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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 24, 1992
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Ellen McAtee / KANSAN
Adam Shreve, a Kansas Journalism Institute student, takes a break from studying. Shreve was attending an advanced newspaper class Monday in Stauffer-Flint Hall. The Kansas Journalism Institute is conducting newspaper and yearbook journalism workshops at the University of Kansas for more than 100 high school students from 12 states through Friday.
Daydreaming
Barbecue battle begins
a barbecue Jayhawk might be every Wildcat's dream, but for Brad Krings, "BBQ N Hawks" means something else entirely.
By Becky Lucas
Kansan staff writer
Krings, Lenexa senior, will head the BBQ'N Hawks as they prepare for competition Saturday in a battle of grills and smokers that has become a Lenexa tradition.
By noon Saturday, most of Lenexa should be slow-cooked to barbecue perfection as the 160 contestants and 450 judges ready for the Great Lenexa Barbecue Battle at Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park, 87th Street and Lackman Road.
About 25,000 spectators are expected to come for free samples, offered from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Three shuttle buses will transport visitors to the site from parking lots on 87th Street.
"Our goal is to have a good time, send everyone home safely and crown a new barbecue champion," Nicks said.
The 11-year-old event has grown from 12 contestants and 12 judges to the largest-ever contest this year, said Bill Nickis, director of the Lenexa Parks and Recreation Department.
Competitors will begin arriving at the park on Friday and spend the day readying their grills and smokers. By
early evening some of the meat already will have hit the grill.
"I stay in the park until 2 a.m. Saturday morning and leave when another worker comes to relieve me," Nicks said. "When I arrive home, a block away, and crawln in bed my wife says 'I can smell that you're home.'"
The Lenexa contest allows contestants to enter either as amateur or professional. Contestants can then enter one of eight categories of meat to be judged on Saturday. The miscellaneous category attracts contestants who grill anything from quail to rattlesnake meat.
To qualify for the grand champion competition, a team must enter a minimum of five categories. Ribbons are awarded for the first seven places in each of the categories. Nicks said.
Of the 106 teams entered for competition, six list Lawrence addresses,
BBQN Hawks, one of those six, is looking to take home another ribbon. Krings placed fifth in the poultry division last year.
"I went to high school in Overland Park, and I grew up in Lenox, so I've known about it for years," Krings said. "I had some friends that were interested in it, and so we decided to enter."
Krings said that the recipe that
placed in the poultry division was a spur-of-the-moment concoction that he hoped could recreate this year.
"At the end of the day they awarded the awards and I couldn't believe it when they called my name," Krings said.
Because of the popularity of the contest, the 160 slots filled up in 72 hours. Nicks said.
And because of the urgency to get a space, Krings said, he drove to Lenexa the Monday notices were sent out and was number 40 in registration, all before 9:30 a.m.
He said that competition was so keen that a friend had been offered $1,000 to sell his space. "There are a lot of little guys wanting to be discovered, and this is a good way," Krings said.
But in addition to the competitive side, the event also is social.
"I want to see how I rank amongst the others, and it's a good time," Krings said. "It's fun to sit and talk with the others, so it's got a social side to it, especially Friday night."
Take a byte out of campus crime by locking, engraving computers Eight thefts totaling $12,810 have occurred since January
"I want to get another ribbon," he said. "I want my salmon to place. I've already got a place to put my new ribbon, right next to the one I won last year."
Krings' real goal this year is to place in the miscellaneous category.
By Anne Grego
Kansan staff writer
When a thief took a computer from the Institute for Public Policy and Business Research in the spring of 1991, he took more than a machine from the office. The theft stole productivity.
Employees were forced to compete with each other to use the office's other computers, said Bev Bray, director of administration at the Institute.
"It creates a very frustrating situation." Bray said of computer theft.
A computer may not be the easiest thing to steal, but if the opportunity presents itself some thieves are willing to take a chance.
KU police suspected someone was plan-
ning to return for the machines and recorded
the incident as the theft and recovery
Two Apple Macintosh computers worth $4,644 were removed June 2 from Academic Computing Services, according to KL police. Machines were found in the first classroom.
Apple Macintoshes are popular with
thieves because of their easy-to-use system,
sad Sue Silkey, who works in customer ser-
vice at the Computer Center.
Ikey said that computer theft increased
during summer because fewer people were around to see what was going on.
Since January, eight cases of computer theft totaling $12,810 were reported to KU police.
The police recovered equipment valued at $4,645, including the machines found in the Computer Center men's room.
In 1991, 17 cases of computer theft involving $12.925 were reported. Police recovered $603 of that equipment.
Almost all the losses came from offices rather than residence hall rooms. Police records show that some computer disks were lost in the Hall last year and trous laxes Hall this year.
Students who are victims of theft often are covered by their parents' homeowner policies, said Betty Vanderslice, supervisor of property and casually section of the Kansas Insurance Commissioner's Office.
To be covered, students must list their parents' address as their permanent residence. Because policies differ, Vanderslice suggests students check their parents' policies. University-owned computers are self-insured, which means that each office must absorb the loss. Silkey said.
The Institute of Public Policy and Business Research had to change priorities in its budget to buy another machine, Bray said. The office was able to replace the machine within a year.
To disdoubt the theft, KU police recommend engraving computers. An engraved computer is harder to sell, said Burdel Welsh of KU Police. He added that engraving a driver's license number into the computer made it easier for police to trace the rightful owner. Engraving equipment can be borrowed from KU police, he said.
Securing a computer with cables to a hard-to-move object like a desk can also deter a thief.
The Computer Center's department of engineering and maintenance will secure University-owned computers for $10 per component. For a Macintosh computer, securing would cost $10 for the monitor and $10 for the keyboard. Securing the mouse is a free service.
The department of engineering and maintenance also will engrave computers. Acrylic stickers also are available. Martin Huerter, supervisor of the department, said that after a short time the stickers were almost impossible to remove and would have to be ground off the computer by a thief.
Hilltop students learn from business experience
By Terrilyn McCormick Special to the Kansan
The next Sam Walton may come out of Hilltop Day Care's 3rd-5th grade class after last week's lesson on starting and operating a small business.
"Colorful Knucknacks," the simulated business run by the class, opened a booth Friday in front of Watson Library, selling three products: games of skill, friendship bracelets and assemblage pins, which are safety pins decorated with mat board, buttons, pictures and paper rolls.
"The lesson was fun because it gave us a
chance to learn about the real world," said Danika Reitz,9.
The students first learned about expenses and profit margin, then they voted on a name and logo for the business and decided what products to sell.
Assistant teacher Cher Carroway decided that the best way to educate the children about small business was to have them start their own.
On Thursday the class toured The Raven Bookstore and Ye Olde Sugarosity Shoppe, where students received tips on running a small business.
In order to set up a booth Friday, the class
The lesson will be completed tomorrow at First National Bank, where the students will set up an account with the established profit of $30, which will go back to the class.
"The class will probably eat the profit because our employees may have to be paid in Popsicles," Carroway said.
David Smith, professor of sociology and parent of Robin,8, saw the craft sale not as a business experience but as art exposure.
contacted the University of Kansas and received a permit to sell items on campus.
"Robin has always had an art interest," he said. "We have his art all over the house, but it is nice to see his art gone public."
By Ana Kostick
Kenon staff writer
In May, Bob Lewis returned to school after 44 years.
Lewis participated in the Elderhostel program KU has offered since 1979. Elderhostel, one of the best-known international programs for older-adult learning, will educate more than 250,000 senior citizens at 1,600 colleges and universities worldwide this year.
Lewis, 69, a radio and television producer for the Office of University Relations at the University of Kansas, is one of an increasing number of adults older than 60 who are participating in college and university programs designed for senior citizens.
1900 census data predict that by the year 2080, the over 65 population in the United States will have grown from 12 percent to almost 25 percent of the total population. That means that the number of senior citizens who want to go back to school could double.
With the growing number of seniors citizens who are interested in learning opportunities for older adults, other programs, such as Evergreen at Boston University and KU's own community enrollment program, also are targeting that audience.
Cady Goldfield, director of public relations for the Boston-based Elderhostel, said enrollment in the international program had increased during the past several years.
The non-profit organization is financed by tuition students pay to attend the week-long programs, which provide intensive learning about a specific topic determined by the individual institution.
"It's learning for the fun of it, not for drudgery," Goldfield said. "You do it for self-enrichment and fun. It's meaningful activity for older adults."
Goldfield said the program had gained popularity because it allowed older students to be in a classroom with their peers. She said Elderhostel research showed that nine out of 10 older adults would rather be in a classroom with their peers than with traditional students.
"They can talk on their own terms." Gold.
field said. "There's more debate and discussion geared toward the older-adult interests, needs and experiences."
The discussion and subject matter in Elder-hostel classrooms varies from school to school.
"Every program draws from its natural strengths," Goldfield said. "The best part is that it really allows the individual school to shine. Elderhostel takes care of all the basics, but the program allows the coordinator to be real creative with their resources."
KU Elderhostel coordinators tapped the resources of Haskell Indian Junior College and developed a program that focused on Native-American issues.
Rose Rousseau, senior program manager of continuing education, coordinated KU's 1992 Elderhostel program, "A New-Found Voice: Native American Arts and Letters."
She said the program focused on Native Americans because of the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas. She said the program's goal was to re-evaluate the role of European influence on Native Americans and to familiarize the students with the history, culture and background of these people.
As a student in the May 17-23 program, Bob Lewis lived the life of a typical university student. He slept, ate and attended daily classes with 25 other students aged 60 to 84.
The cost of the KU program was $280 for a double-occupancy room and $310 for a single. The fee included meals, lodging and transportation. Full scholarships based solely on need were available through the national office.
Goldfield said that although 70 percent of the participants nationwide have had some college background, the Elderhostel program was not geared toward the college graduate.
"It's the personality, not the formal education, that makes them come," Goldfield said. "A student only needs to be curious about life. We try to assure them that their background doesn't matter. Living 60 years supplants what you have or haven't learned in the classroom."
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