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University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 14, 1989
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Brinkman won't get Florida job
By Derek Schmidt
By Derek Schmidt Kansan staff writer
A KU administrator was a finalist for the presidency of another university, but he will not get the job.
Del Brinkman, vice chancellor for academic affairs, was among 10 finalists for the presidency at the University of Florida, according to a statement from the office of Chancelor and head of the Florida university system.
The Presidential Selection Committee of the Florida Board of Regents met yesterday to select five
I'm flattered to have been considered; that's about all I can say. '
Del Brinkman
vice chancellor for academic affairs
of the finalists to interview in Florida. Brinkman was not among the five selected, according to the statement.
"I'm flattered to have been considered, that's about all I can say," Brinkman said after receiving word from the client. It was not selected for an interview.
Before learning the results of yesterday's selection, he said he had not vigorously pursued the Florida position.
"This is kind of a surprising development as far as I'm concerned," Brinkman said of being a finalist.
He said a friend, who was a dean at the University of Florida, called several weeks ago and said he would nominate Brinkman for the position. Two weeks ago, Brinkman received a letter from Florida asking that he respond if he was interested, but Brinkman said he did not respond.
But on Sept. 7, one day before the application deadline, Brinkman said he received a phone call from Florida encouraging him to submit a res
Brinkman said, "I said, 'I'm still not sure that I'm interested.'"
David Holmes. Lawrence graduate student, rehearses "Sonata Op. 38 in E Minor" by Brahms.
But the caller persuaded him to fax a copy of his resume that day.
"I'm happy here," he said. "That's all I can say."
Brinkman said he was pleased to be among the 10 finalists, narrowed from a field of 67, but he had mixed emotions about the competition.
Among the candidates still being considered for the Florida job are Margaret Ross Barnett, chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Haskell M. Monroe, chancellor of the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Students honored in concert
By Liz Hueben
Kansan staff writer
The Chinese Student Committee is sponsoring "A Concert for the Heroes: 100 Days after Tiananmen Massacre," a free event to be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
The concert will feature classical music performed primarily by University of Kansas students. Gloria Hsu, a 17-year-old Kansas City high-school student, will play the piano.
Tuesday marked the 100th day since Chinese troops rolled into Tiananmen Square to control students and activists who were protesting the Chinese government and petitioning for democracy.
Yanpei Deng, president of the Chinese Student Committee at KU, said the reason for the concert was to remind people who have already forgotten what happened in the massacre.
"This concert also serves as a memorial for all the people killed and wounded in Tiananmen Square," he said. "The movement
is not dead. The Chinese people all over are still trying to unite and make changes."
Deng said that the government continued to arrest people but that the arrests weren't printed in newspapers.
One performer, who requested to remain anonymous, said she had no idea how her family in Shanghai had handled the situation in China. She said that because of the government's censorship of the postal system, her family had mentioned nothing concerning the massacre in letters.
Student Senate proposes campus recycleng plan
By Chris Evans
Kansan staff writer
Convinced that KU students want and need a recycling program, Jeff Morris, student body vice president, presented a proposal yesterday to broadly implement campus recycling by Soring 1990.
Morris presented the idea to Tom Anderson, director of facilities operations. Anderson said he liked the plan.
"I don't have any problems with any
phone numbers." It's very clean,
and optimistic, a promising.
Anderson said his department would give the necessary permission
to local recyclers to operate on campus if the program was approved by other departments involved.
The program was recently presented to Student Senate by Environs, a student environmental-awareness group. The two groups are working together to implement the plan. Morris said.
"Student Senate wants to see it happen, and we're ready to put in the work," he said. "If we're going to do it, we want to do it right."
The proposal, formulated last weekend between members of Enviros and a representative of River City Recycling Co., requested facilities operations' permission to place aluminum can containers in eight buildings on campus. Cans put in these containers would be collected daily by employees of River City Recycling.
Forty 30-gallon containers, to be supplied by facilities operations, are requested in the proposal. The containers would cost about $8 to $12 each. The Kansas Union, Wescoe Hall, Marvin Hill, Fraser Hall, the Burge Union, Haworth Hall, Murphy Hall and Summerfield Hall each would receive containers.
Mary Jane McCool, Environs member, said the task force would consist, theoretically, of three Environs members, two Senate members, one representative from Lawrence and representatives from the KU faculty and facilities operations.
The proposal calls for a task force to investigate possibilities for a January 1990 expansion to include other recyclable items. Only aluminum will be recycled during a three-month trial period.
"The purpose would be to find out how much waste is generated and how much money could be saved by recycling," McCool said. "In addition, we'd like to have an awareness campaign."
"We need to get the student body orientated about recycling," he said.
"We need to get them into that mindset, that 'Hey, I'm going to recycle.'
Mark Devine, co-owner of River City Recycling, said that during the three-month pilot program, the University would not receive money for the cans picked up by the recycling company.
Morris said he hoped the program would become a permanent part of University life.
Greyhound racing opens new season
By Jennifer Reynolds Kansan staff writer
The sixth most popular spectator sport opens in Kansas City, Kan., today when the Woodlands race track begins its greyhound racing season.
After the three months, the task force may discuss possibilities of payment to the University, he said.
The first post-time is 7:30 p.m., but opening night activities will begin several hours earlier with hot-air balloons, a musical performance of the national anthem.
"The idea for Woodlands began three years ago," said Bruce Rimbo, general manager of the Woodlands. "It was at about the time that the parimutuel bill passed, so the idea really took off from there.
On May 24, the Woodlands will open a horse-racing track, making it the only track in the country to offer both greyhound and horse racing, he said.
"The Woodlands will be among the tope five tracks in the country."
"The greyhound track and the horse track won't hurt each other financially." Rimbo said. "Since the two tracks are owned by the same people, the two racing seasons will not conflict."
Betting at the Woodlands will be parimutuel, a French word meaning among ourselves, he said.
The greyhound races will run until
the horse races will run
from May 31.
Greyhound and horse tracks in cities like Phoenix and Denver are owned by different people, and the money for gambling, Rumbo said.
"It's not like in Las Vegas where
The first post-time is 7:30 p.m., but opening night activities, including hot-air balloons and a live band, will begin several hours earlier.
you bet against the house," Rimbo said.
Student Union Activities is taking a group of students to the Woodlands for opening night.
There is a $2 minimum bet from which a percentage is shaved off the top for owner's purses, taxes and expenses of the track. There will be an 85 percent return for the winnings, he said.
Erin Kelly, Tulsa, Okla., sophmore and employee at SUA, said the response had grown during the past few days.
"More and more people are finding out about it," she said. "We're getting a lot more phone calls, but there is still space available."
Rimbo said that opening night activities were sold out, but that there was still room available for the rest of the weekend.
"The club house is pretty much sold out but the grandstand has plenty of room." he said.
Admission to the grandstand is $2.
Club house seating is $3, and Kennel Club seating is $5.
The Woodlands is located on Leavenworth Road, two miles south of I-435 and I-70 interchange in Wyandotte County.
Four condoms fail to stop AIDS virus
Type distributed by Senate not included
By Doug Fishback
Kansan staff writer ___
Four major condom models failed to contain the AIDS virus in UCLA laboratory tests, according to a Los Angeles Times report.
The research showed that the Trojan Naturallube, Trojan Ribbed and LifeStyles Conture each had one failure in 10 tests, the Times reported, and six of 24 Contactpe Plus condoms failed to block the transmission of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus.
The report comes in the midst of efforts by University of Kansas groups to promote condom use.
The Student Senate AIDS Task Force included Lifesystems SPL Lubricated condoms in packets distributed last spring during Condom Sense Week, a campaign stressing contraception and disease prevention.
Jeff Morris, student body vicepresident, said the University of California, Los Angeles study results did not necessarily apply to the condoms distributed last spring.
"It certainly raises some questions." he said.
Watkins Memorial Health Center pharmacist Cathy Thrasher said the pharmacy sold two Trojan condom models and one Lifestyle condom. None of the models sold at Watkins was used in the UCLA study.
"I think it's obvious that they tested different styles from different companies," he said.
Morris said he was surprised by the one in 10 figure and would alert the task force of the UCLA study.
— William Buck Watkins gynecologist
'There is no such thing as truly safe sex.'
"It's scary," he said.
Michael Stewart, Villa Park, Ill., junior, said that he had purchased condoms from the pharmacy and that the UCLA study results surprised him.
William Buck, Watkins gynecologist, said the risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted disease could be reduced but not eliminated by the simultaneous use of condoms and vaginal spermicides.
"There is no such thing as truly safe sex." Buck said.
He said he had not seen and could not pass judgment on the UCLA study, but he recommended avoiding any condom with a one-in-10 failure rate.
"I would buy another brand," Buck said.
He said the AIDS virus probably had passed through tiny holes in the tested condoms. Such holes could be small enough to prevent the passage of sperm, Buck said, while admitting the smaller AIDS virus and other viruses.
"Anything that's man-made fails," Buck said. "Just accept the fact that condoms aren't perfect."
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