FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1995
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
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SECTION A VOL.102.NO.49
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TODAY
KANSAN
SPORTS
For more than bragging rights
This year's in-state Kansas-Kansas State football game has Big Eight and national implications. Page 1B
CAMPUS
A total sellout
Might Magazine's October-November issue contains nothing but advertisements to prove a point. Page 5A
GOP bill passes major hurdle
NATION
The House passes a balanced-budget bill crafted by Republicans that would shrink the federal government. Page 8A
Immigrants play wild card role
WORLD
Support from immigrants in Quebec could swing the vote for secession. Page 9A
WEATHER
PLEASANT
Tom Leininger / KANSAN
High 65° Low 43°
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Opinion ...4A
Nation ...8A
World ...9A
Features ...10A
Sports ...1B
Scoreboard ...2B
Tom Leininger / KANSAN
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"I have been in college for five years, and I haven't drunk coffee until now," said Erica O'Brate, Caldwell senior. "I can feel it making ulcers in my stomach already." She was drinking coffee with Dan Kuhlmeier, Lawrence resident, outside the Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St.
The caffeine connection
Despite health risks, students continue to plug in to...
Kansan staff writer
Its powers are almost magical. It can make early-morning classes more bearable, and it can make all-night studying possible. It is a subculture and a study tool, but it is also an addiction
Caffeine, like most habits, has its down side.
Ann Chapman, dietitian at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that caffeine was an addictive substance. It is a diuretic, which causes frequent urination, and an irritant to the central nervous system. It is also hard on the gastrointestinal tract and can cause jitters and headaches.
"I would not be up half the time," Meg O'Regan, Leawood sophomore, said, referring to the effects of coffee.
But Chapman admitted that caffeine did make people more alert and that no long-term effects had been proven. The trick, she said, was using it in moderation.
Most people will develop a tolerance to caffeine that causes them to drink more to get the same effects, but she said, it is difficult to set a universal amount for how much caffeine is too much. She estimated that most people should limit themselves to about 300 milligrams a day.
Chapman said that there were a variety of misconceptions about caffeine, including the belief that caffeine could curb appetites and help people lose weight.
But it seems that the benefits outweigh the side effects for many students because coffee shops continue to flourish in Lawrence.
"People who are sipping on Diet Coke or coffee all day are actually going to feel more hungry because caffeine also lowers your blood sugar," she said.
The caffeine dose
COFFEE (5 oz. cup): TEA (5 oz. cup):
● Filter drip regular — 60-180 mg ● Brewed — 20-90 mg
● Instant regular — 30-120 mg ● Coca-Cola (12 oz.):
● Espresso — 50-100 mg ● Coca-Cola — 45.6 fl.oz.
Gilisa Gold, an employee at the Java Break, 17 E. Seventh St., said that the 24-hour coffee shop was almost always busy, day and night. She said caffeine seemed to create a subculture in which people could gather to chat and study.
"Everyone is not after just the caffeine," she said. "You can tell that from all the foo-foo drinks people order."
CHOCOLATE (1 oz.):
● Milk chocolate — 1-15 mg
● Dark chocolate — 5-35 mg
But Gold admitted that caffeine was an addiction for many people. She said she
David Allen, Kansas City, Kan, senior,
said he could go without coffee, but he
rarely did. He said that something about a
coffee shop made studying much easier.
rarely went a day without coffee and didn't think she ever would quit, regardless of the side effects.
"You can get coffee, sit down and get things done," he said. "Unless of course, you run into a bunch of people you know, and you never open your backpack."
Dog known as friendly turns Cujo
Authorities haul away a Smith Hall regular
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Smith Hall students had built a rapport with Rainy Day Sunshine. They said hello to Rainy Day Sunshine, they petted Rainy Day Sunshine, they fed pizza to Rainy Day Sunshine.
From the small tree by the walkway to which she was tied, Rainy Day Sunshine, a black Labrador retriever, had become almost as steady a presence outside Smith Hall as the statue of Moses.
But lately, Rainy Day Sunshine had become a disquieting presence.
She had become territorial and had claimed the little area around the tree as hers. She protected its borders, lunging at those who breached them.
"He's usually pretty cool," said Kris Carlson, Ann Arbor, Mich., freshman who has a class in Smith Hall. "Maybe it's the new moon."
But yesterday, Rainy Day Sunshine went too far, a woman told KU police. The dog bit her, though not severely, while she was trying to pet her.
KU police arrived. Animal control arrived.
A small crowd gathered outside Smith Hall as an animal control officer cautiously approached the dog.
"As soon as you get close to this guy, he's going to show you he doesn't like you," Richard Avery of KU police told the man. Avery had been the target of Rainy Day Sunshine's aggression in an earlier approach attempt.
As the man, armed with a catch pole, approached, Rainy Day Sunshine assumed a defensive posture. She growled and snapped, hair standing on end. But with some coaxing, the man snared Rainy Day Sunshine and muscled her into a truck.
Rainy Day Sunshine had been evicted.
Students said the dog was no angel, to be sure, but this was somewhat surprising.
Carlson said he had fed the dog pizza and generally had gotten along with her. Others had similar experiences.
"Several people have come up to me and told me they have petted the dog in the past." Avery said.
"She's normally not nice," she said.
Tera Young, Overland Park junior, was not one of the them. She tried to pet the dog earlier this semester and found her somewhat unreceptive.
Rainy Day Sunshine is not mean, just misunderstood,
said the dog's owner, Andrew Lees, who was surprised
to find only a half-eaten tennis ball where he left his dog
before class.
"She barks at people," said Lees, Pittsburgh, Pa., senior, who routinely has left the dog around campus without incident. "She tends to be a loud dog."
But not a dangerous one, he said.
Rainy Day Sunshine was transported to the Lawrence Humane Society, where she must either be claimed within 72 hours or become its property, said Marlena Young, animal control officer.
Either way, it is unlikely that Rainy Day Sunshine will return to her old post.
"I kind of wish they would have used a tranquilizer," Kris Carlson said. "That would have been more exciting."
Turning back the clock
Daylight Savings Time begins at 2:00 a.m. Sunday. Unless you enjoy arriving at your classes an hour early, remember to set your clocks back one hour. This is your only chance this year to get an extra hour of free sleep. Don't let it slip away!
Andy Rohrback/KANSAN
Unsavory enrollment times lure fraud
Faking permits to enroll has serious consequences
By Josh Yancey
Kansan staff writer
Myers, Beloit freshman, knows that his Nov. 9 appointment will be too late for him to get all the classes he wants, but he has accepted that there is nothing he can do about it.
Seth Meyers is becoming a bit testy as his enrollment time approaches.
At least, not legally.
Some KU students, however, have been willing at times to use dishonest tactics to get the classes they want. And although the students might call it a necessary, administrators call it fraud. They don't take it lightly.
Enrollment fraud includes forging advisers' signatures,changing enrollment times on permits to enroll and making counterfeit permits.
Brenda Selman, assistant registrar.
recalled an instance of fraud in which three students produced fake permits with earlier enrollment times. The students attempted to enroll, and they almost got away with it.
They were caught because their enrollment times weren't offered by the University.
The students' enrollments were dropped, and they had to go through late enrollment. They also had to answer to the registrar's office.
cancellation of enrollment.
"They had to do community-service hours in our office," Selman said. "About 20 hours' worth."
Students who are caught attempting enrollment fraud face actions outlined in the Enrollment Misconduct rules defined in the Timetable of Classes.
A desktop computer scanner and a little imagination could make producing a fraudulent permit easy. But students who do so risk consequences.
cancellation of enrolment.
denial of enrollment privileges until all
other students have had a chance to enroll.
referral of a complaint to the Office of Student Life alleging a violation of the Code of Student Rights and Responsibilities.
Students in the School of Fine Arts must get an adviser's signature for all adds, drops and enrollment actions. After their permits to enroll have been signed with a certain course load, the students are forbidden to go back and change their classes without permission.
The students occasionally forge signatures or change signed permits, said Dennis Brown, assistant dean of fine arts administration.
"I wouldn't say we've had a problem with that," he said. "We've disenrolled people from the classes, and we've threatened further action if they do it again."
Myers said he knew he would get better enrollment times in his junior and senior years, but he didn't appreciate those who faked permits.