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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5.1995
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102, NO.34
(USPS 650-640)
SPORTS
They're in the big leagues now
Kansas juniors Heather Heidel and Audra Henderson made the jump from from club to varsity soccer. Page 1B
CAMPUS
Education cramming
Budget restraints force school of education to streamline it's program. Page 6A
NATION
Hurricane heads for Florida
Residents of Florida's Gulf Coast girded themselves for powerful Hurricane Opal. Page 8A
Coup's leader won't surrender
WORLD
A mercenary who overthrew the Comoros Islands' government refuses to turn himself in. Page 8A
WEATHER
SUNNY
High 66° Low 53°
AAAAAAHHH
Weather: Page 2A
INDEX
Scoreboard . . . 2B
Horoscopes . . . 6A
National News . . . 7A
World News . . . 8B
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REAL LIFE OR HOLLYWOOD DRAM
LIFE IN THE ER
TV show embellishes job's everyday routine
By Craig Lang Kansan staff writer
As the cast of "ER" fights to save patients from heart attacks and gunshot wounds tonight, real emergency physicians will be dealing with stitches and sore throats.
Paul Loney, emergency department physician at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, said that although the action of "ER" made exciting television, it did not always show real-life emergencies.
"They don't show you the guy who twisted his ankle stepping off the curb," he said.
Kathleen Driscoll / KANSAN
"ER," which airs at 9 p.m. Thursdays on NBC, is produced by bestselling author Michael Crichton, who is a doctor. The television drama stars Anthony Edwards, Sherry Stringfield and George Clooney as resident physicians who tackle the chaos of day-to-day life in the emergency room of Chicago's Cook County Hospital. Last season, the show's first year, "ER" ranked third in overall ratings and won eight Emmy awards.
Pamela Hite, director of emergency service at the University of Kansas Medical Center, said that although she liked the show, it was not entirely true to life.
"The residents are not supervised really well," she said. "That would not happen in this day and age."
Dennis Allin, director of emergency medicine at the Med Center, said "ER" was realistic because it showed viewers how emergency physicians must work around the clock.
"The show does a good job in showing we have to make some of our toughest decisions when the city is asleep and the staff is at a minimum," he said.
Allin said the way staff members developed personal friendships with each other on the show was realistic, too.
"You just can't work this closely together under the stress and anxiety of the things we have to do without relationships that are developed emotionally one way or the other," he said.
Allin also said that while the fast-paced action of the show made it a good drama, things never were constantly hectic in a hospital, even one the size of Cook County.
"I don't think anybody could work for 12 hours at the pace the show indicates," he said.
ABOVE:
In the emergency room at the KU Medical Center, a doctor prizes open a man's mouth to look into his air passageway.
LEARNING Karen Conyers, respiratory therapy, and Steve Coburn, respiratory therapy advisor, help a man breathe in the emergency room of the KU Medical Center.
Parking troubles KU plan
Students would park,then take a shuttle to campus
By Josh Yancey
Kansan staff writer
"Parking, parking, parking," he said.
Tom Waechter probably has the University's 20-year plan on campus renewal and development memorized by now. And he knows what to expect when he presents it.
Waechter, the University's planning coordinator for facilities management, and Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor, showed a draft of the plan to about 20 members of the Unclassified Professional Staff Association yesterday at the Burge Union.
One of the plan's proposals is to close Jayhawk Boulevard to private traffic and parking and to encourage bicycles and buses as transportation on campus.
The discussion reached its inevitable topic.
"Where am I going to park?" asked Pam Houston, director of college undergraduate administration. "I see the need for parking and the movement of those who are not here on a daily basis, but what about those of us who are? What if I need to get campus at 8 p.m. or 10 p.m.? How long would I have to stand at some
The Framework for Campus Renewal and Physical Development examines three scenarios for campus growth. Planners consider the second scenario the most likely for long-term development of KU.
High-density core
High-density core
The campus would become more urban than the traditional KU environment. Additional parking in the academic core would be removed, and multistory buildings would replace low-rise buildings. Paved plazas would replace most green space.
Traditional density with expanded area
The traditional ratio of green space to buildings would remain. Routes to campus would be expanded, but access to campus would be limited. Parking would be distributed more widely.
Decentralized development
Includes development of a central campus and separate west-campus core. Transit system between campuses would be necessary, extending the existing 10-minute break between classes. Central campus would be the undergraduate academic center.
parking lot and wait for a shuttle? Safety has to enter into this."
The plan suggests shuttle systems that would transport people from remote parking sites, thereby allowing Jayhawk Boulevard to be closed. About 120 parking spots would be eliminated on campus.
Meyen stressed that a shuttle system could work and that the long-term needs of the campus' physical beauty had to be considered.
"In a community of 40,000 people, not everyone can park a block from where they are going," he said. "We would only be eliminating 120 spots."
The plan — from issues of development and expansion to issues of parking — was based on several assumptions. In part, the planners assumed that state
The drug dealer made me do it
By Scott Worthington
See PLAN, page 2A
Kansan staff writer
A 31-year-old Lawrence man had limited success robbing a string of Lawrence convenience stores Tuesday night, but he did meet his ultimate goal — getting caught.
Lawrence police arrested Jaye Bennett early yesterday morning on charges of robbery, attempted robbery and aggravated robbery after he robbed two convenience stores and tried to rob another, Lawrence police said.
At his first stop, Presta Phillips 66, 602 WNth St., Bennett left his Kansas driver's license on the counter and asked the clerk to call the police before he stole $150 and
four packs of cigarettes, police said.
"He said he was in big trouble, that there was a drug dealer waiting in a car outside who needed money or he was going to kill his family," said LeAnna Zentner, an employee who was working behind the counter when Bennett entered at about 8:45 p.m. "He told me to call the police."
"He looked very scared," she said. "He apologized over and over again. He shook my hand. He kept saying, 'I need to be caught, they need to catch me.'"
At 12:52 a.m., Bennett entered Coastal Mart, 2304 Iowa St., and demanded money, police said. The clerk refused and called the police, prompting the man to flee on
Minutes later, Bennett entered Kwik Shop, 1611 E. 23rd St, where he demanded money and told the clerk not to argue with him, police said. He left with a $20 bill.
foot.
Zentner said the man appeared unarmed.
Bennett was arrested about five minutes later at 10th and Pennsylvania streets when police pulled over a white car in which he was a passenger. Witnesses to the robberies said Bennett fled on foot from all three convenience stores, but a witness had seen him enter the car earlier, according to the police report.
Police suspected the man was under the influence of alcohol. Zentner agreed.
"He was quite bizarre," she said. "He was really messed up on something."
Student Housing considers rate hike
Officials say they are glad the proposed increases are less than the rate of inflation.
Students are not necessarily impressed.
By Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
Like death and taxes, room and board cost increases have become inevitable. The only question is how much they will be.
Kenneth Stoner, director of student housing, gave the answer yesterday afternoon when he presented the Student Housing Advisory Board with the following proposed housing rate increases for 1996-97.
■ Residence hall rates for double rooms would increase from $3,544 to $8,640 per year, an increase of $96, or 2.7 percent. Single room rates would increase from $4,428 to $4,436 per year, an increase of $8, or 0.2 percent.
Hashinger Hall double room rates would increase from $3,640 to $3,736 per year, a $96, or 2.6 percent increase. Single rooms would jump from $4,524 to $4,532 per year, an increase of $8, or 0.2 percent.
Miller and Watkins Scholarship
Halls would increase from $816 to $840 per year, a $24, or 2.9 percent increase. All other scholarship halls would increase from $2,448 to $2,504 per year, up $56, or 2.3 percent.
Jayhawkier Towers Apartments quadruple occupancy rates would increase from $1,656 to $1,996 per
Sunflower Apartments would increase from $436 to $447 per month, up $11. or 2.5 percent.
See HOUSING, page 2A
Kansan staff report
Med Center first to test Parkinson's treatment
The Food and Drug Administration granted approval for five pallidal stimulations, which involve threading a thin wire electrode into the site of the abnormal activity in the brains of Parkinson's patients.
Neurologists at the University of Kansas Medical Center today will be the first in the United States to perform a ground-breaking treatment for Parkinson's disease.
Parkinson's, a neurological disorder characterized by tremors, slowness, muscle rigidity and weakness, is usually treated with a drug called Levodopa.
William Koller, professor of neurology at the Med Center, said this treatment not only appears to decrease the side effects of Levodopa, but also may decrease the actual symptoms of Parkinson's.
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The Med Center chose five Parkinson's patients who have reached the limits of benefits from drug therapy and were experiencing significant disability from the disease. Koller will perform the first pallidal stimulation today. It will be the fourth documented case of pallidal stimulation in the world.
Koller stressed that pallidal stimulation was not a cure for Parkinson's and that doctors were still investigating the effects of the treatment. The treatment involves the usual risks of neurosurgery, such as stroke. But, Koller said, the treatment was likely to improve the lives of the Parkinson's patients.