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Friday, November 6, 1992
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Paul Kotz / KANSAN
Going through the motions
Eustacia Dzuk, left, Wichita senior, Staci Banks, top, ElDorado senior, Cinnammon Schultz, center, Maryville, M., mo., junior, and Sean Kaplan, right, Chicago sophomore, practice a scene from "The Love of the Night ingale." *Performances of the play begin Dec. 3.* In Murphy Hall.
Commission to hold forum on health care
College students will have an opportunity this month to help restructure the health-care system of Kansas.
Candles to cast light on homeless issues
As the first part of a three-phase plan to reconstruct the system, the Kansas Commission on the Future of Health Care Inc. will hold discussion forums Nov. 16 through Dec. 11 in 25 Kansas cities, including Lawrence, during their Town Meetings Project.
1991 the commission was created in 1991 by the Kansas Legislature to reconstruct the state's health-care system.
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
By Tiffany Lasha Hurt
Lansan staff writer
Fixing health care
A candeliight vigil at 7 tonight on Wescoe Beach will mark the beginning of KU's Homeless Awareness Week.
As the second part of the restructuring, the commission will return to the cities in the spring to hold forums on the value of health care. Next fall, the first draft of a health-care system restructuring proposal will be presented at a third visit to the cities as the final phase of the plan.
It will formally launch its reconstruction plan Sunday with an information campaign to inform the community about health-care issues.
Panel discussions, video presentations and a speech by the president of the National Coalition for the Homeless, Michael Stoops, will address the issue of homelessness throughout the week.
"Homelessness is a big problem in the country," said Steve Nguyen, president of KU's Homeless Coalition. "And while it isn't very visible in Lawrence, there is a problem here, too. We hope to make people think about the problem."
Students and other members of the Lawrence community can offer input on the future of Kansas health care when the Kansas Commission on the Future of Health Care Inc. conducts a forum to discuss health-care issues from 7 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 18 at Central Junior High School, 1400 Massachusetts St.
Nguyen said his group, which formed this year, would try to raise awareness about homeless people and influence the Legislature to pass bills helping the homeless.
"There are so many homeless people in this country, and to me that seems to indicate that the people in government aren't that concerned about it," he said.
"We need an upgraded economy, first of all," he said. "A lot of people are losing their jobs, and then their homes. And even two adults earning minimum wage can't cut it anymore."
Capt. George Windham of the Salvation Army Homeless Shelter in Lawrence said he hoped the week would dispel some stereotypes about homeless people in Lawrence.
"It seems like a lot of people think they all don't want a job or any responsibilities," he said. "But most homeless people aren't just out for a free handout. They do want to return to society."
homeless needed to be addressed to stop more people from becoming homeless.
Windham also noted that Douglas County had the highest rental rates in the state, and that led to a lot of homeless people in Lawrence.
Barbara Langer, executive director of the commission, said that health-care costs were not only a concern of the elderly.
commission, is that already unoffardable health-care costs are rising.
Windham, who will speak at the candlelight vigil, said the problems associated with the
"I think this is an important issue for college students," she said. "Most college students aren't able to get affordable health care, and they are just winging it — hoping that nothing will happen to them."
"There are few places in Lawrence that poor families can live," he said. "So you have a lot of people here who use the shelter because they can't quite afford to live anywhere else."
- Thursday. A benefit dinner for the Salvation Army at 6:30 p.m. in the Social Hall of the St. Lawrence Catholic Church.
Wednesday: A video presentation of the television program "48 Hours" focused on the home学习 at 7 a.m. in the evening.
The Public Agenda Foundation, a nonprofit research organization, indicates three causes for skyrocketing health-care prices:
- The baby boom generation is aging and requiring more health care;
- The progress of new medical technology costs more money.
Tuesday: Speaker Michael Stoops, president of the Bath Center for the Homeless, at b.p. at the Bighight Room in the City.
The health-care system is wasteful:
energy costs more money.
The nation spends about $750 billion a year on health care, with costs rising twice the rate of inflation, the U.S. foundation reports. But 35.7 million U.S. citizens are still uninsured.
*Tonight:* A candelight vigil at 7 in front of Wesco Hall Capt. George Windham of the Savation Army Homeless Shelter of Lawrence and Joann Gibson of the Douglas County Coalition for the Homeless will speak
KU's Homestead Awareness Week is today through Nov. 12. Activities will include:
Homeless Week Activities
■ Monday: A panel discussion on the problems of the banniere at B.P. 9 and the atjaynw Room in the Kansas State University campus.
SenEx votes against combining faculty lots
By Christine Laue Kansan staff writer
Members of the Senate Executive Committee yesterday voted against eliminating the distinction between blue and red parking zones for faculty members.
Blue zones are in areas closer to the center of campus and are issued to faculty members based on years of service or position. Red zones are open to all other faculty members.
Jason McNtosh, vice chairperson of SenEx and parking board representative, proposed combining the lots and other parking-rule regulations in the campus. University more equal and safer for students.
The proposals were approved earlier in the day by the parking board.
"You're better off than other people on the food chain of parking." Mincitosh told the commissary.
But committee members argued that finding parking spaces also was difficult for faculty members, who are concerned about the safety of lots farther from the center of campus.
would not solve the darking problem.
Although McIntosh said students' safety concerns were the primary reason for suggesting the changes, other SenEx members said changing a few rules to create more student parking
Lynn Nelson, professor of history, said he would vote against any of the changes because the constant altering of the rules was only a Band-Aid approach to a problem that should be solved with a comprehensive parking plan. "It's got to stop someone," Nelson said.
Despite his votes against the proposals, the nine-member committee did approve some changes. Approval means the committee will recommend them to the University Council, which then will vote to recommend the changes to the executive vice chancellor.
take measurements approved included:
- living organizations of Jayhawker
Towers and contour Place Apartments to monitor parking in their lots on home basketball game days.
Those measures approved included:
changing the reserved fee of parking meters from the half-day fee of $2 to a full-day fee of $4.
The committee voted to table the other proposed changes, most of which deal with opening up blue lots to students during specified times. Committee members said they would need more specific information on the times, exact lots and number of stalls.
"We don't know the facts," said Nancy Dahl, chairperson of SenEx, after the meeting. "We need the maps and the numbers."
United Way campaign ends short of goal Officials still optimistic as donations trickle in
By Delin Cormeny Kansan staff writer
As the United Way of Douglas County's fund-raising campaign came to an official close Oct. 30, the amount of money pledged was short of reaching the campaign's highest goal ever.
"But we're not done yet," said Barb Smith, executive director for Douglas County's United Way. She explained that last-minute pledges were still trickling in and that several contributing companies had not yet completed their campaigns. Final totals will not be available until Nov. 20.
Smith said $871,312 of this year's $1,076,928 goal had been raised, which is roughly 81 percent.
She said KU's campaign was ahead of its overall average. So far, it has raised $112,000, which is 82 percent of its $136,731 goal.
"We think we're going to come darn close," Smith said. "It's been a little unpredictable this year. Folks are concerned about the economy and some of the money is coming in slower than we'd like, but we are cautiously optimistic."
She said she had been nervous about this year's campaign because it was shortened to six weeks instead of eight, and the presidential elections and state of the economy distracted people from donating.
"The economy has been a strong factor this year," she said. "People really have to think about it more and have to be sure they can afford to let go of the $10 or $25 they normally pledge. And an election year is always a little strange. People have no idea what's going to happen and it's hard to concentrate on fund raising."
Most of the money raised in this year's drive — 99.5 percent — will stay in Douglas County, Twenty-nine health and human services receive funds from the United Way. The Salvation Army, the Red Cross and the Visiting Nurses Association, which brings nurses to homebound people, receive the most money.
About $50,000 of the University campaign's donation came from last spring's Rock Chalk Revue, and the rest was donated by KU employees.
Rock Chalk traditionally was held in Hoch Auditorium, which had a 3,000-seat capacity. Hoch was gutted in a 1991 fire, however, and Rock Chalk was moved to the Lawrence High School auditorium, which seats only 1,000.
Jana Byington-Smith, assistant to the University campaign chairperson, said, "Despite all the obstacles, the students were very creative and came up with great ways to make up the difference."
The program was televised on pay-per-view TV for six evenings instead of three, and an alumni support campaign was initiated.
Plans for next year's University campaign are already in the works. The new director, Bill Crowe, dean of libraries, has scheduled a meeting in December to discuss the next drive.
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