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University Daily Kansan
Campus/Area
Thursday, Oct. 3, 1985
Scientists to share mutation studies
By Stefani Day Of the Kansan staff
Scientists from around the world will convene in Lawrence next week to share research and information on blocking or repairing genetic damage that can lead to cancer.
The International Conference on Mechanisms of Antimutagenesis and Anticarcinogenesis will bring together scientists in various endeavors of genetic mutation research, Del Shankel, conference coordinator and professor of microbiology, said yesterday. The conference will be held Oct. 6-10 at the Holiday Inn Holdome Convention Center.
The goal of the conference is to share information that may lead to a better understanding of the ways in which genetic damage can be prevented, he said.
He said genetic damage sometimes resulted
in cancer. Aging and hereditary defects also involve genetic damage.
volve genetic damage.
Thirty-seven scientists will speak at the conference, Shankel said. Their papers will be compiled into a book and published.
About 60 scientists will share the results of their research in "poster sessions," he said. They will present their findings on posters which will be displayed in one room. People attending the conference will be given the opportunity to discuss the posters with the scientists.
Shankel estimated that more than 300 people would attend the conference.
The keynote speaker will be Bruce Ames, chairman of the biochemistry department at the University of California-Berkley.
If the chemical does produce changes, it might be capable of causing cancer, Shankel said.
"Basically, it's a preliminary screening test to identify potential cancer-causing chemicals," he said.
Shanked said the idea for the international conference began in 1981 while he was on sabbatical in Japan, working with a specialist in antimutagenesis.
Lester Mitscher, KU professor of medicinal chemistry, will present a paper on the reduction of genetic causes caused by chemical com- from a wild licorice plant found in Kansas.
The Japanese specialist, Tsuneo Kada, suggested the conference over tea in the lab, Shankel said.
"I said, 'It's a nice idea and if you want to organize it,' I will help," he said.
Officials vote to keep annexation power
By Mike Snider
By Mike Snider Of the Kansan staff
City officials from across Kansas took a stand on their cities' power to annex land Tuesday morning at the League of Kansas Municipalities Conference, and one Lawrence city commissioner said the 1996 Kansas Legislature should take note.
"We're giving them a very clear message as to where the League stands," Howard Hill, city commissioner said yesterday. "I think any annexation problem can be worked out under the current policy."
City officials at the conference in
Toppea voted not to relax their policy on city land annexation.
The League's Technical Advisory Committee on Annexation prepared a report earlier in September called, "Proposed Changes to the Kansas Annexation Laws," for the League's members to review. At the conference Monday, most city officials seemed in favor of the changes.
But when it came time for Tuesday's policy vote, officials were against any change in the cities' unilateral annexation authority. They removed a section from the proposed annexation policy that would
have given boundary commissions, created at the request of affected landowners, ruling power on annexations.
Officials seem ready to fight the Legislature for their cities' power to annex land and Hill thinks the League's lobbying power is significant.
Hill said the League represented about 78 percent of the Kansas population.
"If we choose to unite on an issue, we can be a very powerful group," he said.
The annexation issue is relevant to Lawrence because the city commission faces a decision whether to annex about 120 acres west of town known as Western Hills. Most Western Hills residents are against the city's plans to annex their property.
Hill said, "If we do annex Western Hills, and I'm not sure the city will, we have shown that we're sensitive to their side. I don't have the figures, but I think we can offset their higher property taxes by providing city services to the area."
Hill and Lawrence City Manager Buford Watson voted for the removal of the section.
Lawn festival takes arts to the students
By Bonnie Snyder Of the Kansan staff
Instead of the usual four or five students studying on the lawn in front of Watson Library, more than 100 people yesterday sprawled across the grass and stood on the sidewalks.
A band that resembled the Beverly Hillbillies sang about what to wear under a kilt — nothing — while other students put their personal mark on four once-white graffiti boards outside Stauffer-Flint Hall.
Still other students bought, sold and admired the crafts that were displayed on tables behind the graffiti boards.
The event was the third Inside-Out Arts Festival, organized by the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Senate and paid for by the Senate.
The name "Inside-Out" was chosen for two reasons, Regina Smith, chairman of the cultural affairs committee, said yesterday.
"First, the art comes from inside the person and is expressed outside, and second, we've brought the art from inside the studios outside to the people." she said.
Smith said all the participants in the nine craft exhibits were students, and many were from the art department.
Smith said the idea for the graffiti boards was borrowed from Student Union Activities.
Photographs, paintings and drawings composed some of the exhibits
The Alferd Packer Memorial String Band, which was named after the only American ever convicted of cannibalism, performed on a stage in front of Watson Library.
Mason said the group made its own costumes.
Steve Mason, Lawrence senior and member of the band, said they played old-time music, a style that was a forerunner to bluegrass and country music.
He said, for instance, that Jim Brothers, the washboard player who wore a coyote cap, was a taxidermist and had found the coyote by the side of a road.
Dane Lee, Hays junior, was studying on the library lawn during the band's performance. He said 'the festival was a good opportunity for the students to practice their skills.
"It's a shame how a lot of people come to college to see these kinds of things, and then they are too busy studying to enjoy them," he said.
Kamala Platt, Lawrence graduate student, said people were stopping by and looking at her one-of-a-kind art clothing display, but few were buying.
"People are used to buying things that are machine-made," she said, "but art clothing is a movement that's growing."
Platt knitted a thick, purple loop out of two skeins of coarse yarn while she spoke.
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