University Daily Kansan, February 18. 1985
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New year welcomed with Chinese customs
By GREG LARSON Staff Reporter
The aroma of Chinese delicacies tickled the palates of those waiting in line to be served. Red banners draped across the walls wished people attending the celebration luck in the coming year.
Those at the Lawrence Community Center on Friday night celebrated the new year — the Chinese New Year.
Because the Chinese use the lunar calendar, which is based on the phases of the moon, the Chinese New Year doesn't correspond to Jan. 1, the day celebrated in most countries as the start of the new year. Most countries use the Gregorian calendar based on the sun.
The Han dynasty invented the lunar calendar about 2,000 years ago, and it had been the only one used by the Chinese until the revolution of 1911, which deposed the emperor. In 1911, the Chinese started using a dual-calendar system.
THIS YEAR THE Lunar New Year fell on Feb. 20, a school day, but the celebration Friday followed the traditional Chinese themes.
Paul Shie, president of the Chinese Student Association, said happiness and family were revered themes in the Chinese celebration.
"No matter how far away you are from your family, you will travel to get to them," he said.
"Red represents happiness and fortune during this time."
David McClure, a KU graduate who attended the University of Taiwan in 1976, said the Chinese New Year holiday, which lasts 15 days after the New Year's Eve, was more symbolic and meaningful than the American celebration.
HE SAID THE Chinese closed their businesses and celebrated with their families because it was one of the few holidays they took.
"The Chinese New Year is more like Christmas without the religious connotation," he said. "For many of us, it means more than New Year's."
"The Chinese work hard all year round until these 15 days," he said. "For 15 days, the Chinese go to visit people, to parades and light firecrackers to scare the demons away."
During the family celebration on New Year's Eve, adults give their children red envelopes with money in them, he said.
For the Chinese, food is a vital part of the celebration. About 200 to 250 people ate authentic Chinese food prepared by Chinese students. Deep-fat fried bread curd and meatballs and Koun Pao chicken, a dish prepared with peanuts, carrots and green peppers, were among the items served.
McClure said long noodles — representing long life — peanuts, dumplings and sausage were special Chinese New Year foods.
A TELEVISION. A videocassette recorder and a cable box, valued together at $1,140, were stolen between 10:30 a.m. and 5:40 p.m. Saturday from a house in the 900 block of Rose Street, Lawrence police said yesterday.
ON THE RECORD
AN AM-FM CASSETTE stereo and two speakers, valued together at $255 were stolen between 9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:20 a.m. Saturday from a car parked in the 250 block of Redbud Lane, police said.
A LEATHER JACKET, a watch with two diamonds and a wool shirt, together valued at $314, were stolen
A RADAR DETECTOR valued at $250 was stolen between midnight Friday and 7:45 a.m. on Saturday from a car parked in the 1300 block of West Campus Road after the driver's door window was smashed, police said.
between 7 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m.
Friday from a car parked in the 1700
block of West 24th Street, police said.
AN AM-FM CASSETTE stereo, equalizer boosters, a cassette case and tapes, valued together at $744, were reported Saturday as having been stolen from a car parked in the block of Tennessee Street, police said.
A LEATHER BAG, textbooks,
notebooks, a calculator, mechanical
pencils and an umbrella, valued
together at $180, were stolen late
Wednesday night from a car parked
in the 3200 block of West 26th Street,
police said.
A MICROWAVE OVEN, a color television and a waterbed heater, valued together at $120, were stolen from Harper Street in the block of Harper Street, police said.
Danger of tanning machines debated
Jennifer Gross, Wichita junior, relaxes as she tans in an indoor suntanning salon. Despite the cold weather outside, Gross, a staff member at European Suntanning, Hot Tub and Health Club, 2449 Iowa St., maintains a year-round tan by using the tannings booth twice a week for 15-minute intervals.
By GREG LARSON Staff Reporter
Those tanning booths and beds that keep summer tans golden brown in the winter may increase the risk of skin cancer and premature wrinkling, doctors said last week.
Mani Mani, associate professor of surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said skin cancer was much more frequent in people who sunbated all year round for 20 to 30 years.
"People who suntan three times a week in the tanning booths and who suntin in the summer sun have a chance of getting cancer than those who don't," he said.
"Sumbathers also experience increases in the aging process. It breaks down the elastic fibers in the skin and causes you to get wrinkles."
TANNING MACHINES produce ultraviolet light composed of ultraviolet A and B waves. Ultraviolet A waves penetrate deeper into the skin and cause the elastic breakdown of keratin associated with premature wrinkling
Ultraviolet B waves are responsible for sunburn and can produce skin cancer.
Frederick Urbach, professor of photobiology at Temple University in Philadelphia, said tanning machines didn't pose a significant cancer risk.
"It is not very likely you will get cancer. You may speed up the process." He said.
Urbach said some tanning businesses had circulated a letter saying that he approved of the light sources used in the tanning booths and beds.
EUROPEAN SUNTANNING. Hot Tub & Health Club, 2449 Iowa St., displayed Urbach's letter, but Gerry had left the club; it had been left by a previous owner.
Urbach said of the letter, "It has been used without my permission throughout the nation and the world. It doesn't pertain to any tanning lights in those places. I'm in principle against the things."
tanning bed in Topeka Memorial Hospital.
Michael Giessel, a Topeka dermatologist, said he took precautions when treating skin diseases with a
"We make people wear plastic sunglasses after taking photos-sensitivity tests, we make people inside for 24 hours and wear long-sleeved clothing."
GIESSEL SAID the hospital used a computerized bed that allowed the intensity of the ultraviolet waves to be decreased. The photosensitizing drugs — ones that make the skin red — are used to decrease ultraviolet intensity of the tanning bed to decrease the risk of cancer, he said.
Only the worst instances of skin disease are treated with the machine because of the cancer risk, he said, but patients are willing to take the risk.
Giessel said all people didn't react adversely to the effects of the ultraviolet light.
"My dad has farmed all his life and has no cancer lesion on his body," he said, "but I see two lifeguards who have had skin cancer."
REDHEADS ARE more susceptible to skin cancer because they have less melanin, he said. Melanin is the pigment in the skin that protects people from effects of the ultraviolet waves.
Mani said that tanning units were controlled fairly well, but that problems arose when people didn't read and follow the instructions.
European Suntanning, Hot Tubs & Health Club uses six machines that
With home units, he said, the user has to be careful of falling asleep, but safety features on commercial tanning machines are excellent.
Local tanning businesses use the local tanning machines and have cater for their users.
won't operate unless slugs are deposited into boxes on them.
MEYER SAID HE allowed customers to tan for only 15 minutes the first three times and required them to wear goggles for eve protection.
Customers also have to read and sign a questionnaire asking about skin sensitivity and background.
Richard Sells, owner of Junkyar Jym, Sixth Street and Gateway Drive, said he asked customers whether they burned easily and allowed them to lie on the tanning bed for only 10 to 15 minutes at first.
The Fitness Center, 807 Vermont St., limits customer exposure to 20 to 30 minutes at first and controls the bed with mites at the front desk
Bob Proctor, an employee at the Fitness Center, said, "We stress caution and make them sign a risk contract with a risk clause."
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The position provides an excellent starting salary with a semi-annual salary review. Applicants must have 3 years general food service experience as well as 2 years of food service management experience. The Schumm Food Company offers an excellent benefit, holiday and vacation package.
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Lawrence, KS 66044