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Thursday, October 20,1994
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Daron Bennett / KANSAN
Jake Ferdor, Bonner Springs senior, left, and Bill Combes, Long Island, N.Y. senior, are suing their landlord for $50,000. They said their landlord gave a construction company permission to use their outdoor water spigot without their consent.
LANDLORD: Students file $50,000 stolen water suit
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lease was not renewed because of their insistence that the construction company stop using their water.
"We left signs outside telling them they did not have permission to use our water," Ferder said. "The construction guys kept telling us that they had permission from Northwinds."
That construction company, Garney Companies, Inc., 1331 N.W. Vivian Road, Kansas City, Mo., had been installing a fence and sod near the apartment complex. Workers were using the water for the sod. Ferder said he received a check for $18 from Gar-
ney, but he said it was not enough to cover the bills.
Kevin Heske, assistant director of finance for Lawrence, was one of many city officials Ferder and Combes said they contacted about their problem. They also talked to Legal Services for Students, Lawrence police and Rod Bremby, assistant city manager.
"If I remember correctly, the tenants had control of their water," Heske said. "If the properly owner wanted to put the service in his name, then there would be no problem."
J. Kevin Lund, the plaintiffs' lawyer, said George had until Oct. 28 to file an answer to the complaint.
Genital warts a concern among students
Condoms may not prevent the spread of virus
By Megan Poplinger Special to the Kansan
A virus that causes genital warts is the No. 1 sexually transmitted disease among college-age males and females, according to Henry Buck, gynecologist at Watkins Health Center.
Buck said that an average of 500 students are affected in one way or another each year by the disease, known as HPV, the genital human papilloma virus. Two-thirds of these students actually develop genital wart lesions, and the other third are checked because their partners have lesions.
Between February 1987 and July 1994, Buck treated 2,725 cases of HPV lesions. Males were treated 803 times and females 1,922. Buck said the disease was frequently detected in women through annual Pp smears.
The sexually transmitted disease is a problem because there has not been a significant decrease in cases, Buck said. There are several possible reasons for this.
Often genital warts, especially flat warts and warts located on a woman's cervix, go unnoticed. Furthermore, one can have the virus for months or even years before the lesions appear, Buck said. People can have the disease and pass it on without knowing it.
A second problem is that "there is essentially no method of protecting against the spread of HPV during sexual contact," Buck said. Condoms will not protect against the spread of genital warts if the lesions are located at the base of the penis, and the virus
can also be spread by hands or any other contact.
Lastly, even after a person has been treated for lesions, it is impossible to completely rid the body of the virus. Buck said doctors still did not know if the virus can be spread when lesions are not present, but even tiny lesions that develop and cannot be seen can spread HPV. For this reason, patients must return for proper follow-up procedures after treatment.
Buck said that there were several treatment options and ways to detect the disease in its early stages.
Buck said that it was important for women who are sexually active to get yearly Pap smears. During a Pap smear, the cervix is checked for lesions because HPV may cause a potentially precancerous cell change on the cervix if not treated, he said.
Cyro treatment, which freezes off genital warts, is used for the majority of the men and women who have lesions. This can be done at Watkins.
Treatments for more serious lesions include laser treatment and excision. Buck emphasized that in most cases freezing is just as effective as laser treatment and much less expensive.
When lesions of the cervix are treated, 90 percent respond the first time. Of the 10 percent that must repeat the procedure, 90 percent respond the second time. The success rate for males is equally high.
"The bottom line is that lesion treatment is extremely effective," Buck said.
Counselors and nurses are available at all times to answer questions and make appointments for students to see Kathy Guth, a nurse practitioner at Watkins, or Buck. All treatment at Watkins is confidential.
"No matter how minor they may think the question is, it is important that they get an answer instead of worrying — a correct answer," Guth said.
FREEMAN: Media demand expert's time
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"That day, I did two TV interviews and seven newspaper and radio interviews," he said. "This whole experience has been very, very hectic."
Linda Wiley, secretary of African and African American studies, has fielded many of Freeman's phone calls.
"For five or six days, he was getting six to 10 calls per day from people wanting interviews," Wiley said. "It's slowed down some now, but his calls come in at a pretty fast pace."
Wiley said the calls had ranged from local television stations to the United Nations to the Cable News Network.
"One day someone from CNN called, wanting to fly him to one of the coasts for 15 minutes on the air," she said. "But he told CNN that they could come to him for the interview."
Last week, Freeman received a letter from President Clinton, thanking him for his interest in restoring democracy in Haiti. Freeman wrote Clinton a letter commending the president on his Sept. 15 speech.
"Ijust can't tell if the signature is a stamp." Freeman said.
"I can't believe the president would take time to write me."
Although his newly found fame has been enjoyable, Freeman said he was ready for life to return to normal. He has continued to teach Haitian language and culture classes at KU, and he is considering a return to Haiti next semester.
"I would like to be a part of a U.N. civilian observer force in Haiti," he said. "Here I am as a passive observer to history instead of being a small part of it. I'd love to be with the troops right now, but I have a big class and it wouldn't be fair to my students."
For now, Freeman will remain in Lawrence, doing interviews as he is needed. Lately, Freeman has done two or three interviews a day, down from a high of nine.
"I definitely feel like I've had my 15 minutes of fame," he said. "Every time I go home, the answering machine is going blink, blink, blink. At first it was nice, but now it has gotten to be a drag some days."
SCHMIDT: Candidate says education funding a priority
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ated from the University of Kansas in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in communications.
Like his opponent Findley, Schmidt said he would defend KU's share of the state budget by emphasizing its importance to the state economy.
"It's a significant engine in our economy, and we have to make sure it has ample fuel," he said.
Schmidt said one way to make sure KU receives adequate financing is to restructure higher education statewide.
For instance, Schmidt said some areas in Kansas had two community colleges but needed only one.
"We need to redistribute community colleges for more efficiency," he said. "It's something I'd like to look into."
In contrast with his opponent Findley, a Democrat, Schmidt takes traditionally Republican stands on many of the issues facing the Kansas Legislature. He opposes gun control and the "carnival" of big government and high taxes.
He declines to say whether he is against abortion, but does not view it favorably.
"Abortion is a tragedy for everyone involved," he said. "Too many women feel pressured into having an abortion. I would like to see more assistance given to women in that situation."
Schmidt said he did not have an agenda
ERIC SCHMIDT
RUNNING FOR:
House of
Representatives
for the 46th
district
PARTY:
Republican
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
Financial adviser for Berthel Fisher, an Overland Park financial advising firm
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Science degree in communications from the University of Kansas, 1986.
carved in stone.
"I don't have an agenda," he said. "My approach is communicate with my district and develop a consensus."
Nor does he consider himself a fiery partisan.
"I don't see any party as having all the answers," he said. "But I feel more closely aligned with the GOP than with others. It's a matter of personal principles and standards."
Red Lyon Tavern
944 Mass. 832-8228
A touch of Irish in downtown Lawrence
t's Your Choice Hancock VS Meyers
Oct.20 Kansas Union Alderson 7:00 p.m.
Student Political Awareness Task Force and the League of Women Voters present: The Kansas 3rd District Congressional Candidates for a live forum at the Kansas Union.
STUDENT
THE NATIONAL SENATE
SENATE
Featuring Scott Pinkney, Pixie Jensen, Karen Dine, Kevin Corner, Steve Bryce-Haltern, Sendi Gray, Randall Graves, Karen Cline Wright & Charles Whitman.
Directed by Paul Stephen Lim / Designed by Kaye Miller
Learn to Fly
842-0000
8 PM Oct. 20-22 and 2:30 PM Oct. 23
Lawrence Arts Center (9th & Vermont)
General Admission $5
This play is our entry in the original scripts competition of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival XXVI.