Monday, October 5,1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Vegetarians celebrate animal day
Small towns often offer few choices for meatless food
By Pallavi Agarwal
Kansan staff writer
Members of the KU Proponents of Animal Liberation donned aprons and fed Lawrence residents free vegetarian food Friday and Saturday downtown as part of World Farm Animal Day.
The date commemorates vegetarianism advocate Mahatma Gandhi's Oct. 2 birthday.
Eating meat is morally and ecologically harmful, and it increases the risk of certain diseases, said Karl Hardy, San Antonio, Texas sophomore and member of PAL.
"The animal waste being dumped from corporate hog farms in Western Kansas is polluting the water supply of the region," said Hardy, who has been a vegetarian for three and a half years.
About eight members of the student group flipped almost 150 veggie burgers and hotdogs, and tofu tempeh, which had been donated by the Community Mercantile, 901 Mississippi, a grocery store that sells health food.
Even though people may be
aware of the benefits of a vegetarian diet, the transition is not always easy.
Unlike Hardy, who said he didn't miss the meals with meat that he grew up eating, Pilroska Pinter, Hungarian graduate student, said vegetarianism became boring after five years of a meatless diet.
"I began to miss meat," she said. "I was afraid I was not eating well."
According to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarianism is healthy, but meals must contain calories, proteins, iron and vitamins in the right proportions.
Nancy O'Connor, Community Mercantile's nutrition educator, cautioned students to avoid vegetarian convenience foods if they wanted to save money.
The association advises vegetarians to use oils and fats sparingly and supplement vegan diets with Vitamin B12, which is found only in animal foods.
"Buy in bulk; eat rice, beans and vegetables in season," she said. "Vegetarians have to be willing to cook and be intelligent shoppers."
Many vegetarians in Lawrence find the town hospitable to their needs but most realize that small towns are not the best places to find non-meat options.
The vegetarian food pyramid
Mark Bradshaw, Walnut junior, who turned vegetarian while in high school, said he grew up in a small rural community. A high school paper on the health effects of meat and animal-raising practices turned him away from eating meat. His family supported his decision after a little convincing.
Realizing that vegetarian alternatives in a small town were not readily available, he read several books on vegetarian options, many of which required him to cook.
"There are not a lot of places you can go out to eat." Bradshaw said. "And you have to do some cooking."
Mad-cow polemicist speaks in Lawrence about vegetarianism
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The man whose remarks about mad cow disease on The Oprah Winfrey Show led to a lawsuit was in Lawrence Thursday talking about eating with conscience.
By Pallavi Agarwal
Kansan staff writer
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Howard Lyman's talk was sponsored by The Community Mercantile, 901 Mississippi St., and the Vegetarians of Kansas City. He spoke Thursday at the Plymouth Congregational Church, 925 Vermont St.
Lynn, member of the Humane Society of the USA, was co-defendant with Oprah Winfrey in the lawsuit filed by Texas cattlemen.
He said that grazing cattle for meat had destroyed one inch of the topsoil in America and that it would take 500 years to replace it.
Thursday, Lyman cited environmental reasons for becoming a vegetarian.
"In America, every year one million people are turning vegetarians," Lyman said. "Even McDonald's is test-marketing a vegetable burger in New York," he said.
On "The Oprah Winfrey Show", Lyman said that cattle, which are herbivores by nature, were being fed meat of other cattle, some of which was infected with the mad-cow disease.
His remark led Winfrey to say that she would never eat a hamburger again, and beef sales declined in the country, prompting Texas cattlemen to file a defamation suit against Winfrey and Lyman.
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By Sarah Hale Kansan staff writer
The annual Watermelon Fest atLambda Chi Alpha fraternity turned into a mud fest yesterday because of rain.
Pieces of watermelon and balls of mud flew from students' hands or rolled down their faces while the events took place.
"I'm so muddy and disgusting," said Alison Hammer, St. Louis sophomore. "I'm covered in mud and watermelon chunks, but it's still fun."
"Things are a little chaotic and everyone is trying to keep the events organized," said Nick Van Deven, festival co-chair and member of Lambda Chi Alpha. "But people are having a blast."
The festival, sponsored by the fraternity and Alpha Delta Pi sorority, included events such as seed spitting, watermelon shot put and relays. About 400 watermelons were used.
Instead of participating in the organized events, many students broke watermelons to have food fights or dove down a makeshift mud slide. The leftover rinds were used as hats.
"I think this is awesome," said Ben Walker; Hutchinson sophomore. "The fact that everyone came and we're playing in the mud and rain with watermelon everywhere is great. Especially since it does go to a good cause."
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"I think this is awesome. The fact that everyone came and we're playing in the mud and rain with watermelon everywhere is great Especially since it does go to a good cause."
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"We can help them so much more because a dollar is worth more there than it is here," he said.
Van Deven said that he found out about the program, which is run through St. Louis University and maintained by a group of priests, through his national headquarters. The Watermelon Fest is a national event among the nation's Lambda Chi Alpha chapters.
In the past, Lambda Chi Alpha and its co-sponsor have donated all the proceeds to local charities. Van Deven said that he wanted more Greeks to see the value in donating internationally.
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