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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, June 22, 1994
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KU professor dies at age 75
By Nathan Olson
Special to the Kansan
Even after retiring from the KU faculty, Clark Bricker continued to teach.
Bricker, also known as "The Great Bricko," taught chemistry at the University of Kansas for 20 years.
Clark Bricker
On June 14, he died at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor. He was 75. Bricker was known and loved by many in the KU community.
Richard Givens, chair of the chemistry department,
said Bricker was an exemplary teacher.
"He kept track of his students even after they graduated," Givens said. "He served as a mentor in the true sense of the word."
While a graduate student at Princeton, Bricker worked on the Manhattan Project, which culminated in the development of the first atomic bomb, during World War II. Bricker was involved in the analysis of materials for the project. His work resulted in a dissertation that was classified by the U.S. government for 10 years.
Givens said one of Bricker's trademarks was his final general chemistry lecture of each semester. Bricker would don a cape and perform chemistry demonstrations for the class.
"Besides the fun, he wanted to show the students applied chemistry." Givens said.
That approach to teaching led to four Honor for Outstanding Progressive Educator awards, in 1966, 1970, 1979 and 1983. Alfred Lata, lecturer in chemistry, knew Bricker for over 40 years.
"He was willing to help those who were willing to work," Lata said. "If you needed someone, he simply said, 'I'll do it.'"
Lata said he found that Bricker's end-of-the-semester science demonstrations were indicative of his teaching style. He said that even in the demonstrations Bricker referred his students back to the chemistry they had learned.
"He was well-known and loved by everyone," said Pastor Richard Todd of First Presbyterian Church, who added that Bricker's retirement was as full as his teaching life.
"He was a scientist," Todd said. "More than that, he was a teacher. And more than that, he was a people person. He always had time for people."
Bricker is survived by his wife, Anna; sister, Helen Blasser, Shrewsbury, Pa.; daughter, Susan Erney, Chambersburg, Pa; and sons David, Sausalito, Calif.; and Bruce, Dallas.
Memorials can be sent to the First Presbyterian Church or to the Clark Bricker Memorial Fund at the KU Endowment Association, which will be used for the Clark E. Bricker Chemistry Scholarship.
Campus reaction varies on innocence or guilt of ex-football celebrity
KU forecast for Simpson cloudy
By Jamie Munn Special to the Kansan
Last Friday millions of Americans watched in awe as police chased a white Ford Bronco that carried O.J. Simpson down a California highway — and into infamy.
Jennie Brouhard, a KU employee, said that although she knew Simpson was innocent until proven guilty, she thought the evidence about his relationship with his ex-wife pointed toward Simpson's guilt.
Among those millions were KU students, faculty and staff who, as they watched, began to form their own judgments about the tarnished American hero.
"Hejustripped a trigger," Brouhard said. "I don't think he was in the right state of mind."
She said that Simpson had had a choice of how to react while terms for his arrest were being negotiated.
"He just reacted wrong." she said.
Brouhard said she had watched many programs, the chase footage and commentary about the whole incident until late Friday evening.
Supporters of Simpson, who lined freeways to watch the chase, probably just wanted to be a part of unfolding history,
"His heart doesn't want to admit it, but his mind knows what he did," she said. "His love was deeper than his sanity."
Brouhard said.
William Arnold, associate professor of sociology who teaches several courses about delinquency and criminal justice, said he hadn't heard about the Simpson case until he returned from London Thursday.
However, Arnold said he thought the media coverage had been excessive but understandable.
"We hate to admit that our heroes have done something wrong." he said.
Arnold said he would review the evidence objectively before he made a judgment about Simpson. It was tragic that it took a famous person's involvement
before people began to recognize the problem of spouse abuse, he said.
Daniel Hammer, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said he was satisfied with the coverage of the event.
Hammer said he didn't have much to do at the Lake of the Ozarks last week, so he had watched much of the case's coverage. But he said he probably would have watched it if he had been at home, too.
"The media just gives the people what they want," he said.
Although Hammer said he realized Simpson's trial still was pending, he said it looked as if he had committed the crimes.
"Maybe the media made a mistake in the way they originally portrayed O.J. Simpson," he said. "And now maybe the truth is coming out."
Valerie Crow / KANSAN
Splendor in the grass
Sarah Ruhlen, Valley Falls senior, reads a book in the shade of a tree in front of Watson library. She took advantage of a break between classes to enjoy the nice weather yesterday.
Vegetable grab bags give citizens organic variety
Special to the Kansan
By Megan Poplinger
Hundreds of Lawrence residents will dine on bok choi and Swiss chard this week — some for the first time.
These are two of the unusual vegetables that the organic farmers from the Rolling Prairie Farmer's alliance packed into bags for their subscribers Monday.
More than 200 Lawrence residents have agreed to purchase one grocery bag of mystery mixed vegetables each week from the group of eight local farms.
manager and co-op member.
The vegetables are weighed, combined and sold from 1 to 8 p.m. by the farmers every Monday at the Community Mercantile grocery store, an 800-member co-op at 101 Mississippi that promotes small scale sustainable farms and organic foods.
This week the bags contained peas, beets, Swiss chard (a spinach substitute) new potatoes, bok chol (a vegetable similar to celery), mixed baby summer soash and chives.
More than 80 percent of the food at Community Mercantile is organically grown, which means chemicals are not used, said Linda Gwaltney, co-
"There is not enough availability to make it all organic," she said.
The co-op was started in 1974 by Lawrence residents who wanted access to organic foods.
Gwalney said the founders did not want to eat poison.
Barry Shalkinsky, president of the co-op, said he 'came a member in the late 1970s because he liked the fresh milk and dairy products.
"Over time, it changed my lifestyle and the way I ate," he said. "Now I do all of my shopping there."
Shalinsky did not subscribe to the weekly vegetable program because he couldn't eat the whole bag, but he strongly believed in buying local organic foods, he said.
His reasons go beyond his own health concerns.
Shalinsky emphasized the hidden costs of conventional farming. He
"It's better for the planet," he said.
said the environmental costs from chemicals polluting the water and land, along with health hazards, were steep. Taxpayers must pay to clean up the pollutants if they get cleaned up at all, he said.
"If the people who create the problems had to pay for the solution, we would find that organics would become more competitive," he said.
Joy Lominska, an organic farmer, said that organic farming could not grow into a competitive market until people were educated.
The Community Mercantile employs a full-time nutrition educator, Nancy O'Connor, who teaches people throughout the community about the benefits of organic foods.
O'Conner said that when produce was shipped across the country, it lost nutrients because it wasn't fresh. Local products have a lot more to offer, she said.
"These people agreed to take the vegetables, but they may not know what to do with Swiss chard," she said.
Nancy O'Connell, a nutrition educator for Community Mercantile, explains a recipe to Peggy and Barry Billings, Lawrence residents.
O'Conner also has prepared recipes to go with the vegetable bags.
Carol Love, a Lawrence senior and member of the Community Mercantile, was very pleased with the recipes and with her vegetable subscription
Love said her main reason for buying local was because so much energy was wasted in shipping produce across the country. She also wanted to know that her food was pure.
Love said that when she bought her vegetables, she talked to the organic farmers who were selling them. She also talked to a nutritionist so she knew exactly what she was eating.
"I'm a skeptic," she said.
"They are very open to inquiry," she said. "There is a true consciousness behind the products here."
Fireworks saved by donations
By Alicia Hein
The future of the this year's fireworks display was uncertain until last week because the Lawrence Jaycees, the event's sponsor, didn't have enough money to buy the fireworks.
Thanks to sudden financial support from the community, Lawrence will be able to celebrate Fourth of July with a bang.
The donations came just in time.
The donors can just invite In fact, a member of the Jaycees will have to drive to a fireworks distributor just outside Enid, Okla., to pick up the fireworks because there won't be enough time to ship them, said Rick Bellinger, a member of the group.
Bellinger said the organization put the word out on KLWN radio that there might not be a spark to this year's fireworks display. An article about the lack of funding also ran in the Lawrence Journal-World, and the community responded.
Bellinger said the Jaycees had raised more than $6,200 so far, and about half of that came from Lawrence-based R & D Publishing.
Robert Ward, owner of the business,
said he read about the Jaycees' troubles and approached his management team at R & D about providing money for the event. R & D agreed to match donations from the community, up to $3,000.
"For me, not having a fireworks display would be a disappointment because I've always enjoyed it in the past." Ward said.
The Jayces still owe money to the company they purchased the fireworks from last year because they counted on an admission charge to cover the expenses. Unfortunately, Belleringer said that idea didn't work.
This year, advance donations will cover the cost of the fireworks, and there will be no admission charge.
Phil Metzker, a Douglas County farmer, has made a unique contribution to help pay off last year's debt — a 240-pound hog.
Donations for a chance to win the hog will be accepted at Burcham Park, Second and Indiana streets, before and during the display. Metzker said that after the winner is drawn, the hog will be taken to a processing plant. The winner is then free to "bring home the bacon."
The fireworks display starts at dusk July 4 to Burcham Park.
Bellinger said the Jaycees are still seeking support.
"We're still hoping people come through with money," he said.
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