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Kansan
Monday
September 27, 1999
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Vol. 110 • No. 27
Apache fire dancers participated in a welcome back powwow Saturday for new and returning Haskell Indian Nations University students.
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SEE PAGE 6A
Sports today
The Kansas soccer team won its third consecutive game, a 1-0 win against Creighton that improved the Jayhawks record to 5-4.
SEE PAGE 1B
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Commerce Secretary emphasizes global trade
By Michael Terry writer@kanson.com Kanson staff writer
"Trade globally, prosper locally."
Trade globally, prosper locally. U.S. Secretary of Commerce William A. Daley kept returning to those words when he talked to about 100 people gathered at the Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union on Friday.
Daley's appearance in Lawrence was in conjunction with his National Trade Education Tour, which began on May 3 for the purpose of educating the public on the importance of international trade to local economies.
Earlier on Friday, Daley met with government officials and toured the Harley-Davidson factory in Kansas City, Mo. After the panel discussion in Lawrence, Daley headed to Wichita to meet with aircraft workers and farmers in the area.
Daley said that right now the United States was the beneficiary of one of the greatest economic booms in the history of our country.
"It's a good time to be living here." Daley said.
He added that although trade usually has been a controversial issue in the United States, during the year the United States has become the No.1 exporter in the world.
"Not more than 12 to 15 years ago, major publications were writing that American men and women could not compete with Japanese, Asians and Europeans," Daley
See COMMERCE on page 3A
Labor of love
Midwives offer alternative birthing techniques
Holly Howe spent most of her son Harrison's labor on her hands and knees.
"I was hooked up to a breathing monitor, and Harrison's breathing was more regular when I was in that position," Howe said. "When I was on my back he was on the verge of being stressed."
When the going got tough, Howe also used a squat bar as a brace to push on with her legs.
Promoting and practicing non-traditional birthing positions is one of the ways in which midwifery differs from standard obstetrical care.
Howe, a Lawrence resident, had her 17-month-old son with a midwife from the Women's Healthcare Group, 3510 Clinton Pkwy., which employs four midwives and five doctors. The group's patients give birth at either Overland Park Regional Hospital or Shawnee Mission Medical Center.
Ginger Breedlove, director of the
Differing models of care
Kelly Elliot, founder of nurse midwifery at the clinic, said about 10 percent of between 80 and 100 deliveries each month had Caesarean sections. Those numbers include higher-risk pregnancies in which the midwife collaborates with a doctor.
Nurse Midwives Association at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., has delivered babies for 19 years. The nurse midwifery unit only accepts women who have low-risk pregnancies. Standard prenatal care — lab tests and ultrasounds, etc. — is done to anticipate possible problems during labor.
And Breedlove is proud of the results: 6 percent of 800 deliveries are Caesarean sections compared with about 20 percent nationally.
"The difference is in the model of care," Breedlove said. "We use less interventions."
A graduate nurse midwife program at the KU School of Nursing, funded by a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Health and Resources Services Administration, is scheduled to begin in Summer 2000. Once the program is underway, Breedlove will divide her time between working there and at St Luke's.
Relieving pain
At St. Luke's, nurse midwives administer epidurals only if they are necessary. What's their substitute? Breedlove said she and other midwives sometimes employed sterile water injections to ease pain. Elliot said she did not discourage
See NONTRADITIONAL on page 5A
Teens hang out downtown enmasse
Lawrence attracts youths with 'nothing else to do'
Duane Smith, 17, of Lawrence, Donald Eagle, 19, and Travis Tunstall, 18, both of Lecompton hang out on Massachusetts Street on Friday night, with puppy Nikita in tow. Photo Jamie Roper/KANSAN
By Derek Prater
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Purple neon light and rap music poured from the cab of Travis Tunstall's white Ford Ranger XLT Friday night.
Four friends sat in the back of the truck, talking, smoking cigarettes and watching the cars creep by on Massachusetts Street.
Massachusetts "It's more or less a show for me," said Tunstall, an 18-year-old from Lecompton.
Tunstall said that he and his friends spent nearly every Friday and Saturday night hanging out downtown. They show off their cars, blast their music and eye the traffic sauntering down the street and sidewalk.
Teenagers come from Tonganoxie, Eudora, Osawatomie — name your favorite area town, and they come from there to hang out here. Sgt. George Wheeler said that most of the kids hanging out downtown were local, but that a large percentage were from surrounding communities.
In recent years, the 800 block of Massachusetts has become a hot spot for cruising, showing off cars (and car stereos) and hanging out.
"There's nothing else to do," said 17-year-old Duane Smith of Lawrence, as he played with his Rottweiler puppy, Nikita.
But they didn't seem to
Tunstall said he enjoyed hanging out
downtown because he always ran into
familiar faces, saw cool cars and
watched lots of girls. He said that he
and his friends didn't really care that
there weren't more community-sponsored programs to give them something to do.
Why do they come?
NIKKI:
But they don't seem to mind.
The only problems — occasional friction from people Tunstall referred to as "wannabe gangsters" and being hassled by police.
Wheeler said Lawrence police tried
"There's nothing else to do."
Duane Smith
17-year-old Lawrence resident who hangs out on Massachusetts Street at night
to work with kids who hang out downtown, but that the situation was a source of varying complaints.
"It's fair to say that it's been an ongoing problem," he said.
There are no laws against loitering downtown, but police keep an eye out for people drinking in public, minors in possession of alcohol, excessive noise and juveniles out past curfew. Wheeler said.
The juvenile curfew restricts those younger than 18 years old from being out past 11:30 p.m. on at night and midnight on Saturday.
Wheeler said the police received complaints of people blocking the sidewalks and intimidating others.
"We try to solve those problems by
Michelle Hicks, 19, Tonganoxie, said she occasionally came downtown to hang out and that she thought instances of conflict were rare.
The police department assigns a foot patrol and a car to the downtown area on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
having a police presence down there," he said.
"Pretty much everybody is all friends," she said.
Gary Semjenow, Topeka resident, walked with his family Friday night past Tunstall and his friends. He said he thought the situation was cause for some concern.
"Looks like they're having a good time, but I'm surprised that there's so many unsupervised kids." Semjenow said. "There's quite a few young ones, not even in high school it looks like."
Semjenow said that correcting the problem shouldn't be up to the city.
"I think their parents should take care of them better," he said.
Edited by Jennifer Roush
Vacancies remain in campus housing
By Lori O'Toole
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
More students are living on campus this year because of Lewis Hall's opening, but department of student housing employees say they are still not pleased with the 4 percent vacancy rate, which repeats last fall's totals.
The department released the numbers late last week in correlation with 20th Day numbers, finding that a total of 4,845 students were living on campus, 274 more than last fall.
The figures reflect totals from residence halls, Stouffer Place, Jayhawker Towers and the scholarship halls. Sorority and fraternity house residences were not included in the totals.
Kelly Jo Karnes, assistant director of greek programs, said about 2,500 students were living in chapter houses this fall, but she was not sure how the figure compared to past years.
Fred McElhenie, assistant director of student housing, said the increased total in the other on-campus living quarters mostly reflected Lewis Hall's opening, but that more students also were sharing rooms in residence halls rather than having a room to themselves.
Even with the increased numbers, he said the department could be happier.
"Of course we're never satisfied unless we have 100 percent occupancy." McElhenie said. "Those days are off in the future somewhere. There are certainly some behind us. That's what we strive for."
McElhenie said he could not recall the specific year that occupancy was at 100 percent, but that it had happened several years ago.
Current totals were also significantly lower due to renovations of Templin and Lewis halls. Before renovations, each hall could house 432. Their capacity is now 270 per hall, losing a total of 324 potential residents.
Student housing statistics
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The department of student housing is currently at 96 percent occupancy, the same percentage as last fall. However, this fall, 274 more students are living in on-campus housing because of the reopening of Lewis Hall.
Source: Department of Rachel Kesselman/VKANSAN
Student Housing
Although changes were not significant in other on-campus buildings, the department's figures showed a decrease of 14 residents in Stouffer Place and an increase of 21 students in Javawker Towers.
Jessica Smythe, Springfield, Mo., junior, is living in the towers this year for the first time.
"I like having an apartment atmosphere without having to live off-campus," she said. "I like being able to cook, having my own room and still having a roommate. It's more of a home atmosphere that's close to campus."
- Edited by Katrina Hull