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MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014
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WEDNESDAY
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THURSDAY
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Monday, March 10
What: Google Digitizing Culture?
When: 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Spooner Hall, The Commons
About: Piotr Adamczyk, program manager at Google, will discuss the Google Cultural Institute and the company's relationship with cultural institutions such as museums.
What: Insights into North Korea:
Documentary Film Showings
When: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Where: Strong Hall, Room 330
About: Jiso Yoon, assistant professor of political science, will lead a discussion after the showing of two revealing documentaries.
What: Proximity to Risk: Citizen receptions and responses to nearby environmental hazards
When: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Blake Hall, 114
About: A presentation by Justin Tucker, KU alumnus and assistant professor of political science at University of California, Fullerton.
What: Philosophy Lecture: Markets,
Privatization and Corruption
When: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Malott Room
About: Debra Satz, senior associate dean for the Humanities and Arts,
Stanford University, will present a public lecture.
Tuesday, March 11
Wednesday, March 12
What: University of Kansas Spring 2014 Grad Fair
When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union Ballroom, level
About: Everything you need for spring 2014 graduation, including cap and gown fittings, will be available in the Kansas Union. Also takes place at the same time and location on Thursday, March 13.
Thursday, March 13
What: Veggie Lunch
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus
Ministries
About: A free vegetarian meal on
Thursdays at the ECM.
What: Employment Topic Workshops for International Students: Interviewing Tips for International Students
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When: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Where: Burge Union, Room 149
About: University Career Center staff will go over how to prepare for a successful American-style job interview.
Student Senate executives travel to DC
The members of the executive staff pose with Kansas Senator Jerry Moran in his office. The students talked to representatives about student loan interest rates and Pell grant reform.
AMELIA ARVESEN
news@kansan.com
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Six executive members of Student Senate returned from Washington, D.C., last week feeling energized and encouraged to finish the semester strong.
Members met with five Kansas delegators from the House and Senate on Tuesday to represent the state as part of a Big 12 higher education conference. They advocated Pell grant reform, keeping student loan interest rates low, federal research funding and discussed Obama's federal college rating system, said Marcus Tetwiler, student body president.
The purpose of the trip was to remind legislators to federally support higher education with the perspective of a university student.
"It was reassuring to our entire staff to see on such a federal and national level that these legislators support us and are behind us," said Morgan Said, outreach director. "They let us know what we doing matters, and that our ideas and concerns are valid."
"Just because we're undergrads doesn't mean we should be silent about our stories," Tetwiler said. "When students have an issue that needs to be heard, the impact of a resolution or conversation from a student voice to those representatives is stronger than a lobbyist."
The student loan interest rates will be reexamined by the House and Senate, and Treasurer Michael Graham said the goal of the meetings was to remind representatives of the needs of students across the country.
"I think it helps put a face to
The executive staff said representatives were person- able and supportive. Kansas Senator Pat Roberts made a personal phone call to Tetwiler's grandmother and Kansas Senator Jerry Moran took his first selfie with Said.
Tetwiler said there won't be immediate results,but he looks forward to future conversations,and in the meantime,the exchange of tweets and emails.
a cause," Graham said. "We want to keep Kansas relevant in their minds."
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Members of the University's executive staff pose in front of the United States Supreme Court building. The six students went to Washington, D.C., to meet with members of the Kansas Senate and House to represent Kansas as part of a Big 12 higher education conference. From left to right: Eric Hurtt, government relations director, Emma Halling, vice president, Morgan Said, outreach director, Marquise Paige, development director, Marcus Tetwiler, president, Michael Graham, treasurer.
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CRIME FROM PAGE 1A
Nov. 5, 2013. Larry plead not guilty and will face a trial on April 14, according to a Lawrence Journal World report.
Marci DeShayna Cully was charged with stabbing Francisco on the morning of Dec. 25,2013.
According to statistics filed through the Uniform Crime Reporting Classification on the City of Lawrence's website, the last report of murder and non-negligent manslaughter prior to 2013 was filed July 2008. Classifications for murder, homicide or non-negligent manslaughter were not present on the statistics for the years of 2009-2012.
According to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, the total number of homicides since 2004 had decreased by 28 percent as of 2012, reaching a peak number of homicides in 2008 with a total of 79 murders.
Lawrence Crime Statistics for 2013 are under review. Sgt. Trent McKinley was unavailable for comment on Sunday, March 9.
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
RESEARCH FROM PAGE 1A
from the hospital and was moved into Windsor of Lawrence Assisted Living's Reflections unit. Now, Mary is sitting up and eating and drinking, but Harvey recognizes this as an "end-of-life" decision, understanding that Mary has little time left.
Too often, Alzheimer's patients are left alone and forgotten about because they can't remember conversations and can get frustrated with others easily. Usually, death occurs because patients forget how to eat or how to say that they're hungry, resulting in a weakened immune system and a body.
Sharon Garrett, the unit's primary caregiver, has cared for Alzheimer's patients for 23 years. She has seven kids, which she said has taught her the patience needed to deal with Alzheimer's patients. Her main job is to keep her residents moving and interacting with one another.
However, Sharon doesn't let that happen because she's seen what a "little bit of love and a little bit of nutrients can do."
"I ask them questions to keep them motivated and to keep them going so they don't give up on life;" she said.
Debbie Green, a caregiver for those with memory impairment, said, "Alzheimer's is the most brutal disease I've ever seen. We must find a cure because the social and economical costs are too high to go unnoticed."
The total cost for care in 2012 was valued at $216.4 billion in the United States, equal to that of cancer care, according to the Alzheimer's Organization. Additionally, 53 percent of Kansans more than 65 years old have Alzheimer's disease, resulting in over $88 million worth of care in Kansas.
Patients can be treated with medications that slow down the progression of symptoms, but there is still no form of medicine that can break down the plaques and tangles. Beta-amyloid peptide and the protein tau (rhymes with "wow") are two hallmark Alzheimer's brain abnormalities.
Dr. T. Chris Gamblin, a University associate professor of molecular bioscienc
This could potentially be a big step forward for Alzheimer's research because it helps doctors "plan for and manage the disorder," said Dr. Howard J. Federoff, the study's corresponding author. Such a test allows doctors to work with and test patients who have the disease and not waste valuable time on non-affected patients.
Just yesterday, researchers at Georgetown found a new blood test that can "predict with 90 percent accuracy if a healthy person will develop Alzheimer's disease within three years," according to a study that will be published in the April issue of Nature Medicine.
es, said. "What isn't known is what relative contribution each has. There are still a lot of tests being done trying to figure out which one plays a bigger role."
At the University, Gamblin and Dr. Berl Oakley, an Irving S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of molecular biology, have discovered an array of natural fungus. According to Oakley the fungi "have the ability to produce a lot that we
didn't realized was possible a few years ago."
Whether it's the caregivers, the patients, the researches or the economists, it's evident that something must be done to help cure Alzheimer's. Too little is known about the disease and more economic and public support are needed to allow people like Harvey and Mary Steir to be making retirement plans instead of how they'll be spending their last days together.
"Right now it requires such a high concentration to work, meaning it's too hard to work with [in animals]," Oakley said. "If things work well then if would still be a few years because we'd have to go to animal testing, which normally takes years and years and costs billions of dollars."
The fungi have been promising in the lab breaking down tau aggregates, but there is still a lot more for them to learn.
- Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
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