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KANSAN
VOL.115 ISSUE 63
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,2004
Meningitis shots will be required starting next fall
BY ANDY HYLAND
ahyland@kansan.com
KANSAN STARP WRITER
The University of Kansas will require all students living in University-owned group housing to receive a meningitis vaccination beginning on Aug. 1, 2005.
Research shows that students in group housing are six times more likely to contract the disease, said Kathryn
Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost for student success, the department that includes Student Health Services.
The decision came after Andy Marso,
St. Cloud, Minn., 2004 KU graduate,
contracted the disease last spring.
Tuttle said University officials had been debating changing the policy, which currently only encourages students to get the vaccine.
"Andy Marso's situation certainly heightened awareness," she said.
The vaccine will be available through Student Health Services and will cost $75 for the one-time inoculation, she said. It also will be offered at new student orientations.
Groups affected by the new regulation will be those living in University
owned residence halls, scholarship halls and jawhawk Towers, she said.
She said the vaccine prevented 80 percent of the cases of meningitis, so there was still a risk that students could contract the disease, even with the vaccine.
The University would enforce the vaccine requirement as it enforces the current required MMR vaccine policy. Tuttle said.
An administrative hold would be placed on any student not receiving the vaccine, but students could sign a waiver saying they were aware of the risks and chose not to receive the vaccine anwaw. she said.
Dan Marso, St. Cloud, Minn., sophomore and brother of Andy Marso, said
his brother had spoken with Watkins Health Center staff and Chancellor Robert Hemenway about requiring the vaccine.
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"I think it'll protect a lot of students from something they really don't know a lot about," Dan said.
Marso said students should not think of the vaccine as a cure-all because the form of meningitis that Andy contracted would not have been prevented by the vaccine. He said to watch out for symptoms even after the inoculation.
"They also need to recognize that if they do have the symptoms, they could still have the disease," he said.
- Edited by Paige Worthy
'Rock Chalk' wristbands debut
Bracelets to benefit Williams Fund sold for first time at women's basketball game
BY MIRANDA LENNING
mlenning@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Kansas fans have a new way to showcase their Jayhawk pride. Rock Chalk wristbands, inspired by the yellow Lance Armstrong Live Strong bracelets, are now available.
The blue bands, imprinted with "Rock Chalk," are made of the same material and resemble the Live Strong bracelets. The wristbands were available last night at the women's basketball game for the first time. They will be sold only through KUStore.com or at Kansas home athletic events for one dollar.
Photo illustration by Jared Soares/KANSAN
Students will have the opportunity to purchase rubber bracelets that will benefit the Williams Fund. The bracelets, mirrored after the popular Live Strong bands will be available for purchase at athletic events and on campus.
All of the proceeds from the wristbands will go to the Williams Educational Fund to support student-athlete scholarships.
The Kansas athletics marketing department developed the idea for the wristbands in July, during the Tour de France, said Andrew Steinberg, assistant athletics director for marketing.
"We had several people in the department that followed the Tour de France closely and had their Lance Armstrong bracelets on," he said. "We start throwing out ideas on how to incorporate that into a concept the Jayhawk nation could embrace."
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Panel discusses eating disorders
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BY NIKOLA ROWE
nrowe@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
www.kansan.com
For nearly five years, Janette Oliff,
Deerfield, III., senior, battled bulleti
was actually killing him. Bulimia is an eating disorder that is characterized by binge eating and self-induced vomiting — or purging. Oliff did not binge eat. She ate sensible meals every day and purged afterwards. She said that it became so much a part of her life that she blacked out 30 seconds before and after the act and became very good and hiding it from her friends and family.
"When I saw blood, I realized that I was actually killing myself." Oliiff said.
No one could look at her from the outside and know that she had an eating disorder. This is one of many myths about eating disorders talked about during "The Myth of Perfection" panel
discussion sponsored by the Emily Taylor Resource Center last night at the Centennial room in the Kansas Union. Near death
Christina Badger, Overbrook graduate student, was first hospitalized because of her anorexia when she was 14 years old. Anorexia is a disorder where a person does not eat, normally diagnosed when the person's body weight is at least 15 percent below normal for age and height. Badger said that she would not eat for weeks at a time.
"I would count cheerios in a day. Ten—that is what I ate in a day," Badger said.
Her treatment at 14 didn't prove successful. She went back to the hospital her senior year of high school after her little sister noticed that she was passing out. The doctors told her that if they
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Info service overhaul elicits stress
By Ross Fitch
fitch@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
As the University of Kansas prepares to further integrate its information services, some students worry that a long-standing tradition will become a thing of the past.
High Velocity Change through High Volume Collaboration, or HVC squared, is an effort to combine student information services into a single entity. It involves the KU Libraries, Information Services and the Office of Student Success.
The effort is divided into different groups and task forces that are determining the best ways to organize, manage and provide information to students, faculty and staff, said Kathryn Nemeth Tuttle, associate vice provost for student success.
"We don't want to send students running around," she said. "We have one stop, one service where they can get their information."
"The tradition is going away, and that makes me really sad," Alisha Antlev, Halstead junior, said.
Some KU Info student employees are upset because they said the organization's history will be lost with changes.
Part of the integration involves the KU Libraries, which houses KU Info, a student information service traditionally known for its popular phone line.
Students used to call KU Info with questions about anything, ranging from "How many trees are there on campus?" to "Are squirrels rabbits?" Though the line still exists, KU Info workers field mostly academics-related questions since the service's headquarers moved to Anschutz Library in 2003.
Another factor that has upset Antley is the addition of dual roles for KU Info workers. KU Info workers are now responsible for also taking care of library patrons, assisting with copier problems and answering reference questions, she said.
"It's not that it's a bad job," she said.
"It's just not the job we thought we were hired for."
Antley expressed concern that library administrators didn't understand that student workers saw KU Info as more than just an on-campus job.
Nemeth Tuttle said she acknowledged the students' fear of changes.
"I know that students who work for KU Info are well-trained and dedicated to their work and really feel attached to what it is," Nemeth Tuttle said. "If they see that changing in a way that looks unfamiliar, I can understand why they would be concerned."
Some KU Info workers have even expressed their concerns to Student Senate. Others fear KU Info may disappear completely. Student Senate would do whatever it could to make sure that doesn't happen, Steve Munch, student body president, said.
"I couldn't think of a better student service than KU Info," Munch said. "Regardless of what happens, we want to make sure it stays around."
Munch said Student Senate would even consider taking KU Info under its wing if no other options were available.
As for the KU Info phone line disappearing, Myers said students needed not worry.
Students can reach KU Info at 864-3506.
"There are no plans to discontinue it," he said. "There's no plan to end students responding to students."
- Edited by Paige Worthy
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