TUESDAY,OCT.2,2001
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 3A
Activities teach about domestic violence
Mayor declares October Domestic Violence Awareness Month
By Matt Norton Kansan staff writer
Every two weeks a woman in Kansas is killed by her intimate partner, according to 1998 Kansas Bureau of Investigation statistics.
Lawrence Mayor Mike Rundle is declaring October Domestic Violence Awareness Month during a ceremony at 6:45 p.m. today at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center at the University of Kansas will sponsor events throughout the month culminating with Sexual Violence Awareness Week, Oct. 22 to 26.
Corrina Beck, program coordinator for sexual assault prevention and education at the Center, said two of the events she was working on included the Silent Witness Project and the "Take Back the Night" march and rally. The Silent Witness Project will take place Wednesday, Oct. 24, on the lawn in front of Strong Hall.
Beck, Kansas City, Mo., graduate student.
said the project would be a display of cardboard cutouts representing Kansas woman killed by domestic violence.
The 14th annual "Take Back the Night" march and rally beginning at Watson Park at Seventh and Kentucky streets will take place at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 25. Beck said the event was initially started as a protest against pornography.
Now the march is a celebration of women's strength and an acknowledgment of those who haven't survived domestic abuse, she said.
While women were often the targets of abuse, Beck said, men were victims of abuse as well or often knew friends or loved ones who had been abused.
"There's nothing quite like trying to walk someone you love through the process of healing," she said. "The more you know about it, the better chance you have of being good support."
Bundle said the fight against domestic abuse in Lawrence and Douglas County had come a long way in 25 years. It didn't used to be treated as a serious problem, he said.
"This is a chance for the public and public agencies that need to coordinate services to learn a little bit and find out ways to eliminate this problem," Rundle said.
To find out more about activities planned for this month, students can call the Emily Taylor Resource Center at 864-3552 or Women's Transitional Care Services, Inc. at 843-3333.
Contact Norton at 864-4810
Awareness events
- "My heart in my throat" workshop on the relationship between body image and sexual violence, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 23, in the Pine Room at the Kansas Union
- Silent candlelight vigil 8 to 9 p.m. Oct.23, by the Campanile
- "Clothesline Project" with T-shirts illustrating different domestic violence themes 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 24 on the lawn of Stauffer-Flint Hall
"Take Back the Night" march and rally 6 to 10:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Watson Park, Seventh and Kentucky streets
Fund-raisers help student pay medical bills
Events support Brazilian native suffering from kidney disease
Rachel Magario, Sao Paulo, Brazil, junior, suffers from a kidney dieseases that requires her to undergo dialysis treatments almost every other day. Groups have been raising money to help pay for her treatment.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
By Luke Daley
Kansan staff writer
Rachel Magario got some help with her mounting medical bills this weekend — in the form of about $1,200.
A fund-raiser at Raul's Velvet Room, 815 New Hampshire St., raised about $1,000 to help with Magario's dialysis treatments.
Magario, Sao Paulo Brazil, junior, suffers from focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, a kidney disease that requires her to undergo dialysis treatments almost every other day.
Matt Fisher, Kansan sales and marketing adviser, put together an informal fund-raiser for Magario with last Saturday's KU Swingers Golf Tournament.
He said that the event helped raise $232 to help pay for Magario's hospital costs.
Magario recently found an insurance provider, MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company, to help her pay for the costs of her treatments. However, she said the company would not pick up the
costs of her preexisting treatment expenses.
She said the previous expenses could add up to $30,000.
Magario, who is also blind, said she was thankful for the help.
"I knew I had a lot of friends, but you never know who are the ones who are going to stick out there for you," she said. "It's overwhelming."
Sergio Guerra, Mexico
City graduate student,
said he has been Magario's
friend for four years.
He said he tried to raise awareness in the community about Magario's situation and thought students would be willing to give money to a worthwhile cause like Magario's.
"As long as people know about it, they will try to help," Guerra said. "I think that people are very sensitive."
Robert McColl, professor of geography, has helped Magario keep up with school during her treatment. He said several
"It was very hard for her, especially two weeks ago when this all started," Guerra said. "She is very strong though, and she's doing very good."
He said the community's recent help has heightened Magario's spirits.
"I think everybody has been extremely helpful," McColl said. "There are a lot of people on her side."
friends had also helped her during the past two weeks.
Contact Daley at 864-4810
BUSES: routes will remain different
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The University does not allow student money to pay for non-campus activities.
Michener disagrees with this policy. She said she planned to contact the Legislature about it.
"Some colleges simply collect the transportation fees, and the city runs the buses for them," Michener said.
But Appleby said the overriding mission of KU on Wheels didn't take city transportation issues into account. He said he would prefer the systems remain separate, but he realized they would inevitably overlap.
"While some combination is feasible at the operational level, the overriding philosophies of both systems are divergent enough that separate administration is necessary," Appleby said.
Blake Dowell. Wichita sophomore, said he would favor combining the two systems.
"It would be cool to combine them as long as it doesn't affect the normal schedule," he said. "It might even increase the city buses' business."
Not all students think the two systems should merge, though.
"I think it would take a lot of students out of their way," said Erin Maike, Alma sophomore. "It would make longer bus rides for students. The systems seem like they're totally different."
For now, the city and University continue to work separately, but neither has ruled out the possibility of joint efforts, such as various transfer points. This would mean that both buses would share the same stops.
Kaiser still stresses that the two systems will always differ and serve a wide range of people. He said KU on Wheels was a spoke system with a hub that ran through the campus, while the city was a spoke system with a hub that ran through downtown.
"It is inevitable that both will be on the same streets, but where they end up are different," he said.
Contact Henning and Ledell at 864-4810
BLOOD: gay men exluded by drive
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"We are not organizing against the Red Cross in any way, shape or form, only the FDA's discriminatory policy, which they are made to follow," Snow said.
Questionnaires distributed at the blood drive ask men whether they have had sex with another male, even once since 1977, and ask women whether in the past year they have had sex with a male who has had sex, even once, with another male since 1977.
Representatives from the Red Cross and Community Blood Center said that anyone answering "yes" to either question was disqualified from donating blood. Men are disqualified indefinitely, and women are disqualified for one year.
"We must follow all FDA policies," said Chris Beurman, director of donor recruitment for the Community Blood Center. "They are charged with making sure the recipient is secure and making sure the
"They test everybody's blood anyway," Wolfe said. "It seems outright discriminatory not to accept a gay man's blood."
blood supply is safe. We have to stand behind that."
Wolfe said that between 3 and 4 p.m. tomorrow, Queers and Allies members would attempt to give blood. She said that she expected some lesbians to pass through.
"I personally plan on donating blood," Wolte said.
Snow said all Queers and Allies members would answer the questionnaire truthfully, but as many as possible would donate.
"The real issue is to get blood to those who need blood," he said, "and if they're going to screen blood, they should screen everybody's blood."
The FDA policy makes no sense to Tara Wolfe, Lawrence senior and treasurer of Queers and Allies.
Contact Smith at 864-4810
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