From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for July 27, 1986:

• A faulty air-conditioning system in Fraser Hall was causing discomfort to faculty and staff members. As outside temperatures were expected to reach 95 to 100 degrees today, workers inside Fraser were arriving early in the morning, opening windows, turning on fans, and shutting down their computers when it got too warm. The system would be repaired within the week, officials assured workers, but the repairs were expected to cost several thousand dollars. A salt chemical called bromide had apparently crystallized in the system after a recent thunderstorm. When the chemical decrystallized, according to the director of facilities operations, it had built up pressure in the tubes causing them to rupture.
• Under a proposal from the Lawrence Arts Commission, which was working in conjunction with the Kansas Sculpture Association, a year-long exhibit of a dozen sculptures were to be shown in downtown Lawrence. According to Louis Copt, arts commission chairman, the exhibit was to begin April 1, 1987.