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ests in 2001 and intended to phase that amount out by 2004.
But that hasn't discouraged the Environs.
The Kansan reported in October that the Environs had mounted a semester-long campaign to stop the state of Kansas from renewing its contract with Boise for printing and office supplies. The University of Kansas is bound to the contract, which was signed in 1999.
The University buys approximately 10,000 cases of paper per year from Boise at a cost of $250,000.The Environs hope the University will switch to recycled-content paper.
"If students look the other way and don't care, then there's no one else. Students are in a unique position to hold principles over profit," Shrum said.
The group encouraged students to sign a petition declaring their opposition to Boise's policy on the environment.
Maggie Beedles, Lawrence senior, who dressed as the tree for the stunt, said she thought the dramatization was a success.
"By being noisy we've gotten a lot of people to ask why we're opposed to Boise," Beedles said.
Some students didn't see it that way.
"It was kind of dumb," said Christina DiGiacomo, Apple Valley, Minn., senior and Kansan columnist. "It didn't make that much of a statement."
Nick Kroeker, Overland Park senior, was confused about the event's message.
"Interesting approach, I'l put it that way," he said.
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home after graduating, Baker said.
"Build up enough of a credit history that when you pull a credit report on you, you will have a high enough score that you can get the lowest preferred rate for a home loan at the time," Baker said.
A good example of the lowest preferred rate is the 0.0 percent financing commercials for cars, Baker said. Only people with the best credit qualify for the best financing.
The same rule applies for home buyers. Waiting to develop good credit and fall into the lowest preferred-rate category is the best option for potential homeowners. Baker said.
The bank looks at the last two years of applicants' credit history when considering what rate
qualified buyers will receive. Despite their pitfalls, credit cards are a good way to build credit history during those two years.
"It's not the card that's bad, it's how it's used," Baker said.
Baker said charging any amount on a card, no matter how small, and paying it off each month was a good way to show a bank that the applicant would make payments on a home. As a result, the bank will give the applicant a lower interest rate, he said.
Students may benefit from waiting to have steady employment for at least a year before financing a home.
"If you had a good paying job and you left for three months to go to Jamaica to party, you probably wouldn't get approved when you came back," Baker said.
Some students don't have plans on hurrying into buying a home until becoming established in a career.
"If I had to put a time frame on it, I'd probably say it would be about five years after 1 graduated," said Alexis Brewer, Prairie Village senior.
The best way to show banks responsibility is having a good balance between income and debt. Using 25 percent to 33 percent of each month's income to pay off debts is an ideal balance, Baker said.
Buying a home when factors drive up interest rates typically locks the buyer into the rate for three to five years, Baker said. This means that people who rush into buying a home may pay 10 percent on the loan for five years.
"Tough it out for another 12 months," Baker said. Those who spend a year in an apartment or another living situation will save money and build up their credit can typically save first-time buyers $2,500 to $3,500 in the first year alone, Baker said.
Another factor for students to consider is the housing market they look to buy in after graduation.
Baker said Lawrence was a good market to invest in when buying a home because home resale prices have gone up 5 to 7 percent in the last 10 years.
Buying a house paid off for Kelly Bach, Grand Forks, N.D., graduate student.
Bach said her first house in Lawrence went up in value, enabling her to buy a bigger home now that she has two children.
"I think it's a great idea to move into a house because rent prices are very expensive as well." Bach said. "It's a very good investment if you can do it."
But increases in home values prevent many prospective first-time buyers from entering the market, said Rebecca Buford, associate director of Tenants to Homeowners, Inc. Tenants to
Homeowners helps people plan for their first houses and also offers programs to help lower income buyers purchase a home.
"It's a ridiculously priced housing market," Buford said. She said the average price for a home with four bedrooms and two garages was higher in Lawrence than anywhere else in Kansas.
Buford said high demand for houses resulted from people living in Lawrence and commuting to jobs in Kansas City and Topeka.
Another factor is landlords who aren't willing to part with properties, decreasing the supply of available houses.
"Generally you can make more money renting than selling." Buford said. "Landlords don't have to put as much money into them and can still make quite a bit."
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licensed clinical therapist and director of the Life Enrichment Center, 1311 Wakarusa Dr.
Often, the source of an eating disorder is the desire to be the "best" anorexic or bulimic, he said.
Bloch moved his practice to Lawrence two years ago from Hermosa Beach, Calif. He said he was surprised to find that eating disorders were just as prevalent in the Midwest as they were in southern California, where people glorify the importance of image.
"Anywhere there is a college campus, there is going to be a problem with eating disorders," he said.
According to the Support, Concern and Resources for Eating Disorders Web site,
www.eating-disorder.org between 4.5 and 18 percent of women and 0.4 percent of men have a history of bulimia by their first year of college, and 1 percent of females ages 12 to 18 have anorexia.
Bloch said many of his patients attended the University of Kansas, and several of them were obsessed with checking updates on pro-ana and pro-mia sites. He declined to give numbers.
Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutrition services at Watkins Memorial Health Center and a registered dietitian, said the University needed to do its part to fight destructive information online.
Despite the Internet's negative influences, Griffen said it was the best place for an intimidated anorexic or bulimic to recover. Appalled at the options available, in 1999 she and Bloch created a safe-haven for struggleg that praised success stories and, occasionally, scolded those who had wavered.
"We need a task force on campus," she said. "We need Web sites as well."
EATING DISORDER FORUMS
Finding help:
Campus forum, Nov. 13
Something Fishy, www.somethingfishy.org
12:30 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in the Multicultural Resource Center classroom. "Body Image: A discussion on the relationships between body image and the media." Presented by University of Kansas faculty and staff and co-sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center. Call 864-4350 for more information.
The National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) www.anad.org
Anorexia Nervosa and Related Eating Disorders, Inc. (ANRED),
www.anred.com
Support, Concern and Resources for Eating Disorders (S.C.a.R.E.D.) www.eating-disorder.org
tonger tended to. Griffen said the medical field wasn't receptive to their financial requests, but she would try to launch a similar site soon.
Called edFREE.com, the site garnered a faithful audience but could not solicit funds and is no
"I know that sometimes all it takes is having somebody say, 'me too,'" she said.
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He said the department needed almost double the number of professors it had to be able to create a doctorate program.
"If funding increased, the program could probably have a Ph.D. program," he said.
Jack Fincham, dean of pharmacy and task force member, said the report on graduate education had been an open process involving many different people.
"The best thing about it is that it's a reexamination of where the graduate program is now, and where it needs to be in the future," Fincham said. "It's very good now, but we're seeing what can be done to help it become even better."
There are more than 6,000 graduate students at KU, Colombo said.
For more information, go to www.ku.edu/~graduate/report.
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