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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008
VOLUME 120 ISSUE 68
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Nurses train virtually in Second Life
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BY ANDY GREENHAW agreenhaw@kansan.com
A student sitting at a computer in England walks into a virtual waiting room and sits next to a student in Denmark. A student nurse in Seattle, calls the British patient's name moments later and prepares her for anesthetic surgery. A doctor at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., takes over the procedure from the online nurse, and the computer simulation ends.
David Antonacci, director of teaching and learning technology, said first-year nursing students will start using the program next June to practice prepping patients for anesthetic surgery.
That's the scenario that played out in 2005 when the KU department of teaching and learning technology demonstrated how Second Life, a multi-player virtual world, could bring a new dimension to education. KU Med has since purchased an island in the virtual world to prepare nursing and physical therapy students for the real world. Now, physical therapy and occupational therapy students use Second Life to evaluate handicap hazards in virtual homes, recommend improvements and apply changes.
The application of Second Life in the classroom, Antonacci said, will allow students to execute complicated procedures in a simple, computer-simulated environment.
"There's no physical interaction; they just have to know the executive routine; what needs to be done and when," he said.
SEE SECOND LIFE ON PAGE 3A
PROFILE
Antonacci's department began exploring the possibilities of Second Life in 2004, but he said it took faculty a while to understand how it could be used in the classroom.
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Crystal Hall, assistant professor of Italian, completed her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in the spring and began teaching at the University this fall.
New professor arrives this fall to University
Even after a radical change in direction, the University's newest Italian language and literature professor made it to the University in record time, and doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon.
ACTIVISM
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Starting a food fight
Lawrence resident Jesse Gray prepares tofu for the Nice Cafe at the Casab Market, 803 Massachusetts St. Gray said people could get plenty of protein from beans, such as lentils and lentils.
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Spurred by environmental concerns, some students embrace vegetarianism
BY SACHIKO MIYAKAWA
smiyakawa@kansan.com
While his family enjoys a traditional roast turkey this Thanksgiving, Ben Jefferies plans to cook a fo Turkey. He will mash the tofu into a turkey shape, add stuffing and then roast it.
Jefferies, Tonganoxie junior, became a vegan his freshman year because of concerns about animal welfare. He said he was also troubled by the environmental problems created through meat production, which consumes more energy and resources than growing vegetables. He eats beans and grain for protein instead of meat, fish, eggs or dairy products.
"At first, you feel like you're sacrificing," jeffries said. "After six months, meat and dairy products don't taste good anymore."
Jefferies is among vegan and vegetarian students who choose not to eat meat because of environmental concerns. According to a 2008 poll published in the Vegetarian Times, 3.2 percent of U.S. adults follow a vegetarian-based diet.
Vegetarianism as a way to protect the environment started in the 1960s, said Karl Brooks, associate professor of history and environmental studies. He said some people thought following a non-meat diet meant they consumed fewer resources because many studies showed raising beef used more resources than growing the same quantity of vegetables.
Among the vegetarians surveyed in the 2008 poll,42 percent were aged 18 to 34. The same poll indicated improving health was the most popular reason to eat a vegetarian diet, while 47 percent of the vegetarians cited environmental concerns.
Brooks said the increasing awareness of resource depletion and climate change had spurred a growth in the number of people experimenting with vegetarian diets in the past 10 years, especially among young people in larger cities and college towns.
Sheryl Kidwell, associate director of KU Dining Services, said the dining centers had offered vegetarian selections for more than 15 years and had been adding to the number of veg-
vegetarian facts
- 7.3 million people, or 3.2 percent of U.S. adults, follow a vegetarian-based diet.
- 1 million U.S. adults, are vegans.
42 percent of the vegetarians are age 18 to 34.
53 percent of the vegetarians eat a vegetarian diet to improve their health.
47 percent of vegetarians cite environmental concerns
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etarian items since then. She said 10 percent to 15 percent of customers ate these menu options, and the demand for the menus had increased during the past five years. She said not all people who ate vegetarian items were strict vegetarians, though
Ezra Huscher, Salina senior, decided not to eat meat his freshman year because of concern about the environment. He said because most of his friends and roommates were vegetarians, he usually didn't find any trouble being a vegetarian. However, he said his eating habits sometimes confused others when they invited him to their homes and served meat. Although he tries to refuse politely, some people still don't understand why he's a vegetarian, Huscher said.
"it's not challenging for me, but it's just being polite for others" he said.
"A vegetarian's diet can be healthy if it's carefully planned," Chapman said.
Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutritional services for Wellness Resource Center, has counseled several vegetarian students in the past. She said vegetable diets tended to lack vitamin B-12, calcium, protein and iron. She said she was concerned some vegetarians consumed too many dairy products, such as cheese, non-skim milk and ice cream.
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Edited by Adam Mowder
Manning inducted into Hall of Fame
BY CASE KEEFER
ckeefer@kansan.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - For Danny Manning, being inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday served as a chance to reflect.
Manning, who entered the Hall of Fame after leading Kansas to the 1988 national championship, said he didn't consider the induction a thrill or overly emotional. But it forced him to think about his career.
"Reminiscing about the accomplishment here, the friendships I developed, meeting my wife, playing for a great coach, playing at KU," Manning said. "All those memories' are flooding back and forth."
Manning was one of seven college basketball figures recognized at the College Basketball Experience. The others were Auburn forward Charles Barkley, Utah guard Arnie Ferrin, Arkansas coach Nolan Richardson. Mount Saint Mary's coach JP Phelan and broadcasters Billy Packer and Dick Vitale.
Each inductee received a personalized Court Kings jacket as an award for their accomplishments. And most of them spent time talking about Manning.
SEE MANNING ON PAGE 4B
Kansas assistant coach Danny Manning receives a medal from coach Bill Self during Manning's induction ceremony into the Collegeniate Basketball Hall of Fame Sunday.
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