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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY 21,2002
ISSUE 98 VOLUME 113
HIGHTIMES?
JILLIAN THORPE/KANSAN
Hemp waffles may contain hemp,but contain no THC. Foods made with hemp that do contain THC will be classified higher by the DEA.
DEA raises classification on hemp food
By Maggie Koerth
Kansan staff writer
Nobody's going to get high on hemp waffles.
But beginning March 18, many foods that contain hemp will be classified as schedule-one controlled substances.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, www.usdoj.gov/dea, some hemp products contain some amount of tetrahydrocannabinols or THC, which causes marijuana's psychoactive effect. Because hemp foods cause THC to enter the body, those foods are illegal. DEA officials said.
The ban on hemp food products began last October when the DEA announced rules to clarify the products' legal status.
Companies that make hemp foods and stores that sell them have until March 18 to test the products and dispose of supplies that do contain THC, the DEA rules said.
Hemp was grown as a cash crop in the United States and was used to make paper, rope and cloth until it was banned in the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act. Production of hemp resumed during World War II to aid the war effort, but after the war, production ended in the United States. Federal law permits importation of hemp fiber, sterilized seeds and ingestible hemp-based products containing no THC.
According to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, www.norml.org, U.S. retailers and manufacturers each year import about 1.9
million pounds of hemp fiber, 450.000 pounds of hemp seeds and 351 pounds of hemp seed oil from Canada and other nations that regulate hemp farming.
Laurell Matthews, grocery manager at the Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa St., said the new ban had not affected what the store sold.
"That ban only applies to products that have THC in them and not all hemp foods do," she said.
Matthews said most of the hemp products at the Merc didn't contain THC. The store has taken a few products off its shelves, but most of the product changes were made by its distributor.
"The warehouses we order from had to get rid of products with THC back in November," she said. "They sent us a list of products that had passed THC tests, and we've just been ordering those."
However, Matthews said hemp foods with THC in them wouldn't make anybody high.
Amity Zupancic, Dodge City senior, said she was upset about the ban. She said eating hemp seeds had been beneficial to her.
"I've been eating them for a while to get rid of cramps," she said.
In the meantime, hemp waffle lovers need not despair. Matthews said the Merc would continue to carry Lifestream Hemp Plus Waffles, a brand that she said contains no THC.
Contact Koerth at mkoerth@kansan.com. This story was edited by Anne Mergenmeier.
Researchers leaving KU Med for Vanderbilt
By Summer Lewis Kansan staff writer
Two distinguished professors at the University of Kansas Medical Center have decided to leave at the end of this school year to take research positions at Vanderbilt University.
S. K. Dey, a leading researcher of reproductive biology, has been a faculty member at KU Med for 29 years. His research has received funding from the National Institutes of Health for 22 years; that funding will follow him to Vanderbilt.
Dey said the decision to leave was hard for him, but his research would be easier
with all that Vanderbilt had to offer.
"I have a long-standing collaboration with several investigators at Vanderbilt," he said. "I believe that our research program will excel at a higher level if we could be physically located with our collaborators on the same campus. The critical mass of scientists, infrastructure, support systems and hope of fulfilling my next level of research aspirations lured me to Vanderbilt after so many years at KU."
Also leaving is Billy Hudson, chair of biochemistry and molecular biology
SEE MED ON PAGE 6A
Students get Olympic spirit, cheer teams on
JILLIAN THORPE/KANSAN
By Lauren Beatty
Kansan staff writer
Georg Hackl of Germany was going for his fourth consecutive gold medal in the luge, and Carina Staudemeyer wanted to make sure she was able to watch his race with her fellow German friends.
Staudemeyer, Dortmund, Germany, junior, threw a Winter Olympics party last Sunday at her house. She said she invited about 20 friends — including friends from Germany and France — to watch the luge competition. Hackl won a silver medal for the Germans.
Olympics fans Erick Axcell, Lawrence sophomore, left, and Eric Wagner Lawrence resident, watch figure skating at JB Stouts Sports Bar, 721 Wakarusa Dr. Many people enjoy going out to enjoy drinks and a large screen with their Olympics.
Staudemeyer said she wanted to watch Hackl because he had won the gold medal in the luge for Germany for the past three Olympics. At the party, she and her friends celebrated their German culture with bratwurst and beer.
"We had a lot of fun," Staudemeyer said. "It was really nice to see all the athletes."
"It was more like an Oktoberfest," Staudemeyer said, referring to the annual German festival.
Staudemeyer said she kept up with all the Olympic action involving Germany, even after her party.
"We try all the time to keep in touch with our sports guys," Staudemeyer said.
The only thing Staudemeyer said she didn't like about watching the Olympics in Kansas was having to watch taped events instead of live ones. She said she would call friends in Germany, and they knew results before she did because they watched it live.
Eric McMillian, Scottsdale, Ariz., freshman, said he'd been watching the Winter Olympics about 30 minutes each night, despite the fact that most of his friends were not interested in them. He said he liked to watch snow boarding, skiing and hockey competitions.
"It's the only thing on," McMillian said. "It's entertaining, but they show the wrong sports. Figure skating is on too much."
But not everybody stays home to watch the Olympics. Lawrence sports bars and restaurants tuned televisions to the games.
Shannon Norwood, general manager of Molly McGee's, 2429 Iowa St., said people came in to watch
college basketball and the Olympics.
Sean Gerrity, owner of Henry T's Bar and Grill, 3520 W. 6th St., said the crowd at his restaurant depended on the event.
"Last night for the women's figure skating there was some attention,"Gerrity said."Alot of people requested it on the TVs."
Gerrity said his restaurant had picked up a live feed, which was beneficial for customers who wanted to watch the events without commercial interruption.
Contact Beatty at thebey@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Brooks Hesler.
Permits to enroll available online
By Meredith Carr Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas is taking a baby step toward online enrollment.
Starting this spring, permits to enroll will be available online.
"I think it's great because previous semesters it would take a few weeks to get students their permits, but this will be more efficient and more timely," said Kim Lafever, information specialist for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
The University Registrar's office worked with Academic Technology Services for about a year to get a computer system ready that will streamline the enrollment process.
"The technology is there and it's a better use of time and resources," Lafever said. "Plus it will cut the cost of postage and paper since we're in a budget constraint."
The college made the change for a variety of reasons.
With the cost of paper and postage, the University will save about 34 cents per student.
Each semester, the college typically sent about 13,000 to 14,000 permits to enroll, but this semester students will only be able to access the permits online.
- Have an e-mail address registered with the University no later than March 4.
Here's how to get an online permit:
E - E-mail address can be registered at www.ku.edu/computing.
- Academic Record Tracking System forms will be accessible Monday, March 11.
- To view a sample online permit, go to www.enpassport.ku.edu
"Students can still use their Hotmail or Yahoo accounts, but you have to have them registered with the University," said Dan Consoller, director of academic technology services.
Cindy Derritt, associate registrar, said the permits to enroll now have two forms, an e-passport and a course selection form.
"An e-passport will have information specific and unique to an individual student," Derritt said. "This document will have the student's day and time to enroll
Students can write down the classes they plan to take on the course selection form, said Richard Morrell, university registrar.
If students have holds, they will need to print their e-passports before their enrollment time and bring them to prove their holds have been cleared.
as well as if they have any holds."
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"It's progress toward online enrollment in that it's getting students familiar with obtaining their documents online," he said.
Though the online enrollment process will use PeopleSoft, a program the University purchased in 1997 for online enrollment, this step is an initiative and would help the online presence, Derritt said.
All students should receive an e-mail by Friday, March 1, that explains the process in further detail.
Students without access to a computer can still obtain the documents necessary for enrollment outside of 154 Strong Hall starting Monday, March 25.
Contact Carr at mcarr@kansan.com.
This story was edited by Molly Gise.
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