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Source: Steve Broccolo, 785-532-5856, seaghost@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Cheryl May, 785-532-6415, may@k-state.edu

Friday, May 23, 2008

LEASURE HALL ON K-STATE CAMPUS CLOSED THROUGH NEXT WEEK

MANHATTAN -- One of Kansas State University's oldest buildings, Leasure Hall, will be closed until next Wednesday or Thursday. Steve Broccolo, emergency management coordinator in Public Safety, ordered the closing of the building today due to a concern over asbestos exposure.

"A contractor was in Leasure Hall today doing exploratory work for installation of an elevator shaft," Broccolo said. "The contractor's employees were drilling small holes in the wall. Unfortunately, during this process, asbestos may have been released into the air."

Broccolo took air samples and sent them to a laboratory for analysis.

Clean-up has already started and will take another day or two, he said. Another air sample must be taken before the building can be reopened. Labs will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday, so Broccolo estimates it will be Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning before the building can be reopened.

Leasure Hall houses the American ethnic studies program and women's studies. Classes scheduled in the building have been moved and students notified.

Leasure Hall was erected in 1908 at a cost of $71,307. It provided facilities for veterinary medicine and the department of Bacteriology. Leasure Hall was named for Dr. E.E. Leasure who joined the faculty in 1926 and became dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine in 1948. He served the university in this capacity until his retirement in 1964.