Tuesday, May 2, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 5
KU scientist examines pesticides
200-foot-deep wells may show contamination
By Jennifer Knopp Special to the Kansan
Martios Sophocleous has dug a hole for himself.
In fact, he'd dug three holes 200 feet deep in western Kansas hoping to discover how fast pesticides contaminate our ground water.
The holes, or wells, drilled in March and April are in the Ogallala aquifer in southern Finney County and the Cimarron National Grasslands in Cimarron County. An aquifer is a geological formation that contains enough water to extract for human consumption. The Ogallala aquifer extends under most of western
Kansas and provides 95 percent of the water used for drinking and agriculture in that area.
Sophocleous, geohydrologist at the Kansas Geological Survey, along with scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Kansas State University's Department of Agronomy collected core samples of soil, sand and gravel from the aquifer. These samples will be studied to determine how easily water moves through them.
Sophocleous also has installed sensors called advanced tensiometers to measure the rate pesticides and other contaminants descend from the ground surface into the Oaallala.
"The interesting aspect of this project is that we are using state-of-the art technology," Sophocleus said. "Ten years ago, we could not do this."
The tensiometers, which
Sophocleous will begin collecting data from in May, are on loan from the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.
Sophocleous said a lot of fertilizers contained nitrogen, which could be harmful to pregnant women and babies.
Terry Shistar, adjunct professor of environmental studies, said that central Kansas had unsafe levels of nitrogen in ground water and that even Lawrence had high levels of Atrazine, a herbicide, in the drinking water.
"This is a matter of controversy." Shislar said. "Though it is considered to be a carcinogen, it is not regulated that way."
Shistar said that the Lawrence water would be easier to clean up because it came from surface waters, not ground water. She said Lawrence got its water from alluvial aquifers, which are fed by the Kansas River.
"If the contamination gets into
"The interesting aspect of this project is that we are using state-of-the art technology. Ten years ago, we could not do this."
Marios Sophocleous
Kansas Geological Survey scientist
the Ogallala, it's down there, and it's going to stay down there," she said.
Sophocleous said that a certain amount of pesticide was acceptable in ground water but that if he discovered unacceptable levels when the study was completed in two years, he would notify local and state agencies.
He said that these agencies would talk to farmers and offer them advice about using fewer pesticides.
Online companies can make job search easier
By Missy Songer Special to the Kansan
With help from the Internet, the job search has become easier for upcoming graduates.
There are more than 100 job search Web sites that allow job seekers to post their resume and search databases for job opportunities. Sites such as Monster.com, Vault.com, CareerMosaic.com, Jobtrack.com, Headhunter.net and CareerPath.com are among the many Web sites that attract both recruiters and potential employees.
Natasha Franz, Wichita senior, thinks that job search Web sites are very helpful.
"One advantage of an online job search is that you can find jobs that are not displayed in the local paper," Franz said. "I pick out specific jobs that I am interested in and cities I would like to work in and search for jobs.
"Monster.com allows you to create your own search agent," Franz said. "You enter what job you are looking for and Monster will search the database for you. You don't
have to be online when it does this.
You can customize Monster to send
you daily, weekly or biweekly
emails telling you about new jobs.
Many of these sites allow the job seeker to store their resume, cover letters and references online. For those new to the job hunt there are sample cover letters and resumes. There also are tips on how to interview and determine what salary to ask for.
Once the job seeker has posted their resume they are able to search the database for job listings. As they find jobs that interest them, they are able to apply with the click of the mouse. There is no need to print off thousands of resumes and cover letters and waste money in postage. The resumes are sent via e-mail.
If the job seekers desire, their resumes can be made public. All recruiters have access to the resume, along with contact information. Resumes can also be made confidential if the job seeker does not want current employers to know they are in the market for a new job.
The University Career and Employment Services has several forms of online job searching available. Announcements of job listing by employers and other university career offices are sent to UCES. These jobs are posted online for students to access. The job bank may be accessed free from the UCES office, but a $25 fee is charged to view the list off campus. Most schools within the university also offer job listings online. There is usually a fee to access the information.
Ashley Hoynowski, Atlanta senior, is looking to relocate to Denver.
"Online job searches allow you to find jobs in other cities that five years ago you couldn't find," she said. "I have had several calls from potential employers that are 500 miles away. I didn't even know these companies existed."
Hoynowski said that online job searches have saved her time and money.
"It would cost me tons of money to send resumes in the mail," she said.
"This way I can get a lot more
"It would cost me tons of money to send resumes in the mail. This way I can get a lot more resumes out in half the time."
Ashley Hoynowski
Atlanta senior
resumes out in half the time."
Most places do not charge to search the databases or post a resume. They make their money by charging recruiters to post jobs.
In return, the recruiters are able to view enormous databases of potential employees. "Now what college student turns down something that is free?" Franz said.
Both Franz and Hoynowski have had several interviews with companies that they found online.
"Now that graduation is less than a month away I look to be hearing from more recruiters," Hoynowski said. "At least I hope so."
ABC blacked out for millions because of cable dispute
The Associated Press
Instead of ABC programming,
Time Warner customers saw a
message saying, "Disney has
taken ABC away from you" on
the channel that normally carries
WABC-TV in New York.
NEW YORK — In an escalating corporate dispute, ABC was blacked out in the homes of 3.5 million Time Warner cable customers around the country yesterday — just as the "sweeps" period was beginning and Regis Philbin was about to quiz celebrities on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
Across the country, the only way many viewers could see ABC shows was the old-fashioned way — by disconnecting the cable and rigging up an antenna — or finding a friend with a satellite dish.
The Walt Disney Co., ABC's corporate parent, is fighting over how much money Time Warner must compensate Disney for the right to carry some of its cable channels.
The affected customers were in seven markets served by ABC-owned television stations. About 1.5 million were in the New York
City area, 665,000 in Houston and 440,000 in Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Smaller numbers of customers in the Los Angeles; Philadelphia; Toledo, Ohio; and Fresno, Calif., markets also lost service.
The blackout was particularly ill-timed for ABC, America's topped broadcaster. Its most popular show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, began its first celebrity week yesterday. Viewers who saw the opening night of the miniseries Arabian Nights on Sunday risked missing the conclusion.
In the coming weeks, ABC is airing the Kentucky Derby, the Daytime Emmy Awards and virtually all of the season finales of its regular series.
Each side angrily blamed the other for the blackout, and each said FCC law was on its side: Time Warner said it was against the law to carry a station without a transmission deal, while ABC said a cable operator cannot stop airing a broadcast station during
Disney appealed for help from the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.
The sweeps, a period when ratings are used to set local advertising rates, began Thursday and run until Mav 24.
The two sides had no negotiations scheduled but were to meet with FCC staff members late yesterday.
Preston Padden, executive vice president of governmental relations at Disney, said it would be a lie to blame Disney for pulling the plug.
Disney had offered a series of deadline extensions after the original national transmission deal expired Dec. 31. The most recent deadline, offered in March, expired at 12:01 a.m. yesterday.
"These people are arrogant manipulators," Padden said. "Some deranged individual has deprived all of these people of ABC."
"It's abundantly clear to anybody who understands the real situation — this is about extorting money from cable customers," said Michael Luftman, Time Warner spokesman.
Time Warner said Disney's demands to carry the Disney Channel and separate cartoon and soap opera networks on its system would have added $300,000 in costs to its customers; Disney said it had offered a fair market price.
Since the blackout affected less than 4 percent of the nation's 100 million TV homes, the dispute wasn't likely to shake ABC's on the top spot in the season's ratings.,said Jon Mandel of Grey Advertising. But advertisers were expected to demand ABC compensate them for the lost customers, he said.
It wasn't the first time such a dispute had deprived cable customers of their favorite stations, but it was the largest outage, said Simon Applebaum, senior editor of Cablevision magazine. Earlier this year, a fight left some 400,000 Cox Communications customers in the Washington, D.C., area without the Fox network for a week.
ABC filed a petition for emergency relief from the FCC. It was unclear what the commission might do. Typically, the FCC does not get involved in private contractual matters.
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