Wednesday, April 1, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
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Section A · Page 3
Jason McKinney, Olathe sophomore and pre-med student, Jeff Black, assists registered nurse, in scrubbing an emergency area at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. McKinney is one of many pre-med students who volunteer at area medical centers. Photo by Lisa Stevens John/KANSAN
Students take dose of work
Pre-med volunteers learn medical skills
By Lisa Stevens John
ljohn @kansas.com
Kansan staff writer
In addition to carrying a heavy load of tough classes, many premed students also find time to do volunteer work in the medical field.
Paul Crosby, pre-med adviser at the University of Kansas, said that there were 744 pre-med students enrolled this semester.
"Almost all of the students we have who are applying to medical school are going to be having health care experience, and it's mostly volunteer." Crosby said.
Brian Whitley, Topeka senior, will start classes in August at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Whitley volunteers three hours a week at a local emergency clinic. He also volunteers 12 to 24 hours a week for American Medical Responses in Topeka. An emergency medical technician,
John Drees, registered nurse,
coordinates volunteers for the
emergency department at
Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
"We have about 50 volunteers on the average at one time," Drees said. "We rely a lot on their services, more than most people understand."
Drees said most students worked during the day and early evening shifts.
"They don't work nights, but we could use them 24 hours," Drees said.
Jason McKinney, Olathe sophomore, began volunteer last year in the emergency room at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
"I do whatever they need me to do: stock linens, serve as a gofer, observe the physicians and watch the health careers in action," McKinney said.
McKinney said he planned to apply to the Med Center in the fall of 1999. His experiences as a volunteer should help his chances of being accepted to medical school, he said.
However, McKinney said there was more to volunteering than improving a resume.
"Paul Crosby encourages us to volunteer to see if helping people is something we like to do." McKinney said.
McKinney said that the extra knowledge picked up while volunteering was well worth the time.
"Some of the doctors like to show you what they are doing, what's going on with the patients. Some of the doctors show me the X-rays and tell me what's wrong. I also see how doctors interact with their patients," McKinney said.
Drees agreed.
"These people will become clinicians," Drees said. "You can't learn all you need to know by going to class and reading books. The more they see in here, the better their decisions will be later on."
Committees to debate textbook exchanges
By Melissa Ngo
mngo@kanson.com
Kanson staff writer
Both Student Senate campaign coalitions want to help students cut textbook costs.
The Delta Force and Campus Cause coalitions are supporting different Web sites that allow KU students to exchange textbooks with one another.
Seth Hoffman, Nunemaker senatorial candidate and All Scholarship Hall Council senator, and other Delta Force members are sponsoring Senate legislation to finance, what they have titled, the KU Book Exchange.
The KU Book Exchange allows students to sell and buy books, Hoffman said.
"We also have a listing of what books are needed for specific KU classes and they (Campus Cause and Bookswap) don't," Hoffman said.
Hoffman said this was not a campaign issue, and he hoped that it would not turn into one. He said the students were simply interested in less expensive textbooks.
This is the first semester for the KU Book Exchange, Hoffman said.
"They just wanted to save money on textbooks, and we support that," he said.
Senate committees will debate the bill to fund the KU Book Exchange tonight at 6 at various rooms in the Kansas Union.
The Campus Cause coalition and Bookswap, a national organization, have joined to offer students another venue to sell and buy books, said Kevin Yoder. Campus Cause presidential candidate and Interfraternity Council senator.
The selling prices would be lower than those offered at bookstores, Yoders said.
Users can search more than 80 universities throughout the nation including University of Missouri-Kansas City and Texas A&M University, said John Wright. Bookswap president.
Bookswap has been operating at universities for more than a year, Wright said.
Bookswap is not financed or sponsored by Senate
Other legislation includes a bill to fund the Environmental Studies Student Organization, a bill to fund Queers and Allies, two bills to fund the Veterans Organization, a bill to require Senate committee attendance policies, a bill to change the KU Lecture Series and a resolution concerning student absences from classes during inclement weather.
The KU Book Exchange address is http://www.ukans.edu/~kube
The Bookswap address is
http://www.bookswap.com
Veterans seek Senate aid
New organization needs office space, staff, founder says
By Laura Bokenkroger
Kansan staff writer
The new Veterans Organization goes before the Student Senate and Finance Committee tonight to request additional funding.
The organization is asking the University for $1,871 to provide an office with more computers and a work space large enough for two full-time employees, a secretary, and student assistants.
The goals of the Veterans Organization, a group established this year by veteran David Perico, Oklahoma City freshman, include increasing support for the veteran and ROTC communities by sponsoring social events and voicing concerns to the administration.
The organization also hopes to establish scholarship funds for veteran and
ROTC students who qualify.
Perico, Veterans Organization president, said the organization was necessary because the University did not provide adequate services to veteran and ROTC students.
Marla Herron, assistant registrar, splits her workday between the residency office and processing GI Bill claims. She said she had only one computer available to her. The small office space in which she works only allows one student assistant to work with her at a time.
"I think that more space would help improve services because we don't get as much privacy as some students need to ask questions." Herron said.
Only one part-time employee now is available to aid the 450 KU students who receive GI Bill benefits.
Perico said that compiling a list of the names of student veterans would enable the University to determine how much money was spent on them in comparison to other special interest groups.
"I don't want more services than any
other special needs group." Percio said. "I just want the level of services provided to veterans to be brought up to the same level as all other groups."
Perico said that this year alone, veterans and ROTC students have paid more than a quarter of a million dollars in student fees.
"We're not upset about not having received any money back since there hasn't been any veterans organization at KU in the past, "Percio said. "But I'm starting to get irritated by all the warnings I have received from the Student Senate and Student Organizations Office that we probably shouldn't expect to get more than a very small percentage of our funding request."
Perico said he hoped that Student Senate would take into consideration the service that student veterans had done for their country and the amount of student fees they have paid.
The Veterans Organization is open to all Army reservists, national guardsmen and discharged veterans and will hold its first meeting next week at a time and in a location to be announced.
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