University Daily Kansan / Monday, November 19, 1990
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Awareness week ends; recycling exceeds goal
By Mike Brassfield Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
A recycling rally in front of Wescoe Hall brought Recycling Awareness Week to a close Friday afternoon.
Ten members of the KU recycling task force stood among the three collection bins placed in front of Wescoe and spoke to passing students during the 12:20 p.m. class break.
The volunteers emptied canvas bags that read, "RAW: Recycling Awareness Week" on the side. Volunteers had carried the bags during the week, collecting any newspapers and aluminum cans they found. The recyclables were sorted and placed in the bins.
Jay Diffenderfer, chairperson of the task force, said the ultimate goal of the group was to increase environmental awareness.
"We want to make recycling a mainstay in campus life," he said. The recycling task force is financed by Student Senate. The group includes representatives of Senate, the department of facilities operations and Environs, a student environmental group.
Phil Endacott, associate director of facilities operations, said the campus recycling program had been successful than anyone had expected.
About 2,380 pounds of aluminum cans have been collected since
August from the yellow barrels on campus, he said. Facilities operations is in the process of adding 30 barrels to the 26 already on campus.
About 33,000 pounds of newspapers have been collected from the large blue newspaper bin since the beginning of the semester, he said. The newspapers are taken to Central Fiber, a company in Wellsville that uses them to make insulation for homes. The University of Kansas makes no money from the newspapers.
"That's about $16_2$ tons of news print that didn't go to the city landfill," Endacott said. "Because there's no hard market for the paper right now, we're moving slowly. But we want to expand the program."
Endacott said that because the blue newspaper bin filled up so quickly, the task force wanted more newspaper bins on campus.
Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, said that the administration would continue to support recycling on campus.
"I see the recycling program as another aspect of the University's educational activities," Shanker said. "We don't expect to make any money at it. I think that by contributing to environmental awareness, filling part of our mission. And I'm awaunty fond of trees, myself."
The Lawrence Task Force on Racism, Discrimination and Human Diversity will sponsor two public forums today to gather information about racism at KU and at Haskell Indian Junior College.
Task force on racism will have forum at KU
The KU forum will be conducted at 7:30 p.m. in Alderson Auditorium, and the Haskell forum will be at 7:30 p.m. in Room on the Haskell grounds.
Ann Weick, chairperson of the task force, said the forums were on the same night because of scheduling difficulties.
The forums are the sixth and seventh public forums sponsored by the task force. There is one more scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 27.
"We want any student or students who have comments and concerns about discrimination of any kind at the school. Wehakll to come tell us." Weck said.
Students will have the option of submitting written comments to the task force if they are not comfortable talking in public.
Jo Anderson, task force member, said the forums were a chance for Lawrence residents and students to connect with each other and the good aspects of Lawrence living.
Weck said that she was interested in hearing from students or faculty, staff and administrators about KU's plans for the future and wanted to find out what they thought
Briefs
After the task force gathers information about problems in Lawrence, it will complete a report for the Lawrence City Commission, which appointed the task force members in July.
the racial climate was like in Lawrence.
School of Med-Wichita announces promotion
William Reals, vice chancellor and dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita, was reappointed to the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and also appointed to its executive committee.
Legislators recommend no private-run prisons
Reals, who will retire next year from his vice chancellor's position at the Wichita branch, also was appointed to the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, which administers examinations to medical graduates seeking residencies in the United States.
In addition, Ronald Martin, professor of psychiatry at the KU School of Medicine Wichita, was named president of the Kansas Psychiatric Society.
The Special Committee on Judiciary recommended Friday that the Legislature adopt a bill in the 1991 General Assembly to protect industry to run prisons in the state.
"I just think there are too many unknowns about regulation, public safety and liability," said State Sen. Rob Wichita, R-Wichita, committee member.
State prisons are financed by taxpayers and the federal government, which can contract with a private industry for federal prisons in states.
State Sen. Wint Winter, R-Lawrence, committee chairperson, said the state's liability for a privately run prison was the main reason for the committee's unanimous vote against the private-prison proposal.
Winter said that the recommendation would not impair the federal government's ability to sign a contract to house federal prisoners.
Many people in Horton, a rural northeast Kansas city, wanted the state to allow a private company to build a prison there.
"It seems to me, if they would have spent as much time looking for other kinds of industries, they would have been more successful," he said.
The committee's recommendation awaits approval or denial by the Legislature in the 1991 session.
Morris said that those people would have to seek other economic opportunities.
Soldier apprehended for Lawrence holdups
SALINA - A suspect in the robberies of six Lawrence convenience stores has been arrested in Salina.
Interim Salina Police Chief Glen Kochanowski said the 23-year-old man was expected to be charged in Saline County with two counts of navalized robbery. Charges from other counties also are expected, he said.
Saline County authorities arrested a Fort Riley soldier suspected in 16 armed robberies of liquor and convenience stores throughout Kansas
The man is suspected of two robberies in Salina, two in Anibelle, six in Lawrence, one in McPheson, one in Wichita, one in Topeka, two in Kanaton and three in Kochanowski said the last robber was reported Nov. 9 in Topeka.
Kochanowski said a task force of detectives from Topeka, Lawrence, Dickinson County, McPherson, Saline County, the Kansas Bureau of Police, and Chelsea Way Patrol got together three weeks ago to track leads in the robberies.
Kochanowski said a break in the case came when a Tapeo detective saw a man who matched the descrip- tion of a sideside a convenience store thursday.
Gorman
In all of the robberies, the robber was armed with a chrome .357-caliber Magnum.
From staff and wire reports
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Gorman said he thought technological research in the Miami Project about spinal cord injuries could uncover a cure for his paralysis.
With a silver emblem attached to his wheelchair stating, "Miracles Do Happen." Gorman talked of his determination to walk again.
He works to keep his muscles strong, he said, by riding a special exercise bicycle that uses electrical impulses to move his leg muscles. If he was cruised spinal cord is found, Gorman says his legs to be strong enough to walk.
"These people that let their legs wither away — when the technology comes, they won't be able to walk around," he said of their muscles will be gone. "he said
Upon his return, Gorman moved back into his fraternity house, Pi Kappa Alba. 2000 Stewart Ave.
In 1989, Gorman returned to KU to finish earning a bachelor's degree in public administration.
The men in his fraternity had raised money to help with the cost of Gorman's medical care, he said.
more room here."
"We try to raise funds for the cause every year," he said.
Scott Dairymble, Pi Kappa Alpha philanthropy chairperson, and the fraternity would donate about half of the money it raised from a golf tournament in Spring 1991 to the Miami Project.
Today, Gorman lives by himself in an apartment.
"I liked living in the house, but I was getting older," he said. "I have
"For some reason, people think you're retarded or something," he said. "I'm no different. I can get around just fine."
Gorman said one of the most fratring things about being in a wheel chair was that people thought he was not capable of taking care of himself.
Even though the accident took away some of his physical abilities, Gorman, 23, said his playful personality had not changed.
"I'm out to have fun, and I'm out to enjoy life," he said. "I don't want to be a boring person. When I go out, I'm going to go balls out, it's as simple as that. I'm the same person, but now I'm sitting down."
Jeff Thomas, who has been friends with Gorman since grade school, said Gorman was known as a wild guy in high school.
"He's just Gorman," Thomas said. "He's pretty much the same guy; he just can't walk."
Gorman, who hopes to attend law school next year, said the accident did have some important effects upon his life.
"I not one to keep asking, 'Why me?' he said. "But I think I am an even more caring person now. Someone could come and talk to me. If I was faced with this and got through it, I could help other people, too."
Gorman said he wanted to devote part of his law career to people who were faced with personal injuries.
Law
"I think it would be a good place for me to start," he said.
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He said the law school would follow the University's policy.
"Academic Affairs has made it clear that all units are expected to follow University policy," Jerry said. "The school would review its current policy."
The law school belongs to the American Association of Law Schools, which is a national association for accredited law schools, Jerry said. The association passed an antidiscrimination policy in January, which stated that member law schools would not allow employers
Jerry said he could not comment on whether the JAG Corps would be banned from recruiting on campus until he discussed it further with other faculty members and the placement center.
who discriminated in written policy to use their facilities.
Emerson said that if the law school had agreed to be a part of the AALS, then the JAG Corps should not be allowed to recruit on campus.
He said he would try to schedule meetings with the placement center before the end of the semester.
2:30 p.m. — KU Wellness Center Free Lecture, Dennis Willie will give a talk, "Enjoying Your Sexuality," at 138 Robinson Center.
Monday
6:30 p.m. — Hispanic-American Leadership Organization meeting at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union.
6:30 p.m. - Black Student Union general assembly meeting at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas City
Studies film, "Quiet Passages," a Downs Auditorium in Dyche Hall.
7-30 Academic Task Force on Discrimination and Recognition forum on the University of Kansas, at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Meeting is open to anyone con-
fronting discrimination and all other forms of discrimination.
6:30 p.m. — KU Tae Kwo Do Club
workout at 207 Robinson Center.
7 p.m. — Center for East Asian
7:30 p.m. — KU Philosophy Lecture by Alphonse Lingos, professor of philosophy at Penn State University, at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
Tuesday
1:30 p.m. — KU Study Abroad business meeting at the Anschutz Room, 102 Summerfield Hall.
3 p.m. — Study abroad in Spanish-speaking countries information session,
at 304 Jouwes Hall.
6 p.m. — WCU Students Against Hunger meeting at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
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