Monday, February 23, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Speaking to a standing room only crowd, Daniel Goldin, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, discusses the administration's future at Alderson Auditorium. Goldman spoke Friday at the invitation of Sen. Sam Brownback. Photo by Jay Sheperd/KANSAN
Students fill auditorium to hear space agency leader
By Graham Johnson
gjohnson@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Dan Goldin, has a vision. But he said that vision has a price — a relatively cheap price.
Goldin, chief administrator of the space agency, spoke Friday night to a capacity crowd at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. He discussed his vision for the future of space exploration.
Goldin said that he was working to make the agency's programs faster, better and cheaper. Goldin said that the agency had not spent all of the money it had been allocated.
"Over the last five years we have turned
back over $40 billion to the U.S. Treasury.
Yet, if you take a look, we have more programs," Goldin said.
Some of the projects Goldin mentioned were building a space station, putting a person on Mars, measuring climate change and predicting the weather.
Goldin said that a University of Kansas professor had played a key role in the agency's Earth Observer program to predict seasonal global weather patterns. Richard Moore, professor emeritus at the remote sensing laboratory, developed a device to measure wind patterns above the ocean
Gary Hamilton, Shawne senior, said he was impressed with the speech.
"Generally, he disclosed a lot of plans and progress that most people, including myself, weren't aware of," Hamilton said.
Med Center urges minority youths to study medicine
By Lisa Stevens John
jlohn@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
When Norge Jerome, assistant dean of minority affairs, started teaching at the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1967, there were only two minority students out of each class of 150 students.
Each Med Center class now has 175 students.
"We started focusing on minority students in 1992 and the numbers have gone up dramatically," Jerome said. "Now 15 percent of each class is minority."
To encourage minority students to consider a medical profession, the Med Center has concentrated on reaching out to the community, Jerome said.
As part of the Black History Month, 100 minority students from Wyandotte County high schools attended a program and luncheon at the Med Center last week.
"This is the time for dreaming." Jerome told the students. "You have dreams, and these panelists will provide information about what it takes to be a doctor."
Med Center physicians told students that attending medical school was an attainable goal.
Ron Moore, a 1997 KU medical school graduate and surgical resident, said he started out studying engineering in college.
"A friend who was a physician thought I'd make a good doctor," Moore said. "He started taking me on rounds with him."
Grisel Lopez, a 1995 KU medical school graduate, is the Med Center's chief neurology resident.
Lopez said she graduated from high school at 16 and went to college.
"I played a lot of pool and wanted to be a hair-dresser." Lopez said.
But when she took a college course in microbiology, she realized she wanted to be a doctor.
Statistically, she was not supposed to succeed because she was a single parent, she said.
Daniel Cobb, a junior at Wyandotte High School, said he wanted to be a virologist and work on a cure for AIDS.
Cobb said his family's income was limited.
I guess you would say we're lower class," he said. "It was good to learn that some of the doctors on the panel came from humble beginnings."
Lakeishi Morton, a sophomore at Wyandotte High School, said she learned a lot from Moore and Lopez
"I was glad to learn that it's okay to change career goals and make choices as you go," she said.
SIRLOIN FOR TWO
One Steak. Two Forks.
18 oz. Sirloin, Two Buffets & Two Baked Potatoes.
$1399 Only
Just order our Sirloin for Two Special and get a tender, juicy, extra large sirloin, two buffets, and two baked Potatoes. We'll also throw in fresh baked goods and dessert for good measure.
For a limited time only at participating locations. Limit two persons per special.
1015 Iowa
Grad Fest 98
Place Orders Now for lowest prices on
Academic Regalia:
Herff Jones Class Rings
Class Rings Herff Jones Custom Printed Announcements 24hr. Turnaround minimum 10 announcements Printed KU notes & thank your's
The Graduation Source on the Hill
Stop In or Order On-Line at www.jayawkbookstore.com
1420 Crescent Rd. *Lawrence, Ks. 66044*
(1913)834-3826 fax(1913)834-3578
layhawk Bookstore
GROOVY $2 PITCHERS, BABY!
MONDAY NIGHT'S AT FATSO'S ARE BACK!
$2 PITCHERS OF BUD LIGHT
DJ BILL $ SPINNING SWANK BEATS
FROM 9 PM TILL CLOSE
ALWAYS FREE POOL ON MONDAYS...
SHOOT POOL - THROW DARTS - EAT PIZZA - WATCH THE BIG SCREEN
1016 MASSACHUSETTS / 865-4055 / OPEN MON-SAT 6PM-2AM
Affordable Elegance!
925 Iowa
841-7226
Learn to Fly
Lawrence Air Services
Instruction Charter
Service Rental
842-0000
TERRAPLANE
BIKE FROM $200
FREE TUNE-UPS FOR LIFE
9TH AND IOWA
841-6642
SENATE
Asian American Student Union
STUDENT
General Meeting February 24,1998
Free Pizza! Games! Fun Stuff
8:00 p.m. @ MRC
--offer
expires
2/28/98
ORCHARDIS CORNER - 15th & Kasol
Mon-Fri, 10:00:40 and Sat, 10:00:43
Effective Weight Loss Products - All Natural:
Fen Chi: Raises Metabolism, Suppresses Appetite
Fat Grabbers: Braek Down Fat, Provide Daily Fiber
Collabrin: Builds Lean Muscle Mass - while you sleep!
Pyruvate 800: Builds Lean Muscle, Raises Metabolism
St John's Wort, Glucosamine, Echinacea, Valerian, Gingko Biloba, and many excellent combinations for common ailments. Why wait to lose weight? Why wait to feel better?
Therapeutic Massage Available - Call 865-HERB [4372]
(Lawrence's best massage therapist. $35/hr. Student Discount)
2103 W. 28th St. Terrace Lawrence, Kansas 66044
Located in the Lawrence Auto Plaza
843-6990
MASS STREET DELI INC 941 MASSACHUSETTS
LIMIT - FOUR PIECES PER PERSON (PIG)
THE KANSAN CLASSIFIEDS
Can Be Your Best Recycling Tool!
Kansan
LAZARE DIAMONDS $ ^{ \circ} $
FEATURING A BRILLIANT DEVELOPMENT IN LASER TECHNOLOGY.
Every Lazare Diamond has a unique laser inscription on its circumference. This inscription is invisible to the naked eye, but when viewed under 10-power magnification, it reveals immediate proof of your ownership. Come in today for an enlightening
demonstration.
Lazare Diamonds.
Setting the standard for brilliance."
"Let us be your hometown jeweler!"
Tallmort&Tallmon
520 W. 23rd • Lawrence • 865-5112