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CONSTRUCTION
VOLUME 120 ISSUE 111
Streets to stay closed near site of Oread Inn
BENEFICIAL BEETLES
BY MIKE BONTRAGER mbontrager@kansan.com
City commissioners decided Tuesday night to keep some streets around the Oread Inn construction zone closed until Dec. 31. Dave Corliss, city manager, said no changes would be made to the current road blocks.
Werner said the sidewalk along Mississippi would also be redone.
Paul Werner, one of the architects for the Oread Inn, said there would also be reconstruction of the streets around the Oread Inn. The reconstruction will take place on Indiana from 11th to 12th streets, Oread Avenue from 12th Street to 13th Street, and 12th Street from Louisiana to an undetermined point near the current roundabout.
Some students have had problems with the street closures.
The streets will be reconstructed to provide more room for parallel parking and will be closed as needed to finish the project.
Eric Kanter, Chicago junior, lives at Hawks Pointe III, adjacent to the construction zone.
"It makes it very hard to get around," Kanter said. "Beyond that, just all the construction wakes us up every morning and that's not something we were told before we signed the lease."
Dustin Kohrs, Overland Park senior, also lives at Hawks Pointe III, but he said the noise hadn't bothered him much.
"Noise is pretty minimal." Kohrs said. "You don't hear a lot of it unless you're out in our living room."
Kohrs said his main concern was the trucks around the construction zone.
"There been a couple of occasions when there has been a truck blocking our parking lot," Kohrs said. "They usually move it pretty quickly."
Stephen Reysen, Fresno, Calif,
graduate students, lives on 12th
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Andrew Short, adjunct assistant professor of ecology and evolution, conducts research on insects in Latin America. Short's primary area of research is aquatic beetles, displayed here in the center drawer. RAY MCGEEY/ANASIA
Bugs help predict water quality
Researcher will speak about Latin American water sources and the insects that live there
BY KEVIN HARDY khardy@kansan.com
Looking at bugs isn't just for bug collectors — it can also reveal a lot about water quality.
Andrew Short, adjunct assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, said insects could help scientists predict the quality of a water source, because different insects tolerated only very specific conditions.
Biodiversity in Latin American Streams," at 7 tonight at the museum.
Short said he would discuss biodiversity surveys he had conducted in Latin American streams and rivers.
Short, who is also a research scientist at the Natural History Museum, will present the lecture "Behind the Waterfall; Insect
The surveys assessed and monitored the water quality and examined the insects in those water sources.
What: "Wild Science" Series of the Natural History Museum presents "Behind the Waterfall: Insect Biodiversity in Latin American Streams"
Who: Andrew Short, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Natural History Museum
Cost: Free and open to the public
"Essentially, if you know what kinds of things are living in a stream," Short said, "you can get a good idea of the quality of the water from both a human and ecological perspective."
Short's research uses a timetested method for examining water quality.
Dobsonflies.
Zack Falin, entomology collection manager at the museum, said researchers had been examining insects in North America since the 1970s to better understand the quality of water.
Of the bugs Short has collected, most are aquatic beetles, but he has also collected water scorpions, giant water bugs (Belostomatidae), true bugs (Hemiptera), dragonflies and
The lecture will also feature a variety of dead insect specimens Short collected in Latin America.
"I wouldn't call it cutting edge blockbuster stuff," Fal in said, "but it's very good, soild research."
Because of gold mining companies in Venezuela, Falin said, many water sources contained cyanide and other dangerous chemicals.
Researchers correlate water pollution with species of insects and can determine how polluted a stream is by surveying the insects within.
Researchers hope the local population can use the information in the future to determine what water is drinkable.
"People in Venezuela will benefit from being able to use this information to predict water quality," Falin said.
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LIFESTYLE
Students head to tanning salons for spring break bronzing
Trina Gregory, right, Derby resident, helps Brittney Guildin, Bloomingdale, iii, senior,
Monday afternoon. She said she tanned on once per week.
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BY LAUREN HENDRICK
lhendrick@kansan.com
Mike Byrnes, owner of SunKissed Tan & Spa, 2540 Iowa St., said people who had planned ahead by getting a base tan four to six weeks before their vacations would benefit, but those who began building their base tans two and three weeks in advance would not. He recommended trying to squeeze in a few sessions or using spray tanning as options for
Spring break is just more than a week away, and students are hopping under the UV lamps at local tanning salons to get base tans before hitting the beach.
developing color before traveling.
"A lot of people don't want to be the whitest person walking on deck," he said.
Byrnes said SunKissed offered spray tans, hydration therapy and multiple tanning options to help people maintain their tans longer.
Byrnes said getting a base tan before spending a lot of time in the sun could prevent sunburns, because the body learned to produce melanin faster. Melanin is a pigment responsible for skin tone.
"It's not that you won't burn but you're less likely to get fried," said Kristie Lawrence, owner of Mango Tan, 4000 W. Sixth St.
lawrence said Mango Tan had been busy during the past few weeks.
lawrence said everyone produced melanin differently because of genetic differences in skin types. Mango Tan performs a skin-type analysis to determine which tanning plan will fit an individual best.
Ashley Barnes, Garnett junior, sad she had been tanning almost every day to prepare her skin for the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., sun.
"I don't want to get burned and be miserable," she said. Barnes said she liked using the mid-level tanning bed in combination with a bronzing lotion. She said using a
Byrnes said using a higher wattage bed was far more beneficial than using a lower one provided by many entry-level tanning beds. He said high-pressure, 1,000-watt tanning beds would produce a better tan that would last longer because it had UVA rays, which produced darker tans. At SunKissed, clients have four tanning bed levels and three high-pressure options.
tanning bed with higher wattage required less time. "I hate knowing that I could be doing other stuff"
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Byrnes and Lawrence agreed it was essential to keep skin hydrated
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