Campus/Area
University Daily Kansan / Friday, November 9. 1990
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Committee considers fall break
By Jennifer Schultz
kansan staff writer
Fort Lauderdale in October?
Dan Carlson, University Senate calendar committee member, and Lawrence Maxey, University Senate calendar committee chairperson, met yesterday morning to discuss the possibility of a two- to three-day semester break. The break would be modeled after similar breaks at other universities and would be in October.
"We believe a fall break would be feasible with the implementation of fee payments by mail," said Carlson, a student appointed to the committee by Student Senate.
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The neat thing about this is that it wouldn't really affect the University calendar
— Aimee Hall student body vice president
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Carson said he would draft a proposal to be presented Nov. 23 to the calendar committee. The break would not result in the loss of any class days, he said.
Aime Hall, student body vice president,
said Student Senate had begun studying the possibility last fall and had begun to compile information earlier this semester.
The proposed break would affect only KU,
he said. It would not affect Board of Regents
inauguration.
Hall said she thought a students needed a break in the fall.
"Midterms are more like finals," she said. She said several options were available to the students, including a semester-long
"The neat thing about this is that it wouldn't really affect the University calendar."
Carlson said he thought fee payment by mail, which is tentatively scheduled to begin next week.
He said he had requested and received more than 50 responses from other schools in the region.
He said he was reviewing the responses before beginning work on his proposal.
"Basically, it depends on the size of school and the type of system they have," he said. "If our peer schools have fail breaks, it is a more persuasive argument than if the schools are smaller, or have three separate semesters."
Maxey said the earliest that a fall break could be incorporated into the KU calendar
Wes Williams, dean of educational services, said the Regents had already approved a plan to raise tuition.
Maxey said the calendar committee would have to accept the proposal before it could be sent to University Council. If the proposal was accepted by University Council, it would then have to be approved by the chancellor and the Regents.
"It's a long, drawn out process," he said.
"There are no guarantees."
Rich Shaffer, Overland Park freshman, plays a game of table tennis in the ninth floor lounge of Ellsworth Hall. Because of rainy weather yesterday, indoor recreation was the order of the day. Mostly sunny skies are expected today with temperatures in the 50s.
Condom resolution met with approval
Bv Jennifer Schultz
Indoor play
Kansan staff writer
The KU administration's announcement this week to allow the sale of condoms in residence hall vending machines was met approval from much of the KU community.
The condoms will be available in existing vending machines starting next semester, said David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs.
Ambler said the condoms would be placed in the residence halls because it would give the large number of students who live in residence halls direct access to the condoms.
"Making them available through the halls and the student health service is sufficient," he said. "We could carry this to an illogical situation in condoms in the classroom or the office."
Ambler said that he, Del Shankel, interim executive vice chancellor, and Judd Rakmah, former executive vice chancellor, had joined in leading conditions in residence halls for years.
He said they had taken into consideration a recommendation from the University Human Immuno Deficiency Sexually Transmitted diseases committee to pat condoms on campus.
Janine Demo, committee chairperson, said that the committee had recommended placement of condoms on campus for some time. Placing the condoms in existing vending machines solved any quality-control problems, she said
"The problem with having companies manning the machines in the bathrooms is that you do not have much control," she said. "This way we know the expiration date of a bottle."
Demo said if the condoms were successful in the residence halls, she hoped they would not be used.
"It had to start somewhere," she said.
"And it will be easiest to control and monitor
Young people might be more comfortable buying condoms through the vending machine.
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People don't like to look at someone else's face when they buy condoms.
Janine Demo
chairperson
University Human Immuno Deficiency- Sexually Transmitted Diseases committee
"People don't like to look at someone else's face when they buy condoms," she said.
"But they don't have a pharmacist who can answer questions," she said.
Cathy Thrasher, Watkins Memorial Health Center pharmacist, said she could see how students would like the ease of buying condoms through vending machines.
Thrasher said that Watkins sold about 1,440 condoms during the last five months. At Watkins, a packet of three condoms costs 50 cents, and a packet of 12 costs $3
The majority of students who buy condoms are male, she said.
David Platt, Joseph K. Pearson Hall director, said he did not see anything wrong with the performance.
Stacey Worth, Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall freshman, said putting condoms on kids is one of the issues.
“Condoms are important, especially in a girl's dorm because girls usually use them.”
Peter Ungaro, Ellsworth Hall freshman, said he thought having condoms in hall vending machines was a good idea because the machines were a sexual disease and prevented pregnancy.
He said he did not think the more readily available condoms would promote promis
"You can't stop nature." Ungaro said.
"People will have sex no matter what."
Heather Yates, GSP-Corbin resident assistant, said the addition of condoms in the machines would provide a much-needed service for ball residents.
"These people are adults and should be treated as such," she said. "This is not high stress."
Medical students assess their own health
Kansan staff writer
By Courtney Eblen
Beginning today, first-year medical students at the University of Kansas School of Medicine will get a break from the cadavers that they have been studying all semester.
They will learn about preventive medicine, or stop illness by teaching patients how to use medications.
And the students themselves will be the guinea pigs.
They will have their blood drawn and tested for cholesterol levels. They will keep track of everything they eat and drink for a diet evaluation. And they will be dunked into
tanks of water to measure their body fat.
This baptism into the medical profession will not begin in earnest until next week. Today's class meeting, in Wahi Hall on the University of Kansas Medical Center campus, is an orientation for students: treadmil tests, several different body fat tests, pulse and blood pressure counts and many other checkup-type tests.
The class, student health assessment, is required for all first-year medical students, said David Smith, who is helping teach this semester's course.
He said the screenings were voluntary and the results were confidential. But attendance
and filling out a health evaluation form are mandatory.
When Smith graduated from the School of Medicine in 1865, preventive medicine was a forgatted topic, he said. Medical courses focused on the in-depth treatment of disease.
"You had to seek out information on preventive medicine," he said. "If we can keep patients well informed, we can decrease sickness and mortality, and health care costs."
James Coiney, dean of the School of Allied James and acting chairperson of the department of preventive medicine, said the results of the medical tests would be recorded using
the last four digits in each student's social security number. Students will be not told the
Cooney, who also is a course instructor,
said the main point was to teach the importance of being healthy while in medical school and after graduation.
Smith said students were not graded on test results or the evaluation forms. Grades are based on attendance and whether students fill out the evaluation form.
"If the doctor is 80 pounds overweight, it won't go to sounding good to tell patients they need a prescription."
H.O.P.E. finalists selected
Kansan staff report
The senior class has chosen six finalists for the annual H.O.P.E. award. Shannon Pearson, senior class vice president, said yester
The faculty members chosen were Zamir Bavel, professor of computer science; Beverly Davenport-Sypher, associate professor of communication studies; Craig Martin, associate professor of political science; Robert Rowland, associate professor of
Seniors to vote next week for outstanding professor
communication studies; and Rick Snyder, professor of psychology.
Faculty members were nominated for the award during a senior-class election in October.
H. O.P.E. stands for Honors for Outstanding Progressive Educator.
"We wanted to make sure that it's somebody who was genuinely interested in students . . . and dedicated to KU." she said.
Pearson said she was pleased with the candidates that had been selected.
The finalists were chosen from the top 11 vote-getters after being interviewed by a panel comprised of representatives from various unions groups, including Mortar Board and the Interfraternity Council.
and Thursday to choose the winner.
The recipient of the H.O.P.E. award will be announced at half-time of the Kansas-Missouri football game Nov. 17. Students who would vote to should vote to Strong Hall.
Seniors may vote Wednesday and Thursday to choose the winner.
Election misses record by 5 percent
Non-presidential turnout of 67 percent of registered voters is second to 1986
TOPEKA — Secretary of State Bill Graves said that 805.251 people voted in Tuesday's general election, the highest number since his 1.2 million registered voters.
The Associated Press
The turnout fell well short of the record for a non-presidential year, but it was the second largest turnout in the state for a non-presidential election. In 1986, 840,605 or 72.5 percent voted.
It failed to achieve Graves' forecast of 850,000,a prediction he made
Monday.
The secretary of state blamed the short-fall in turnout on the late opening of voting places and disenchantment with the choices for governor
Polls did not open until 7 a.m. in all but Sedgwick county, where they opened at 6 a.m. Graves said the polls needed to open earlier in metropolitan counties such as Johnson County.
"I will be speaking with the Johnson County election commissioner about establishing earlier hours for its polling places." Graves said. "I'm convinced that people are voting earlier and earlier. And if we don't give them the opportunity to vote in the morning, they won't return in the
afternoon or evening."
Graves noted that while 805,231 people voted Tuesday, only 783,063 voted for governor. In addition, he said, 9 percent of those who voted for governor cast ballots for independent candidate Christina Campbell-Cline.
"I'm convinced that the 68,990 votes received by Ms. Cline represent throw-away votes," Graves said. "I believe that those people would have vote for the office of governor without the presence of a third person."
"In that sense, they didn't vote for Ms. Cline, they voted against Governor Hayden and Governor-elect Finney."