UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, October 23, 1996
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Sleep to the tune of standard time
By Cameron Heeg
Kansan staff writer
Almost everyone has sat in bed and wanted just five more minutes of sleep.
Well, here's your chance. In fact, take an extra hour.
This Sunday marks the end of daylight-saving time and the return to standard time. Clocks are set back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday morning.
Daylight-saving time was introduced during World War I to increase daylight hours for the war production industry. In 1966, Congress established a uniform daylight-saving time schedule. The
system was updated in 1986 and set standard time as the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in April, said Bob Nunley, professor of geography.
"The cost of illumination is so inexpensive and easily available," Nunley said. "Switching times back and forth from daylight-saving to standard has lost some of its usefulness."
Useful or not, many students like Megan Foster, San Diego senior, see it as a much needed extra hour of sleep.
"It's great to get that extra hour of sleep. Too bad it only comes once a year," she said. "I do find myself
getting tired earlier, and the shorter days make me feel depressed from time to time."
Feeling depressed and sluggish is common for many people during this time of year, said Jim Kreider, counselor at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
According to a study by Northern Light Technologies, a producer of light products that simulate sunlight, 20 percent of the population is adversely affected by the shortening of days during the winter, and 75 percent of those affected are women.
The common mental and physical effects people can experience
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Sunday marks the end of daylight-saving time. At 2 a.m. Sunday set your clock back one hour.
include social withdraw, irritability, weight gain, increased fatigue, difficulty waking up and depression, according to the study.
"It is important to try and get outside at least for small periods of time, and to stay active during this time of year," Kreider said. "The lack of sunlight and activity can make people become increasingly depressed."
Carriage draws charm to downtown
Horse-drawn trolley affords a bit of luxury
By Jeff Ruby
Kansan staff writer
Every weekend, the Kansas Carriage Company adds a special luxury that makes downtown Lawrence more charming and traditional.
From noon to 5 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, a company driver steers a horse-drawn trolley car around Massachusetts and Vermont streets, bringing a bit of nostalgia to the people of Lawrence.
"It adds a nice flavor to downtown Lawrence," said Rob Phillips, Kansas Carriage Company co-owner and general manager of the Eldridge Hotel, 701 Massachusetts St. "It's great for people who want to do something different."
For $2, Phillips or one of his drivers will carry people on the trolley car for a laid-back, 25-minute ride through the streets of Lawrence.
"Every once in awhile we get children who will cry when they have to get off," Phillips said. "One kid was crying and told me, 'it's not fair.' I said, 'What's not fair?' The kid answered, It's not fair you get to do all the time and I have to get off now.' Those are what we call satisfied costumers, when they won't leave."
Glenn Hermann, who is in his second year as a part-time driver of the trolley car, said the folksy appeal of the car's horses, most often Bud and Bill, two 2,000 lb. apiece Belgians, often put smiles on the faces of riders and watchers alike.
"A lot of times I'll be driving the horses, and we'll pass by someone in a
"We add a charm to the Lawrence community lacking in every other city in Kansas."
Glenn Hermann
Trolley Car Driver
car who is just thinking hard about something else," he said. "Then they'll see us and get this huge smile and wave. Everybody waves, and I wave back. I try to create that feel."
Hermann said there were few things cozier than a horse ride in a light snowfall, adding that the Lawrence trolley experience had no equal in Kansas.
"I went down to the Plaza in Kansas City and rode their carriage," he said. "It isn't the same. We add a charm to the Lawrence community lacking in every other city in Kansas. There's no other experience like it. People in Lawrence are fantastic, and we give them a little joy by giving 'em rides."
Bob Werts, owner of Waxman Candles Inc., said the trolley car, which stops near his store at 609 Massachusetts St., was a special bonus that helped downtown businesses and local ambience.
"Any town involvement with people and activities is a positive step," he said.
Design faculty show students the art of their profession
By Stephanie Fite Kansan staff writer
The design department faculty show, which opened Oct. 13 and will close Friday at noon, is an example of the faculty's unity and diversity.
"The diversity of work shows we have a complex, problem-solving faculty," said Joe Zeller, chairman and professor of design. "This is a personalized interpretation of the artists' ideas. Although the range is extreme, it shows the people are working toward a common goal — that the instructors are not just administrators but artists as well."
"This is a good way for students to see what our faculty does as designers," he said. "It is a good way to inform the students about what careers are like and what opportunities are out there."
The faculty design show has been on exhibit for two weeks and features the works of more than 27 design faculty and visiting artists. The only cost the exhibitors incurred was for materials, and they paid for that themselves.
More than 30 designers and artists visit the design department every year to talk with design students about life as a professional designer, Zeller said. The show allows the
instructors in the department to show students the work they do as professionals.
The annual show has been around since the school opened in the mid-1930s, Zeller said.
"There is no juring or editing. It is eclectic, and the show exhibits what designers do, rather than being thematic," he said.
David Vertacnik, associate professor of design said the shows strength lay behind the diversity of the faculties' design.
"This show is a tool to allow students to see what we do," he said.
Vertacnik has three items on display, two of which reflect his Slovenese heritage and his work as a ceramics instructor in the design school, he said.
"I make things for myself. If someone else likes it, that's great." Vertacnik said.
He said working at the University was conducive to his creative nature.
"The constant flux of students provides an interesting atmosphere all year," he said. "My resource is making sculpture. This helps me as a teacher. Picasso said, 'To look is to see.' By making sculpture year round, I try to teach my students how I see. This opportunity allows us to get our work seen."
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