UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, October 31, 1995
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KU develops Sprint projects
By Brenden Sager
Kansan staff writer
A Sprint business executive visited the University of Kansas to meet students last week, and he might be taking some them back to work with him.
"KU and Sprint definitely have a growing relationship," said Tim Kelley, Sprint's team manager of technological development in Kansas City, Kan. Kelley is also a KU graduate.
He said he came to KU to talk to students and to check on the progress of a KU telecommunications projects financed by Sprint. Sprint works with KU professors and students to develop new technology.
Kelley graduated from KU three years ago with a master's degree in electrical engineering and was hired by Sprint right out of school.
He has since become a team manager in Sprint's Technology Planning and Integration department. Now he hires many KU students.
About a third of the personnel in his department are KU graduates.
Kelly said that he had confidence in the KU program because it provided hands-on experience for students. It allowed Sprint to hire new employees that already had experience.
"We have established ourselves as a national leader," said James Roberts, chairman of the electrical engineering and computer science department.
Roberts said that about five years ago, the department began offering a master's degree program with a concentration in telecommunications. Students are able to gain experience by working in the telecommunications lab and with remote sensing and computer science equipment, he said.
"There's been a very high demand for students coming out of this system," Roberts said.
There also has been a demand for the students while they are still in school.
Kelley said Sprint finances student projects that Sprint might use as part of their business. After the students graduate, Sprint might hire the students, he said.
Roberts and a graduate student, Vijayanand Paulrajan, are working with a $50,000 grant from Sprint to examine the problem of interference and volume of customers on a telecommunications system.
The project could be part of Sprint's efforts to build a wireless, personal communications system in which an integrated computer, fax, telephone and other communications device could go anywhere anytime.
College fun can hang over you for life
By Tara Trenary
Kansan staff writer
Many people enter college with the belief that it will be one carefree party after another — and for many people it is. Drinking alcohol comes with the college territory.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that the Watkins staff on Saturday treated five to 10 injuries resulting from alcohol abuse, such as ankle sprains and lacerations, and that Sunday it treated two or three more.
But for many students, drinking can turn into a more serious lifelong problem.
"Drinking is a big part of our culture," said Francis Elling, counselor at DCCCA, an alcohol and drug abuse counseling center located at 3312 Clinton Parkway. "If's a major point along the way to becoming fully adult."
Elling said that when students finished college they were seen as more of an adult and that drinking during college was just a step in the process of becoming an adult. But he said that drinking in college
could become a greater problem later in life.
To escape boredom, anger and loneliness.
■ To meet members of the opposite sex.
To celebrate special occasions, liven up parties and to quench thirst.
To be sociable or polite, to feel accepted or simply because others are doing it.
To relieve nervousness or stress to feel at ease.
"I drink just about every weekend," said Lindsey Loreg, Topeka freshman. "I don't think I will become an alcoholic. I just have fun."
But just having fun may not be so fun later in life, Elling said.
"If you're going to get drunk, you're going to put yourself at risk for some kind of accident," he said.
Elling said that there were three stages of drinking: early, middle and late. The early stage of drinking consists of some black-outs, possible legal problems, increased tolerance and some loss of control. The middle stage affects the personality and relationships with family and the work place, as well as bringing about withdrawal symptoms. The late stage affects a person physically, such as damage to the liver and the brain, and causes severe withdrawal symptoms such as tremors and hallucinations.
Realizing that you have a problem may be difficult, Elling said, but when you are not being honest with yourself and others, when you are making excuses for yourself or when you have become embarrassed at the amount that you drink, it may be time to find out.
Brian Richling, Topeka junior,
said he spent $1,500 in three months
on alcohol and did not even realize it.
"I drink too much whenever I'm drinking because it's fun and I like it," he said. "Not only do I waste time drinking, but I waste time recovering the next day."
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