Section A·Page 6
The University Daily Kansan
Monday, May 3, 1999
NATION'S AUTO SERVICE
$14.99 OIL CHANGE
UP TO 5 QTS. · LIMITED TIME ONLY!!
910 E. 28TH ST. · M-F, 9-5 · 832-2211
BUSINESS
TEMPORARY
SERVICES
Need a summer job?? We will find the one your looking for!! BTS has been placing K.U. students in great summer positions for fourteen years!! Call Ina Kay or Cindy and set up your registration appointment today.
6900 College Blvd., Suite 150 Overland Park, Kansas 66211 (913)491-3491
www.employbts.com
"THE REASON KANSAS CITY WORKS SO WELL IS BTS"
Paper to give news conservative slant
Conservative students at the University of Kansas will soon have a new medium - a student-run newspaper called the Kansas Review.
By Kelly Clasen
Special to the Kansan
Jeff Brownback, Ellsworth sophomore, is the editor-in-chief of the publication, which he said will make its debut today. Brownback is distantly related to Kansas senator Sam Brownback.
"We're basically just going to present a conservative side to whatever is currently relevant in the news," he said.
Casey Connealy, Leawood sophomore and business manager for the Review, said the Leadership Institute, an organization in Washington, prompted them to start working on the monthly paper. The Leadership Institute contacted the KU College Republicans about starting a paper. Most of the Review staff members belong to the group.
Connealy said the institute granted money to start conservative newspapers.
"They basically want conservative activists on college campuses," he said.
The institute donated $500 for the Review's first publication.
Connealy said views on the KU campus were
skewed toward a liberal perspective and he wanted people to take a different perspective on what was happening on campus.
"There are many more progressive organizations on campus than conservative organizations. That is why we wanted to start our own," Connealy said.
He said the newspaper would consist of news articles about events on campus, editorialis, columns and political cartoons.
"We'll have a wide range of editorials that will deal with certain campus issues that we think could be looked at in a different light," he said.
Bruce Bublitz, associate dean of the school of business, is the faculty adviser for the Review. He said conservatives did not have as many outlets for expression as liberals did.
"I am a big believer in the freedom of speech, therefore, I certainly want to encourage the expression of opinion wherever I can," he said.
Bublitz said that although he did not think he would agree with everything that would be printed in the paper,he thought that the students involved deserved a forum to express their ideas.
"I'm just there to help. It's a student-run, student-managed newspaper," he said. "I don't want to interfere other than to make sure everything is legal and honest."
Conneally said the Review was not going to be a competitor to the University Daily Kansan on a day-to-day basis because it will only be published monthly.
"But we can compete on people's perspectives of their concepts and their beliefs," he said.
The first issue of the Review will be eight pages long in a tabloid format. 5,000 copies will be distributed on campus and in Lawrence.
The first issue of the paper is being printed in Ottawa with the grant from the Leadership Institute and subsequent issues will be financed through advertising and fund raising drives.
He said a few of the approximately 25 staff members had experience on the Kansan and that other staff members had taken journalism classes in high school.
Brownback said that it was not difficult to get people to write for the publication and that the first issue was progressing well.
"Finding out what it actually takes to get a paper started has been a great learning experience," he said.
Anyone interested in writing for the Review can e-mail Jeff Connealy at connelly@orela.co.ukans.edu
Edited by Steph Brewer
Allergies blossom during spring season
By Elizabeth Holder Special to the Kansan
Springtime is sneeze time for many KU students.
First, watery eyes, then drippy noses. It begins with an itch that travels from the nose to the base of the throat, producing an uncontrollable cough. Eventually, the wheezing and sneezing begins.
Allergies affect 15 percent of Americans. Although many individuals have been bothered year-long by allergies, springtime, with its budding plants, sends some KU students running to Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Elizabeth Gitau, Wichita junior, said she already had been to Watkins twice for her allergies.
"I saw so many of my friends waiting at Watkins for medicine to relieve allergies," she said. "It is a terrible time since all I can do is sneeze and sneeze."
Colds often get confused with allergies, said Randall Rock, a physician at Watkins.
nesses. Colds are easily spread and allergies are based on individual sensitivity to different allergens."
He said colds usually were not accompanied by itchy eyes and skin, as allergies are. Colds are associated with fevers and allergies are not. He also said allergies produce a thin and watery fluid while colds produce a thick, green mucus.
"I see students who complain of having 'a long cold,'" he said. "Colds and allergies are two different sick-
Gitaau said she has suffered with allergies in the springtime for years. For relief, she uses three different approaches, which were recommended to her by the monthly publication American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
"First, I try my hardest to avoid any place that is dusty or has a lot of fresh-cut flowers," she said. "Then I bought two air filters, which helps prevent pollen from entering my apartment, and I keep my windows closed."
Over-the-counter medication was the last treatment Gitu used, and this has proven effective for her.
block the effects of histamine, which is the chemical responsible for causing airways to become irritated," he said. "These controlled sneezing, itchy eyes, runny noses and other annoying symptoms, yet caused drowsiness."
Tom Sanford, assistant professor of otolaryngology at University of Kansas Medical Center, said medications for allergies have improved immensely during the past 50 years.
"First. antihistamines were used to
He said now decongestants have been used more because they address an allergy's symptom instead of the chemical cause. Decongestants stop runny noses and stuffy-head pressure caused by inflamed nasal passages.
Sanford said the most successful drug depends on the severity of the case.
"Claritin, Cromolym and nasal steroids are the most common prescription medication for allergies," he said. "Each dose can be increased to treat more serious cases and decreased for minor cases."
Over-the-counter drugs include nonsedative oral antihistamines and nasal decongestants, which help minimize allergy symptoms. he said.
"In order to determine the cause of the allergy, I analyze the environment the patient lives in," he said. "Often, the cure is merely cleaning more or closing the window."
Christopher Martin, Salina sopho
more, had never suffered from allergies before this year. He said he moved into an old house on Tennessee Street and developed a terrible allergy because of the cat that lived there before he did.
"I have to clean all the time so I won't sneeze," he said. "I have taken Cromolyn and feel better, but I am ready for my lease to run out so I can move."
Sanford said Martin's allergy is caused by cat dander, minute particles of skin that cats shed daily. Another allergy easily relieved, he said, was second-hand smoke.
Rock said, "Many nonsmokers who do the party scene become uncomfortable because of the irritation to their eyes and chests caused by the smoke."
Rock said he expected the number of allergy victims visiting Watkins would increase before summer arrived.
We see so many here," he said. "I just hope we can help relieve the students who are suffering from allergies and won't get medicine. There are ways we can help, and we are here to help."
— Edited by Aerica Veazey
editorial board sports writers reporters columnists designers cartoonists photographers graphics artists web designers
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY Kansan Apply now
Applications for Fall 1999 staff positions are available in the Kansan newsroom (111 Stauffer-Flint). Deadlines are soon.
editorial board sports writers reporters columnists designers cartoonists photographers graphics artists web designers
THIS WEEKEND! OMEGA OUTDOOR MUSIC FEST MAY 7TH,MAY 8TH THIS WEEKEND:
- FREE CAMPING
- Alcohol will be sold on site.
- Come be a part of movie & double live cd!
MUSIC FEST at CLINTON STATE PARK CAMPGROUND 2 LAWRENCE, KANSAS
MAY 7th FEATURING: OMINOUS SEAPODS TRUCKER • COYOTE PROJECT • SPACE POCKET LONESOME HOUNDOGS • THE DEAL GATES OPEN AT 1:00 PM
MAY 8th FEATURING: JESSE JACKSON 5
DARREL LEA • MARIA ANTHONY & MEGAN HUNT • RICK FRYDMAN
UNCLE DIRTYTOES • B-GROOVE • BILLY EBELING
SECONDHANDS • CHILL FACTOR • GUGA DADDIES
COMMON GROUND • THE BAND THAT SAVED THE WORLD
GATES OPEN AT 10:00 AM
TICKET OUTLETS:
ALLEY CAT RECORDS
CREATION STATION
THE BIKE SHOP
BROWN BEAR BREWERY
MASS STREET MUSIC
THE PHIL ZONE
7th HEAVEN
PREMIER VIDEO
GAMCO ON MASS. STREET
C & C DRUMS - LAWRENCE & TOPEKA
ILLUSIONS IN TOPEKA
MUSIC-GO-ROUND - LENEXA & KC
TICKETS
$12.75 ADVANCE
$15.00 DAY OF SHOW
PARKING $6.00
CAMPING IS INCLUDED
FOOD, DRINKS AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES SOLD ON-SITE.
NO ALCOHOL IS ALLOWED IN THE STATE PARK.
WEDSITE: www.omegafestival.com
---