On the mild side
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday September 17,1987 Vol.98,No.19
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Med workers are more wary of infections
Staff writer
By AMBER STENGEP
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. Aillandi, infection control coordinator. It's just that more employees are complying with its recommendations.
"Our philosophy really isn't changed in regards to precautions," Gilliland 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."
The AIDS virus can not be contracted through casual contact. The virus is transmitted through blood and body
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 Meden, 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.
KU tries
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.
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 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, 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.
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.
"I think to say a student has to have a 23 on the ACT to be successful is ridiculous," he said. "I will try to make it as simple as possible, to be
students' recommendation, to be university in fall 1991, freshmen
With propane, the Jayhawk flies
It has been said that if man were meant to fly he would have been born with wings.
Well, we may not have wings, but what about a large fan, a propane fuel burner, a basket big enough to stand up in and a large nylon balloon?
Several wingless persons flew their hot-air balloons this weekend at Washburn University in Topeka, for the Great Plains Balloon Club's Huff-n-Puff balloon rally. Proceeds from the regatta are going to Friends of the Topeka Zoo, the Topeka Zoological society.
One flyer without wings was Gene Brown, a Topeka resident. There were three jayhawks on Brown's balloon. The mythical mascot of the University of Kansas can't fly - not without Brown's help.
Brown said he and his family were big fans of the University and they loved the KU mascot. He said ballooning was a hobby for him, and he liked to share the experience with his family and friends.
Brown has been flying balloons for 13 years. His balloon, the Firehawk, was custom-made for him six years ago by a friend. It bears the KU colors, royal blue, and red with golden beaks.
The Firehawk was one of the first balloons in the air for the Saturday morning and evening race. Brown won second place in the Saturday morning competition.
The regatta consisted of three
"hare and hound" balloon events, that are modeled after the English fox hunt. The "hare," the lead balloon, leaves the starting field 5 to 15 minutes before the other balloons, the "hounds," are launched. As soon as the lead balloon lifts into the air, balloonists race to fill their balloons so that they can try to catch the same air currents the hare has found.
The lead balloonist flies for about a half hour and then lands.
Friday night a balloon illumination was scheduled, but high winds kept balloonists from being able to get their airships inflated. In an illumination, balloonists fill their crafts after dark and turn their heating flames up high, to produce a beautiful multicolored lightbulb display. About 5,000 people saw balloonists fight the winds to try to please the crowd.
Balloon Meister Norton Douglas center, positions the propane burner for his balloon, Calypso.
He then places a large "x" on the ground, which serves as the target for other balloonists, who try to throw a six-ounce marked bag as close to the center of the "x" as possible.
Mike Burham, the rally coordinator, said that Saturday and Sunday morning 2,000 to 3,000 people gathered for the events, and Saturday evening there were about 4,000 people in attendance. He estimated that from 12,000 to 14,000 witnessed the three-day event.
The "hare and hound" events were at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Saturday and 7 a.m. Sunday.
It's the free spirit of it all You just go where Mother Nature tries to take you, and see if you can sometimes fool her and go the other way.'
"I
Steve Libel Bonner Springs balloonist
"You get up high. This morning we could see lake Perry, Clinton Lake, Pamona and Melvern all at the same time."
Jerry Goodnow, a Topa resident who recently bought his own balloon, said he liked ballooning for several reasons.
"You see different things on each flight. It's nice and peaceful up there and if you are low enough, you can talk to the people on the ground and they talk back to you." Goodnow said.
Dan Moulden, a Leavenworth balloonist, said that navigating a balloon could be tricky. He said pilots can make the balloon go up or down, but the direction the balloon goes is always the same as the direction of the wind currents, so pilots must search for the wind they want.
Steve Libel, Bonner Springs,
who owns his own balloon, said
he liked ballooning for several
reasons.
"It's the free spirit of it all. You just go where Mother Nature tries to take you, and see if you can sometimes fool her and go the other way. It's a challenge to see if you can conquer the winds, find which direction to go, figure different elevations to go one way or the other. It's just free and easy. It's just beautiful up there."
Balloonists often take a person who represents his sponsor up in their balloon for a ride. The sponsor for the Firehawk, the jayhawk balloon, was Friends of
Brown, the girl. Brown said, "We had to drag her out here to get her in the balloon."
"Oh yeah," Harrison said with the same sarcasm.
Cathy Harrison, Topeka resident, who works in the zoo's ape house, was given a ride by Brown, the Firehawk's pilot.
the Topeka Zoo.
After Harrison flew, she said,
"I really got luck. It's the only way to fly. I loved it. It was the best time I ever had."
Brown poured Harrison a cup of champagne and set it on the ground. He said to Harrison that since she had flown in a balloon for her first time, she had to drink the champagne with no hands, using her teeth to pick up the cup. Harrison knelt down and picked up the cup with her teeth. Slowly, she bent her head back to taste the libation. Before she could finish the drink, Brown squirted her head from behind with champagne.
balloonists treat first-time flyers extra special. They are doused with champagne after they land.
Harrison yelled, "Aaahhh," and pulled her hair away from her eyes.
"I wasn't expecting that," she said. She laughed and finished her drink.
After they finished, the crew loaded the Firehawk into their pick-up and waved good-by-carting their craft back so that the mythical bird might one day fly again.
ide in make-up courses (high school r subjects in the Regents recom- that were missed in high school.
h school four years of English and science, social studies and math with int average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale; or 1.0 GPA in nine hours of prescribed lege-level work before their first or
mmendation also states that freshwo years of foreign language in highile attending the university.
agistrative director for Associated student lobbying group, said he did students' recommendation to be a policy
could make exceptions for special
ceptions could total no more than 10
of entering freshmen. Admissions
r Kansas residents 21 or older with
a, and admission requirements for
would be left to each university.
courses that you can choose to take sions," Tallman said. "It's still a
ent body president at Kansas State concerned that the Regents are rebelens at KU."
nack, student body president at Forty, said he was not opposed to or different schools.
were two schools of thought behind is standards. The first is that the as needs to restrict admissions any students and not enough money. some students who enter state prepared for college, so something else is needed are prepared. He mitte made its preparation to be more prepared.
ing Bork
KANSAN MAGAZINE September 16, 1987
ouse devise a strategy to "stonew"l by defending the principle of executive privilege.
Watergate aside, Bark also sought reassure Sen. Dennis DeConcini, Ariz., that he is not antagonistic to e rights of women. "As solicitor general I argued positions for the protection of women broader than e Supreme Court would accept,"ork said.
"I never advised the White House sw to meet, how to deal with the 'atergate special prosecution arce.' Bork said. He said he did act orders from then-Attorney Genener Richardson to seek a compromise between Cox and the White House executive privilege
Concini, a key swing vote on the committee, also suggested Bork's sitions on poll taxes, integration of blic accommodations and other sues over the years might cause acks some alarm.
"We never achieved an accommodation." Bork testified.
still. Bork said he is troubled by the institutional rationale for a preme Court ruling ordering the segregation of public schools in the strict of Columbia in 1954.
Bork responded, "If I were a black an but knew my record, I don't ink I'd be concerned because it's a ad civil rights record."
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I have not thought of a rationale "the ruling, Bork said. But after a reef access, he said he wanted to take it clear he does not support the notion of nationalism's pital and wouldn't 'ever dream of绒线" the 1964 decision
bringing the book to the classroom
Bork received kind words during
hearing from Senate Republican
iban Alan Simpson of Wyoming.
"It seems to be the extremism has an in the rhetoric of opponents of old Bork." Simpson said.