Monday, November 8, 1999
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Protesters walk through downtown Lawrence to raise awareness about the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. Photo by Aaron Lindberg/KANSAN
Downtown rally opposes nuclear weapons policy
By Derek Prater
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
"Not again" was the theme Saturday during a rally aimed at drawing attention to the United States' government refusal to follow through on a nuclear arms agreement.
About 50 demonstrators marched downtown from Buford Watson Park, Seventh and Kentucky streets, to South Park, 12th and Massachusetts streets, to show support for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, which the U.S. Senate recently did not ratify.
Armed with a United States flag, a drum and signs that harked back to Cold War rallies, the demonstrators sought to focus attention on an issue that has faded to the background of the American consciousness.
Allan Hanson, an organizer from the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and Justice, said the group wanted to galvanize public support for the treaty.
"We do not want our children to live in the shadow of a nuclear arms race," he said.
Loring Henderson, of the local activist group Oread Friends, said one of the primary goals of the demonstration was to educate the public.
Hanson said the public needed to send a message to its representatives and cited Kansas' Republican Senators Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts. Both voted against the treaty.
"We need to let them know that that is not acceptable behavior for a senator from this state," Hanson said.
Demonstrators gathered signatures for petitions to be sent to the senators and encouraged people to contact them individually.
Although polls show that 82 percent of the American public supports the treaty, not enough people are actively petitioning the government, Henderson said.
Justice, was one of a handful of University of Kansas students who participated in the march. He said that the issue wasn't receiving enough attention.
Kyle Browning, Overland Park junior and member of the Lawrence Coalition for Peace and
"The reason I think it didn't get ratified is because nobody knew about it," Browning said.
Hanson said the treaty had failed for a couple of reasons. Partisan politics in the Senate has undercut good policy, he said.
"If there are those among you who are disillusioned by politics, this is one of the reasons why," Hanson said.
Responsibility also rests with the White House administration, which was slow to support the treaty. Hanson said.
Not ratifying the treaty is bad international policy, he said.
He said the United States should set an example to countries such as Russia and China and lead the way toward obliterating nuclear arms.
"It sends a signal to other countries that we will continue arms building." Hanson said.
Grant to upgrade Kansas research
- Edited by Brad Hallier
Territorial documents will be posted online as historical resources
By Todd Halstead
writer@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
Students soon will be able to tally into new territories when researching the history of Kansas, thanks to a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
"We received a grant that is going to be used to selectively scan territorial materials from the Kansas State Historical Society and the Kansas Collection and make them available on the Web," said Sherry Williams, curator of the Kansas Collection at the Spencer Research Library.
The $224,076 IMLS grant was awarded to the University of Kansas and the Kansas State Historical Society, located in Topeka. The money will be used to scan about 1,500 artifacts tracing the territorial history of Kansas.
uted in December. The scanning of the artifacts will begin this spring and is scheduled to be completed in 2001.
The grant money will be distrib
Patricia Michaelis, director of the library and archives division at the Kansas State Historical Society, said the society and the University were the two institutions with the largest amount of primary resources related to territorial Kansas.
She said this information could be used in any history course because it was critical to understanding the tensions that led to the Civil War by making events seem more real when researching actual documents, letters and photographs.
Williams said students ranging from elementary school to college would profit from being able to access information at any time.
"People come to us to use those materials because they are rare to find, but we can't let them check them out," she said. "With the digitization, people are going to come close to having access to the real thing at home."
In addition to making vast amounts of information available on the Internet, the grant will be
used to create teaching materials to correspond with the Internet collection.
"The Kansas Collection includes materials that reflect the history of Kansas and the region." Williams said. "We collect manuscripts, historical photographs, printed material for books and maps, and we're a depository for state documents. And we have a wide range of materials for teaching and researching the history of Kansas and the region."
"I think it can have a much broader audience," she said. "There's nothing like seeing actual documents and being able to understand the information that is contained in them."
Williams said that making this information available on the Internet would have an impact on how people research the history of Kansas and the surrounding region.
When classes are in session, the Kansas Collection, located on the ground floor of the Spencer Research Library, is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays.
Edited by Katie Hollar
More minor injuries seen at Watkins
By Amber Stuever
Kansan staff writer
Sprain, twist, tear and ache rehabilitation are all in a day's work in the Watkins Memorial Health Center physical therapy department.
This season, however. Watkins' physical therapy is seeing more back, knee and ankle injuries than usual.
Sandy Bowman, Watkins' supervisor of physical therapy, said back pain was a greater problem for students this time of the year.
"A lot of that is stress-related," Bowman said. "At this time of the year, we start seeing more neck, upper back muscle tension and stress-related headaches just because of the time of the year."
The fall intramural season brings students suffering from ankle and knee pains, the most common injuries seen in the physical therapy department.
Bowman said the recent pleasant weather also contributed to students' activity, and therefore injury. She also said that although many students suffer from seasonal aches and pains, many aren't aware that relief is available on campus.
Watkins' physical therapy offers a variety of services to help the injured and aching rehabilitate more quickly. These services include soft tissue massages, electrical stimulation, ice and heat, braces, crutches and advice.
"We tend to treat people a little differently here," Bowman said. "Some of that has to do with the demands on your time. A lot of it has to do with that we think we should educate people to take care of their injuries on their own."
Watkins' sports medicine clinic is another service available to help athletes, as well as dancers, musicians and other victims of muscle and joint overuse.
Larry Magee is the coordinator of the sports medicine clinic, which has both a physician and a physical therapist — so students can be diagnosed and rehabilitated at the same office.
Corby Hoss, Overbrook senior, does a strengthening exercise while physical therapist Sandy Boman supervises her. Hoss was working on strengthening a tendon in her hamstring. Photo by Roger Nomer/KANSAN
"The student, either a KUAC athlete or recreational athlete or intramural athlete, has a place to go where they can get good care and good advice, not only in the treatment of injuries but in preventing injuries and conditioning." Magee said.
Students must see a physician elsewhere and then be referred to the clinic to get help in the physical therapy department. Students must pay for services in the physical therapy and sports medicine clinics.
However, said Traci Cuevas, Topeka senior and an aide in the physical therapy department, students still saved money by using Watkins' services.
"They are reasonable," she said. "Here at Watkins, it's much cheaper than if you were to go someplace private in town."
Walk-ins are welcome at the physical therapy department and the sports medicine clinic. Students also can call 864-9500 to make appointments.
— Edited by Allan Davis
Grime thickens during custodians'break
Continued from page 1A
Many students living in residence halls across campus said the messes yesterday were nothing unusual.
James Henderson, Overland Park sophomore and Ellsworth Hall sixth floor resident, said the toilets became dirty by the end of the weekend and elevator floors became sticky from ignored spills.
He said the messes were worse last year.
"It probably depends on the group of guvs live with," he said.
He said the worst mess he had seen was last year when someone threw up in the communal water fountain.
"It happened Friday or Saturday night and didn't get cleaned up until Monday," he said. "It was just disgusting."
Henderson said there should be a better
system of reporting messes during the weekends so similar incidents would not reoccur.
Joe Edmonds, student housing custodial manager, said resident assistants, desk assistants or complex directors were responsible for cleaning up large messes during the weekend.
Edmonds said sometimes there was not much to clean up since many students went home during the weekends.
Jana Rugan, Ellinwood sophomore and Oliver Hall fourth floor resident, said there was always hair on the shower floors and walls and a buildup of grime throughout the bathroom. She said she wore flip-flo sandals in the shower.
Rugan said people often dumped food in the sink, and the grates covering the drain kept the food sitting in a pile.
"By the time Sunday night rolls around, I don't even want to use the bathroom," she said.
Allison Butler, Overland Park freshman, lives on Corbin Hall's seventh floor.
She said there was almost always a mess in the bathroom by Sunday evenings, especially when residents had guests stay with them during the weekend.
"It can get really nasty," she said.
Whether the messes resulted from use or carelessness, Edmond said Mondays were the worst days for the custodial staff.
"They come to expect the extra work load," he said. "I think they're willing to make that trade-off for the day off."
— Edited by Katie Hollar
A residence hall bathroom that has not been cleaned during the weekend has trash strewn across the floor. Many residents complain that the bathrooms often look much worse than this one after weekends. Photo by Melissa Thornton/KANSAN
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