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Tuesdav. November 6. 1990 / University Daily Kansan
More students using counseling services
By Tracey Chalin
Kansan staff writer
The number of students using University counseling services has increased noticeably this year; said 50 members involved in counseling.
Bob Turvy, associate director of the Student Assistance Center, said that more students were coming to the center for help.
"I think we're in such a rush here to manage things academically," he said. "Students are run to death."
Turvy said that most inquiries came from freshmen and sophomores experiencing stress because of the transition to college from high schools or community colleges.
doing a much better job at protecting their children from adversity," he said.
He said parents needed to recognize their children's needs to fail.
"Even though that experience is hurtful for parents, it's got to happen." Turv said.
Linda Keeler, coordinator of mental health services at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said the number of students requesting counseling at the mental health center was 70 percent from November 1989
She said she hoped that the increases were because of students' increased knowledge about their options and available treatments.
"I also think it's more socially acceptable to get help," Keeler said.
She said patients' problems stemmed from variety of causes, including grades, extra financial stress, and even the crisis in the Middle East.
Another reason for the increase could be publicity, she said.
"We have tried to strengthen our outreach efforts," she said. "We contacted over 450 students just at the beginning of last year, 100 or more at the mini health fair."
Keeler said referrals from staff members at other campus counseling resources could have increased patient flow.
Arthur Thomas, acting director of the University Counseling Center at Bailey Hall, said the normal yearly increases of students coming to the center happened earlier this year than in past years.
'A lot of students out there are
doing way too much," he said. "People have different tolerance levels that they need to notice."
Thomas said that the 19 staff members at the center tried to begin counseling sessions within two weeks of first meeting with a student.
Susan Ekins, coordinator at the KU Information Center, said that at this time in the semester there were students worried about school
She said that increases in students using KU counseling centers had not caused anyone to request counselors or referrals to other counseling services.
The KU Information Center alerts students to counseling options and occasionally provides advice in crisis situations. Eikins said
Med Center seeks volunteers for drug test
By Courtney Eblen
Kansan staff writer
Researchers at the University of Kansas Medical Center hope to enroll 15 volunteers to test a drug that may help the progression of Parkinson's disease.
The Med Center is one of 14 medical centers and hospitals across the United States chosen to participate in the Parkinson study group. Program organizers hope to attract more than three times as many patients as recently been diagnosed as Parkinson's and who are not currently receiving treatment.
Jean Huble, assistant professor of neurology at the Med Center and co-director of the study, said seven volunteers already had signed up for the testing, which is scheduled to begin in two weeks.
Hubble said the drug, Ro 19-6327,
was being developed in New Jersey.
Ro 19-6327 was tested on healthy
patients before the latest series of
tests, and it produced no noticeable
side effects.
"People are actually very willing to participate in projects like this." Hubble said. "It 's only when people have experience, you can learn how to treat these illnesses."
Parkinson's disease, which affects one in 100 people over the age of 60, is a degenerative neurological disorder that usually affects people in their middle to late adult life. Hubble said. It is caused by a deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine, found in the part of the brain that controls motor skills.
Hubble said that earlier research linked the absence of dopamine in brain cells to oxidation processes within the brain. Ro 19.6327 prevents production of the enzyme, which may be involved in the oxidation processes.
agy at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, is the study's principal national investigator.
He said patients would be assigned randomly either a dose of the drug or a placebo, a pill containing no active medication, and neither researchers nor their patients would know who would receive the drug.
Ira Shoulson. professor of neurol
There is no cost to the patients who participate. Hubble said volunteers should be from the Kansas City area and should not be undergoing any medical testing. Parkinson's Contact Ruth Bartar at (013) 386-690 for more information.
KU high-tech labs doing superconductor research
By Tatsuya Shimizu
Kansan staff writer
Researchers at the KU High Technology Laboratory in Ouread Laboratories inc. are working to find high-temperature superconducting materials that could create major societal changes by saving electricity.
The superconductor does not have any electronic resistance, and it expels a magnetic field when electricity flows through it, said Kai-Wai Wong, professor of physics and astronomy.
Wong also is a researcher at the High Technology Laboratory, 1501 Wakarua Drive, which is supported by University Endowment Association.
Although superconducting materials found so far need to be cooled to the temperature of liquid nitrogen, about minus 350 degrees Fahrenheit, to maintain superconducting properties, research on superconducting materials has been progressing rapidly, Wong said.
Wong said researchers in the KU laboratory were working on a superconducting material found by Japanese researchers about a month ago. It maintains its superconducting properties at the highest temperature yet, but it loses them after a certain period. The KU laboratory are trying to maintain the properties permanently.
Scientists around the world are trying to find materials that maintain superconducting properties at the highest temperature possible, he added. But such a material can function as a superconductor at room temperature.
Paul Gilles, emeritus professor of chemistry, said that research on high-temperature superconducting materials had been done in the chemistry department but that it had not been successful.
Using the superconducting materials in cables to transport electricity saves electricity that is lost when it is transported through copper cables, Wong said. Generally, about 30 percent of electricity is lost before it reaches its destination because copper cables heat up because of their electrical resistance.
In individual homes, 50 percent of electricity used could be saved if superconductors were used in various appliances.
However, this application will be difficult until materials that maintain superconducting properties at room temperature are found, he said.
Also, superconductors could save excess electricity generated by power plants. Wong said. Now, excess electricity is wasted because there is no economical way to store it. However, superconductors can save it as magnetic energy, and it can be retrieved when necessary.
In the system, a train with a superconductor on the bottom runs over magnetized iron rails. Because the superconductor expels a strong magnetic field when electricity flows through it, the train is elevated and can move at speeds up to Loss of contact allows the train to travel at more than 300 miles an hour.
The application of superconductor technology to transportation, such as railroads, has started already. In Germany and Japan, a transportation system called the linear motor car, has been tested.
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