THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2000
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2009
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is to have someone in the inside," she said.
Lantry soon got his fellow volunteers at Audio Reader involved as well.
Lantry Kostich said talking about the University had already made an impact on her students, who often struggle to do well in school.
"The kids are polite, gentle, intelligent — and their lives suck," she said. "But they want to do good and this program has helped show them that somebody cares."
Lantry Kostich said in the past two years, four of her former students had been killed in different shootings.
She said life at Eaton was tough, but that she was "often two feet off the ground" with pride in her students' accomplishments this year. She said her classroom's connection to the University had made a difference.
"These are kids who don't normally perform," she said, "but they do for me."
Lantry, a long-time volunteer with Audio Reader, said he was excited to get involved with the students.
Lantry began collecting University merchandise to send to the Eaton students.
The merchandise — including a KU vest hand-made by an Audio Reader volunteer — became highly praised by the students.
Lantry Kostich said she decided to make the merchandise an incentive for students to do well.
In exchange for no unexcused absences, no late assignments and no behavior problems, students put their names into a drawing for
"Student of the Week," an activity Lantry attributes the students' rising grade point averages to.
In addition to speaking with campus officials to help raise money for the Eaton students, Lantry began to speak with the students over the phone.
"I try to talk to them about their challenges and try hard to inspire the heck out of them." Lantry said.
Lantry Kostich took the program a step further when her students became interested in Audio Reader.
Not only were the students thinking for the first time about going to college, Lantry Kostich said, they were also imagining what it would be like to be blind and to volunteer.
"Some of the students just ate it up," Lantry Kostich said. "They just kept asking, 'What more can we learn? What more can we do?'
The students held bake sales and
did chores in and around the school to raise money for Audio Reader.
Brenda Bryant, development director for Audio Reader, said the money hadn't been sent yet, but many of the service's volunteers were excited to be helping the students in Detroit.
Lantry Kostich said Williams was one of her biggest success stories and on his way to success at the University. At a school where, according to the Michigan Department of Education, the average ACT score for his class is 14, Williams is expected to score between 26 and 29.
Williams hasn't applied yet, but said he keeps pictures of the campus on his walls to remind himself of the pride he would have as a student here.
"It would be a wonderful accomplishment," Williams said.
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Students such as Anthony compete to be Student of the Week in Jon Lantry Kostich's Eaton Charter Academy class in Detroit. Audio Reader, a volunteer program where students make recordings for the blind, has inspired several Detroit high school students to attend the University
HEALTH
Rows of acai berry juices line the shelves of The Community Mercantile, 901 Iowa St. Some vendors are having trouble keeping acai products in stock because of the berries' increased popularity.
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Acai's health perks in high demand
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Local merchants have noticed a little purple berry is in high demand among the health-conscious.
Acai, pronounced "ah-sah-EE," is harvested in the Amazon region of Brazil and is packed with more antioxidants than pomegranates and blueberries. The omega-rich palm berry is also high in fiber and is commonly referred to as a "superfood."
Jon Wren, store manager of GNC in Lawrence, knew acai was popular when a week's shipment sold out before the weekend. Wren is among a group of nutrition retailers in Lawrence who have noticed a spike of interest in the acai berry. He said one woman purchased 12 bottles of acai capsules in recent weeks during one of GNC's January promotions.
"It sat on our shelves for a while because not a lot of people knew about it," he said.
But over the last four months, Wren hasn't been able to keep acai products on the shelves. Wren said
he noticed most customers shopping for acai were women between the ages of 18 and 35 looking to manage weight loss.
"A lot of women try to kick up their cleanse diet with acai." Wren said.
GNC sells a seven-day colon cleanse to remove toxins from the digestive system. Acai promotes healthy digestion and lowers cholesterol, according to acairores.com.
"Customers come in talking about Oprah and Dr. Oz," he said.
Oprah and her regular health expert, Dr. Oz, have featured the acai berry on several episodes. One of Oprah's guest health specialists, dermatologist Dr. Nicholas Perricone, named acai the No.1 superfood over garlic, barley and wheat grass. Acai is rich in oleic acid, which helps ease premature aging by regulating hormones and insulin levels, according to Dr. Perricone on oprah.com.
The Pulse on campus and other smoothie shops in Lawrence also of fer acai. At Juice Stop, customers can pay an additional $2 to add a shot of Miracle Fruits of the World, a juice
blend comprised of acai, pomegranates, mangosteen and roni. Mark Heaney, Overland Park senior, works at the Juice Stop at Sixth and Wakarusa streets and said he drank the juice blend to boost his innune system.
"When I start to get sick I come in and take a shot of all the good stuff we have," Heaney said. "It definitely works."
Aaron Boos, owner of the Lawrence Nutrition Center, said that though customers come in to the Lawrence Nutrition Center to learn about the weight-loss benefits of acat, he prefers to promote the superfood as a powerful antioxidant.
Boos said antioxidants helped people build strong immune systems by fighting free radicals. People who maintain healthy immune systems tend to see benefits in their overall health, which can contribute to weight loss.
"There aren't too many antioxidants stronger than acal", Boes said.
"Everybody wants to pop a pill"
Boos said.
ask about the capsule form more often, the Lawrence Nutrition Center also offers acai in a cleanse form, a concentrated juice, an antioxidant blend and green tea.
At the Community Mercantile, located at Ninth and Iowa streets, products containing acai have increased in sales, particularly acai in capsule form.
"We have phone calls and customers every day asking about it," said Nancy OConner, director of education and outreach. The Merc also offers acai in a liquid form and a frozen puree for drinks.
While Boos said people tend to
O'Connor, who drinks carrot juice in the morning, said the acai juice was trendy, but there were less expensive alternatives for getting antioxidants. A Sambazon organic Acai smoothie sells for $2.79 at The Merc and a bottle of capsules costs up to $28.
"If Oprah talked about POM juice it would fly off the shelf," she said. "It's definitely a fad."
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reducing greenhouse gas emissions and promoting renewable energy resources. He said he was also pleased to see that Obama had already begun increasing government transparency
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However, Glicksman said he was concerned
"I expect that probably even within the next few days we'll see a bill for another bailout."
Jesse Vaughn, Mound City senior and KU College Republicans president, also thought Obama would be focusing more on the economy and
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Glicksman said that while he thought
that environmental and public health issues might take a back seat to things such as foreign affairs and the current state of the economy.
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"I expect that probably even within the next few days we'll see a bill for another bailout," Vaughn said. "He'll also have to decide what to do with the detainees at Guantanamo."
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Alex Rock, Lawrence senior and Dole Institute Student Advisory Board coordinator, said he expected Obama to spend his first few weeks in office working to revive the economy.
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"I think that the economy is the driving force right now," Rock said. "I think he'll be trying to make things more stable, working across parties and try-
"I think environmental and health and safety risks can threaten the security of the nation in the same way that foreign affairs concerns can," Glicksman said. "I think in terms of achieving economic security, a healthy productive population is more likely to achieve economic success."
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