Friday, September 22, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Thornton Cherry,
Chicago junior;
LaTrye Paris,
Overland Park
senior; and
LaToya Betts,
Kansas City,
Kan., sophomore, add their REAL Lawrence money to their U.S. currency yesterday after noon outside Wesco Hall.
Photo by
Melissa
Carr|KANSAN
Locally owned shops use REAL currency to draw student cash
By Matt Merkel-Hess writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Money might not grow on trees, but it was free at Wesco Beach yesterday.
Members of the Lawrence Trade Organization gave away $75 worth of the new Lawrence-only currency known as REAL dollars, which stands for Real Economic Alternatives in Lawrence. Currently, 35 businesses accept the currency, which LTO members hope will create a community cash cycle supporting locally-owned businesses.
LaToya Betts, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore, received one of the free REAL dollars yesterday and said she thought it was a good idea to support local businesses. It took it with my real cash - I want
"I put it with my real cash — I want to spend it," she said.
Ty Haas, Olathe senior, said that he didn't know much about the currency but that he would use it.
"I think it's a really cool idea, especially to put William Burroughs on the bills," he said. "And you can buy beer with fake dollars."
While most students took the $1 REAL bill and fliers, others turned down the free money, said Talia Morales, LTO member.
"I'm really surprised some people just flat out turned me down — even after I explained it's worth one federal dollar and it's free." Morales said.
Kris Olsen, LTO treasurer, said he hoped the giveaway would raise awareness among students.
"Students are a very powerful force in the Lawrence community, and they can really help out immensely in supporting the local economy, not only by working here but spending their money locally." Olsen said.
Olsen said a federal dollar changes hands four or five times before leaving town, but a REAL dollar will stay in Lawrence indefinitely. He said locally owned shops should be supported because they give Lawrence a unique character.
"Candles at Waxman, beer at Free State and other locally owned shops — you can only find them here in Lawrence, so I think they're really special." Olsen said.
Anyone who wants the local currency can trade federal dollars for REAL money at Liberty Hall, 642 Massachusetts St., and at the Free State Credit Union, located inside the Community Mercantile Co-op, 901 Mississippi St.
Fifteen thousand $1 Pelathe bills and 10,200 $3 William S. Burroughs bills have been printed, and within two weeks 3,000
WHERE TO SPEND REAL DOLLARS
These businesses accept REAL Dollars
We own:
Amazing Grains Bakery, 518 E. Bth St
Bla Bla Bakery, Reny-Bers, 795-769-7649
Amazing Grains bakery, 314 E. 6th St.
Blossom Trail Bear Ranch, 785-977-2649
Blue Heron, 921 Massachusetts St.
Brooklyn College, Studio 785-695-2155
Blue Book
Bob's Cellar Clay Studio. 785-597-2155
Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg Writing Workshops,
843-0253
Craft Rebuilding and Remodeling. 841-5543
8th Street Tap Room. 81 New Hampshire St.
Cottin's Hardware & Rental, 1832 Massachusetts St.
81 street Top Roof, 9036 New Hampshire
Everything But Ice. 936 Massachusetts St.
Free State Brewing Co., 633 Massachusetts St.
Full Moon Pottery, 865-4098
Fun and Games, 816 Massachusetts St
Ground Street, 02314
Genie Strength Massage 608 827 210
Jensen Retail Lounge. 620 W. 9th St.
Law Office of Bruce Blank. 16 E. 13th St.
Leo Risin' Foods, 766-7616
Liberty Hall Cinema, 644 Massachusetts St.
Liberty Park Ranch, Louisville Louise's Downtown, 1009 Massachusetts St.
M&M Office and School Supplies, 623 Massachusetts St.
Milton's, 920 Massachusetts St
Oliver's Fine Arts, 832-0424
O Brian Farm Crans, 852-094
Paradigm Design, 840-0313
Palathe Community Resource Center, 1423 Haskell Ave.
Pinwheel Farm (Natalya Lowther), 841-4540
- Pinkwee Farm (Naiyah Lawner), La
  Prima Tazza, 638 Massachusetts St.
The Raven, B E. 7th St.
The Replay Lunge, 946 Massachusetts St.
Classroom 814.446.8458
Sleep on This, 816-668-8658
Social Service League, 905 Rhode Island St.
Temporal Drift Massage Therapy, 1007 1/2 Massachusetts St.
Tropic of Kansas, 843-5505
■ Visions, an Optical Dispensary, 806 Massachusetts St.
Waxman Candles. 609 Massachusetts St.
Langston Hughes bills will be printed, bringing the total amount of REAL currency to $75,600. Pelathe was a Native American who warned the abolitionist citizens of Lawrence about William Quantrill's raid in 1861. William S. Burroughs was a beatnik writer and Lawrence resident and Langston Hughes was a Harlem Renaissance poet who was born in Lawrence.
The LTO is hosting a kickoff festival Saturday in Watson Park, adjacent to the Lawrence Aquatic Center at 727 Kentucky St. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and will feature 12 local bands, speakers and information tables.
Bee hives turn into hornets' nest for museum scientists
By Jennifer Dartt
Special to the Kansan
The live bee tree at the Natural History Museum has caused more headaches than expected.
The swarm of 25,000 bees buzzing around the exhibit is actually the fourth batch to inhabit the tree.
Tom Swearingen, director of exhibits at the museum, described the unexpected hardships that have come with this project.
Although KU bee specialists are recognized worldwide, they have had their work cut out for them.
"We've had nothing but trouble since we put this on," he said.
Scientists thought the long, curved tube that connected the hive to the outdoors was making it difficult for the worker bees to clean out the dead bees from the hive, which is essential to the bees' survival. Museum workers shortened and steepened the tube to make the process easier and to make the outdoors more accessible.
Because of the hot, dry weather, there has been a shortage of nectar for the bees to find, so the bees are being fed sugar water as a supplement.
Caretakers also will begin to feed the bees antibiotics when the weather starts to cool off because the bees will be spending more time indoors, making them more susceptible to infection.
Despite these measures, there is still no guarantee that the hive will survive.
Orley "Chip" Taylor, chairman of entomology, said that he had high hopes for this batch but that he knew the outcome could not be predicted.
"We thought all of the other ones were going to be perfect, too," he said.
Varroa mites killed the first batch, Swearingen said. These mites attack the eggs and the larvae and cause new bees to be born weak and deformed and to die quickly. Italian Honeybees, the type of bees in the
exhibit, are especially susceptible to the mites.
After the museum's first batch died of infestation, the hive was emptied and a second batch was put in. The second batch died of a dysentery infection.
A third batch seemed to be strong and healthy. Unfortunately, the batch became so strong and multiplied so rapidly that the bees started swarming. Swarming is a process when the queen bee lays eggs that will become new queen bees. The original queen leaves the hive with a large group of worker bees in search for a new site. That batch eventually died off.
No one can be sure what will happen with this fourth batch. KU scientists are taking every precaution to ensure the bees' health. Taylor sees a promising future for the bees.
"We are very hopeful that this colony will do well," he said. "It seems to be off to a good start."
More students living on campus
Edited by Kimberly Thompson
By J.D. McKee
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
More students are living in campus housing this fall than last fall, according to the Department of Student Housing.
Pat Kidwell, assignments manager for student housing, said there were about 4,915 people living in University housing this year, up about 320 from last year. University housing includes eight residence halls, 10 scholarship halls and Jawhaker Towers.
Final tailles for housing numbers won't be available until Tuesday, when the University will release the official count of the 20th day, said Todd Cohen, assistant director of University Relations.
Totals before that day often fluctuate because students move in and out of the residence halls frequently at the beginning of the semester, said Ken Stoner, director of student housing.
The number of students living in student housing increased for the 2000 fall semester. The Department of Student Housing said about 4,915 students are living in student housing, up about 320 from last year's number of 4,595. The official numbers for 2000 will not be available until Tuesday. Many rooms still remain empty.
Stoner said the number of people in student housing usually depended on the number of students enrolled.
About 3,670 students are in residence halls, though about 65 rooms are empty. Stoner said vacancies were typical early in the semester.
there are always a few students who fail to claim their rooms," Stoner said. "Some leave after the first week
Source: Department of Student Housing 2000 estimates
because they get homesick."
If numbers are high, the department adjusts for the incoming students.
Jason Elliott / Kansan
"We shorten down the number of single-person rooms if there are more people coming in," he said.
Soon, the department may have to deal with a housing shortage. Stoner said that discussions about whether to renovate Ellsworth Hall were under way.
The hall would have to close if it were renovated, which would impact 525 potential residents.
Both Lewis and Templin halls were small enough to shut down for renovations without having a large impact on the number of rooms available in other halls.
Stoner said it wasn't certain yet that the Ellsworth renovation would be done.
Pageants not all about looks, glamour
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Douglas said. "It's a pain to get off. It's usually on there for about a week, so all your clothes stick to you."
Both Douglas and Mackey said they tried to stay far away from the more extreme pageant rituals like taping their breasts, smearing Vaseline on their teeth and getting cosmetic surgery.
Though some of the pageants' contestants do use these devices to make themselves more beautiful, Douglas and Mackey agreed that good looks don't mean an easy win.
Douglas said in today's pageants, a pretty face would not get a contestant far. "Now in pageants they're looking for the all-around woman." she said. "Intelligence, natural beauty, and poise
— someone that can be a new role model. Douglas's friend Sarah Hovel, Prairie Village senior, said that she could see why people had stereotypes about women in pageants but that Douglas was one of the most genuine people she knew.
Lindsey Mackey, Olathe freshman, was crowned Miss Teen Kansas Sept. 9 in Maize. Photo by Aaron Lenkans/KANSAN
"I think she would be such a great
representative because she isn't what most people would place as a stereotypical pageant girl', "Hovel said."
Mackey said that beauty pageants weren't all concerned with beauty but
that it was hard to not be thought of as another pretty face. To try and combat stereotypes, Mackey decided that she would not wear her Miss Teen Kansas crown and sash when she gave speeches.
"People knock you down when you have a crown and a sash," she said. "They look at you as a beauty queen instead of respecting what you have to say."
'ine thing about Lindsey is that she's actually modest about it,' Lafond said. 'She's not the type of girl that goes around and flaurs her tiara.'
mackey has a year before she represents Kansas in the Miss Teen USA pageant. Douglas, however, said she was excited about participating in the Miss Missouri pageant this weekend.
"It's been a dream of mine for a long time. This is the one I've always wanted to do," she said. "I'm so excited." — Edited by J. R. Mendozo
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