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VOL.104, NO.66
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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Valerie Crow / KANSAN
Transplant could save student's life
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Jennifer Lyons, Prairie Village junior, has leukemia that is in remission. In order to have a bone marrow transplant, a person with the same genetic tissue type as Lyons must be found. Lyons has covered the back of her car with stickers of her favorite bands.
Leukemia battle continues as wait for donor goes on
By Megan Poplinger Special to the Kansan
Modern medicine alone will not make her better, and doctors cannot cure her without aid from the public.
The only thing that would save Jennifer Lyons, Prairie Village junior, from possible death would be a bone marrow donation from an unrelated person with a matching genetic tissue type. Lyons is fighting chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a battle which began for her this past summer.
"It's a needle-in-a-haystack odd," said Diane Lux, manager of donor recruitment at the Kansas City, Mo., office of Heart of America, a nationwide bone marrow donor registry.
Lyons made a doctor's appointment after discovering strange bruises on her body and noticing irregularities in her menstrual cycle. But she was not worried, figuring a couple weeks on antibiotics or something equally quick would take care of the problem.
She was wrong. Reading her blood test, the doctor immediately knew there was a problem. Lyons had a white blood cell count of 160.000. A healthy white blood cell count is 3.000 to 5.000.
"I cried," she said. "I was glad my mom was there."
On June 22, Lyons was diagnosed with cancer. It was news that she was not prepared to hear.
"The mature white blood cells overcrowd other healthy blood cells," Lyons said. "This is what kills most patients."
CSBL is a malignant disorder involving the production of mature white blood cells formed in the bone marrow, resulting in the abnormal accumulation of these cells in the bone marrow and blood, according to the National Cancer Society.
Lyons' leukemia is in remission and is being controlled with medications. She must give herself daily shots, and though she lives a seemingly normal life, she tires easily and must be careful not to over-exert herself.
Lyons wants to find a donor as soon as possible so she will be able to receive a
transplant when needed. Because this is so difficult, many people die before they find a donor who matches their tissue type. Lyons said.
The most likely candidates for tissue matches are the patient's siblings. Lyons' two sisters match each other, but they do not match her. Parents usually cannot be donors for their children because their children are a mixture of their genes, Lyons said.
When the search leaves the family, the odds of finding a suitable donor greatly decrease.
Currently, three million names are on the national registry, but only 20,000 people have found matches, Lux said. The only way to increase the possibilities for matches is to expand the registry.
istry is Caucasian and the other 20 percent consists of African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and Native Americans, Lux sald. These numbers give Caucasians much higher survival odds. With this in mind, Heart of America is encouraging people of all races to register.
Approximately 80 percent of the reg-
Transplants are the last options patients have, Lux said.
"They are not done to prolong life. They are done to cure people of the disease, so they can live long, healthy lives," she said.
Lyons wants college students to know that help is needed from people who are young and healthy.
"I don't think people are aware of how easy it is," she said. "It would save our lives at little cost to them."
Jennifer Lyons Prairie Villagejunior
Bone marrow donors can save people's lives
Volunteers can register with Heart of America
By Megan Poplinger Special to the Kansan
People who are willing to donate bone marrow must get their tissue typeed through a bone marrow drive or by registering through Heart of America, a nationwide bone marrow registry, which has an office in Kansas City, Mo.
Diane Lux, manager of donor recruitment at Heart of America, said that they take about two tablespoons of blood
from the volunteer's arm and then send it to a lab for testing.
The results are recorded and stored in the bone marrow register. The name stays active until the person's 56th birthday, Lux said. Donors must be healthy people between the ages of 18 and 55.
Lux said that a high percentage of people in the registry never actually donated bone marrow, only those people who match someone who needs a transplant will donate.
The volunteer is contacted for more blood testing and a physical examination if a possible match is being considered, she said. The two people's genetic tissue types must be very similar for the
patient's body to accept the transpac Lux explained that bone marrow was extracted from the donor's hip with a needle while the donor was under anesthesia. Donors usually spend about three days in the hospital, Lux said. It takes approximately two weeks for the donor's body to replace the lost bone marrow.
patient's body to accept the transplant.
All hospital expenses are paid for by the recipient patient's insurance. The only expenses that the volunteer must pay is a laboratory fee of $27.50 when they originally get tissue typed for the registry, said Jennifer Lyons, Prairie Village junior. Lyons is a leukemia patient waiting for a bone marrow transplant.
Nora Frankel, Prairie Village sophomore and a friend of Lyons, got her name entered into the registry at a drive after she found out that her friend needed a transplant.
This fee can be lowered or even avoided if the person goes to a drive because fundraisers are frequently set up to help cover laboratory fees.
"I had never considered being a bone marrow donor until lenny told me that she had cancer," Frankel said. "Your perspective really changes when it is your friend who needs help."
If you are interested in getting tissue typed to donate bone marrow, call Heart of America at 1-800-366-6710.
Chancellor interviews continue
Interviewees handle pressure, questions from search committee
By David Wilson Kansan staff writer
After months of poring over applications, resumes and letters of recommendation, members of the chancellor search committee finally are seeing the faces behind the names.
The search committee interviewed four of the 16 semi-finals. No.209
nists Nov. 18-20 at the Holiday Inn near Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Mo. The remaining 12 will be interviewed Dec. 24.
Committee members said the face-to-face interviews were helping them measure the one thing that didn't come through on candidates' applications — personality.
Stephen Jordan, executive director of the Board of Recepts and a member of the committee, agreed.
"You always learn more about a person than a resume can say," said Sherman Reeves, student body president and a member of the search committee.
"All of these candidates look very good on paper," he said. "I think this provides the committee with a much better opportunity to see how these candidates would fit in at the University."
Jordan said that each interview began with a short self-introduction by the semifinalists and was followed by a series of questions from the committee. Candidates also had the opportunity to question the committee about the University of Kansas, Jordan said.
"We sent a lot of materials to the candidates," he said. "In reviewing those materials, they necessarily came up with a few questions of their own."
Jordan said the committee, which is made up of alumni administrators, faculty and students, was well-equipped to handle questions from the semifinalists.
Reeves said that, so far, the semifinalists had held up well under the pressure of a two-hour barrage of questions from the committee.
"I thought they were good," he said. "It will be interesting to see how the others do under that kind of pressure."
But if the first four interviews are any indication, the pressure on the semifinalists next weekend won't be too high, said Garrett White, a student at the University of Kansas Medical Center and a member of the committee.
"My biggest concern was that with 17 people interviewing one person, it would be more like an inquisition," he said. "But it was more spontaneous and very relaxed."
White said the semifinalists asked the committee general questions about fund raising, NCAA regulations and the future of the Med Center.
"One of the candidates asked me personally about the Med Center and the direction of health care." he said.
Jordan said members of the committee were preparing for a long weekend of interviews.
"Next weekend is going to be a very hard weekend," he said.
After interviewing the 12 remaining semifinalists, the committee will have one final meeting Dec. 7, where they will select five finalists. The names of the finalists will be submitted to the Regents on Dec. 15.
The Regents are expected to select a chancellor in January 1995.
By Manny Lopez
Kansan staff writer
Bud Light, Natural Light are the best-selling beers in Lawrence
KU students' thirst drains local liquor stores
On any given weekend in Lawrence, KU students buy and drink at least a tanker truckload of beer.
An informal survey of area liquor stores revealed that on average, 75 cases of each store's most popular beer are sold every weekend. That number, combined with the sales of less popular beers, translates to about 7,500 gallons of beer sold each weekend.
When KU students go to the liquor store, they generally buy Bud Light. The second most popular beer choice for students is Natural Light.
"Bud Light is definitely the beer in Lawrence," said Scott Padon, manager of Webb's Fine Wine & Spirits, 800 W. 23rd St.
Padon's observation is also in line with national attitudes.
In July, Bud Light surpassed Miller Lite as the nation's most popular beer. According to industry evaluators, Bud Light's ascension to the top spot partially can be attributed to Bud Light's aggressive advertising campaign. Although Anheuser-Busch came into the light beer market in 1977 with the introduction of Natural Light, they did not introduce Bud Light until 1982.
The reasons students choose one beer over another might vary, but lack of money is one reason students bought cheaper brands. The difference in price between a case of Bud Light and a case of Natural Light is about $4 at area lionor stores.
Liquor store clerks also said that they could not see much of a difference in buying trends between men and women. The biggest difference, they said, is that men tended to buy cleaner brands more often.
At Webb's Fine Wine & Spirits, students buy about 100 cases of Bud Light each weekend, Padon said. If students are not buying beer by the case, they buy 4-ounce bottles.
"A lot of times students come in after class or work and buy a 40-ounce. Paddon said." The malt liquors also are
Yumi Chikamori / KANSAN
See BEER,Page 3.
JeffRock, Apple Valley, Calif., senior, compares the contents of different beers at Patterson liquor store, 846 Illinois St.
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