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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2012
HISTORY
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Lawrence House Connected to Abolitionist
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There are several historical sites in the city of Lawrence, especially the University. But there are also a lot of historical housing developments.
According to the City of Lawrence website, the oldest house in Lawrence is the Murphy-Bromelsick house, now a museum, located at the corner of 10th and Delaware Street. According to the website, the house was the home of important figures Myra B. Hobbs and abolitionist John Speer, who moved here to Lawrence in the 1850s to block slavery from entering Kansas and was later involved in helping rebuild Lawrence after the infamous William Quantrill. The website's article went on to say that 2009 marked the 150th anniversary of Kansas icon John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
The oldest house in Lawrence is the Murphy-Bromelsick house. The house is currently a museum.
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"The Murphy-Bromelsick house is part of a monument dedicated to Lawrence's roots in the fight for freedom and civil rights," the website says.
There are also several old apartment complexes located in Lawrence. One of the oldest complexes are Meadowbrook Apartments located at 15th and Crestline. According to the company profile on manta.com, records show it was developed around the 1970s. The company website, meadowbrookapartments.net, says the complex is within walking distance of the University and close to historic, downtown Lawrence.
To keep this historic complex in Lawrence, it went underwent expansion and other renovations in 2005. According to an article from the June 16, 2005 Lawrence Journal-World, the project had been on the books for several years and is now completed.
Don Cole, general manager of Meadowbrook Apartments was quoted in the 2005 LJW article, saying "That's a reason we did this — not only to catch up on the amenities, but also to offer something new that we couldn't offer before."
The official Meadowbrook Apartments website, Meadowbrook apartments.net, has this encouraging advice for potential renters and the complex is taking fall reservations now.
"Our campus is surrounded by green space and we are happy to have a community with a strictly enforced noise policy!"
There are several housing options here in Lawrence, but these are just a couple places that are located right here in Lawrence.
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Meadowbrook Apartments is a historic complex in Lawrence. It was developed in the 1970s
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or family member who is gay positively affects a person's views about people who are gay.
Advocates have been optimistic about the trend and the possible reduction of prejudice, but Egan explored several problems with the hypothesis and its conclusion. Data gathered in polls and studies does not fully examine the factors that might make a person more likely to have a relationship with a gay person, which can produce biased data.
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But the biggest problem is disclosure. Most research on the contact hypothesis doesn't consider whether or not the gay friend, co-worker or family member actually said they were gay or if it was assumed.
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Egan pointed out that straight people can fairly accurately deter-
Research also shows that in the time between freshman and senior year, students generally become more tolerant of gays and lesbians, Egan said.
"My guess is that when students first come to college, it's often the first time they encounter a gay or lesbian person who acknowledges their identity," Egan said. "By every indication, that should be a pretty powerful predictor and changer of attitudes."
Jake Longraker, a graduate student in political science from DeSoto, said Egan's research was very current and showed the dramatic attitude shifts regarding gays and lesbians. It's a topic that he explores in his own research of LGBT communities in Latin America.
Patrick J. Egan, Assistant Professor of Politics and Public Policy at New York University, delivers a lecture called, "Frontiers in Research on Attitudes Among and About Gay People," at Watson Library Tuesday afternoon. The lecture was part of the Clifford P. Ketzel Speaker Series for the Expression of Minority Opinions.
"Knowing what the attitudes
are of people, and how you can improve the situation so that you can make those positive changes and you can make changes in laws, is important," Longraker said.
versial not only because it discussed gays and lesbians, but also because it challenged the common understanding of how the contact hypothesis applies to the LGBT community. Although the lecture series hasn't been going on in recent years, he hopes to make it an annual event.
Donald Haider-Markel, chair of the Political Science department, said Egan's presentation was part of a lecture series featuring controversial speakers. Egan's presentation was contro-
public broadcasting network. The Colbert Report also ran a clip about it, according to C. J. Janovy, director of communications at KU Medical Center. "This is obviously a topic of wide interest." Janovy said.
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For over a decade, Tash and collaborators developed a compound that blocks sperm production and was originally part of a cancer treatment. The side effects from this included infertility.
The term "infertility" may seem scary, but if men are taking the pill and decide they want to conceive, they just stop taking the pill.
"It's not only 100 percent effective, but 100 percent reversible, which is the holy grail of a contraceptive," Tash said.
The drug has seen effectiveness and safety for testing in mice, rabbits and most recently, primates. The animal testing has also shown the offspring produced by former users
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opment as another form of non- hormonal male contraceptive. While Agbor's work is still preparing for animal testing, Agbor sees the importance of increased options for male contraceptives.
"By producing more male birth control, it's going to help males contribute to family planning." Agbor said.
The development of these drugs could potentially impact the world, said Tash. Tash cited that half of all pregnancies are unplanned and in the US, half of those unplanned pregnancies occurred while under supposed use of contraceptives. Tash recently presented to the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation as an expert in contraception.
"The simpler a contraceptive is to use, the more desirable and easy it is to distribute and use" Tash said.
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CROSSWORD 4
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
SPORTS 8
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