CAMPUS/AREA
Monday, February 1, 1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Audio reader reaches listeners
Lois Neis, Eudora resident, records a book in a studio at Audio-Reader Network in the Sudler House. Volunteers read newspapers and magazines on the air to benefit visually disabled people.
Rob Goodmonson wants to read Playboy for its articles.
"This allows them to access the written word like any other reader," Campbell said. "We hope this will keep them informed and feel active in their community."
Goodmonson is one of the 200 volunteers who read newspapers, magazines and books over the air. He started reading at the service for Theater and Film 180, a class that gives one hour credit for 40 hours of reading.
The Audio-Reader service, established in 1971, is the second-oldest reading station in the nation. It serves 6,000 people across Kansas and parts of northwest Missouri. The listeners, who cannot read because of visual disabilities, borrow the closed-circuit radios, tuned only to the Audio-Reader, from the service.
Goodmonson, Lake Forest, ill. senior, is a reader for the Audio-Reader network, a radio reading service at the University of Kansas for the visually disabled. He currently reads the Kansas City Star for the station but said he was waiting for the day when he could read Plaubou.
The goal of the service is to promote independence among the visually disabled, said Janet Campbell, director of the network.
"Volunteering is something you do for someone else," he said. "But through this service you give to others but also gratify yourself through the reading."
By Terrilyn McCormick
Kansan staff writer
The Audio-Reader offers something to both
"The obitaries are always the weirdest part to read," Goodmonson said. "The fact that you know you have to be serious because someone might be out there crying in response to hearing them makes it that much harder to keep from laughing."
The reading service broadcasts 24 hours a day. Each day the volunteers read the Kansas City Star and Topeka Capital Journal from cover to cover and other sections of small town newspapers throughout Kansas.
Republicans divided on abortion issue
the listener and the reader, Goodmonson said.
Campbell said the reading of fictional material is not just for amusement.
"As long as we've got people who are dedicated to principles and goals of the Republican party, we'll be fine," he said. "There is going to be debate on abortion. It's a recognition of reality."
"We don't see ourselves as entertainment, but instead as a conduit of information," she said.
By Ben Grove
TOPEKA—Kansas Republicans who gathered in Topeka to elect a state party leader this weekend were buzzing with talk of how the abortion issue might affect the future of their party.
Kansan staff writer
Some party members said they could not remember when the Exhibit Arena at the Ramada Inn downtown had been so packed during the party's state officer elections.
Wells attributed his victory to Republicans who looked at all the issues facing the party.
Kim Wells, a Lawrence attorney and party chairperson, was re-elected along with the state party's vice-chairperson, treasurer and secretary.
But when it came time for a vote Saturday, no members of the anti-abortion right wing of the party stepped forward to be nominated for party chairperson.
The Audio-Reader is broadcast from the KU campus and carried locally by KANU. Seven FM radio stations throughout Kansas also broadcast the service. Campbell is attempting to expand the service to a station in Marville, Mo.
The Audio-Reader also offers a special request service, in which a listener can send in any printed material under 100 pages.
Republican regulars in the state watched the strongly anti-abortion wing of their party grow during the Reagan and Bush presidencies. Last year, the group made considerable gains in precinct committee elections, an important step toward electing a party chairperson.
"This is not a Kansans for Life takeover of the Republican Party," said Tim Golba, president of Kansans for Life, after the party election. "It was pretty well decided ahead of time that we weren't going to nominate anyone."
"We'll see what happens in the next two years," Golba said.
Golba said Wells, a political ally of Sen. Bob Dole, had been an effective leader of the party.
He said he did not know exactly how many of the 135 seats on the state committee were held by members of the anti-abortion movement but said, "We've got a good number."
"No one out there is only concerned with only one issue, but for a small group on both sides of the issue, this is the most important thing and there is no compromise and no room for moderation." Ramson said.
Golba also said his group was not focused only on the abortion issue, but was concerned with other issues such as qualified public admissions and homosexuals in the military.
After the meeting adjourned, Ranson found himself surrounded by about a dozen anti-abortion advocates who objected to his down play abortion on the party's platform. Finally, he made his way to the door.
"We're not single-issue people," Golba said. "It is an issue that unites us, but we're not single issue."
Ranson made the closing speech at the meeting and said that candidates and activists who made abortion the "itmus test for Republicanism" were hurting the party.
However, more moderate state Republicans said they were worried that the party would have trouble attracting a broad base of supporters if the anti-abortion movement elected a member to lead the state party.
"I think it's life-threatening to the future of the party, and I'm not afraid to speak on it," said Jack Ranson. Republican National Committee member, after the state committee meeting. "I'm in this business to win elections for Republicans."
Census salary survey
Average earnings per year for the following degrees and levels of education.
Bachelors
Education $18,384
Universal Arts $19,104
English/Journ. $19,284
Social Science $22,092
Nursing/Pharmacy $22,776
Psychology $24,252
Earth Sciences $28,788
Biology $28,908
Business $29,364
Economics $30,326
Math $30,828
Engineering $35,436
Comparison
No high school degree $5,904
High school diploma $12,924
Vocational technical $14,844
Some college study $15,360
Comparison
Dentarcal degree $46,216
Professional degree $59,532
Masters degree $33,864
Bachetors degree $25,392
Associate degree $20,064
Post-graduate
M.D. $74,616
Law $74,268
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Andrew Hodges / KANSAN
Courses canceled after professor has heart attack
Department drops classes
By Mark Klefer
By Mark Klefer Kansan staff writer
Clark Morton, Lawrence sophomore, finally had his schedule set. His last addition was Philosophy 696, The Philosophy of History. It was another class with Rex Martin, a professor Morton was familiar with.
"He's an excellent teacher," Morton said. "That's one of the reasons
The class did not last long
Martin suffered a heart attack Jan. 25 in his office in Wescouce Hall. He is listed in fair condition at Saint Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
enrolled in Philosophy 555 and 696 will have to wait until next semester to try to take the classes.
The classes were canceled when doctors advised Martin that he should rest for a while and not teach for a semester, said Cindi Hodges, secretary in the department of philosophy.
Now the 42 students who were
"The classes were upper level and highly specialized," Hodges said. "There is no one else who could teach those classes."
The department has not had any trouble with students complaining about the cancellations, Hodges said.
"We're trying to get everybody into other classes," she said. "We haven't had any conflict with students needing the classes for graduation."
Students said Martin will be missed in the classroom.
"He is truly a wise man, one of the wisest men in the University," said
Richard Buck, a graduate student who has been in three of Martin's classes and who also was enrolled in Philosophy 696.
While he may not be in the classroom this semester, Buck said he expected to see Martin often on campus. The cancellation of the class has little effect on Buck.
"I took the class as more of an elective," he said. "I'm sure it will be offered again next semester."
Both Buck and Martin were able to find other classes to replace the canceled course.
The cancellation did cause some inconvenience for Morton.
"It was a day after I had finalized my schedule," he said. "I am a little disappointed that the class is canceled, but I found something else."
Buck said he was not concerned about the class.
"I'm more concerned about the man," he said. "He is a great guy and I just want to see that he's OK."
Daron J. Bennett / KANSAN
At right, Morris Faiman, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, sits in his office buried behind a pile of books and papers. Faiman received a patent for creating a patch to curb alcoholism.
Above, Faiman works with lab assistants, left to right, Madan, Lawrence graduate student;
Ajay Madan, Lawrence graduate student; Russell Lewis, McPherson junior; Bruce Hart, Lawrence graduate student; Servet Buy廷tinkin, Lawrence postdoctoral student; and Siew Yeon Yen, Lawrence junior.
Professor receives patent for alcoholics' patch
Drug like smokers' patch should supplement other treatments, director says
Kansan staff writer
Bv Vicki Bode
Staying sober may be easier for some alcoholics because of the efforts of Morris Faiman, KU professor of pharmacology and toxicology.
Faiman received a patient in October for adrug he plans to put on a patch similar to the nicotine patch worn by smokers. The drug causes nausea if taken while drinking alcohol. Faiman said.
"The drug inhibits enzymes that break down alcohol in the body." Fainan said.
A similar drug, Disulfram, has been used to treat alcoholics since the 1940s. Disulfram undergoes several reactions in the body before
"If the alcoholic is not committed, they will just be switching addictions."
Pat Green
Director, Crossbridge Recovery Center
it produces the inhibitor, Faltman said. The drug
Faltman created blocks the enzymes quicker.
Fainman's drug can be used in smaller doses, which may make it safer, be said. Disulfiram occasionally caused death.
Both Disulfiram and Faiman's drug have been
criticized,however.
"I'm very skeptical of the patch," said Pat Green, director at Crossbridge Recovery Center, 708 W. Ninth St. "If the alcoholic is not committed, they will just be switching addictions."
Green said the patch should not be used as a substitute for drug-free treatments.
Falman agreed that the drug should not be the only form of treatment.
"It would get them over the hump," he said. "It's a crutch for a short period of time until they get counseling."
The drug can be helpful if used with other nondrug treatments, but it is not a solution, Green said.
"When the patch is peeled off, alcohols will go back to drinking, and they'll feel naked," she said. "They will be racing down a road that isn't a recovery road."
"Once the patch is placed on the alcoholic, it can't be taken off and put back on," he said. "The person's doctor will know for sure whether they have kept the patch on."
Faiman said the patch would be more successful than Disulfiram tablets because the doctor cannot always be sure that the patient took the tablet.
Donald Goodwin, psychiatry professor at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said the patch would be more useful than taking Disulfiram orally.
"The big problem with Disuffran is people forget to take it and start drinking again." Goodwin said. "Patients using the patch wouldn't have to remember to take a oil."
"But anyone could remove it, so it still would be under voluntary control."
Goodwin said some of his patients were interested in using the patch.