On the mild side
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Thursday September 17, 1987 Vol.98,No.19
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
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Med workers are more wary of infections
Staff writer
By AMBER STENGER Staff writer
More health care employees at the University of Kansas Medical Center are making an effort to protect themselves from contracting infectious diseases, especially AIDS, employees say.
The Med Center has not changed its infection control policy because of AIDS, said Marcia G. Aillandin, infection control coordinator. It's just that more employees are complying with its recommendations.
"Our philosophy really hasn't changed in regards to precautions," Gilland said. "We've always taught that all blood and body fluids can be potentially infectious. What has happened is that people because of AIDS are more careful. And so somebody who used to be very lackadaisical when they got a little blood on their hands, is using gloves more now."
is using blood to fight infection. The AIDS virus can not be contracted through casual contact. The virus is transmitted through blood and body fluids.
The national Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta recommend that health care employees wear gloves whenever they may be in contact with a patient's blood or body fluids. When health care employees are in a situation where blood could splatter, such as treating a serious injury, they also are urged to wear protective gowns, masks and goggles. Blood, body fluids, mucous membranes and unattached skin are potentially infectious.
Jim Mathes, left, of Baldwin City, and Bill Medlen, Lawrence resident, apply Bird/X to the ledge above the Natural History Museum's main entrance. The chemical, which creates a sticky surface, is designed to prevent pigeons from landing on building ledges.
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Students favor tougher policy for admissions
By NOEL GERDES
Staff writer
A student advisory committee today will recommend to the Board of Regents that Kansas high school students be required to complete certain courses to be guaranteed admission at the six state universities.
KU tries
The recommendation would require freshmen, in addition to graduating, to have taken four years of English and three years each of science, social studies and math from an accredited Kansas high school.
The student advisory committee consists of the student body presidents of the Regents schools.
The Regents schools now have an open admissions policy, which means any Kansas resident who graduates from an accredited state high school is admitted automatically to any state university.
natureally to any state unit at a t. a.m. The Regents will meet at 9 a.m. today in Topeka to discuss tightening admissions requirements. Their own proposed requirements include a high school curriculum similar to the students' recommendation, but with two years of foreign language. The Regents proposal also includes an ACT score of 23 or better, and ranking in the top third of a class.
The advisory committee considered the Regents proposal before making its own, Jason Krakow, KU student body president, opposed part of the Regents proposal.
to be students recommendation, to be te university in fall 1991, freshmen
"I think to say a student has a 25 on the AC1 to be said," he said.
According to the students' recommendation, "I
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rade in make-up courses (high school or subjects in the Regents recom- that were missed in high school. commendation also states that fresh- two years of foreign language in high school including the university.
hig school four years of English and science, social studies and math with point average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale; or a 2.0 GPA in nine hours of prescribed college-level work before their first or
could make exceptions for special exceptions could total no more than 10 ber of entering freshmen. Admissions for Kansas residents 21 or older with ma, and admission requirements for s would be left to each university.
legislative director for Associated a student lobbying group, said he did students' recommendation to be a as policy.
courses that you can choose to take jssions!" Tallman said. "It's still a
dent body president at Kansas State 'I'm concerned that the Regents are problems at KU.'
we were two schools of thought behind us standards. The first is that the us needs to restrict admissions many students and not enough money. it some students who enter state prepared for college, so something help them become more prepared. He amitte made its recommendation to me more prepared.
mack, student body president at Fort sity, said he was not opposed to for different schools.
ing Bork
House devise a strategy to "stonewall" by defending the principle of executive privilege.
"I never advised the White House to meet, how to deal with the Watergate special prosecution once," Bork said. He had act in orders from then-Attorney General Richardson to seek a compromise between Cox and the White House over executive privilege.
"We never achieved an accommodation." Bork testified.
Watergate aside, Bork also sought a reassure Sen. Dennis Concini, J-Ariz., that he is not antagonistic to the rights of women." As solicitor general I argued positions for the protection of women broader than he Supreme Court would accept," Jark said.
DeConcini, a key swing vote on the committee, also suggested Bork's sitions on poll taxes, integration of public accommodations and other sues over the years might cause lacks some alarm.
Bork responded, "If I were a black man but knew my record, I don't ink I'd be concerned because it's a civil rights record."
Still, Bork said he is troubled by the institutional rationale for a supreme Court ruling ordering the removal of the three judges in the district of Columbia in 1954.
Burke or Colmanham:
"I have not thought of a rationale r" the ruling. Bork said. But after a 'reec recess, he said he wanted to take it clear he does not support hoolgregation in the nation's spirit and wouldn't "ever dream of terruling" the 1954 decision.
Bork received kind words during a hearing from Senate Republican him also Senator of Wyoming.
"It seems to be the extremism has en in the rhetoric of opponents of edge Bork." Simpson said.
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