University Daily Kansan, November 30, 1982
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Tests on humans get close look
Group keeps experiments safe
By STEVE CUSICK Staff Reporter
The advisory committee for human experimentation could easily be an Orwellian invention coming from the pages of the book "1844."
But it isn't. It's a committee at the University of Kansas that reviews proposals to use human as subjects in research, and that's the man of the committee, said recently.
Federal law requires that the committee exist to make sure that potential subjects know what they are exposed to in an experiment, Braddt said.
THE 14-MEMBER committee, composed of mostly faculty members and students, reviews 600 to 700 research proposals a year, giving its stamp of approval to most of them, he said. The proposals come from several departments, including education and psychology.
Most of the experiments take the form of questionnaires or psychological probing, but the committee also reviews proposals for experiments on
"We have some experiments that call for the drawing of blood," he said, and sometimes researchers will ask them to codes to humans to gain skin responses.
"But those are very limited," he
said. "There are very few people doing those."
When the committee receives a proposal to experiment on a body, he said, "it must make sure the instrument is working order and no one is goofing off."
A SIMILAR COMMITTEE EXISTS at the University of Kansas Medical Center to screen research projects there, he said.
Brandt said the committees must follow guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in the Federal Register.
The use in the past of "some pretty shoddy research procedures" prompted the federal government to expand on human experimentation, he said.
In the 1930s, some researchers in the South deliberately infected some uneducated black males with syphilis (a sexually transmitted disease without treating them for it)
"Some of them, indeed, died," he said.
"It was that kind of activity in the guise of research that required the federal government to impose the regulations."
THE CLOSER scrutiny of human experiments also stems from the horrors uncovered at the Nazi Germany concentration camps, where
prisoners frequently were used as guinea pigs, he said.
The regulations also were designed to protect children, he said, because "they don't have experience to know that they're going to be hurt or not."
Brandt said that about 40 percent of the proposals must be modified by the researcher before the committee approved them.
The most common problem is that the "informed consent" forms that go to potential subjects are in language un familiar to the layman's ear, he
"It might be difficult for a subject population to know what is going on," he said. The committee often asks researchers to rewrite the form in
"Occasionally we will find a risk," he said. "We will see a risk that the investigator doesn't."
The committee reviews 50 to 60 applications a month, and there were eight in a recent day's mail, he said.
"We have on rare occasions turned down research proposals," he said.
For example, the committee turned down the proposal of a student investigator who wanted to ask the members of a rock band about their use of drugs and such details as where the drugs came from, he said.
"She could not assure those people that she would not just walk out the door and give the information to the local police," he said.
Students may still early enroll
Students who did not complete the early enrollment process before Thanksgiving can enroll this week.
through the usual early enrollment process.
"We realized that there would always be someone who forgot to enroll," Gary Thompson, director of the office of student records, said yesterday.
Because the enrollment center in 111 Strong Hall is open this week for the first add-drop period, students can bring in their enrollment cards and go
THOMPSON SAID SOME students had asked to enroll early because they were leaving for Thanksgiving vacation before their scheduled enrollment
Rather than tell them enroll early, they were told they could enroll later, Thomson said.
Gil Dyck, dean of educational services,
he and his staff had talked to
50 to 60 people who were unable to enroll before Thanksgiving.
Thompson said anyone who tried to enroll before Thanksgiving could have, because the enrollment center never reached all everyone had gone through the process.
THOMPSON SAID HE thought early enrollment had gone well and said he was hoping that fewer students would benefit with the add-drop process than in the past.
Kansans set for third lunar eclipse
Kansas sky watchers will have their third opportunity this year to view a total lunar eclipse, the Astronomy Associates of Lawrence said recently.
On Dec. 30, as the earth moves directly between the sun and the moon, the shadowed moon will be darkened for more than an hour.
Steve Shawl, professor of physics and astronomy, said that although a lunar eclipse was slow in its change, it was very bright. The moon, to be observed, to watch the moon disappear.
The eclipse will be visible throughout North America, beginning at 2:52 a.m. CST. The moon will be completely dark from 4:58 a.m. to 5:59 a.m., but the rising sun will block the view of the eclipse's end.
SHAWI. SAID THE number of solar and lunar eclipses varied each calendar year. Generally, there are not more than not more than seven each year, he said.
It will be more than 500 years before three total lunar eclipses will again be seen in Kansas within one year.
A partial solar eclipse will occur Dec. 15, but will be visible only to parts of Europe, northeast Africa and western Asia.
"They can be predicted 100 years in advance, within a second," Shawl said.
SHAWL SAID THAT although summer was the best time of year for watching meteors, mid-December's monsoon season is reasonably good night for meteor watching.
On Dec. 13, a large meteor shower is also predicted to peak. The Geminids, meteors that appear to come from the
Gemini constellation, is one of the best meteor showers of the year.
Meteor watchers do not need an observatory or a telescope, Shawl said. Standing outside will allow individuals to enjoy the few seconds of light from the meteor; but some individuals may want to use a pair of binoculars he said.
"the best time to watch is after midnight," he said. "You've got to be quick because the spot of light moves quickly."
Johnson says KU needs to win
The University of Kansas must win consistently to be recognized as a school with a winning tradition in athletics, KU's new athletic director said yesterday at a news conference in Parrrot Athletic Center.
"People know that we have the potential to win, because we have in the past," said Monte Johnson, who was appointed athletic director last weekend. "We around here hope that we can be competitive each year."
"If I have a major concern, it's attendance, and that translates into red flags."
JOHNSON, WHO has a 27-year tie to KU as a student, employee and alumun, also commented on ways to ensure compliance with rules of athletics associations, on the unknown fate of KU football coach Don Fambrough and
By DARRELL PRESTON Staff Reporter
the need to increase attendance at athletic events.
Universities with winning traditions consistently have good attendance, he
"The successfulness of a team is so important that we have to build good foundations for all of our programs," he said.
KU'S WINNING TRADITION should not be limited to basketball, as it has been, said the 45-year-old Johnson, the head of R. G. Billings Inc. in Lawrence.
"I want the same winning tradition in
"t want. And football is the starting
team."
But Johnson said he had not reached a decision on the fate of Fambrough,
Monte Johnson, KU's new athletic director, announced in a press conference yesterday that his main objectives for the future of the KU athletic program were attendance and winning teams.
who has come under fire from alumni
after this year's losing season.
Johnson said that when he was interviewed to be athletic director, no conditions were set on Fambrough's future.
"I HAVE NO preconceived ideas on the football program," he said. "I met this morning with Fambrough, and I will have an answer in the near future."
Johnson said he would emphasize the need for coaches and athletic administrators to be abreast of the voluminous rules created by the University, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the American Institute of Football to regulate intercollegiate athletics.
He said he would consider hiring a compliance officer to interpret and keep track of KU's compliance with the rules.
He also acknowledged the need to ensure that alumni involved with the program were engaged.
THE COMPLIANCE OFFICER may be a current staff member, someone outside the athletic department or from outside the University. Johnson
Johnson said he had not received any official information about the NCAA's preliminary inquiry into KU athletics, which began last spring.
He said he expected to stay longer than his predecessor, Jim Lessig, who resigned in October after fewer than six months at KU.
"My interest is in helping the University of Kansas," he said. "If we ever have another press conference before we can't not be for another job in athletics."
JOHNSON HAS ALREADY started his new duties, although he does not officially take over until Dec. 13. He is expected to be not much lower than his current pay.
"It's a lateral move in terms of pure salary," he said. "However, the salary really wasn't that important."
Johnson's salary, the same as
Lessig's, will be $4,825
Staff Reporter
By JULIE HEABERLIN
In an effort to combat vandalism and University budget reductions, KU police supervisors and others in specialized divisions will leave their desk jobs and do uniforms to increase patrols during the Christmas break.
$ ^{1} $This is the first time the University police office will be shut down in order to almost double the campus police patrol during the four-week period, according to Jeanne Longaker, KU police lieutenant.
"Our reports don't increase but the potential is definitely there, and we like it."
KU police decided to reinforce the regular patrols because fewer faculty members and personnel will remain on campus once the University lowers building temperatures on Dec. 23, Longaker said.
TO SAVE A projected $160,000, the University will lower temperatures in many campus buildings to 45 degrees during the winter break.
Longaker said that vandalism did not usually increase when students left for vacation. He also said the police
During the usually quiet and often boring eight-hour shifts, Longaker said the police devoted their time to working with lots of lots and checking campus buildings.
years the police had kept constant 24-hour vigils.
December
"It's lonely." Longaker said, "because those out patrolling would also like to be home celebrating Christmas with their families."
THE POLICE WILL watch the campus day and night, Longaker said, with increased patrol squads between Christmas and New Year's Day.
Longaker said that thefts usually increased during the week that students were leaving for semester break. While packing motor vehicles, she said, students should lock both room and car doors between trips.
For added safety, Longaker said, students who live off campus should ask neighbors to check their residences often.
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