THURSDAY,OCTOBER 12,1995
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.39
(USPS 650-640)
TODAY KANSAN
SPORTS
Cyclone warning
The No.10 Kansas Jayhawks look past last week's victory to their next opponents, Iowa State and quarterback Todd Doxzon. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Make money on the market
KU business students use real money to invest in the stock market. Page 3A
Former mobster testifies
A mob informant took the stand Tuesday despite the murder of his brother last week. Page 6A
WORLD
NATION
U. S. military clamping down
U. S. soldiers in Okinawa are facing restrictions on alcohol and nightlife after the rape of a local girl. Page 8A
INDEX
Scoreboard...2B
Horoscopes...6B
National News...6A
World News...8A
Med Center discovers AIDS breakthrough
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WHY IT WAS DEVELOPED:
he new virus, KU SHIV, was developed to overcome a major impediment faced by scientists studying AIDS and anti-HIV drugs — HIV causes AIDS in humans but not in animals.
THE SIGNIFICANCE:
By Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
KU SHIV will accelerate the development and evaluation of HIV-1 vaccines used in monkeys and eventually used on humans. "It's big time," said Anthony Hancock, a director one of the scientific partnerships funding the research
A University of Kansas Medical Center scientist has succeeded in infecting monkeys with a type of HIV virus, enabling scientists to test the effectiveness of AIDS medications and vaccines.
Bill Narayan, director of laboratories for viral pathogenesis, developed the new virus, called KSHIV, which produces in monkeys many of the symptoms seen in human AIDS patients. It is the only known HIV-like virus that causes disease in nonhuman primates, Narayan said.
KU SHIV was developed to overcome a major problem faced by scientists studying AIDS—HIV causes
AIDS in humans but not in animals
The Med Center filed a patent on KU SHIV on May 16 and has contracted with the KU Medical Center Research Institute, a non-profit corporation, to manage the use of KU SHIV.
"The previous inability of HIV to cause disease in nonhuman species has been a major impediment in determining the effectiveness of anti-HIV drugs and vaccines," Narayan said. "This model will greatly accelerate development and evaluation of HIV-1 vaccines."
Until now, scientists' best model for HIV was a virus called SIV, but SIV only paralleled the actions of HIV in monkeys and did not cause the type of AIDS seen in humans infected with HIV. Narayan said.
To bridge the gap between HIV and monkeys, Narayan altered another virus called SHIV, which contains the core of SIV with ar
outer coating of the human virus. Using bone marrow transplants, Narayan passed the SHIV virus from monkey to monkey and produced the highly virulent KU SHIV strain.
Testing vaccines on human subjects, which is being done, is slow and difficult because people often take as long as 10 years to develop AIDS, Hancock said.
Anthony Hancock, director of scientific partnerships at Hoechst Marion Roussel, which helped found the research effort, said the new virus was an advancement because it would enable scientists to evaluate drugs and vaccines for HIV in monkeys before using them on humans.
The KU SHIV virus, when injected into monkeys, produced AIDS in test cases.
"It is clear that this will expedite testing," he said.
"It's big time," he said. "Ultimately it will bring effective treatments much earlier."
The Research Institute has licensed the virus to BioStratum Inc., Lake Forest, Ill. BioStratum will sublicense the virus to pharmaceutical companies interested in developing AIDS vaccines or medications.
Edmee Rodriguez / KANSAN
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Campus groups come together to increase awareness of racism
ABOVE: Kini Tran, Wichita sophomore, works on ribbon, white
Stephanie Dexre, Lawrence senior, puts on one.
By Hannah Naughton Kansan staff writer
Many ethnic and minority groups came together yesterday, united by a simple task — handing out ribbons.
As part of the first Ribbons Against Racism Day, representatives from groups such as the Black Student Union, the Asian American Student Union, Hispanic American Leadership Organization, Black Panhellenic and the Native American Student Association handed out ribbons on campus to raise people's awareness of racism issues.
"It's Blacks, Asians, Hispanics; everyone has issues to address," said Marlon DeRouen, St. Louis senior, treasurer of Black Student Union and vice president of Alpha Phi Alpha. "So often one group has
See RIBBONS, Page 3A
Feminist force wins funding after appeal
LAST WEEK: The group's use of the word "feminist" in its title sparked controversy when it was presented to the finance committee and ultimately contributed to the bill's failure.
LAST NIGHT: The bill made it to the Senate floor after a successful appeal by the bill's sponsor.
By Sarah Wlese
Kansan staff writer
Members of the Feminist Collective Force got a second chance to seek Student Senate funding after the successful appeal of a finance committee decision last night.
The group faced little opposition the second time, and Senate passed the bill with only one dissenting vote.
"I think that based on the public outcry about the finance committee not supporting the bill, student senators were aware that they had the responsibility to their constituents to fund the Feminist Collective Force," said Amy Turnbull, social welfare senator and the bill's sponsor.
The group's experience with the finance committee the week before had been quite different.
The bill failed because the 10-7 vote didn't provide the two-thirds majority necessary for passage.
A few members of the committee voiced concerns about the offensiveness of the group's name, duplication of services and whether the group was partisan.
Turnbull appealed the committee's decision to the Student Executive Committee, which can override committee decisions and put failed bills on Senate's agenda.
In StudEx, Alan Pierce, finance committee chairman, said he wanted the bill to go back through finance instead. The once-opposed members now had a better understanding of the group, and he said he thought they would pass the bill.
Kim Cocks, student body president, said the group didn't have to go through the finance committee again because of members' prior ignorance of the group's premise.
StudExvoted to grant the appeal.
Adam Mayer, Nunemaker senator, spoke against the bill and said it needed to be sent back to the finance committee.
"Even though you might want to pass the bill, it has to go through the process correctly, and that means upholding committee decisions," Mayer said.
Pierce said passing the bill would undermine the efficacy and purpose of the finance committee.
"I would hate to set the precedent this early in the year that if a bill fails in finance that it immediately goes through StudEx to the Senate floor." he said.
Turnbull said she was pleased by Senate's decision to pass the bill.
Jayhawks on World Wide Web
By Aaron Hull
Kansan staff writer
Jayhawk football fans around the world can keep up with the Jayhawks' winning ways, thanks to KJHK's World Wide Web homepage.
KU's home football games have been broadcast over the Internet this season, and are accessible through KJHK's homepage:
http://www.cc.ukans.edu/~jkhnet.
This is a unique way of presenting the games, said Jay Berberick, JKHK station manager. "We are the only station doing this in real time with a visual undate." Berberick said.
The station broadcasts the games over the air, and the signal is also sent over the Internet. For those computer users without the proper sound software, Berberick also types in updates every two minutes.
Minimum requirements for handling the broadcasts are a 486 IBM or a
The football game presentation is a novel idea, and several sources have taken notice. "It was mentioned in Sports Illustrated and College Sports, Berberick said.
"Other commercial broadcasters have asked us how we do this," said Gary Hawke, KJHK general manager. "All the credit goes to the students."
Students who can produce homepages are now in high demand, Berberick said.
For users calling in via modem, the page is run using the netphone program, a private software application that costs $50, Moscato said.
6800 Macintosh PC, a 14,400 baud modem, and one of two sound sources, said Derek Moscato, Niagara, Ontario graduate teaching assistant.
Students using on-campus computers can log on directly through the University's Internet connections.
"Advertising firms, public relations
firms, and other corporations are seeking out these homepage producers and hiring them." Berberick said. "It's really just doing art, but on the computer."
However, the home stereo many of us own will not be replaced by the home computer any time soon
Berberick said that he had heard of companies hiring programmers for $40,000 to $50,000 annually.
"There's a real-world future in which businesses will benefit from students' knowledge of internet marketing techniques," Berberk said.
"The saturation of home computers is not yet there," he said.
"Way down the road you'll have one big screen that's your television, phone, and stereo." Berberick said. "Right now, it's not very feasible."
Berberick said one of the problems now was a lack of a market for using computers as home stereos or televisions.
Woman attacked on pathway near campus
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
A KU graduate student was attacked early Tuesday morning by a man who pinned the student down on a pathway leading to campus, Lawrence police reported.
The woman said it was 6 a.m. and still dark on the pathway near the 1000 block of Arkansas Street and the Sudler House. A man jumped out of the bushes, put his hand over her mouth and pinned her to the ground. He asked, "Do you want to have some fun?"
The attack appeared to be a rape attempt, the woman said.
The woman was able to escape when he moved away momentarily and started to undo his pants, she said.
The man was described as a 25- to 30-year-old white male, 5-foot-11 and 230 pounds. He had dark ___
See ATTACK, Page 3A