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Bus crashes into Higuchi Hall, damaging laboratory
BY JESSE RANGEL jrangel@kansan.com
VOLUME 121 ISSUE 20
A KU bus driver's bathroom break ended with a boom at the Kansas Biological Survey on Tuesday.
One of the Park and Ride buses was parked next to Higuchi Hall on an incline while its driver stepped inside to use the restroom. It rolled forward down the incline and struck the lower level of the building at about 12:30 p.m, leaving a busted water pipe, flooded equipment and damaged walls. No one was hurt.
Justin Petty, Olathe sophomore.
Gerstenberger said the bus driver tried to hop back in the bus after all the air pressure was released and the brakes stopped working.
and Kara Gerstenbergen, Olathe sophomore, were the only passengers on the bus when it rolled and struck the building. Petty said they waited for the bus driver to take a short restroom break, and the bus wouldn't go into gear after the bus driver returned.
"So she ran around in front of the bus to try and hop back in," Gerstenberger said. "But she couldn't hop back in. And so next thing we heard, she was yelling 'Oh shit' and we crashed into the building."
"And when she went out to release the air pressure from the tire, the bus started booking it downward," Petty said.
LeeAnn Bennett, research associate with the Central Plains Center for Bioassessment, said she was working on her computer in an office next to the laboratory where the crash occurred when she heard a crash from next door. She said the crash originally sounded like a large thump, as if a shelf fell down.
He said both of them were sitting in the seats near the back door.
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**Firefighters work with a tow truck to get a park and Ride bus out of Hughij Hall Tuesday. The two passengers of the bus said the driver was attempting to get the bus out of park on an incline when the brakes failed and the bus coiled forward and hit the building.**
HEALTH
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Student diets lack nutrients
Multivitamins could help make up for tight budget
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BY ALY VAN DYKE
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When Wes Bauer goes grocery shopping, he picks up some lunchmeat and bread, a couple of slabs of steak and a bag of pretzels. Sometimes he'll grab an apple. Maybe a bunch of grapes.
But never vegetables.
"I just eat what I enjoy," Bauer, Topeka
sophomore, said. "I don't really care about the whole pyramid stuff, to be honest."
The food guide pyramid has changed its shape and modified a few serving sizes in the last decade. However, the necessity of vitamins and nutrients for a healthy diet has remained the same.
And so has the college student diet, which is often void of important nutrients because TV dinners and pizza have taken their place.
"Students are notorious for not eating a lot of fruits and vegetables," said Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutritional services with the Wellness Resource Center.
Although Chapman said the best way to
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get nutrition is through food, she said students often lack either the funds or motivation to eat right.
Learn how much of these vitamins you should consume each day.
She said students tend to miss out on four key nutrients: Vitamins A and C, iron and calcium.
If you aren't getting the nutrition you need from your food, or, like Bauer, don't care for leafy greens or squash, Chapman recommends one-a-day multivitamins, which come in formulas designed both for women and for men. She said to look for the "USP" label
In the past, experts have stressed the need for calcium to prevent osteoporosis in women. But recent studies have found that men aren't getting enough calcium, either.
CALCIUM
The recommended daily amount of calcium for 19- to 24-year-old men and women is 1,000 mg. That's more than three cups of non-fat milk or two and a half cups of plain, low-fat yogurt. Chapman said some students don't like milk or don't think to spend money on it. In that case, she said, students could try a cup of yogurt, a smoothie or even a skinny latte.
According to a 2009 study from the University of Minnesota, only 53 percent of men ages 19 to 39 and 21 percent of women in the United States consume the recommended amount of calcium. The study also found that 39 percent of men and 43 percent of women consume less than one daily serving of dairy products.
"It's a less traditional way, but lattes have almost as much calcium as a glass of milk," she said.
IRON
Chapman said iron was best absorbed with vitamin C. This means that a bowl of cereal with non-fat milk, which contains iron and calcium, and a glass of orange juice, which has vitamin C, is one of the best breakfasts a student could have, she said.
Chapman said iron deficiency was a major issue for women. She said women were hit with a "double whammy" when it came to iron deficiency because many women didn't eat a lot of red meat — the best source for iron and — because they lose blood through menstruation each month. Iron deficiencies lead to depleted amounts of oxygen in the blood stream and muscle tissue, also known as anemia. Chapman said, Symptoms of anemia include fatigue, dizziness and pale skin. On the other hand, Chapman said, men tend to over-indulge their red-meat tooth. "Iron overload," according to the NIH, can lead to hemochromatosis, which can cause organ damage and heart failure. Women require 18 mg of iron each day to make the U.S. Food and Nutrition Board's recommended daily dose, compared to the 8 mg a day needed by men. According to the NIH, about two cups of oatmeal or a bowl of 100 percent iron fortified cereal will meet a woman's daily iron requirement. A man would need less than one cup of soybeans to meet his requirement. Beans, tofu and spinach are also sources of iron.
Baer said she thought she ate better since she moved to college than before she left
Natalie Baer, St. Louis freshman, takes a multivitamin twice a day. She takes an iron supplement too, and a couple of other pills to boost her nutrition.
on vitamin bottles, which stands for United States Pharmacopeia and ensures a higher quality of vitamin. The Watkins Health Center Pharmacy carries more than 50 varieties of supplements, including the multivitamins for both men and women and various doses of vitamins A and C, iron and calcium.
Baer also starts each day with a bowl of Kashi cereal with some blueberries or blackberries and milk. She eats a veggie wrap for lunch and usually brown rice or chicken for dinner.
VITAMINA
Vitamin A is most commonly associated with eye health, but according to the Office of Dietary Supplements with the National Institution of Health, vitamin A also plays a role in your immune system, bone growth and reproduction. According to the NIH, it would take about an eighth of a cup of carrot juice or about one cup of spinach for a 19- to 24-year-old male to have a full day's recommended value of vitamin A. A female would require a little less.
Aside from carrots, spinach and liver, students can get vitamin A from apricots, mangos, cantaloupe and even oatmeal — items not always found on a student's daily menu.
"I feel healthier with the way I'm eating now because I'm in charge of what I'm eating," she said. "I'm paying for my own food. It's not food I can eat whenever I want."
Chapman said people generally didn't need to take vitamin A each day because the human body could store an excess of the vitamin in the liver, releasing the nutrient when the body needed it. That will work unless you flush your system with too much alcohol, according to the NIH. "It is very important for people who consume excessive amounts of alcohol to include good sources of vitamin A in their diets," the Web site said.
NIH also said excess alcohol intake was a leading cause of vitamin A deficiency in the United States. If those who drink excessive alcohol have lower levels of vitamin A, they can boost vitamin A by taking supplements. But that too can be problematic because alcohol can make the liver more susceptible to toxic levels of vitamin A, which can lead to liver abnormalities and reduced bone density.
Edited by Samantha Foster
VITAMIN C
While you most likely won't get curvy from a lack of vitamin C in your diet, you could develop a slew of health concerns, ranging from gingivitis and split ends to slowed healing and metabolism and decreased immunity, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine. The U.S. Food and Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Science recommends that men ages 19 to 24 consume 90 mg of vitamin C each day. That's about one cup a day of raw orange juice, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For women, it's 75 mg a day, or less than one cup of unsweetened orange juice. However, Chapman said studies have found that cigarette smokers and women who use oral contraceptives often need more vitamin C. Most fruits and cereals meet both daily recommendations for males and females.
Photos illustrations by Ryan Waggoner/KANSAN
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School to add new major for 2010 year
BY ANNA ARCHIBALD aarchibald@kansan.com
Since her freshman year, Lauren Patti wanted to major in international studies. Instead, the Roeland Park senior will graduate with her bachelor's degree in political science with a co-major in international studies because there wasn't an international studies major at the University of Kansas. Yet.
Currently one can only earn a co-major in international studies in addition to a central major. In Fall 2010, the new Center for Global and International Studies will create its own major, global and international studies.
"This is something we should have done 30 years ago." William Tsutsi, associate dean for international studies, said, "It's the number one requested major by freshmen."
Tsutsui said the department would have rigorous entrance requirements, otherwise it would have more applicants than the program had room for.
The new major will require students to gain a regional expertise, language skills and take basic social sciences, which are already required by the co-major. But the major will also include one global thematic study, such as global health care or global environmental studies.
Despite the recession, Tsutsui said College of Liberal Arts and Sciences still thought it was necessary to move on with the plans, originally made in 2007, to create the center.
"The current economic situation has made us realize how important a global outlook is." Tsutsui said. "We can manage to do a lot with a little. We have a very committed staff."
The center currently has a budget of about $100,000 to construct the new major, appoint new administration and spread the word about
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