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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesdav. February 23.1994
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Storm leaves part of city without electric power
Naismith and Oliver halls included in power outage
By Jennifer Freund
Kansan staff writer
Kathy Garcia, a receptionist at Naismith Hall, fielded calls from students when their power went out yesterday morning.
"One girl called me up and asked if the power was out," she said, "I said, 'Do you have lights?' and she said, 'no,' so I said, 'We don't have any power.'"
Ice from yesterday morning's storm caused an insulator near the intersection of 19th Street and Ousdahl Road to freeze, which resulted in a power outage between Iowa and Massachusetts streets and between 17th and 22nd streets.
Steven Johnson, Kansas Power and Light division manager, said that power went out at 9:10 a.m. and returned at 9:45 a.m.
Johnson said that the company had received calls from customers yesterday morning asking when their power would be returned.
"It's hard to tell people when their power will be turned on, because a lot of times we don't know," Johnson said. Johnson said that the company didn't have much control over frozen power lines and insulators.
The company only could fix them once they were frozen. "It only took 35 minutes to switch the power over," he said. "That's a reasonable time, it's not long at all."
ice on an electric-pole insulator at 19th Street and Ousdahl Road caused a power outage in part of Lawrence, including Oliver and Naismith halls, for about 35 minutes yesterday.
Primary area affected by power outage
Source: Kansas Power and Light
Joe Harder/KANSAN
Lights out
The power outage left Naismith and Oliver halls' residents without electricity for their appliances — including alarm clocks.
Greg Greenberg, Omaha, Neb., sophomore, said that he
couldn't afford to miss classes every time the electricity went out at Naismith.
"It's happened so many times that I bought a battery powered alarm clock" he said.
Greenberg said his roommate also took precautions against frequent blackouts.
"My roommate has a $100 to $200 device to keep his computer from being fried every time the electricity goes out," he said.
Students may be in for more power outages as inclement weather continues.
Relationships tricky, professor says
By Angelina Lopez Kansan staff writer
To be in a successful relationship, a person has to be able to dive off a three-meter diving board without knowing whether the pool is full.
Heather Lofflin / KANSAN
That is the analogy that Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, used to illustrate intimacy, which he said was the most important—and most terrifying—aspect of long-term relationships.
The discussion, which focused on the difficulties of rite-female relationships, attracted enough single people and couples to fill the Kansas Room of the Kansas Union last night. The discussion was sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
Fifty percent of long-term relationships go directly into the toilet. "Dailie said."
He said that intimacy was the prime ingredient for a successful long-term relationship.
Intimacy, Dailey said, was the need and ability to experience emotional closeness with someone and the guarantee that the closeness would be returned.
"People ask for intimacy, but doing it is one of the scariest things on the planet," he said. "It means standing naked in front of someone."
He said the tricky part of intimacy was experiencing it while maintaining individuality.
"That means being whole and self-sufficient without the other person," he said.
Dalley said that the way women and men were raised made an intimate relationship difficult.
Women were taught to be nurturing and open, he said, and men were taught to be strong and not to show their
Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, discusses the roles of men and women at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union. The main topic of last night's lecture was communication between men and women.
feelings.
Dalley originally was scheduled to discuss the topic with Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. But because of her commitment as a state representative, she was unable to attend.
Sonya Bouldin, Overland Park junior, said that Dailey represented both the female and male sides of relationships fairly.
"Now I can see how men and women are socialized differently," she said. "I can see how difficult it is for men and women to come to a central plane."
William Alix / KANSAN
Under cover
Crista Hanley, St. Louis senior, covered up the best she could to avoid the falling snow. More snow is expected today, with temperatures in the 20s.
Pakistani culture is the focus of reorganized, thriving club
By Denise Nell Kansan staff writer
Syed Ali Rizvi spent his Christmas break searching out future KU students in his hometown — Karachi, Pakistan.
Rizvi, sophomore and president of the Pakistan Club, said that before the break he had obtained a list of the names of the students from Karachi who were coming to KU. He went to each of their homes, introduced himself and asked whether they had any questions about KU.
"When I was coming from Pakistan, I didn't know where I was going or who would pick me up at the airport," Rizvi said. "From my personal experience, I felt like going to people and saying 'Hey, don't worry. It's going to be all right.'"
One goal of the group is to help Pakistani students adjust to their new environment, Rizvi said. About 40 students from Pakistan attend KU.
Rizvi said he became president of the group to keep it from falling apart. The president and founder of the group had taken off the fall semester, and the group had become disorganized.
In November, Rizvi decided to hold elections to get new officers who could run the club and find uses for the more than $3,000 Student Senate had allocated them for cultural events.
Syed Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan, senior and social chair of the club, said the group's disorganization had turned off members.
"We didn't have elections on a regular basis, and that took people's interest away because nothing was hap-
Iqbal said the group also wanted to clear up common misconceptions about Pakistan. Most people, he said, still think of Pakistan as being a part of India. Pakistan once was part of India, but when India received independence from Britain in 1947, Muslim leaders wanted a separate Muslim state — and Pakistan was established as a nation.
peting, he said. Today, the club is organized, Iqbal said. A new board of officers is in place, and more people are attending the regular meetings.
"The goal of our group is to give students at KU firsthand knowledge about our culture." Rizki said.
pening." he said.
"The Indian culture is very similar to ours in lots of things," Iqbal said. "People consider things Pakistan to be Indian, but there is an identity that exists behind the country of Pakistan."
The club also has organized a cultural night on April 8 at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St, and has declared a week in Pakistan Week. The group will set up a table in the Kansas Union and distribute information about the Pakistani culture.
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Iqbal said the group would try to work with both the India and Bangladesh clubs to bring in guest speakers who would clear up these kinds of misconceptions. Rizvi said that as president he hoped to improve Pakistan's image.
It's a real good feeling for me right now," he said. "If I can bring the name of the country up, it would be good for me."
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