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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPT. 14, 2015 | VOLUME 130 ISSUE 7
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Elizabeth VanSant, a sophomore from St. Louis, Mo., has hemophilia, a blood disorder that prevents her blood from clotting properly.
What it's like to have hemophilia at KU
LARA KORTE
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When Elizabeth VanSant first came to the University, she knew there would be a lot of changes to make. After graduating from a class of only 44 students, VanSant found herself surrounded by more than 27,000 people on a campus littered with hills and stairs.
For most people, climbing the steep inclines means being a little out of breath or, at most, dealing with an ill-timed
cramp on the way to class. For VanSant, it means an internal bleed.
VanSant, a sophomore from St. Louis, has hemophilia, a blood disorder that prevents her blood from clotting properly.
A common issue with hemophiliacs is severe internal bleeding, particularly at the joints. Last year, VanSant developed an internal bleed in her left hip from the stress placed on it by excessive uphill walking, causing her to miss
"Here on campus, it's so hilly. As a freshman my body wasn't used to it," VanSant said. "I would have a lot of issues with my hips, just from walking."
Because she had to keep her left hip elevated, VanSant developed another bleed in her right shoulder.
"I'm still having issues with that," VanSant said. "I can't play the piano, and when I'm taking lessons once a week with an instructor who doesn't really understand what I'm
going through, it's pretty difficult."
Now, as a sophomore, VanSant says her muscles are stronger and have adjusted to the amount of walking she does. To treat her hemophilia, VanSant infuses herself every few days with the factor 9 protein her blood is missing to help it clot. The process is quick — no more than 15 minutes, she said.
"I know my body and I can tell when I'm getting a bleed." VanSant said. That's when it's
time to infuse, she said.
Because the infusions require an intravenous line, treatment can sometimes be tricky. VanSant does the infusions herself, sometimes having to stick herself with a needle two or three times to find a vein.
"It ited to be difficult, but I think I've gotten the hang of it." VanSant said.
Her mother, Becky VanSant, said if Elizabeth doesn't get her infusions often enough, the results can be ugly.
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A pass sails over the heads of Memphis receiver Anthony Miller and Kansas cornerback Brandon Stewart.
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Cornerbacks flounder in loss,but not training
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Paxton Lynch scrambled out of the pocket and to his left. The Memphis quarterback, just 15 yards from the goalline, stared down wide receiver Mose Frazier, his favorite target through two games of the season.
Frazier started on a fade route when the ball was snapped, but then it was well covered by Kansas, so he transitioned into a hook. As Lynch shaded to his left, he had time to settle in with no one in pursuit. Frazier
planted his foot and hooked around to get back to his quarterback.
There was only one problem: Kansas cornerback Brandon Stewart was caught in the middle of it, and didn't veer his head to check on the quarterback. The pass fell incomplete, and Stewart was called for holding. Memphis moved half the distance to the goal then scored two plays later to extend its lead to 24-13 with 32 seconds left in the half.
"I jammed him, and we were running for a fade, then I saw him break it off and he came
back and curled on me" Stewart said. "They called holding cause I had my back hand around him. That's on me. I've got to play with better technique; play with my feet, not with my hands.
"We're always coached to turn our head around, so we won't get those calls"
The struggles of the cornerbacks — not just Stewart, but Tyrone Miller, Ronnie Davis and Tevin Shaw — was as clear as could be. They were left guessing on play fakes from
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English professor highlights relevancy of immigration films with election near
COURTNEY BIERMAN
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ine Lawrence Art Center collaborated with retired University professor Paul Stephen Lim to host a free film series on immigration this month.
Lim approached the Arts Center eight months ago and suggested several ideas for film series that he thought "might be topical for the community," he said. Director of Digital Media and Free State Festival Film Curator at the center Marlo Angell responded immediately to his immigration series idea, so Lim selected three films his personal collection of over 7,000 DVDs.
The three-week series will include three films, "Alamo Bay," "The Visitor," and "A Better Life." A discussion will follow each showing, and a guest panelist will introduce each film. The panel is made of retired anthropology professor Felix Moos, English professor Marta Caminerino-Santangelo and retired women's studies professor Omofolabo Aiaiy-Soyinka.
"All three of these movies reflect
very accurately what happens to legal immigrants as well as illegal immigrants, and I think the issues raised will just grow more and more topical with the coming election — particularly with the stance that many of the republican [candidates] have taken on immigration." Lim said.
One of his picks, by French director Louis Malle, is the 1985 film "Alamo Bay." It tells the story of Vietnamese immigrants who came to the Texas at the tail-end of the Vietnam War. Many of the immigrants took jobs as fishermen, which caused tension between them and the Texan fishermen who had been there for years.
The 2007 film "The Visitor" directed by Thomas McCarthy is about a widowed professor who arrives at his New York City apartment after an absence to find it occupied by an immigrant couple — one Syrian and the other Senegalese. The professor allows them to stay, and the film tells the story of their resulting friendship.
The most recent film in the series. "A Better Life" was made
in 2011 and directed by Chris Weitz. It explores the topic of immigration from Mexico with the story of the relationship between an undocumented gardener in Los Angeles and his natural-born teenage son.
Few issues are receiving as much attention as immigration amongst the prospective 2016 presidential candidates. For example, Donald Trump's statement on Mexican immigration sparked a whirlwind of anger amongst a portion of American public.
The total immigrant population of the United States is approximately 41.3 million, or about one in eight of the total population, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. This includes immigrants of both documented and undocumented status.
"They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists," Trump said in his three-page statement. "And some, I assume, are good people."
Moos, one of three panelists, has decades of experience studying immigration and working with displaced persons. Following the Vietnam War,he spent time on Guam working with Admiral George Stephen Morrison on Operation New Life,a program that aided the more than 100,000 Vietnamese refugees who ended up in Guam after the fall of Saigon.
"Some countries are more willing to take refugees than others," Moos said. "Countries like Denmark or Sweden that used to take many refugees are now becoming reluctant this is a universal problem for Western Europe or the United States.
Moos cited the refugee crisis in Syria as making the film series especially relevant. An estimated 6.5 million have fled since the conflict began in 2011, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
"It's a world problem, and the community at large should be aware of what's happening."
Lim said he thinks much of the world falls victim to empathy overload in the face of international immigration issues. He hopes his series will humanize the "mostly faceless" immigrants of the world. he said.
I think these are good films to begin with, and they're worth seeing because they're good movies," he said. "Secondly, we are shown personal stories, private lives, the struggles of people—after all, we are a nation of immigrants, and many of us have our own individual stories we can tell.
"But when you read about these tremendous numbers of people, right now, for instance, in Europe we have these incredible numbers of people who are migrating to Hungary and Austria and Germany, all you get are these incredible numbers, you don't really know individual stories."
"I'm not aware that we're doing a lot at KU to inform students of the imminent problem," Moos said. "Paul Lim should be lauded."
The first film will be shown this Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the Lawrence Art Center.The following films will be shown at the same time Sept.22and 29.
Edited by Scott Chasen
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