THURSDAY,MAY9,2002
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 7A
At year's end items can be donated
As Lawrence resident Lenezie Hamm looked around the Oread Neighborhood during move-out time last year, she was shocked at the "trash" people left behind.
It wasn't piles of garbage that concerned her. In the neighborhood between the University of Kansas campus and downtown, Hamm said she noticed usable items, such as lamps, computers and clothing, being tossed instead of being disposed of properly.
"This is a really big problem," she said. "I would drive through Lawrence, not just the Oread Neighborhood, and see really decent stuff being thrown away."
By Lauren Beatty
Kansan staff writer
Hamm said she wanted to tell students and others moving in Lawrence during the summer to recycle their usable household goods. She wrote an article in the Oread Neighborhood Newsletter and offered these suggestions:
Donate the items to a thrift store.
Advertise used furniture in the Lawrence Journal-World or Trading Post.
Sell the items by having a yard sale.
Offer the items to friends or family.
Victoria Silva, director of KU Recycling, said she had noticed the same problem when students moved out of residence halls. She began an effort to collect students' household goods and donate them to non-profit organizations.
"We'll take towels, bedding, dishes, clothing, anything working, like appliances," she said. "Don'tdump broken items or dirty, torn clothes or open bags of food."
Silva said she began the donation project three years ago to help alleviate the massive amount of items thrift shops received during mid-May.
Silva said larger items, like couches or cinder blocks, should still be picked up by thrift stores that have trucks to transport the bulk items.
Andrea Rome, Holcomb freshman, said she would move out of Corbin next week. She said she was taking most of the bigger items home with her, but if there was something she didn't want to keep she would donate it to a thrift store.
Reed Peterson, manager of the Salvation Army Thrift Store, 1818 Massachusetts St., said he saw an increase in donated goods during May.
"Students bring in clothes more than anything," he said. "They can know that they're going to a good cause."
Contact Beatty at
Ibeatty@kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Smarsh.
Telemarketers could pay if 'no call' bill is passed
Holmes said the legislation was unique because previous lists had been voluntary for the companies, while this would be mandatory.
By Adam Pracht
Kansan staff writer
After telemarketing companies receive the lists, they would then have to eliminate the names and numbers from those they call.
Students harassed by telemarketers could soon have the state on their side.
Rep. Carl Holmes (R-Liberal) and chairman of the House of Representatives utilities committee, is supporting a bill that would create a "no-call" list of people who do not want to receive calls for telemarketers.
Holmes said this would likely not be the final version of the bill, but he was confident that they would pass some sort of similar law this year.
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Holmes said people who didn't want to receive telemarketing calls would be able to send in a free form to be placed on a nocall list. Filling out the form on the Internet would cost $5.
"I'm tired of telemarketers," he said. "They're very intrusive. I personally don't like telemarketers, and I've had quite a few number of constituents approach me about getting good no-call legislation passed."
calling someone on the list, telemarketing companies could be fined up to $10,000.
However, Holmes said there were still loopholes.
For example, any business that a customer had done business with in the last three years
could legally solicit over the phone.
He also said the process took a while to complete. A national company hired by the state must compile the list, send it out to telemarketers and allow them time to process the names and numbers.
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Holmes said a request to be put on the no-call list on June 2 could take as long as Dec.1 to be processed.
Aaron Kirby, Los Angeles senior, said he would probably take advantage of the program.
"Essentially they take advantage of your good nature and patience and they utilize that for their own personal gain," he said.
Contact Pracht at apracht @kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Warren.
Summer storage filling up
By Melissa Shuman Kansan staff writer
Jenn White doesn't mind traveling 500 miles to go home for the summer, but she doesn't want to take her entire residence hall room with her.
So the Dallas freshman decided to rent a storage space to house her refrigerator, microwave and winter clothes. Storage spaces are an option for students who don't want to take all their belongings with them when they move back home. Lawrence has about 10 self-storage companies listed in the phone book.
"There's no way I can get all that stuff on a plane," she said. "I won't even need it over the summer."
White and Kate Schmidt,
Seattle freshman, are renting a
5-foot-by-5 foot space from
Public Storage. 2223 Haskell
Ave., during the summer. They
both lived in residence halls
this year, so they don't have to
worry about large furniture.
contact Shuman at mshuman@kansan.com. This story was edited by Brandon Stinnett.
Many self-storage companies are running out of space for the summer. Public Storage's 450 spaces were completely full as of May 1, and it had 30 people on a waiting list. Plaza Storage, 2300 W. 31stSt., Parkway Storage, 4921 Wakarua Court and Erl's Econo Self-Storage, 412 N. Iowa St., said they were already full or would be by the time finals were finished.
Schmidt and White said they got the space early to take advantage of spring storage space specials. They will pay $66 per person to share the cost of the space for the four months because of a special offer through the company.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Schmidt and White began renting the space in April and have it reserved until August.
Renting storage spaces is an option for students who don't want to lug their stuff home for the summer
Kinky cucumbers, sinful cinnamon
A study conducted last year by Alan Hirsch, a neurologist and psychiatrist at the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, found certain foods often act as aphrodisiacs by enhancing sexual desires with their smells.
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
Cinnamon rolls and banana bread could increase your partner's sexual desire.
The study found the smells of cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, lavender, pumpkin pie, black licorice, cheese pizza and buttered popcorn got men in the mood for sex.
But Dennis Dailey, professor of human sexuality, said he did not think aphrodisiacs had an effect on people.
"If you are dealing with guilt, shame or other negative things about your sexuality, then all of that is going to effect your erotism." Dailey said.
"People often focus on needling aphrodisiacs instead of other things that are important in a relationship," Dailey said. "The sexual problem that you are looking to solve is usually within yourself."
He said people's minds acted as the strongest aphrodisiacs to influence a person's mood.
For women, the smells of Good & Plenty, cucumbers and banana bread turned them on.
Mary Westfall, Blue Springs,
Mo., freshman, said she didn't
think people depended on aphrodisiacs to alter their moods — unless booze
counted.
"Students seem to use alcohol as an aphrodisiac to increase sexual desires more than food or burning candles," she said.
Contact Lewis at slewis@kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Marsh.
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