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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2002
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 7A
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Activists remember Lawrence in the 1960s
Former students discuss turbulence of years at KU
By George Schulz
gschulz@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Dressed in modern blazers slung over tie-dyed T-shirts, former University of Kansas student activists gathered last night to discuss the history of Lawrence during the tumultuous 1960s.
The discussion, composed of a panel of four speakers and a moderator, was at the Watkins Community Museum of History.
1047 Massachusetts St. It was sponsored by the Hall Center for the Humanities. About 70 people turned out for the event.
Panelists Tim Miller, Bob Shelton, Roger Martin and Mike Elwell discussed racial tensions and violence, civil rights and anti-war demonstrations in the context of Lawrence's history of student activism.
Steve Jansen of the Watkins Museum introduced the discussion. He said Lawrence's evolution since the 1960s was exemplified by protest songs used for anti-war demonstrations, songs which are now used as jingles in corporate advertisements.
"What was once used to resist the establishment is now used to
"What was once used to resist the establishment is now used to promote the establishment."
Steve Jansen Watkins Museum
promote the establishment," lansen said.
Not all panelists spent their time talking about changes that had occurred in Lawrence since the 1960s.
Martin, a 1967 English graduate and editor of a book recounting the oral history of Lawrence hippies,
said although early student activists had helped advance civil rights for women and African-Americans, the conservatism some students opposed thrived today.
He said his memory of Lawrence in the 1960s was fragmented by formidable experiences that had shaped the era.
"My 1960s is a series of stained impressions," he said.
Miller, professor of religious studies, said America had harbored counterreutile youth movements throughout history but the invasion of LSD, the birth-control pill and the Vietnam War had changed the scope of the 1960s generation.
"This was a kaleidoscope of a time." he said.
Miller added that Lawrence wasn't any different than the rest of the country during the 1960s - it was just another college town with students adding to what was going on at the time.
Shelton, associate professor of religious studies, said he remembered anti-war demonstrators clashing with the Kansas highway patrol and the National Guard. As a student, he was one of three who helped establish the African-American Studies program at KU. He said he was inspired by a speech given by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. at the University of Washington.
Current KU students were among those attending the event.
Adrian Zink, Larned junior, said
an interest in Lawrence history had drawn him to the panel discussion
"I always thought the '60s counterculture movement was interesting," he said.
Zink said his father, a former KU student, had been on campus the night the Kansas Union was burned by radical student activists.
Michael Stoecker, Jetmore senior, said the political issues that had made the 1960s a turbulent era did not exist today.
"Everyone in this community is more secure," he said. "Back in the '60s there was the draft and racial tensions. Today it's not really the case."
Drill provides preparation for Watkins staff in emergencies
—Edited by Erin Ohm
By Lindsay Hanson
lhanson@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
The goal: to keep a terror attack on campus from frightening the staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Securing doors and wielding walkie-talkies, 80 to 90 staffers acted out the first draft of an emergency and terrorism response plan that has been in the works since last September's attacks.
The drill, which the staff completed in about 50 minutes.
treated 16 volunteer student and staff "victims" who feigned minor injuries from a mass casualty attack scenario on campus. At 8 a.m. yesterday morning, two makeshift security guards held the "victims" outside while two nurses assessed their injuries, which the staff randomly assigned to them earlier. The most severe cases were admitted first.
Myra Strother, chief of medical staff at Watkins, said large crowds of victims would have to be corralled outside the building first to assure efficient service inside.
Strother said this year's draft of the plan was similar to the University's original response plan, but it also provided for a domestic terror attack and accounted for a new decontamination unit and shower to be set up outside the building.
John Mullers, assistant director of security and emergency planning at the KU Public Safety Office, stood by to observe the drill. He said the run wasn't as smooth as it should be for a real emergency. He pointed to a wheelchair being escorted to the delayed care station.
"It's fine to take people in a wheelchair, but if the escort doesn't bring it back, it becomes a problem," he said. "There's a lot of wrinkles that get ironed out in the drills."
Strother said the center could juggle only a limited number of patients at a time. If a residence hall were to collapse, Watkins could accept most victims not in need of surgery — Watkins staff cannot perform surgery. In an authentic emergency situation, Strother said people at Watkins would communicate with workers at the scene of the disaster and
the staff at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Watkins has the advantage of having physicians with emergency experience: William Brandenberg, who is board certified in emergency medicine and Cheryl Hickert, a nurse practitioner who worked with the military in Afghanistan and Desert Storm.
Brandenberg said the staff would make adjustments to the draft and re-run the drill later in the semester.
"I think it went fairly well," he said. "You know, we've learned from this, and that was part of the
reason for doing it."
One of the student "victims" found the drill more relaxing than he thought a real disaster scenario would be. Cody Vitt, Erie freshman, said he had to ride in a wheelchair. Vitt, who works for the Watkins physical therapy department, had been assigned second-degree burns on his arms and face.
"It was nice being able to sit around and do nothing," he said. "As far as I could tell, everything went well."
—Edited by Erin Ohm
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