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Max Weis, Wichita junior, empties recycling bins Tuesday afternoon in Strong Hall.
Recycling capacity increases
BY MARK VIERTHALER
New recycling stations on campus to help Lawrence maintain its environmental friendliness
Across campus, more and more buildings are being adorned with the familiar blue buckets, emblazoned with the recycling triangle as KU Recycling increases its services.
layhawker Towers will also increase its capacity, Severin said.
Jeff Severin, Environmental Stewardship Program manager, said plans have already begun for three newspaper and plastic outdoor stations along Jayhawk Boulevard. The new stations will be placed outside Fraser, Bailey and Snow Halls.
The original plan was to have the bins installed during the summer.
However, because of an overwhelming amount of recyclables, Severin said the towers would receive the new bins within the next two weeks.
The recycling division at the University has monthly drop-offs for students who live off campus.
According to the recycling report released by Lawrence Waste Reduction and Recycling, the city handled more than 69,777 tons of solid waste in 2005. Of that, private companies recycled 12,647. The
University accounts for 521 tons, ahead of the 12th and Haskell Bargain Center and Lonnie's Recycling.
The city and private companies recycled 33 percent of all solid waste in Lawrence.
According to the report, this puts Lawrence ahead of the state average of 23 percent and the national average of 30 percent.
Keaton Krell, KU Recycling crew leader, said the increase in opportunities to recycle is one reason Lawrence and the University surpassed the national average.
"It seems like there are literally
thousands of new locations popping up every week," Krell said. "We've been adding spots every chance we get. We're trying to recycle everything possible."
With the city and five independent recyclers throughout Lawrence, Mangerich said Lawrence has more opportunities to recycle than an average city.
Kansan staff writer Mark Vierthaler can be contacted at mvierthaler@ kansan.com.
RECOGNITION
Women of KU celebrate calendar
Accomplishments of students, staff and alumni recognized in fourth edition
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
The calendar features 21 accomplished female students, staff faculty and alumnae in settings
Women scholars, athletes, leaders, mentors and philanthropists came together to celebrate the University of Kansas' fourth annual Women of Distinction calendar Tuesday evening at the Malott Room in the Kansas Union.
that emphasize areas of notable achievement.
First year law student Ali Bannwarth is on the calendar this year. She has a bachelor's degree in both political science and journalism.
"This calendar says something special about the community we have here at KU."
Bannwarth put aside her childhood dream of being a tornado chaser to pursue media law.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center organizes the calendar. Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director at the Women's Resource Center, said the calendar is a way for the campus and wider community to understand
"You just have to have the drive and ambition to succeed," Bannworth said.
Now that law school has started she said she spends most of her time working, and that for fun she likes to sleep.
Among her accomplishments, Bannwarth won the Campanile Award, the Phi Kappa Phi National Award of Excellence and was elected Watkins Scholarship Hall president.
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"This calendar says something special about the community we have here at KU," Chancellor Robert Hemenway said during a speech at the reception.
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the importance of women as a part of the larger fabric of the University of Kansas and to recognize the contributions that women make to the overall excellence of the campus.
She said it's meant to focus on women's accomplishments and serve as an example for young girls of what women can do.
"In positions of authority, women are lacking across the board," Rose-Mockry said. "Even at KU."
One area she mentioned there aren't many women is in leadership roles in higher education. Out of about 60 distinguished professors recognized at the university, only eight of them are female.
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Aaron Thompson, Aurum Mahobian and Amanda Altoro perform with their singing group, the Inspirational Gospel Voices, Tuesday night outside the Lawrence Community Shelter. The event which provided food and inspiration to the local homeless population, was co-hosted by the Black Student Union and the Inspirational Gospel Voices.
Groups contribute to community
Student gospel singers serve food at homeless shelter
BY DARLA SLIPKE
The Lawrence Community Drop-In Center bustled with activity Tuesday night when students from the Black Student Union and
the Inspirational Gospel Voices met to sing and serve food to homeless people of the community.
One woman stood alone, leaning against the side of the shelter building, her eyes glossy as she listened to the soulful voices of the gospel group. She asked to be identified only by her first name, Michelle.
"I admire the people who took the time off from work and school
to come do this because it means a lot to me that they did this," she said. "I think it's very uplifting and it comes from someone's heart."
At the front of the crowd, another guest of the shelter who asked not to be identified by name, claps her hands and moves to the beat of the music, pausing only to fan herself with her red cap.
"That was good, just one more," she called out when the song
ended. After the next song, she held up her index finger to indicate again, one more song.
"It's such a lift to hear, especially on a summer's night," she said.
Inside the shelter, guests enjoyed enchiladas that the groups cooked for dinner. Each guest was given a hand-decorated bag of toiletries by the students serving the meal.
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HEALTH
Med Center to ban smoking on campus property, starting Sept. 1
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
Starting Sept. 1, the Med Center will be smoke-free. The smoking ban will outlaw the use of tobacco products in any area considered to be campus property.
Students, faculty and employees at the University of Kansas Medical Center who count on smoke breaks to get through the day will soon have to go somewhere else.
David Adkins, vice chancellor for external affairs at the Med Center, said the ban was part of a unified action Kansas hospitals are taking to be smoke-free by Jan. 1, 2007.
"I think people have been very understanding of the reasons for the ban," he said.
The University is offering employees and members of their households access to a number of programs to help them quit smoking. More than 100 people are signed up for educational classes on how to quit smoking, he said.
The Med Center's tobacco-free initiative, available online at www.kumc.edu/tobacco/, details medical reasons for the ban: "Studies, many conducted by our KU colleagues, have proven time and again that tobacco is a leading cause of death from many diseases."
About 10 million people have died from smoking-related diseases in the U.S. since 1964, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This includes deaths
from heart disease, lung cancer, emphysema and other respiratory diseases.
Adkins said about 3,800 Kansans die from tobacco-related diseases each year.
The ban comes months after the Surgeon General issued a report that warned of the problems caused by secondhand smoke. It also found that secondhand smoke had no risk-free level of exposure.
Chrissy Whetter, Overland Park junior nursing student at the Med Center, said she thought the ban was a good idea. She said if the Med Center was going to advise patients not to smoke, they should practice what they preach.
"Most people I think don't really
have a problem with it, but there are plenty of people who smoke there," Whetter said.
Bill Smith, Wellness Resource Center health educator, said the original proposal didn't call for a campus-wide ban, but it included changes to things like smoking distances near entry ways.
Staff at the Wellness Resource Center and a group of students will soon review a proposal to change the smoking regulations at the Lawrence campus. The proposal was submitted last spring, but staff changes at the center put the proposal on hold until late August.
Clark College, a community college in Vancouver, Wash., is one of the few non-medical college campuses to go entirely smoke-free
Deal said the Clark College hadn't had any major problems with the ban. She said she would like other colleges and Universities to follow.
Mary Deal, health services officer at Clark College, said students mainly pushed for the ban, especially several with asthma and emphysema who were sick of pushing their way through smoky doorways to get to class.
"I think colleges will lead the way, and I think they should," Deal said.
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Kansan staff writer Anna Faltermeier can be contacted at afaltermeier@kanan.com.
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