Friday, March 3, 2000
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Forum looks at pregnancy, child care services
By Warisa Chulindra
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Although the University of Kansas has resources available to pregnant students and students with children, those who need these services often don't know they exist.
This was the concern voiced by pregnant students and students with children last night at the pregnancy resource forum sponsored by KU Students for Life. About 20 people attended the program at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union
The forum was part of a college outreach program of Feminists for Life, a national, non-profit organization that looks to eliminate the causes that lead women to get abortions.
The goal of the forum was not to have a debate on abortion, but to examine campus resources available to pregnant students and students with children and how to improve them, said Serrin
Foster, executive director of Feminists for Life and moderator.
The panel consisted of representatives from Watkins Memorial Health Center, Counseling and Psychological Services, Birthright, Hilltop Child Development Center, the Office of Student Financial Aid, the Department of Student Housing and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
"We believe no woman should be forced to decide between her career and her family." Foster said. "We do not expect to have all the answers tonight. This is a blueprint of progress."
When LaShawna Harris, Topeka senior and panelist, came to the University as a freshman, she had an 8-month-old daughter. Even though she saw other students with children and pregnant students, Harris said she felt isolated. She said she didn't know what resources were available.
"I found everything on my own," Harris said. "This campus is for traditional students. You
"We believe no woman should be forced to decide between her career and her family."
Serrin Foster
Executive director of Feminists for Life
Joyce Davidson from Counseling and Psychological Services speaks about the resources her office has to offer to pregnant women. Davidson was a member of a seven-person panel put together by KU Students for Life to discuss services for pregnant students and students with children. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
can't make it up here without a support system. Get a support system. Get someone to talk to."
"I've been to schools that would be envious." Foster said.
After listening to panel members share the services their departments offered pregnant students and students with children. Foster said she was impressed with the comprehensive services the University offered.
Accommodations can be made for pregnant women to stay in residence halls, and child care services are available on campus, said Randy Timm, assistant director of the Department of Student
Housing
And in many programs, KU students have priority over faculty, said Pat Pisani, a representative from Hilltop Child Development Center.
Foster said the next step would be making students more aware these resources existed. She recommended that information be put on the University Web site or in the student handbook.
United Students coalition launches
Vice presidential candidate Marlon Marshall, left, St. Louis junior, and presidential candidate Ben Walker, Hutchinson junior, kick off the United Students campaign at The Hawk, 1340 Ohio St. About 200 people were on hand last night to help celebrate. Photo by Craig Bennett/KANSAN
Symposium to spotlight variety of student projects
By Doug Pacey
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Everything from robotic feet to Lentic snails to the stock market will be in the spotlight tomorrow at the Kansas Union.
More than 50 students will present their work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium, which runs from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Kansas Union.
"It's an opportunity for KU undergrads to display their work and show what kind of research they've been working on for the past year," said Barbara Schowen, director of the University Honors Program. "It's just a variety of neat stuff."
The symposium is free and open to the public. Oral presentations of projects begin at 9 a.m. and are scheduled throughout the day until the mid-afternoon.
A poster presentation will be from 11:15 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.at the Big 12 room. Each student will stand by a display of their research and will answer questions or talk about their project.
Schowen said that most of the students worked on their projects during the summer and a majority were given a grant by the University of Kansas.
"The majority of them received the KU Undergraduate Research Award," she said. "This means they spent the spring or summer at KU and were given $1,000."
She also said that for many of the students, this project was their senior honors thesls.
Daniel Herring, Rose Hill sophomore, will display his project, a robotic foot, at the symposium.
"I've wanted to do some stuff with robotics since high school," he said.
"Last year in the fall, I realized I had
"Last year in the fall I realized I had enough time to do it. So I approached Arvin Agah [assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science] and asked him about it. He told me no one had really done anything with robotic feet and that I should make it my project, so I did."
Daniel Herring
Rose Hill sophomore
enough time to do it. So I approached Arvin Agah [assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science] and asked him about it. He told me no one had really done anything with robotic feet and that I should make it my project, so I did."
Sarah Vossoughi, Lawrence senior, will present her project about the amount of water people drink when they smoke. She said she got the idea from a study that her adviser had done.
"There's a phenomenon when you control the food intake or behavior of animals, they drink more water," she said. "This is called schedule induced polydipsia."
She said she began working on her project last fall.
"It's kind of exciting," she said. "I've never really done anything like this before, but I was in a science fair in elementary school."
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