment value of providing opportunity been a somewhat pastoral, ontoday while also looking back at KU Twitter: @LJWpqhancock line tuckedfor at — housing.ku.edu. all. Diana Robertson, director of student housing plan that has not yet broken at where it “One of the things that always away edge of campus. KU’s started 150 years ago. ground Camstrikes but is one of the most important me about the University of pus Master PlanTHE Every morning, Mahesh SCHOOL OF era calls to for a new Kansas’ KU is integrated science buildings. Daas says he jogs around there, ARCHITECTURE, that of a The bustling five-story neighborthe buildings house 350 — Sara They’re part of a broader Shepherd Kansas hood with mixed-use DESIGNdevelopment, University campus, AND residents apiece, Robertson Master said. Plan concept called Innovation and he is constantly struck new science buildings, PLANNING They’re connected by Daisy at Kansas new by student Hill Combuilding new and linking old Way, its aesthetic beauty. housing facilitiesUniversity mons, an area envisioned to held a science and a multi-modal be facilities campuswide to foster path. “I just cannot stop admiring dedication ceremony living room for all of Daisy Hill. like a interdisciplinary teaching and what an extraordinarily beauThe new era, in at The research. The Commons is home to the on fact,Forum has already “Right now, we have science halls’ tiful campus it is,” Daas said. begun. March 27. The front desk, a full-size kitchen facilities that were built before “That’s partly because of Construction is addition to Marvin dents, a recreation area with for stucomplete or a landed on the moon,” Monaco man topography; partly because its nearly completeHall was constructed pong table and a model room pingon several said. of new “This project not only gets to show its historic structures that have buildings withinby students prospective students, Robertson in the KU’s Central Disup, but it catapults us into us caught said. defined its core, but also trict. More are expected department’s On the second floor is an academic the future Studio to begin beand among an elite group serPRESIDENT BARACKvice cause of the new direction after Stouffer Place 804is and is of OBAMA University Archives, Spencer Research a national 121center gives razed, with remarks the advising starting Jan.staff, 22 attutoring Library, University leaders. Once complete, the Anschutz Pavilion on the Kansas of Kansasis going during his State of the university sometime this fall, seatand auditorium areas Union and address. University campus. President Obama in the cenand Nick Krug/Journal-World File Photo a classroom. McCollum Stouffer Place oped Central District and redevelvisited Lawrence to outline some tral district and in the west.” Hall is demolished, student commons. Innova“It serves to activate the entire set for Mike Yoder/Journal-World File Photo Nov. 25. of his themes delivered Stouffer Place apartments, tion Way will enable us to comwhich You might say Daas, who The Master Plan for the Central plex recruit as a real focal point and a opened in 1957 as married-student more top students and researchers, takes over this year as KU’s gural Emerging Media Fellow more than 20 District — the first section for students,” Robertson said. service housing, has been vacant since years. During of this growth of the at the university’s Center and it gives them the environment “Internew dean of the School of Master Aug. 1. and accretion for that time, the Planago. connectedness is a very exciting to be put in motion years ArThe complex’s Because and resources they need to that recesnew chitecture, Design and Plan- Media Design. During that dramatically by,school grew of the programs,” he said. — is expected direction for us.” learn and tered along 19th 25 buildings — scatbe realized sion wasto among othand in driven by a crash conduct world-class research.” Street and across the Daas said his first goal is ning, is something of an expert time he also earned his doc- er things, absorbing construction There are three room options, to the realcomplete in justit three east slope of Daisy Hill, with estate market, Here’s a summary of what’s each had a when it comes to the aesthetics torate in higher education partment of Design the De- understand what he calls “the plenty years,profound universityimpact with its own bathroom: a four-person spokesman going of grass and several Joe from management the on and the DNA what’s playgrounds from busiof this coming to KU’s the Uni- School of Fine of a university campus. That’s Monaco place.” in said. suite, a two-person room and ness Arts. between — will begin to be of architecture, planning District — and there’s a lot Central a two“This is where we are looktorn the focus of his new book, versity of Pennsylvania. “Redevelopment person suite with a private room Although it is headquarmore of the and design. And sometime this fall, said Diana down Although he’s originally he Central coming than going. said that “Leading with Aesthetics,” District Robertisdriving tered in Marvin Hall, an icon- ing into and asking questions a once-every-half-ce each resident — a new layout for is By son, Sara director from nShepherd changes India, of student housing. not of identity, the intellectual in how Daas said coming ic early-20th which examines the transfortury opportunity offered in any otherPersinger, director of univerfundamentally schools of to century building legacy Stouffer Place’s cheap rent residence halls, architecture @saramarieshep sity that the various change mation of the Massachusetts to KU is a sort of homecom- on Jayhawk Boulevard, and Twitter: the way we educate stu-train Robertson de- students. Issues aside, Obama’s starand special said. At $7,100ceremonies on-campus location kept it the partments have had,” per year Institute of Technology cam- ing for him. He earned his school is now in high dents, conduct he said. for suites or $9,230events. power alone was a big draw. opportunity for me.” research, “It is not andbefore, we had demand, but KU says the buildings spread across serve per year“Essentially, master’s degree in architecthe world the “The next question is tothe University spokesman Joe pus during the 1990s under pausefornearly and we six different buildings private-room suites,to For more photos, video and nation,” The day that tickets were bestate where have exceeded their useful When the Oswald thinkMonaco in able to understand, we are said. and Self all of our Monaco said the energy preObama everyday leadership of its former presi- ture from Kansas State Uni- Lawrence alone, life. Build- Barack is not athem reporting from Obama’s visit what“This are now the made available, KU law case to operations and, is paring where on most expensive residence spoke ing new family housing would and has ad- the world we versity and served as an assissimworkwe’re stuin a corUniversity dent, Charles M. Vest. ply be at Kansas are operating less than a week, ditional sites at the to KU, go online to ljworld. halls on dent Brian Vanorsby showed campus prior to Obama’s arsome new buildings inputting campus, sheinsaid. porateupenvironment on Jan. too expensive to rent at the only,” he rival was “incredible” and the first event that would plan an prices22, he became “I’ve looked at and studied tant visiting professor there City Design Center Kansas today?” he said. “This is to fit some com/news/obama-at-ku. immediate up on campus at 4 a.m. The halls not the said. “How needs. sitting students sought out Stouffer named for three of KU’s normally Rather, and the what it was when U.S. president can we, He event itself “electric.” instead toare of visit many campuses,” Daas said. in the 1990s. He also spent Edwards Campus. take weeks or months to a comprehensive I camethis most generous was second in line for to isjust KUPlace for, KU has said. looking for a plan benefactors in 103 years. oradd job, to the The last was create “The entire nation was “I think this is one of the most two years as a design associnew interactive ganize.”of all time, the late “Although the programs Kansas 25 years ago. So how spaces jobs? So we William Howard facilitate Lila M. Self and sey with No. 1 and his name ticket window, which opened watching the University arethat collaboratdo we now educate students TaftMadison 1911. A. and extraordinary experiences. ate at the Kansas City, Mo., began here a collaborative The Secret Service five hours later. W.inOswald. of ing withlearning and research hundred years Over and Charles the business firm of Gould Evans Goodover, KU school stu- security tight and the kept on it. And I think that should like we’ve ago as architecture programs, differently? How do we con“He’s the president,” Van- Kansas at that moment,” Moseen here before.” and never dents the be man Associates. White engineering and Obama nect community school warmed naco said. “To hear the presiwith the communities, borne in mind as we think up the es- orsby said from KU’s House kept most planned Central District and then it became a departDeBruce through is bounded members called Center destart-up Now at KU, Daas plans initiative industries and attending strategically about the roughly by 19ththe tails of Obama’s visit secret. timated 7,000-plus crowd in- can say I was the line. “I dent of the United States yell, DeBruce Center on the Obama’s speechThe di- put many of the concepts to ment and a school, now we ferently? What professions dif- where Oswald and Self Halls ourStreet in the same ‘Rock Chalk!’ students is being conside Anschutz Sports Pavilion andsouth, a once-in-atheir rection of the campus. Iowa Street Surprises does globalizaand are substantially different and then have structed on room included the west, to as students house him 15th lifetime a I’m tools of architecture, The — brief what Street come a first big opportunity. may by students were scheduled together.” room, thousands of people in tion mean to us? What on the north be KU’s reminding them, “I’m a very, shall we say, inspired design the sense that we visit with most-hyped acquisition is the but the same nonetheless.” the KU basketball Kansas the said yell Ambler And and to move into KU’s newest residence Pulling it off Daas all time: was a massive teamofjust he Student guy” before launching can’t by some of the new buildings and planning to work on the departments — have three role of technologies? And what Recreation James prior to his speech into In the crowd at Anschutz, back, ‘Jayhawk!’ I mean, it’s Naismith’s “Original Rules Center think Fitness effort by the university. halls mid-August — and they’re on the architecture, are the kinds of a better school itself by trying to figure place his speech about middleto do and master planning that east, according of environmental booked Basket Ball,” a document — althoughof someone design and planning,” Saleh Alameri, a KU fresh- one of those moments that to KU. the master plan. that than at solid, said housing director Robertson. has out what its mission “President had class economics, emphasizing purchased by Obama’s visit enough McCollum Hall should be “Design was added he said. changes and challenges Also happened here.” David man from United Arab Emir- gives you goose bumps.” lie the that within to make sure initiatives Daisy Suzanne Booth fornotice “Weithave was as big of Hill resiOswald (the south building) six years we must take a role $4.3 milto play,” an and This 1965 residence hall, the undertakhe Before arriving at KU, Daas in a rapidly changing industry, ago. That has transformed into accountdence the president halls,“And the Burge largest in said. auction in 2010. was presented days earlierhe’d pushed two ates, said, “You don’t alWinners of Kansas City Chapter (on the north), mirror-imageingand as Self Allen and how it should be laid there lion that isUnion, in what we do?” is,” at of the Daisy Hill dorms, is scheduled what is said Charlie in imof his chaired residence Fieldhouse State an out of official the the many and Department of and organized ways get a chance to see The 32,000-square-foot building,KU basketball jer- Union ways our operations, to halls in the center portant toOliver Meeting Professionals International realize.Hall. be demolished at 7 a.m. Nov. We have a the address. conDaas said it’s important for to accomplish identity Architecture at Ball State (KCMPI) Thechanged Central role, nected to the north side of Allen 25, which Iowa Street side, of Daisy Hill on the president. ... This is a golden — KU reporter Sara Shepherd can be reached District and all of that. So the 2014-2015 ‘Best Caterer of that mission. butisitsandFieldhouse, is the first day of Thanksgiving replace McCollum. is a very school to do that now, at sshepherd@ljworld.com or 832-7187. the Year’ & ‘Best Venue of University in Indiana wiched betweenrole has a pricetag of $18 million, according the North significant the Year’ and Bond funded, they were District Daas succeeds Dean John there is some level of distri- in light of how much of innovation.” KU expects to firm up and shareBreak. to served two years as its inaufurther a cost of $48.6 million, constructed at Gaunt, who led the school bution — we might even call dustry has changed the inArterraEventGallery.com Mike@Arterra Robertson said. since the it fragmentation — because Please see CENTRAL, page 2C EventGallery.com | 2161 Great Recession hit seven — Reporter Peter Hancock can be reached at Quail Creek Drive Lawrence phancock@ljworld.com or

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Safety checks called into question By design, inspections of Lawrence school sites left some precautions up to contractors By Karen Dillon Twitter: @karensdillon

Members of the Kansas University band get things started at KU Traditions Night Saturday evening at Memorial Stadium. The annual fall event teaches incoming freshmen about the traditions that make KU unique. John Young/Journal-World Photo

EARLY SETTLERS OF LAWRENCE FOUGHT HARD FOR STATE’S FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITY TO BE IN THEIR TOWN “

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They didn’t have high school educations. So really the first six years or so the university served as a prep school trying to get students ready for college.”

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t’s hard — if not impossible — to imagine Lawrence without Kansas University. But in the years leading up to KU’s founding in 1865, multiple Kansas towns clamored to be home of “The Kansas State University,” the state’s flagship university, said Mike Reid, director of the KU History Project. Plenty of bills came before the state Legislature about where to put the school, Reid said. The residents of Lawrence — including Kansas’ first governor, Charles Robinson — pushed, persisted and even helped pay for buildings to get and keep the university here.

University Archives, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, Kansas University

— Mike Reid, director of the KU History Project

The Kansas University campus pictured in the 1870s. “We owe it of that already, all to the first putting a unisettlers,” Reid versity on top of said. “That was this hill.” something they KU is celebratreally desired ing its sesquicenwas education, tennial, or 150th, KANSAS UNIVERSITY right from the anniversary this get-go ... when they school year, which first came to town kicks off Monday with they were dreaming the start of fall classes.

Especially considering KU’s modest roots, it would have been hard — if not impossible — for those early settlers to imagine what the university looks like today. Please see KU, page 2A

Both Lawrence and Douglas County codes require that fences or barriers are installed at construction sites like the one at New York Elementary School where a child fell recently and was seriously injured, several officials told the JournalWorld last week. The International Building Code — which is followed by the city, county and school district — requires that 8-foot barriers be installed around the perimeter of a project if the construc- SCHOOLS tion is within 5 feet of sidewalks, which it was at New York Elementary, officials from the city, county and school district said. Usually construction projects, from beginning to end, must go through a series of inspections by the local government’s building-codes inspectors. And if the property owners or contractors violate the code, they are subject to penalties. But the district’s construction project took a different path regarding construction Please see SAFETY, page 5A

Davis still a star in eyes of state Democrats By Peter Hancock Twitter: @LJWpqhancock

Paul Davis milled about the Wichita Mariott Hotel on Saturday, shaking hands and chatting with old friends at the Kansas Democratic Party’s annual DemoFest convention. But he wasn’t in the meeting room where two party strategists were describing polling numbers that suggest he could be a viable candidate for Congress next year against Republican Rep. Lynn Jenkins in the Second District. “In District 2, there is one Davis name as a Democrat that polls a win,” said Chris Reeves, of Smoky Hills Strategies and a Daily Kos blogger. “Anybody want to take a guess? In a matchup with Lynn Jenkins, Paul Davis is ahead 44-42 (percent). The next nearest Democrat on the list hits at about 26.” Told later about that statement, Davis shrugged it off with a laugh. “Not very likely,” he said of a congressional run. Davis, a former state representative Please see DAVIS, page 2A

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