University Daily Kansan, April 19, 1984
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CAMPUS AND AREA News briefs from staff and wire reports
Lawrence Paper Co. fire destroys $50,000 of paper
A fire early yesterday morning caused an estimated $50,000 damage to paper at the Lawrence Paper Co. ,2901 Lakeview Road, Lawrence
fire capt. James Woydziak said sparks from a cutting torch apparently caused the blaze in a storage area in an addition at the paper company. No one was injured in the fire.
The Lawrence Fire Department responded to the fire after receiving a call from an automatic alarm at about 8:30 a.m.
Justin Hill, secretary-treasurer of the company, said that about 40 rolls of paper were damaged by fire or water but that the building was not damaged.
Company workers brought the blaze under control before firefighters arrived, Woydziak said. Firefighters spent about 15 minutes extinguishing the fire.
A construction worker was using the torch near the storage area in which the fire started.
Test-tube baby born at Med Center
The third test-tube baby in the history of the University of Kansas Medical Center's in-vitro fertilization program was born last week.
A baby girl was born to a Kansas City area couple in their early 30s, according to the University Relations office at the Med Center.
according to the University trustees' report, the names of the parents to the baby, and the date of birth and the baby's birth date, were at the parents' request.
William Cameron, professor of gynecology and obstetrics, delivered the full-term, healthy baby.
the full-term, healthy baby. Earlier this year, test-tube baby twins were born at the Med Center to another Kansas City area couple. They were the first babies born in the Med Center's-in-vitro program.
Prisoner escapes from Lansing site
LANSING - A minimum security prisoner yesterday escaped from a construction site at the Kansas State Penitentiary, a prison spokesman said.
Spokesman Troy Baker identified the escapee as Donald Lavern Lewis. 24. of Arma.
Lewis, 26, of Aiton Prison officials said Lewis had not been found as of early today.
The escape occurred about 3 p.m. yesterday as Lewis and four other prisoners were setting up heat ducts in a warehouse under construction at the prison complex in northeast Kansas, Baker said. The warehouse is located outside the prison walls.
Lewis was discovered missing by a prison staff member who was supervising the inmates. Baker said.
Lewis was serving two to five years in prison for a theft conviction in Crawford County, Baker said. The escapee would have been eligible for parole in January 1985.
$20,000 is raised for ALS research
The Phi Delta Theta fraternity yesterday gave the KU Endowment Association $20,000 for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research at the University of Kansas Medical Center.
Fraternity members presented the money during ceremonies renaming the ALS research center at the Med Center the Keith R. Worthington Memorial ALS Research Center.
Worthington, who was regional vice president of the ALS Society of America, died in January after a 12-year battle with ALS. He was a Phi Delta Theta alumnus at the University of Missouri, and his two sons are KU members of the fraternity.
ALS, commonly known as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a terminal neuro-muscular disease with no known cure.
This was the fifth year in a row that Phi Delta Theta raised money for ALS.research by sponsoring a college basketball tournament.
Women's group to present awards
Women who have made an outstanding contribution to the University of Kansas or to the community will be recognized tonight by the Commission on the Status of Women, a KU organization.
Barbara Ballard, associate dean of student life and adviser to the commission, said recently that the Women's Recognition awards would serve as an incentive for women.
Women were nominated in nine categories, including divisions for KU students, faculty and staff. Student winners will receive cash awards from the University of Kansas Women's Memorial Scholarship Fund.
A program and reception will be at 8 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium of the Kansas Union. Mary Turkington, executive director of the Kansas Motor Carriers Association, will be speaking.
KU TV show to broadcast Saturday
"Jayhawk Magazine," a television show about KU faculty members and students, will air at noon Saturday on the six stations of the Kansas
KSNT TV from Topea and cable TV Channel 8 will broadcast the show in the Lawrence area.
Frank Barthell, electronic media coordinator for University Relations, is the executive producer of "Jayhawk Magazine." He also produced five segments in the show.
Cinda Stovall, a Dumas, Texas, graduate student in radio, television and film, produced a segment on the Marching Jayhawks.
KU to preview comedy film Friday
Student Union Activities and Kodak Film Inc. will present a free preview Friday of the new Carl Reiner film "All of Me," starring Lily Tomlin and Steve Martin. The film will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in Hoch Auditorium.
The romantic comedy is scheduled to be released across the country sometime this summer. Universal Pictures and its promotional company, American Passage, will present the film to the University of Kangas and several other universities for promotion.
"KU got the film because we have the facilities for showing a 35mm film in Hoch," said Jim Colson, SUA film board chairman. "We've had movies shown successfully in Hoch before, and we're anticipating a good crowd."
ON THE RECORD
THE KU DEPARTMENT of microwave communications reported that two microphones logged the worth £235 we were stolen Tuesday from an apartment in St. Louis.
KANSAS POWER AND Light Co., Ninth and Tennessee streets, this week reported a $900 theft of services by a KU sorority, Lawrence police said. The police are investigating.
FIVE LAWRENCE CAR dealerships reported that $1,010 worth of sterees were taken late Monday or early Tuesday from cars parked on their lots, Lawrence police said. The dealerships were: Bob Hopkins Volkswagen Inc., 2522 Iowa St.; Tony's Imports-Datsun, 2829 Iowa St.; Dale Wiley Pontiac-Cadillac Inc., 2840 Iowa St.; Plaza Toyota, 2300 W. 29th Terrace; and Jack Ellena Buick Oldsmobile GMC Honda Inc., 2957 Four Wheel Drive.
WHERE TO CALL
Do you have a news tip or photo idea? If so, call us at 864-4810. If your idea or press release deals with campus or area news, ask for Jeff Taylor, campus editor. For entertainment and On Campus items, check with Christy Fisher, entertainment editor. For sports news, speak with Jeff Craven,
The number of the Kansan business office, which handles all advertising, is 864-4358.
For other questions or complaints, ask for Doug Cunningham, editor, or Don Knox, managing editor.
Sunshine lovers find spring truancy a must
By STEPHANIE HEARN Staff Reporter
No, classes at the University of Kansas weren't canceled yesterday, but the number of bodies lounging on Strong Hall's front lawn could have led many students to that conclusion.
When spring temperatures increase,
empty classroom seats also increase.
But classrooms will be smaller.
Wright, who teaches an introductory jazz class of 90 students, said that on nice spring days he might have more than 20 students missing from class.
Richard Wright, associate professor of music history, said, "On a good, sunny day, I notice a large difference in the number of students in class."
than 20 Michael's, assistant professor of business, said that on an average winter day, he usually had only between one and absentees in his business marketing class of 42.
But, Michaels said, when the weather turns warm in the spring, he ushən-
Diana Zarda, Shawne junior, said that she had skipped class yesterday because "the sun was calling my name."
But both Zarda and Tibes said that if the sun hadn't been shining, they would have found it.
What is it about a blue sky and temperatures above zero that "classifies" the world as "poisoned"?
Mel Adams, associate professor of journalism, said that students were more apt to attend class when the teachers they don't have anywhere else to go then."
has nine to 10 vacant seats during a single class period.
Lori Tibits, Wellington junior, gave a more specific reason for skipping 11 in the last game.
But on a sunny spring day, "students would rather be out picking dandelions than sitting under the sun."
Although Wright said that having a large number of students absent bothered him, he said, "On a beautiful day we all ought to be out under a tree somewhere."
Bill for open meetings to cut violators' funds
By ROB KARWATH Staff Reporter
The Student Senate Rights Committee yesterday sent to the full Senate a bill that would cut off funds for any Senate-financed group that violated the Senate's open-meetings rules.
The committee approved the bill that was offered as an alternative to a resolution that would have condemned two student groups, Latin American Solidarity and Praxis, for attending a meeting of a meeting earlier this month.
The Senate rules require that student groups hold open meetings if Senate funds are used pay for the meeting.
The committee sent the LAS and Praxis resolution back to the Senate floor without a recommendation for its approval or rejection.
The meeting in question took place April 7 in the Council Room of the Kansas Union, LAS, Praxis and
AT THE MEETING, the groups presented a program about problems in Kurdistan, a province in northern Iran, "and about the Khomeini regime's atrocities against the civilian population in that region," according to a letter distributed at the meeting by Rhonda Neugebauer, a member of LAS.
another student group, the Iran Kurdistan Solidarity Committee, sponsored the meeting.
In yesterday's meeting, Frank Krug, School of Education senator, told the committee that Reza Zoughi, graduate senator and the author of the resolution condemning LAS and Praxis, had told him that he would withdraw his measure on the Senate floor next week if the committee approved the open meetings bill.
Jeff Polack, committee chairman,
said, "I can almost guarantee to you that next week on the Senate floor Rea is going to pull this."
Hospital official says child abuse increasing
By DAVID SWAFFORD Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
Earlier this year, a 5-year-old girl was admitted to an emergency room in Kansas City because she had gonorrhea.
Tests at the University of Kansas Medical Center later confirmed that she had been sexually abused.
Her stepfather was later tried and convicted of the crime.
Sexual abuse is a form of child abuse that is increasing, said Ann Maurer Routh, coordinator of the Child Protection Team at the Med Center. She
said that by the age of 18, one out of four girls and one out of eight boys had been sexually abused.
"It's becoming the thing to really look for." Routh said.
But sexual abuse is just one of the many forms that child abuse assumes, a pediatric neurologist at the Med Center said.
ABOUT TWO YEARS ago, said Lillian Pardo, the neurologist, two children were admitted to the emerger- Center with blood clots in their brains.
One died. The other survived, and the child's parents were later tried and convicted of child abuse.
"Children under five years of age are
better protected because they are
no hollies. Dardis said."
Routh said the team was designed to find an abused child a new home and to help the child's parents learn more about child development.
The Child Protection Team at the Med Center was formed in 1982 to tackle child abuse problems. It is composed of 23 people from 12 different agencies
She said the Med Center had a film titled "Babaloon" that was an educational film geared toward education and training, whose case was and where it could come from.
THE FILM IS available for free to any organization.
Pardo said about 10 percent of the children born in the United States have been abused or neglected by the time they reach five.
"Child abuse dates back many centuries," she said. "It seems to be a vicious circle of the children who were abused becoming child abusers because that's the only environment they've ever known."
Routh said that on April 27, the American and National baseball leagues would promote the idea of movement in the games played on Friday.
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