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October 6,1999
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Vol. 110 • No. 34
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A KU graduate student has completed construction of an earthquake simulator to test buildings' immunity to seismic forces.
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Tyrus Fontenot, a fullback and special-teams player for the Jayhawks, is looking forward to joining the FBI when he graduates.
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
'Mirror, mirror on the wall...'
Women's images of their bodies need not reflect perfection, experts say
Ann Chapman, Watkins Memorial
Health Center dietitian, agreed.
"No wonder our heads are screwed up," she said.
Studies show that the majority of women have negative body images.
The Eating Disorder Awareness Program, based in Seattle, found that 80 percent of 17-year-olds at a healthy weight perceived themselves as fat.
It's no wonder, Chapman said, considering that the average model is 5 feet 7 inches, weighs 100 pounds and is a size 8. But according to experts, the average woman is 5 feet 4-inches, weighs 140 pounds and wears a size 14.
"I think we need to be realistic about our standards, not comparing your body to a Barbie-doll type." Chapman said.
Problems with body image can affect women in many ways. In his Human Sexuality class, Dennis Dailey, professor of social welfare, discusses how body image affects a person's sexuality.
"The large bulk of women live uncomfortably inside of their bodies," Dailey said. "They can stand naked in front of a mirror, and they're more likely to say, 'There's something wrong with my nose,' or 'My breasts are too small,' or 'I've got this pouch on my stomach,' or 'Do I really need all this extra stuff on my thighs?'
Dailey said that although men were easy to target for causing poor body image, women just as easily could enforce it.
"Some of the most hurtful, vulgar, nasty
things I have heard said about a woman and how she may look, for example, have been said by other women." he said.
Chapman agreed that women reinforced poor body image by always emphasizing one another's physical attributes.
"What you really value about that friend you're talking to isn't her thin waist, and you know that," she said. "Focus on the inner quality of others, and just get more focused on what's really important about people, not the material possessions we wear and the body we can't control."
Experts say poor body image can develop into eating disorders, abuse of diet drugs and avoidance of some social situations, such as those that require a bathing suit.
Rogers said that attempting to reach an unattainable body shape could lead to illness and a lack of energy.
"Sometimes in this society there's this idea conveyed that we'd almost rather be sick and look this way than be healthy and fit the ideal," she said.
Dailey said that body image concerns were not limited to women. But because men often have other resources, such as power and high-ranking jobs to take off the edge, men's experiences are not the same, he said.
"There's no question that men struggle with their appearance," Dailey said. "But in general terms, I don't think they struggle as broadly or deeply."
Edited by Jamie Knodel
Senate bill may petition University for amended course-retake policy
By Chris Borniger
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Students with a less-than-ideal grade in a class could get the chance to wipe their academic slates clean or at least touch them up.
Student Senate committees will consider a bill tonight that would petition the University Senate to add a course-retake policy to the University Senate rules and regulations. As the code stands, students who retake classes have their new grades averaged with their original ones.
The petition calls for a new policy by which the new grade will be allowed to stand as it is, thus not affecting the student's grade point average.
Dede Seibel, student body vice president, is one of the bill's 11 sponsors. She said a retake policy, part of her and Student Body President Korb Maxwell's campaign platform, would benefit students who encountered classes that were especially difficult for them.
"You could argue that students would be buying their way to a better grade," she said. "But we're creating an incentive to master that part of the class in which they may not have had a chance in the first place."
The policy, if implemented, would apply only to undergraduate students who wish to repeat a class taken at the University of Kansas in which they received a
Seibel said such policies were a growing trend. She said the University of Colorado also was considering one.
"Most students didn't realize that we had the policy we do now," she said. "This actually originated out of student concern."
D or F. Students could choose to utilize this policy for up to five classes, not exceeding 15 credit hours.
Although the first grade would not affect the student's GPA, it would remain on transcripts.
Should it pass at committees tonight and at full Senate next week, it will face a long road to implementation. Senate would refer the bill to the Academic Procedures and Policy subcommittee of the Senate Executive committee. It then has to go through the University Senate Executive Committee, University Council and University Senate before going to Chancellor Robert Henemway.
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"I think it is appropriate for us to give some latitude to people who have disastrous semesters early on in their college careers," he said. "I expect it to be controversial."
Jim Carothers, SenEx chairman, said if the petition passed, it would be only after lengthy review.
The University affairs committee will meet at 6 tonight at the Big 12 room; the multicultural affairs committee at the International Room; and the graduate affairs committee at the Pine Room, all in the Kansas Union. The finance committee will meet at the Walnut Room, and the student rights committee will meet at the Jayhawk Room, both at 6:30 p.m.
STUDENT SENATE
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In other business, committees will consider:
A petition calling for the Board of Regents to create a statewide sexual orientation non-discrimination policy
A a bill restructuring the Student Legislative Awareness Board.
■ A resolution decrying the exclusion of the Stephenson Hall "Float of Doom" from the Homecoming Parade on Friday
A resolution condemning the format change at Lawrence radio station 105.9 the Lazer.
A resolution requesting two-for-one parking passes for married or partnered students employed by the Department of Student Housing.
$910 to the KU American Civil Liberties Union.
Senate will also consider bills to allocate:
$392 to Habitat for Humanity.
$125 to the Crime and Delinquency Organization
$285 to the Vietnamese Student Association
$361 to Concerned Active and Aware Students.
$692 to the Public Relations Student Society of America
$359 to the Pre-Med Club.
Evolution advocate to discuss millennium
By Todd Halstead writer @kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Fliers littering pegboards throughout the University of Kansas campus showing a mustached man in deep reflection may enice students to attend a speech by Stephen Jay Gould. Though he will be speaking about the millennium, another relevant topic about which Gould has strong opinions could find its way to the platform.
Not surprisingly, as the president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Gould objects to the State Board of Education's new science standards.
But who is the man taking the
Gould is a paleontology and evolutionary biology professor at Harvard University, who has written numerous bestselling books, consistently written columns for Natural History magazine for the
Gould: Will speak about the millennium at the Lied Center.
past 25 years and has lent his talents to the pop icon TV show, The Simpsons.
He is giving a lecture tonight entitled "Questioning the Millennium: Why We Cannot Predict the Future," at 8 p.m. at the Lied Center.
Gould is one of four guest lecturers appearing throughout the year as part of The Hall Center's millennium series.
Janet Crow, executive director of The Hall Center for the Humanities, said that Gould was selected to speak because he recently published a book about the millennium, "Questioning the Millennium."
Alan Hanson, professor of humanities and anthropology, said the book covered the repercussions and meaning of the the millennium, including why round-numbered dates represent seams in time and how a religious-oriented judgment of time has transcended boundaries into the realm of the secular.
Crow said it was rare to get speakers of Gould's magnitude to come to the University.
"It's created a lot of excitement on campus," Crow said. "People are looking forward to what he has to say."
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JRP renovation could eliminate some student parking spaces
Bv Michael Terry
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
When the expansion of Joseph R. Pearson Hall is complete, some students who park in lot 50 behind the hall may have to find a new place to park.
The University of Kansas parking board met for the first time this semester yesterday to discuss this and other parking issues that would be arise for the board this year.
Donna Hultine, assistant parking director, said that with 157 faculty and staff from the School of Education moving into Joseph R. Pearson Hall in the summer of 2000, there would be a need for additional faculty and staff parking $f$ the area.
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Hall, and we are looking at possibly changing some of the spaces behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall to accommodate the additional faculty and staff." Hultine said. "In
addition, the board will look into adding spaces by paving the gravel lot behind Memorial Stadium once the stadium construction is complete, which should add between 50 and 60 spaces."
Don Kearns, parking director, has asked that a special subcommittee of five members be formed, made up of students, faculty and staff, to look into what the distribution of the spaces behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall should be once the construction is complete. This subcommittee will report its findings back to the board, which will decide the final split. Hultine said.
Christie Bertels, Olae senior and president of Chi Omega sorority, said that some women in her chapter bought yellow parking passes to park in the Joseph R. Pearson Hall lot because there was not enough
"It's already a crowded lot that far away from our house, and now we'll have to find new parking spaces that are even farther away," Bertels said.
parking in the sorority house lot.
The situation behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall isn't the only parking problem the board looked at yesterday.
"I never like to lose parking spaces, and if after studying the proposal the board decides to remove the spaces, we will have to make sure they have somewhere else to
Hultine said that Provost David Shulenburger has asked the parking board to look into removing all 110 parking spaces on Jayhawk Boulevard. Kearns said at the meeting that he did not know when the removal of spaces might take place, if it is found to be feasible.
Hultine said that the new parking garage with its 500 metered and 300 permit spaces would help alleviate the parking congestion if parking were removed from Jayhawk Boulevard. The parking garage is scheduled to be completed next summer. Kevin Yoder, parking board member, said he would be in favor of removing the spaces from Jayhawk Boulevard.
park," Hultine said. "No decision will be made until we find out the feasibility of such a plan."
"I would like to see Jayhawk Boulevard become a more pedestrian-friendly area by having the vehicles park in campus lots instead of the Boulevard," Yoder said. "It will not only make the campus safer, but also add to the campus' beauty."
— Edited by Brad Hallier