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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY. JANUARY 27, 2014
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Committee pushes gender equality
MADDIE FARBER news@kansan.com
Graduate teaching assistant Abbie Hodgson, from Manhattan, was endorsed by Kansas Advancing Women (KAW) last week for the Kansas House of Representatives 46th district.
KAW is a bi-partisan political action committee that aims to increase the presence of women in politics by electing women to public office.
Hodgson's candidacy will help to shift away from the historically patriarchal norm of politics.
"Gender is one of the main reasons I'm running," Hodgson said. "I saw a lot of my male peers run for office, and
I thought, 'Why do young men run but young women don't?' I wanted to be a part of the effort to get more women in legislation."
If elected, Hodgson is excited to use her professional experience in communication, previous research with women and politics, and background in political science to help bring a unique perspective to the political arena.
She plans on helping to reform education, restore funding cuts to improve the economy, and work on revising Governor Brownback's tax policy.
Along with her 10 years of experience in the state government, Hodgson said she feels that KAW gave her networking
resources to make other women throughout the state aware of her candidacy.
"I'm excited about the campaigning process and the opportunity to represent Lawrence in the Statehouse," Hodgson said. "Diversity of representation in the state legislature is important to ensuring that Kansans are well represented."
Hodgson is not the only woman who could help shift the norm of male dominated politics.
Tresa McAlhaney, 34, is running for governor as part of the Libertarian party. As a Lawrence native and a mother, she said she feels she is the perfect candidate for governor because, until recently, she wasn't
a politician at all.
McAlhaney decided to take on a role in politics when her homeowners' association was in a dispute with the state over the future of a nearby dam. Her frustration with the government came to a head when she noticed how long it took state officials to respond to the situation.
"I realized the government was getting too far away from us," she said.
Dissatisfied with both the Republican and Democrat party, she took a liking to the Libertarian party after hearing U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican from Texas, speak during last year's presidential campaign.
"I'm going back into the
world with fresh eyes," she said. "The Libertarian party is known as the peoples' party. They were the first group that were the most principled to me."
McAlhaney, if elected, plans on carrying out her platform, which includes reforming education, creating a more balanced budget, and legalizing cannabis and hemp for medicinal and recreational use, giving farmers a new cash crop.
"We need to come together," she said. "I'm here because this is a way to accomplish my personal goal."
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
BUSES FROM PAGE 2
something else rather than waiting for the bus."
While there are still a few issues, the community's response has been fairly positive.
"Looks like it's going well so
far," Nugent said. "We are seeing a lot of people using it."
To find stop numbers or more information about this service, visit lawrencetransit. org.
PRINTING FROM PAGE 2
Edited by Kaitlyn Klein
implemented last year.
Some Student Senate members were against the resolution, indicating that students should be saving money right away as a result. Resolution sponsor Pantaleon Florez III, a second year master's student from Topeka, countered that data would need to be collected first before the price of printing could be reduced. Implementing now will be a step in the right direction.
"We can hopefully try to measure how many people are using the double-sided default and then gauge if any student savings could be had," Florez said.
According to Missouri State University's printing info page, the school has utilized the duplex default in all residence halls since 2008 as an effort to conserve paper and maximize efficiency. Students' print quota is based off the number of pieces of paper used, rather than pages in each document.
While double-sided printing was proposed by the Student Senate, Day said students are encouraged to contact KU IT with any ideas they might have to improve technology on campus, whether it is environmentally friendly or a general suggestion.
Edited by Callan Reilly
Quick Conversions
Out of 2.74 million pages printed last year, only 608,000 were double-sided.
If the numbers switched and 608,000 had been single-sided, it would have
been the equivalent of:
Saving 11.5 trees
Turning a 60 watt light bulb off for more than 30 years
Removing 2 metric tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
(Carriers for Cesan Sevan, associate director for support services)
HEALTH FROM PAGE 1
at the University of Kansas Hospital (KU Med).
When he made up his mind to do weight loss surgery, Johannes could hardly picture the future. He hoped to lose weight and maybe finally start dating.
"You could actually see him peel off those layers of despair as he became more motivated toward the time he was going to get his lapband," said Pat Sell, Johannes's nurse and bariatric program coordinator.
On Feb. 25, 2011, Johannes woke up from the successful surgery and felt relief. He had taken the first of many, many steps.
Anything Johannes eats has to break down to be digested. He eats soup, mashed potatoes, chips and queso from Cielito Lindo, crackers and cheese and chili puréed in his Magic Bullet blender.
Unlike cigarettes or alcohol, food isn't something addicts can give up altogether. But Johannes isn't tempted by the foods he can no longer eat.
"Whatever people think, being overweight like that is not just because you're lazy," he said. "It really is a disease. It really is an addiction. And there really is help."
"It was phenomenal," Johannes said. "I have found so much joy and excitement in some of the basic, everyday things that people can do because I really couldn't do them before."
He can breathe. He can sleep. His blood-glucose level is normal, his blood pressure has gone down, his liver repaired itself and he no longer relies on his asthma inhaler.
For the first time in his adult life, Johannes was able to walk through Oak Park Mall without having to take a break or base his route on what benches he could use to sit down and catch his breath.
'READY TO LIVE'
"I actually live and function now," Johannes said.
'THE RIGHT DECISION'
Johannes always had a goal in the back of his mind: He would fix himself first then see what he could do about his life.
for the fall of 2012.
He was outgrowing his old desk job at the Leavenworth County Attorney's Office. He had moved up as far as possible without being an attorney himself. He wanted better. He wanted to have an adult life he could enjoy. To get there, he wanted to earn a bachelor's degree before hitting his 40s.
'I CAN NOW'
Before coming to campus, Johannes and his family worried about him making college friends at an age when other men are married and having kids. Now, in his second year living in one of the single rooms, McCollum feels like home.
He applied to the University of Kansas and was accepted
Johannes wants the complete college experience. He participates in class, attends Super Nerd Night at the Bottleneck every month and has completed the newest Grand Theft Auto game twice. He even started dating.
"I feel good about myself for the first time in my life," Johannes said. "This self-esteem thing is new for me."
The second that Johannes has the money and the time, he's going back to San Francisco for the vacation he couldn't physically have three years ago.
"I don't have in my mind a specific thing I want to do, other than to live and to try to enjoy it," Johannes said. "Because I can now."
Edited by Amber Kasselman
mid-'90s, camping for basketball games actually meant camping outside Allen Fieldhouse overnight. Tents were pitched between the Fieldhouse and the parking
garage. Brrr!!!
SAFETY FROM PAGE 1
produce a greater number of other risks and hazards, create an environment inconsistent with quality education, and complicate the jobs of the university police. That is the unanimous position of the university police chiefs in Kansas," Johnson said in a written testimony.
From the mid-'80s till the
With security plans set in place, and recent measures being taken to further enhance the security of university campuses, Capt. Schuyler Bailey, KU Office of Public Safety official, said all aspects are crucial to the campus security team's success.
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"There is no one aspect of campus safety that is more important or more effective than the others," Bailey said. "They all work together to make this campus as safe as it possibly can be. We have uniformed officers all over campus, the emergency phones and security cameras just to name a few."
Despite these security measures, colleges are still known to be susceptible to danger.
According to Threat Assessment Group, Inc., universities face dangers that are similar to the industries, but have less resources for prevention. The site lists less-common background checks, large percentage of population on campuses being in the "high-risk age groups for violence and substance abuse," an open setting on campus allowing "free-access to visitors," and residential facilities as being contributing factors to an increased risk of danger.
Edited by Chelsea Mies
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