CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAI
Monday, October 7, 1996
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Psychics meet at weekend fair
Event offers another way to find answers
By Liz Musser
Kansan staff writer
Kelsey Roberts, Dodge Center, Minn., sophomore, has her future read during a tarot card reading by a physic counselor at the Physical Fair. The fair was held Saturday and yesterday at the National Guard Armory, 200 N. Iowa St.
Chris Hamilton / KANSAN
At the age of three, Henriia's playmates gave her the name White Dove. Fifty years and three near-death experiences later, White Dove makes a living reading people's nails.
"Everyone who comes to me is transformed in some way," she said. "I keep tissues handy at my table for this reason."
White Dove was one of 53 metaphysical experts who gathered at the National Guard Armory, 200 N. Iowa St. this weekend for the semiannual Psychic Fair, which began last spring. In the gymnasium-like structure, which smelled of incense, psychics with abilities ranging from hypnotherapy and tarot card reading to astrology and aura photography, charged $15 to $40 for their services to local guidance seekers.
Kevin Hummer, fair promoter, said he had decided to organize a psychic fair in Lawrence because he had seen a gap in the metaphysical world here. Hummer chose the fair's participants, and said he tried to choose people who seemed credible.
He said signs of credibility included experience solving cases with police departments and published books and magazine articles.
"People in the metaphysical community are just like doctors," Hummer said. "They are not right 100 percent of the time. We hope that something here will enhance someone's life or help them out in the future."
Annette Gausz, Orlando, Fla., senior, said that she attended the fair only to look at books and buy incense. However, she thought that some people could benefit from the svschics.
"Of course there are always fruity characters," she said. "But it's just another way to find answers. Some people go to the church, some go to the ocean and some come here."
Although he does not consider himself a skeptic, Elias
Hanusiak, Boston senior, said he did not like to see the psychics charging money for guidance.
"I've met people that have a strange gift of precognition, but none of them sell their services," he said. "So I'm a little wary."
White Dove said that universal law allowed her to
charge for what she did.
Astrologer Quan Tracy Cherry had his own way of dealing with skeptics. As he read one woman's tarot cards, he welcomed her to challenge his predictions.
He said that if his predictions were not correct, people should call him and tell him so.
Provost faculty step up workout
Separate offices leave employees hitting the stairs
By Lindsey Henry Kansan staff writer
A few administration members are getting some additional exercise every day in Strong Hall.
Without one area large enough for the two staffs, the provost office was divided between the first and second floor of Strong Hall.
When Chancellor Robert Hemenway reorganized the administration last year, the office of the executive vice chancellor and the vice chancellor for academic affairs were combined to form the provost office. The only problem with the combination was the lack of space in Strong Hall.
"We mostly run up and down the stairs to talk to colleagues face to face," said Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett, associate provost for academic services. "We also use e-mail a whole lot more now that we can't just yell down the hall."
Provost David Shulenburger, McCluskey-Fawcett and their support staff are on the second floor of Strong, while Lindy Eakin, associate provost for support services, and his support staff are on the first floor.
tion people mentally make," Eakin said. "People may make the distinction that because the provost is upstairs, we are second-class downstairs. It's really not a major deal, but the support staffs are not able to work together as well because there is no daily contact because of the physical barrier."
Eakin said that although the telephone number for both offices was the same, it rang only on the downstairs line.
"The biggest thing is the percep-
"If someone calls for Kathleen, its like 'Well, I don't know, she might be upstairs," she said.
Sandra Patchen, executive secretary, said staff members had considered drilling a hole in the floor that separated the offices.
"We need to install a pulley system," Patchen said. "But we're not going to spend any extra money, and we're getting some exercise this way."
McCluskey said that renovations would begin in January on the east side of the second floor of Strong Hall, which will create one office for all staff members.
"It is inefficient, and it's an extra burden to shuttle back and forth," Eakin said. "But its not where we are, its what we're doing."
She said the office would be completed during the spring semester. Until then, the two provost staffs will continue dividing their time on the stairs.
ON CAMPUS
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. today in the Danforth Chapel. For more information, call Ray May at 843-0357.
International Student Association will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call David Cohavi at 841-1010.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Pannir at 864-7736.
KU Women's Rugby Football Club will practice at 6 p.m. today at the corner of 23rd and Iowa streets. For more information, call Stacey Fields at 749-3380.
Feminist Collective Force will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Stephanie Harsin at 841-3164.
■ KU Bahai Club will have "Who are the Bahai's?" at 7:30 p.m. today at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Jim Para-Cremer at 832-2226.
Association for Anorexia Nervosa & Associated Disorders will have an Eating Disorders Support Group meeting from 8 to 9 p.m. today at 327 Fraser. For more information, call Alicia Cabrera at 865-5757.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's window and dashboard were damaged and a CD player was stolen between 1:30 and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday from a car in the 1200 block of New Jersey St., Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $745.
A 7 foot-by-7 foot sign was destroyed between 5 p.m. Sept. 28 and 8 a.m. Sept. 30, at Berkeley Flats Apartments, 1123 Indiana St., Lawrence police said. The sign was valued at $2,250.
A synthesizer and stand belonging to the Department of Music and Education Therapy was stolen between 1 p.m. Sept. 17 and 8 a.m. Sept. 18 from room 1037 in the Dole Center, KU police said. The items were valued at $420.
A KU student's parking permit was stolen between 8:10 and 9:14 a.m. Sept. 30 from a car in Lot 72 east of the Burge Union, KU police said. The permit was
valued at $55.
A KU student's CD's were stolen between 4:30 and 6:45 p.m. Thursday from a room in Lewis Hall, KU police said. The CD's were valued at $75.
A KU student's window was damaged and CD's were stolen between 12:30 and 10:30 a.m. from a car in the 1000 block of Emery Road, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $180.
A KU student's lock was damaged and a CD player and speakers were stolen between 9 p.m. Friday and 9 p.m. Saturday from a car in the 0000 block of Gower Place, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $800.
A KU student's truck window was damaged between 5:40 p.m. Tuesday and 7:45 a.m. Wednesday in the 500 block of Gateway Drive, Lawrence police said. The damage was estimated at $100.
Using diet pill could add risk to weight loss
High blood pressure one of many possible side effects
By Ashleigh Roberts Kansan staff writer
Lax regulations and growing popularity make Phen-Fen a tempting but dangerous new method to lose weight, said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
State law permits Kansas physicians to prescribe the drug for a 90-day period. Patients can also participate in the Food and Drug Administration's 3-month or 1-year study.
The diet pill is a combination of Phentermine and Fenfluramine, two amphetamine-like drugs that have been used separately for years, he said. About five years ago, an East Coast physician combined the two for appetite suppression.
However, many other states, including Oklahoma, allow physicians to prescribe the drug for an unlimited time.
But Yockey said the diet pill had serious side effects and should not be taken by students who were trying to lose a quick 10 or 15 pounds.
"Phen-Fen is designed for a morbidly obese person who has failed every other weight control avenue," he said. "This stuff is for the guy who weighs 400 pounds and should weigh 150."
Using the drug can lead to high blood pressure and a rapid heart beat or an abnormal heart beat that can lead to blacking out or death, Yockey said. Users can also suffer from pulmonary hypertension, which is a disease that constricts the blood vessels in the lung.
"The result of that is death," Yockey said.
Other side effects are abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, stroke, depression and memory difficulties.
The Sokolosky clinic in Owasso, Okla., offers Phen-Fen without weight requirements to anyone who wants it.
Yockey said patients should be monitored monthly and have blood tests, EKG's and chest X-rays done on a regular basis while taking the pills.
Rhonda, a medical assistant at the clinic who withheld her last name, said that patients were only required to have lab work done before they were prescribed Phen-Fen, and that patients had to return every 28 days for tests. The clinic also offers a $45 discount from Oct. 7 to Oct. 11, she said. The clinic normally charges $80 for a 28-day prescription.
Bridget Fairchild, Wichita senior, said her mother and sister had visited the Sokolosky Clinic and were prescribed three-month supplies without returning for any checkups.
rockey said it was a bad day for medicine if people who weren't obese were prescribed Phen-Fen despite its dangerous side effects. Watkins does not offer the drug.
Angela Blanchard, Lawrence resident, uses the drug through a FDA study. She said Phen-Fen worked well.
"I can feel it kick in 10 minutes after I take it. You're not shaky. It gives me a lot of energy, but it kind of makes you feel weird," she said.
She said the pill made her feel indifferent about everything and that it reduced her sex drive.
Blanchard said she hadn't experienced any side effects, but her doctor warned her about pulmonary hypertension, sleepiness and migraines.
Phen-Fens and body mass
People with a body mass index between 27 and 29 could be candidates for Phen-Fen if they have heart problems, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center. He said that most people were not candidates unless their body mass index was 30 or above.
To calculate your body mass index, multiply your weight in pounds by 705, divide that number by your height in inches, and then divide the new number by your height in inches again.
Stop The Violence Week October 7-12, 1996
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
Kansas Union information table
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
Campus Safety Town Hall Meeting
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Ellsworth Residence Hall
University staff and students
discuss campus security and safety.
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 9 Wescoe Beach information table 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
sponsored by:
STUDENT
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SENATE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10 Personal Safety & Self Defense Workshop 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. Big 12 Room, Kansas Union Presented by: KUPD & Emily Taylor Resource Center
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11
Model Mugging
80% TO 90% OF CAMPUS RAPES ARE DATE OR ACQUAINTANCE RAPE
Self Defense Demonstration
11:00 a.m. - Noon - Strong Hall Lawn
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Kansas Union
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12 Kansas Memorial Stadium information table 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
95% OF VIOLENT CAMPUS CRIME IS ALCOHOL RELATED
BIZARRE ONE-EYED CREATURES SPOTTED IN YOUR TOWN!
Monsters with twisted, hollow bodies & bulging eyes have invaded your local Taco Bell. Could your home be their final destination?
Experts believe the arrival of Monster eyes has to do with the unusual celebration of Halloween at Taco Bell. Sources say no other fast food restaurant has reported sighting any of these.
times onsite offered the following ups:
Tuco Bell before October 31. Experts say
An unnamed source revealed the drastic measures Taco Bell is叫ing, "Pairing Monster Bye Swears with Dollars" and for 69 more with any Extreme Value Combo purchase."
- Head to Taco Bell before October 31. Experts say it is unlikely that these Monster Eyes will be at Taco Bell after Halloween.
* Order an extremeCombo with a Monster Exec Kit X X SweetTart! An appetizing combination at a great price you won't want to miss this Halloween.
* *Be warned - THE BORDER'S ALIVE THIS HALLOWEEN*
Fearing national and worldwide panic, experts offered the following tips:
NOTING ORDINARY ABOUT IT