CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, February 1, 1995
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National weight problems aren't heavy on campus
Americans are fatter than ever before but thin is in for college-aged population
By Robert Allen Kansan staff writer
KU students are bucking one U.S. trend: blimping out.
According to a Jan. 16 Time magazine article, more Americans are fatter now than they've ever been. Americans are eating too many calories and burning too little fat. In fact, according to a recent report in the Journal of the American Medical Association, some 58 million people in the United States — one-fifth of the population — are obese.
But KU students generally haven't followed that trend, said Ann Chapman, a registered dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
"You have to remember that you have a select population when you have a college population," she said. "That age group is going to be in better health than other groups."
Many foods on the market wear their low-fat slogans like a badge of honor. Chapman said that students, especially college females, seek them out.
"A lot of females are going overboard," she said. "Many of them read the labels. The average student is buying products with low fat."
However, buying only products with no fat is just as unhealthy, she said. "You need so many calories a day," she said. "Twenty to 30 percent of your daily calories should come from fat."
Eating more than 30 percent increases the risk for becoming overweight, Chapman said, and eating less than 20 percent also can lead to health problems, though it would take awhile.
Dale Highberger, Westphalia senior, watches his fat intake. He hasn't been to any fast food restaurants in two years, he said.
"I avoid all fatty food," he said. "I eat a lot of rice, chicken and stuff low in fat."
Highberger said that he tried to eat only 15 grams of fat per day.
"I get a lot of information from magazines," he said. "Fat is good for you, but I like to reduce my body fat by 3 or 4 percent."
Some area stores profit on KU students' desires for low-fat foods. Mickey Hooten, owner of The Creamery, 1437 W. 24rd St., offers low-fat yogurt as an alternative for customers who don't want high-fat ice cream. He said that yogurt sales were approaching 50 percent of total sales.
"Younger people have changed their diets," he said. "They grew up on yogurt."
Like Chapman, Hooten said that college students didn't reflect the rest of the population.
"The majority of college students are people between 18 and 24," he said. "You haven't had a chance to start gaining weight. I didn't gain weight until I was in my 30s, and I ate like a pig."
Even though some students are not concerned about their weight, many still admit to making adjustments to their diet. Tiffany Lieurance, Wellington sophomore, said she was sometimes careful with what she ate.
"I don't eat red meat, and I stay away from anything fried," she said. Nevertheless, she is comfortable with her current weight. "I suppose it would be nicer to be less, but I'm fine," she said.
Howard Ebmeier, professor of educational policy and leadership, sits in his office in the basement of Bailey Hall. Ebmeier's office, although it is in the basement, is taller than it is wide in both directions.
Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Hardly any room to learn in Bailey
By Virginia Marghelm Kansan staff writer
There is no room at Beiley Hall.
"If Mary and Joseph came, they'd be out of luck here," said John Poggio, associate dean of the School of Education.
A space problem has existed at Bailey since the 1970s, but now the problem has become so acute that there is no more space, Poggio said.
"We're glutted with people, glutted with programs," he said. "We've got faculty coming in next year and nowhere to put them."
With 1,500 to 1,800 graduate students, 1,000 undergraduate students and 90 to 100 faculty and graduate teaching assistants, space in Bailey is becoming a valuable commodity.
"Right now it would be easier to get $1,000 than it would be to get 90 square feet of space," Poggio said.
In an attempt to make room for everyone, every inch of space is
being used. Poggio said.
The placement of the department of curriculum and instruction is one example of how crowding has affected the school. The main office and some faculty offices are on the second floor, but there are also faculty and GTA offices in the basement and on the third and fourth floors.
Phil McKnight, professor of curriculum and instruction, has a small, cramped office in 407 Bailey. He said the small size of his office didn't bother him.
"The only drawback is that I can only visit with one student at a time." he said.
McKnight said he would rather have the school housed in one building.
"It would be nice to have all the classes in this building." he said.
Lack of space has forced the school to spread across campus. The department of health, physical education and recreation is in Robinson Center, and the department of special education and the
education library are in the Dole Human Development Center.
Also, the school's instructional technology center, which is housed in the Bailey Annex, will have to move to Robinson when the annex is demolished after this semester. Poggio said the annex had been determined to by structurally unsound.
The school has a large auditorium and seven small classrooms in Bailey, but one of the classrooms cannot be used and would be converted to office space. Poggio said.
Since there are so few classrooms in Bailey, classes are scheduled in the building from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
If the school continues to grow, some existing classrooms may have to be converted to offices, Poggio said.
Not only is there no space in Bailey but the space cannot be maximized, Poggio said.
There is no consistency in office sizes. Some professors have offices the size of closets or offices
that offer no privacy, while other professors have spacious offices. Reconstruction of the building is too expensive to be feasible.
"It's amazing that the faculty haven't said, 'This is insane,'" Poggio said.
Another poor use of space was the auditorium, Poppio said. It accommodates large classes, but the lighting is not good.
"It's like a dungeon above ground." he said.
Poggio said that because the auditorium was scheduled to be used about 20 hours a week, it would be a better use of space to divide the auditorium into smaller offices or classrooms.
The school plans to move into Joseph R. Pearson Hall, formerly a residence hall, but the move probably will not be possible for five or six years. Until the move is possible, the school will continue the search for space.
"We're playing musical chairs," he said. "It's a constant juggling act."
Two teams start off race for top student body positions
By lan Ritter
Kansan staff writer
Four students have announced that they are planning to run for the two highest offices in student government.
Kim Cocks, Lee's Summit, Mo., senior, will run for president with Dan Hare, Olathe junior, as vice president.
Stephanie Guerin, Lenexa senior, and David Stevens, Wichita junior, are planning to run on the same ticket but have not decided who will run for president and vice president.
after people continued to approach her about it, she said.
The deadline for filing candidacy applications is March 8.
Cocks said that her experience with the Senate Executive Committee qualified her to be president. She said that as president, her main job would be to work with the administration and the Legislature.
Cocks decided to run for president
"It would be good to have someone in there who already has their hands in it," she said.
Cocks said that she didn't want to pinpoint specific issues yet and wanted to wait for the campaign process to mature.
"A lot of people really felt like it was a good idea," she said. "I know enough about the job that it would be good for us."
"Leading the largest committee with the biggest responsibilities seems like a good qualification," she said.
Guerin is chairwoman of the finance committee.
Guerin was also co-president of the KU chapter cf the National Organization for Women and spent last spring as an intern in the White House.
Stevens is a senator and has worked with Student Union Activities, the Student Legislative Awareness Board and founded the KU chapter of Third Millennium, a political advocacy group.
Guerin and Stevens will stress three principles during their campaign.
They want grassroots participation, leadership participation by as many segments of campus as possible and strong leadership for students by members of their coalition.
Guerin said that she wasn't worried about not being affiliated with the greek system.
"We've heard things like, 'you can't win because you aren't greek,' she said. "Call me naive but I think that people can think for themselves."
Sherman Reeves, student body president, said that he was not in a position to endorse anyone who was planning to run but said that they would benefit from the experience.
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