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Monday, January 22, 1979
University Dally Kansan
Cancer .
From page one
were household talk, which it is to the parents of a cancer patient.
The parents also must face tremendous financial problems.
Pearson begins teaching class as visiting prof
Former U.S. Senator James Pearson will begin his stem cell research at the lecturer at the University of Kansas.
Pearson will lecture to the 11:30 a.m. "Legislatures in the United States" class taught by James Drury, professor of political science.
Pearson, who turned down an offer to teach the class jointly with Drury, will be lecturing to the class at least 10 times this semester.
Pearson also will be lecturing to several other political science classes this semester. He has not established a definite schedule because of commitments in Washington, D.C., that will keep him commuting between the south of Baltimore and the nation's capital.
In addition to his class lecture, Pearson will speak about the Strategic Arts Limitation Talks at noon Wednesday at the Ecumenical Christian Ministries Center,
The talk will open KU's Wednesday Forum lecture series for the spring semester. The talk is free and open to the public. Lunch will be brown-bag style.
Late returnees increasing KU housing hassles
Approximately 40 students are living in temporary housing even though some KU residence halls are not full, Fred was one of the residents of residential programs, said Friday.
The 40 students cannot move into permanent housing until the office of residential programs knows whether all of them will with housing contracts are returning.
J. J. Wilson, director of housing, said, "As soon as we have the shakedown of who is coming back and who isn't, we will have a permanent space for everyone on tem-
GEORGE EDWARDS, assistant director of residential programs, said his office had hoped to confine all temporary housing to McCollum Hall. But because of the number of people needing housing, he said, it was easier to use Oliver and Hashinger balls, also.
Dave Romano, resident director at McColum Hall, said housing was tight there. He said he did not know how many residents were staying temporarily.
"We have people in end rooms, which aren't usually used for residents. The rooms are used as guests rooms or study rooms most of the time." Romano said.
Wilson said the persons living in the end rooms at McColm Hall were there for them.
"THERE ARE some people who need what we叫 "landing room" housing. This is a place to live while they are looking around campus. This is probably what the end rooms at McColllum are being used for." Wilson said.
Romano said landing room housing was used more often during semester break.
"Most people want out of the end rooms as soon as possible," he said.
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First, Cairns said, there are the medical costs. She said a clinic visit could cost as much as $200 and sometimes there were two visits a week.
THEN THERE are the non-medical costs, which cannot be paid in installments or by insurance companies, as medical costs can be, she said.
These are what Cairns called the "little things," such as money for travel to the Med Center and the long-distance phone calls to the family at home. Children who lose their hair need wigs, and those who gain weight need two or more wardrobes.
Cairns said she surveyed 70 families of children with cancer last year and found that as much as 25 percent of the weekly family income was spent on non-medical but
The parents appeared to accept their financial burden with the same passivity with which they accepted their children's disease. They all said the group sessions
The children attend group sessions, or "play therapy" sessions, to help them understand and accept their disease. They are not required to receive cancer, including the possibility of death.
THE CHILDREN also must accept the deaths of the other patients, who often have become their friends. Cairns said they are still devastated by their death calmly but with some curiosity.
"It's very frightening to them; it also sad," she said. "It's especially hard for the parents because they want to protect their kids.
"Mostly the kids want to know. The younger ones let it drop, then they come back to it. They have to take the information in whatever quantity they can manage."
The children, like other children, like to ask questions.
"Our daughter asked us when she could take off her wig," one father said. "She was so proud of the little bit of fuzz that was growing back, so we told her she didn't have to wear it. Her excitement was really a thrill for us."
Cairns said she had noticed that children
cried in a different manner than they had in
one.
"Children used to die panicked, screaming because they were afraid to die," she said. "Now they've had a chance to see the death of death. They know what to expect."
Wage, price director offered KU position
A Regents Distinguished Professorship at KU will be offered to Robert Russell, deputy director of the federal office of Wage and Pay. Mr. Russell is a regents decided Friday at its monthly meeting.
If Russell accepts the position, he will teach economics and possibly some business courses during the 1979-80 school year.
Russell, 40, is a professor of economics at the University of California at San Diego. He was on the professional staff of the Council of Economic Advisers in 1983 and 1986.
In other business, the board decided it would hear a report next month from its building committee on possible sites for a permanent home for the Wichita branch of the U.S. Air Force. The committee plans to inspect the sites listed in a report by KU officials.
The board will not recommend a site next month to the Kansas Legislature, Frank Lowman, chairman of the board, said. He said the board would have to estimate the cost of locating the branch at each of the sites before making a recom-
The Wichita branch is housed in the E.B. Allen Memorial Hospital. The state rents space in E.B. Allen from Sedgwick County, which owns the hospital.
The board also approved a request by KU to renovate six laboratory rooms in Snow Hall. The renovation will cost about $11,000, and the building will be funded from the National Science Foundation.
The board also voted to request up to $25,000 from the Legislature to pay for a study of a voluntary early retirement plan for faculty.
The board will hold its next meeting Feb. 16 in Wichita.
Building Bridges Between Cultures Planning Meeting Tonight 7:00 p.m.
at the Center, 1629 W. 19th
All regular members are asked to attend, and anyone interested in cross-cultural learning is invited to come for more information.
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POSITION OPENINGS
1979-1980
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FEBRUARY 15, 1979, for Residence Hall positions
FEBRUARY 28, 1979, for Scholarship Hall directors
APPLICATION DEADLINES:
BISSING, WHO USES a wheelchair, said he missed 11 of 13 classes one week last month.
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New van serves handicapped
A custom-made van is providing door-to-door service for nine KU handicapped students, according to Bob Turvey, the director of the Student Assistance Center.
The new transportation program for the handicapped began last Wednesday and will continue until the end of March. The program will be reviewed then by the Student Senate.
By CAROL BEIER Staff Reporter
Tom Bissling, president of KU Students Concerned with Disability, said he would not be surprised if KU's handicapped number increased because of the service.
The Senate allocated $2,500 last semester to operate the program. The state had purchased the van for $19,000.
Bissing and Harper said they would support expanding the program to include more students and a longer period of operation.
"WE ARE SCHEDULING around the specific needs of the students using the service, and it is much more personalized than the regular bus service." Tervue said.
The van, which is specially equipped with an electric lift for wheelchairs, carries the students from their homes to class.
that the handicapped busing service had a more urgent need for the transporation.
The van was bought from Collins Industries in Hutchinson, to use for field trips, according to Mike Harper, student body president.
"The van was virtually idle," Harper said, "so we convinced the administration
films sua
Tuesday, January 23 LITTLE CEASER
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy, with Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbanks, Glinda Farrell. The Gangster film that wrote the vocabulary for the genre.
Wednesday, January 2
Truffaut:
THE WILD CHILD
Dir. François Trulauf; with Francois Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Carpentier. Photography by Nestor Almendros ("Days of Heaven"). Francesubtiles.
Friday & Saturday January 26 & 27
GONE WITH THE WIND
Di. Victor Fleming with Clark Gable, Vienna Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland. "3:30 & 7:45, Friday matinee will be held in the Forum
Midnight Movie:
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
(1968)
(1950)
Dir. George Romero; with Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea. The Complete Uncut Version. 12:10 a.m.
Monday, January 29 BETWEEN THE LINES
(1977)
Dir. Dron Micklin Silver ("Hester Street"); with John Hearn, Gwen Lindsay; Lindsey Court; Jeff Goldman; Jim Dougherty and the Asbury Jules 7:"30 and 9:30.
All films M-R shown in Woodruff Aud. at 7.30 unless otherwise noted.
Weekend shows also in Woodruff at 3:30, 7:00, 9:30 or 12 midnight unless otherwise noted.
ASSERTIVENESS TRAINING
Introductory session Jan. 28, 1979 Sunday afternoon, 1:30-5 Kansas Union—
Jayhawk Room
Open to all KU students call 864-3552 for more information
KU HANG GLIDING MEETING
Wed. 7:30 p.m.
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