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SCUBA DIVING AT KU
The KU Underwater Sports club reviews the proper equipment for visiting the underwater world.
By MARK RIMMER
"The only cure for a killer shark is burial," Joe Goodman said in discussing the dangers of the underwater world at the first meeting of the KU Underwater Sports club (KUUS) Tuesday night.
Goodman, a Kansas City freshman, is a certified scuba instructor and organized KUUS.
Nitrogen narcosis, better known as 'rapture of the deep', occurs when a diver goes too far down and too much nitrogen gets in the blood stream. The symptoms are similar to those of a drunk person.
Another danger mentioned by Goodman was air embolism which occurs when the pressure inside the lungs is greater than the outside pressure, causing the lungs to rupture. This happens when a scuba-diver rises to the surface without breathing normally.
Steve Bresler, Allenville, N.Y., sophomore, escaped serious injury when he was learning to dive.
"I SAW A scuba-diving instructor in four feet of water at the shallow end of a pool bump against the side of the pool. Thinking he had punctured his tank, he panicked. He surfaced too fast and died with a ruptured lung," said Goodman.
"I WAS DIVING at about 80 feet and realized that my air supply was getting low." Bresler said. "I wasn't told that a diver isn't supposed to surface faster than his air bubbles. I did and after I had climbed into the boat my legs buckled. It was lucky for me that a decompression chamber was near."
The bends occur when a diver surfaces faster than his body adjusts to the different pressures.
"These occurrences are rare, however, and mainly due to carelessness or ignorance," Goodman said. "I intend to adequately
inform learners so that this type of thing will never occur."
"Actually statistics indicate that it is safer to dive than drive," Goodman said.
First, Goodman plans about five hours of lecture on how the equipment works. Then he will teach beginners to use skin-diving equipment (flippers, mask and snorkle).
HE MENTIONED that most underwater creatures, except the killer shark, won't bother a diver under normal circumstances.
"No man has been known to survive an encounter with a killer shark," Goodman said, "but these things seldom happen."
Final arrangements for a pool and the equipment rental are being made.
A trip to Jamaica during spring break was discussed, by the 35 students at the meeting.
"I hope enough people are interested to make the trip feasible," Goodman said. "I estimate the total cost of a 10 day trip to be about $250."
Moscow artists perform tonight
Moskow Chamber Orchestra will present a concert at 8:20 tonight in University Theatre.
Sensational New York Times reviews followed this orchestra's American tour in 1963.
Tonight's program includes:
Concerto Grosso in F Major, Op.
3, by Handel; Concerto in A
Major by Vivaldi; Visions Fugitives (15 pieces) by Prokofieff;
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor by Mozart.
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