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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, September 13, 1994
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Student leads pack for more recycling
By James Evans Kansan staff writer
Eric Medill is pushing for more campus recycling.
Medill, Student Senate vice-president, has some novel plans to increase recycling efforts on campus. And Medill said he would like to see KU administration follow his lead.
Medill said that Student Senate is planning to do is a week-long recycling campaign this fall that is designed to show the administration that students are doing something about recycling on campus. He said that he hoped the campaign would encourage the administration to take a more active role with recycling efforts.
Another effort that Medill said he is looking into is the book buy-back program. He said that often students bring books to the buy-back and decide not to sell the books because they don't get enough money for them. He said he would like to set up bins so that students could have the option to donate the books to charity instead of throwing them away or keeping them packed away.
In addition to Medill's ideas, Sherman Reeves, student body president, said that he would like to see campus recycling of newspaper expanded. Right now, the University of Kansas only collects newsprint in front of Stauffer-Flint Hall. He said the newspaper recycling effort hasn't been
expanded because of financing.
Medill said that he was frustrated with the help from administration in the recycling push.
"Paper is not a money-making venture," Reeves said. He said that aluminum can recycling is feasible on campus because it pays for itself.
"Recycling is up for grabs," he said.
"Right now we're getting little support from the administration on the issue of recycling." Medill said. He said that part of the problem with getting assistance from the University is that the position of Environmental Ombudsmen was eliminated last spring.
Recycling is up for grabs, he said. Now the office of Environmental, Health and Safety is responsible for what the Environmental Ombudsmen office formally resided over, said Mike Russell, an officer in the department.
He said that there is a lot of discussion at the administrative level about what direction the University should be taking in recycling.
"There's been a lot of programs in place in the last years, but there has never been a centralized effort," Russell said. "There isn't any particular unit that is actually responsible for recycling on campus."
He said that it might be time to look into a centralized effort. With a centralized effort, he said, the University could have more pickup spots for different types of recycling.
Brian Vandervliet / KANSAN
Mastering Mozart
Tim Deighton, Wellington, New Zealand, graduate student, and Kathy Haid, Lenene, practice a Mozart duet in Swarthout Recital Hall. Deighton played his viola for several hours yesterday in preparation for his doctoral recital, which he will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Swarthout.
Program to focus on healthy relationships
By Shannon Newton Kansan staff writer
Renee Speicher thinks college students' reversed dating patterns might lead to doomed relationships.
"It used to be that courtship led to sex, but now sex leads to courtship," she said. "It's hard for KU students to have a healthy relationship that starts off this way."
Speicher, coordinator of the Center for Sexual Health Education at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
will be a facilitator at a workshop tonight titled "Sex and Dating Relationships."
Speicher and Barbara Ballard, director of the Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, will lead a discussion about ways to clarify dating roles and develop communication strategies in relationships.
"The scope of the program is the physical and emotional aspects of sexual issues." Speicher said.
Sex becomes the premise of relationships for many students, she said.
"We want to teach students how sex can facilitate a healthy relationship," she said. "Sex and dating are more than social issues. They are health issues, and we'll discuss that."
The workshop also will include a discussion on how alcohol can affect sexual relationships.
"When drinking, some people will sleep with someone that they wouldn't otherwise have lunch with," Speicher said.
Ballard said that the workshop was one of many that the center was sponsoring this semester.
Other programs, which will take place throughout the semester, will include discussions about self-defense, sexual assault and self-esteem.
questions about intimacy," Ballard said.
Ballard said the discussions were important because most students did not have any classes about sex or a facilitated discussion in high school on relationships and behaviors.
"Many students have questions about such things, from establishing and maintaining relationships, to
Tonight's workshop will feature a presentation by Ballard and Speicher and then will be open for discussion. Ballard said that the workshops had a dual purpose.
"We want people to be aware about additional and confidential services they can receive at the Women's Health Center," she said. "Our goal is to work with men and women to educate and bring about change."
Sex and Dating Relationships:
What: A discussion sponsored by The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center When: From 7 to 9 tonight Where: Pine Room, Kansas Union For more information call 864-3552.
Naked man runs from KU police
By Manny Lopez
Kansan staff writer
According to police, the following series of events occurred Saturday:
a naked KU student, who was apparently under the influence of drugs, was chased Saturday night by KU police.
About 7:20 p.m., a woman called KU police to report that a friend of hers had taken two hits of LSD, was naked and was running around campus near Templin Hall. After a short search, police found the naked 19-year-old Prairie Village man laying in the grass on the 1600 block of Louisiana Street.
Police said the man was confused and uncooperative throughout the incident. He would not answer any questions and made strange hand signs when police talked to him. He then turned and made an obscene gesture to a dog who had been barking at him from a nearby porch. The
man then began pulling grass and throwing it at the police.
man with a neckpain running south on Louisiana Street. During the chase, an officer fell and was injured. That officer was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital for scrapes and bruises to his knees and elbows.
After the chase, the man fell to the ground and laid on his stomach until police arrived. He was handcuffed and carried back up the hill to where Douglas County Ambulance Service employees were waiting.
Because the man was fighting with police, he was tied to a cot with seat belts and flexicuffs. He was taken to the hospital for observation, but not until he had to have a pillow placed over his head to keep him from spitting on people in the ambulance.
The student later was released to a Grace Pearson Scholarship hall resident, and no charges were filed by the police.
CAMPUS BRIEF
By Manny Lopez
Acquaintance rape reported on Sunday
Kansan staff writer
A KU student reported Sunday morning that, after going out with friends, she was raped by a fellow student. Lawrence police reported.
awakened in her room by an acquaintance of hers.
The 19-year-old Overland Park woman told police she and a group of friends had gone to a party Saturday night. The group later decided to continue the party at the woman's apartment on the 800 block of Mississippi, police said. Alcohol might have been involved, but police said they were still investigating the case.
The woman told her friends she was tired and went to bed. Police said that a short time later, she was
a waked herself in terror by a large quantity of herls.
She described herself to police as being confused because she had just awoken up. The man began kissing the woman, and when the two began to have intercourse, she said no, police said.
Shortly thereafter, the woman heard someone walking in the hallway, so she made noise to try and get that person's attention. When someone walked into the room, the attack stopped, police said.
The woman told her friends what happened. She was treated at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Police said the woman told them she knew the suspect before they had gone out that night. Police are still trying to locate the suspect.
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