On the mild side
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday September 17,1987 Vol.98,No.19
Details page 6
Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
(USPS 650-640)
Med workers are more wary of infections
By AMBER STENGER Staff writer
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 sav.
The Med Center has not changed its infection control policy because of AIDS, said Marcia G. Aillandine, 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 sick might have gotten a little blood on their hands, is using gloves more now.”
using gives more now
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 used to mask and goggles. Blood, body fluids, mucous membranes and unattached skin are potentially infections.
trous. Gillland avoid gloves were the most common protective.
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.
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 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.
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
"I think to say a student has to have a 23 on the ACT to be successful is ridiculous," he said.
one students' recommendation, to
be a university in fall 1991, freshmen
school four years of English and
enc, social studies and math with
it average of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale; or
1 GPA in nine hours of prescribed
ge-level work before their first
positive director for Associated student lobbying group, said he didents' recommendation to be a policy
e in make-up courses (high school subjects in the Regents recemat were missed in high school. mendation also states that fresh- years of foreign language in high e attending the university.
make exceptions for special editions could total no more than 10 of entering freshmen. Admissions "Kansas residents 21 or older with, and admission requirements for could be left to each university.
courses that you can choose to take jons." Tallman said. "It's still a
were two schools of thought behind standards. The first is that the s needs to restrict admissions iy students and not enough money. some students who enter state reprepared for college, so something p them become more prepared. He needed a recommendation to more prepared.
nt body president at Kansas State concerned that the Regents are problems at KU."
ack, student body president at Fort y, said he was not opposed to different schools.
use devise a strategy to "stonew-" by defending the principle ofotive privilege.
g Bork
'I never advised the White House $w$ to meet, how to deal with the iterate special prosecution case.' Bork said. He said he did act orders from then-Attorney General Richardson to seek a compromiseween Cox and the White House or executive privilege.
'We never achieved an accommodation.' Bork testified.
Vatergate aside. Bork also sought reinforcement. Dennis DeConciani, Ariz., that he is not antagonistic to rights of women. "As solicitor zeral I argued positions for the section of women broader than Supreme Court would accept," rk said.
secontin, a key swing vote on the committee, also suggested Bork's itions on poll taxes, integration ofolic accommodations and otheraes over the years might causeeks some alarm.
ork responded. "If I were a black
ork but knew my record, I don't
ik'd I be concerned because it's a
civil rights record."
ill, Bork said he is troubled by the stitutional rationale for a reme Court ruling ordering the exoneration of five in the set of Columbia in 1954.
have not thought of a rationale the ruling, Bork said. But after a f recess, he said he wanted to e it clear he does not support segregation in the nation's tal and wouldn't "ever dream of ruling" the 1954 decision.
rk received kind words during hearing from Senate Republican Alan Simpson of Wyoming
seems to be the extremism has in the rhetoric of opponents of Bork," Simpson said.