CAMPUS/AREA
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, October 2, 1995
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ROTC cadets take to the field
Army members camp in DeSoto during fall training exercise
James W. Grau / KANSAN
KU Army ROTC cadet Kevin Kerr and Emporia State cadet Tim Donahue take security positions in deep brush. Both were in the second squad during this weekend's fall field training exercise at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Deot in DeSoto.
By Craig Lang
Kansan staff writer
The early morning rain on Saturday didn't keep most students from getting a good night's sleep.
However, for 80 sophomore and junior Army ROTC cadets, the weather cut short a busy night.
Lack of sleep was part of the activities at the fall field training exercise at the Sunflower Army Ammunition Depot in DetoSto.
While freshmen spent the night in two-person tents,the sophomores and Juniors had to sleep outdoors Friday night, just as soldiers at war would have to do, said Jane Harris, assistant professor of Army ROTC.
Pete Sittenauer, Roeland Park junior, said cadets took turns patrolling the area while the others slept. When it began raining a little after 4 a.m., everyone woke up.
"All in all, everybody got no more than two hours sleep," he said.
Tom Brenton, Lawrence senior, said about 100 Army ROTC students participated in the exercise, about 80 from the University of Kansas and 20 from Emporia State University.
Richard Wellman, Wichita senior, said the cadets were trained at the same level of difficulty as soldiers on active duty. Because some of them will become leaders in the Army, training the cadets at this level is important.
"That way, they don't develop bad habits they'll have to break later
'on." he said.
Brenton said the cadets had taken part in a one-ort-two-hour leadership lab that prepared them for this weekend's activities.
During the field exercise, freshmen were taught basic military skills, such as land navigation and effective squad formations. The
Senior cadets ran and evaluated all of the exercises.
sophomores and juniors were trained and evaluated during the Squad Tactical Reaction Assessment Course.
The course was divided into three simulation exercises known as lanes: a simulated ambush, a raid and a reconnaissance, or information gathering, mission.
Harris said these exercises prepared the juniors for a six-week training camp this summer at Fort Lewis in Washington. The sophomores benefited by observing the skills needed for next year's evaluation.
Sittenauer said that after each lane, the juniors were reviewed by the seniors, who acted as the opposing army in the course lanes. The seniors could tell if the cadets were doing the lane properly by whether they could hear the cadets approaching. He said the seniors' evaluations were helpful because they had just returned from the summer training camp in Washington.
Sittenauer said the cadets enjoyed the exercise even though the conditions were not good. The experience would give cadets the opportunity to tell war stories about the exercise's hardship.
"We can bitch and complain,but on the other hand,we still have fun," he said.
KU police sponsor crime prevention week
By Scott Worthington Kansan staff writer
Stop the Violence Week, a program designed to help KU police and other organizations create awareness about crime and crime prevention, begins today at the University of Kansas.
The week consists of a series of programs open to the public, ranging from a presentation $e$' out rape to a booth where parents can have their children fingerprinted, said officer Cindy Alliss.
ter.
The week kicks off today with an information display case in the Kansas Union.
The program is sponsored by the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Cen-
Tomorrow, a program titled "Men Can Help Stop Rape" will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Malott Room of the Kansas Union.
While most rape programs are geared toward women, this one is for men, said Barbara Ballard, director of the center.
"I don't think you can educate one part of the population and not the other," Ballard said. "I want men to be involved in helping stop this."
Contestants will play a game show called Stop the Feud from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday in Hashinger Auditorium. The game show, an educational version of the popular Family Feud game show, will cover themes such as violence in television and movies, Alliss said.
A group taken from student housing will compete against one taken from the greek community, Alliss said.
James Kitchen, dean of student life,
will be the host of the game show.
"I hope that we can have some fun and get something serious across to the students," Kitchen said.
The program will focus on women and is open to the public, said Kirsten Cigler, Lawrence senior and KU Panhellenic Woman's Program Coordinator.
KU Panhellenic will sponsor a program titled "Avoiding Violent Situations" from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the Walnut Room of the Kansas Union.
"Its going to focus on things in dating situations," Cigler said. "For example, what to do if you have a violent boyfriend, or how to handle aggressive men."
A representative from Women's Transitional Care Service of Lawrence will give the presentation.
Connie Burk, coordinator of women's programs at the service, said the program would explain how students can be victimized, and where they can go for help.
"Certainly, a lot of women are being followed to class, and men are intentionally enrolling in their classes," Burk said. "It can be devastating to a woman's personal life as well as her academic life."
On Saturday, KU police will fingerprint children from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Stouffer Place. A booth will be set up north of Building 1 on Ellis Road, Alliss said.
KU police like to have children's fingerprints on file in case they are reported missing. Alliss said.
"It's one of those things you plan for and hope you never have to use," Alliss said.
This is the second year that KU police have sponsored the week. Alliss said KU Police decided to hold Stop the Violence Week now because October is National Crime Prevention Month.
The 'Rice' mystery unravels
Three Christian groups will hold an event called 'Fish and Rice' Thursday
By Novelda Sommers
Kansan staff writer
Rice is everywhere, and it's not Uncle Ben's.
For weeks, ubiquitous chalk scrawlings have appeared on campus sidewalks, and signs have been posted on bulletin boards that proclaim, "Rice is coming."
Gene Wee, director of reservations in the Kansas Union, said Jayhawker Campus Fellowship had reserved the Kansas Union Ballroom for an event called "Fish and Rice" at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
John McDermott, adviser for the fellowship, confirmed that three Christian organizations — Jayhawker Campus Fellowship, Harambee and Mustard Seed Christian Fellowship — were co-sponsoring an event at that time.
McDermott said that the event would be free and open to the public, but he would not comment about what would happen Thursday night.
"You will just have to come and find out," he said.
Anthony Case, Lawrence senior and president of Harambee, said he did not know much about the event because Jayhawker Campus Fellowship had made most of the arrangements.
Inspirational Gospel Voices, a choir, and Shack Chateau, a Christian rock band, will perform, Case said.
He said he thought the advertisements were intended to get people's attention.
"They're pretty noticeable," Case said. "I believe the strategy is to give people more information as the event gets closer."
Students had mixed reactions to the Rice campaign.
David Haigh, Homer, Alaska, sophomore, said he thought the advertisements were annoying.
"If they would just say what Rice is, then it might have a point," Haigh said.
Kara Nagorney, Rochester, Minn., sophomore, said she thought the cryptic advertisements would be effective.
"People will go just to see what it is," Nagorney said.
But Chris Jones, Leawood junior, was cynical. "If they don't know it's religious, they'll probably show up," Jones said.
Students reach for the stars through space shuttle experiments
By David Teska
Kansan staff writer
For a small group of KU students, aiming for the stars is not a fantastic dream but a reality. If all goes according to plan, the KU Space Program will have its second experiment aboard a space shuttle mission scheduled for next summer.
Since its start several years ago, the program has worked closely with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., to send experiments aboard the space shuttle.
NASA originally developed Get Away Special, the student experiment program, to correct a bal-
Lost in space
The KU Space Program meets at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays in the Spahr Engineering Library. For more information:
contact the department of aerospace engineering at 864.4267. or
send e-mail to kumaran@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu.
atmosphere.
ance problem with the space shuttle.
NASA was using lead weight to balance the shuttle during flight. When the shuttle returns from space it performs much like an airplane and must have its center of gravity and trim maintained, especially when reenabling the
atmosphere. Because weight on the space shuttle consumes fuel getting into orbit, NASA sent up small experiments instead of lead, which maximized the
NASA now reserves space in special canisters that university groups, such as KU's space program, can rent for about $3,000. Each experiment can weigh up to 60 pounds. More than 100 self-
shuttle as a scientific mission while still providing the necessary weight for balance.
contained experiments have been carried up into low Earth orbit since the first experiment in June 1982.
The KU program sent its first experiment, a three-experiment package designed to evaluate the effects of zero gravity on cell membrane growth, crystal growth and vegetable seed growth, on the shuttle Endeavour in September 1992. That experiment package failed because of a power surge in orbit.
NASA requires extensive testing before it will accept an experiment.
The students have to prove that the experiment can withstand
the vibrations generated during shuttle launch and that it won't have any problems in space, said Mark Ewing, associate professor of aerospace engineering and director of the flight research lab.
The program's current experiment, the Taylor Vorticity Experiment, is designed to create artificial vortices in space and to test the effects of zero gravity on a vortex generated in a fluid.
The KU space program will place 6 cylinders, each of which will hold a solid cylinder, on the shuttle. The narrow space between the interior and exterior cylinders will contain a fluid. Small vortices should be generated when the interior cylinder is spun at a high rate of speed. Video and still cameras in the canister will record the results.
The program hopes to receive a launch date from NASA by the end of November, said Siva Nadarajah, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, senior, and the current president of the program. Members plan to make two trips to the Kennedy Space Center to assemble the experiment and to watch the launch, he said.
Miguel Leon, Potomac, Md., senior, said that although the program was sponsored by the aerospace engineering department, any student interested in space exploration could join.
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