VOL.101,NO.45
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
KANSAS STATE
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KU receives $2.8 million
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Grant will establish Alzheimer's Disease Center
Kansan staff writer
By Rochelle Olson Kansan staff writer
The University of Kansas has received a $2.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to establish an Alzheimer's Disease Center.
Morton Creditor, director of the KU Center on Aging, said, "The grant provides the resources and infrastructure that make it possible for people interested in Alzheimer's to turn their attention to it."
Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disease that attacks brain tissue
the department of neurology and the KU Center on Aging applied for the grant together, Creditor said. He said the grant was awarded last week.
Creditor said 12 grants were awarded nationwide.
Both the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., and the Lawrence campus will use the resources from the grant, Creditor said.
He said the grant would cover four basic areas: educational and informational, administration, clinical and neuronathological
The neuropathological area will include a "brain bank." When Alzheimer's patients die, their brains will be carefully examined to try to find out more about Alzheimer's disease. Creditor said.
Betsy Beisecker, associate professor of preventive medicine, said the
grant would help the University resources about Alzheimer's disease.
She will direct the informational area of the center.
"I am already getting phone calls from all over Kansas," she said.
Staff members from the center will speak with doctors, nurses, support groups and families of patients with Alzheimer's disease. Beisecker said.
She said the clinical core of the center would compile information about Alzheimer's patients and their families.
"Then any of us who want to do research will have a ready source of材料, like Teichschneider."
She said everyone would benefit
from the grant because it would help doctors take better care of patients.
The grant is unique because it is interdisciplinary, Beisecker said.
One of the first research projects will be conducted by Susan Kemper, professor of psychology.
"She is going to be looking at language processing in people with Alzheimer's disease." Beisecker said.
She said the grant initially was financed for five years and then the University would reapply.
"The assumption is once you get it,
you do the job right and you would conti-
nue."
"Weareallrealexcited,andtheUniversityisrealexcited."
Mark Rowlands/KANSAN
15th Street stop signs rejected by commission
About 60 people try to follow aerobics instructor Cristy Grotte of Lawrence during an aerobics class on the Allen Field House lawn. Yesterday's class was the last event of Timex Fitness Week, which began Monday and was sponsored by KU Recreation Services. Colleges across the nation compete in this program.
By Heather Anderson Kansan staff writer
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Traffic will not be stopped for now on 15th Street at Engel Road, but that does not mean that plans have stopped to re-design the congested intersection.
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday agreed with recommendations by the Traffic Safety Commission not to place a four-way stop sign or a traffic light at the intersection.
George Williams, city director of public works, said a stop sign or light would cause problems because cars would have difficulties on the 15th Street hill when the street was slick.
Engel Road currently has stop signs, but traffic on 15th Street does not have to stop.
For example, turn lanes could be built or the streets could be widened to accommodate more traffic, he said.
The commission directed the city's staff to speak to the University of Kansas about ways the intersection could be improved. he said.
Williams said a four-way stop sign was placed at the intersection this summer for a few months while there was construction on Naismith Drive.
He said the temporary sign was not successful because eastbound traffic often was backed up to Iowa Street during rush hour.
Commissioner Bob Schumm said Tuesday that something needed to be done because traffic would get only worse. The city is expanding to the west, and 15th Street will be a major access point to the University. he said.
Bill Mitchell, who lives at 1201 Emery Road, said at the meeting that he was glad the city had decided not to put a four-way stop sign at the intersection.
Traffic stop denied
The Lawrence City Commission directed the city's staff to work with Erik Gowen in the intersection of 15th Street and Engel Road rather than using a car on the street.
Melissa Unterberg / KANSAN
He said the signs would force traffic to travel through the residential areas instead of stopping for the signs on 15th Street.
The residential areas should not become the gateway to the University, Mitchell said.
Jim Schmaeke, Lawrence graduate student and Templin Hall resident, said he liked the four-way setup that were in place during the summer.
The cars on Engel Road and 15th Street were on equal footing because they both had to stop, he said.
Schaedeke said he objected to the argument that stop signs could not be put there because of the danger when the streets were icy.
Other streets in town are just as steep as 15th Street, and they have stop signs, he said.
Liz Green, Omaha, Neb., junior and Lewis Hall resident, said that she remembered only two days last winter when the streets were iced.
She said she knew of many accidents that had occurred at the intersection after people had attempted to cross 15th Street at Engel Road.
Green said she thought turn lanes would improve the intersection for cars, bicycles and pedestrians.
Soviet pianist continues musical education at KU
ilya Gnoyenkyl, Moscow freshman, has been playing the piano since age 5.
Kansan staff writer
By Rochelle Olson
Liya Goynayskiy opened this last five days in the Society of Union at his family's country house 60 meters from the sea.
"It's a very quiet, very pretty place with a little church nearby," he said.
Gnoyenkiy, 18, said he spent time at the country house every summer.
After Jack Winerock, professor of piano, saw Gwenyokensi in a piano competition about a year ago in Warsaw. Poland, he talked to Gwenyokensi about studying at KU.
If he had stayed in the Soviet Union, he might have been forced to serve in the Soviet army and relinquish his dream of being a pianist, he
said.
It was the opportunity that Gnoyenskiy had been waiting for.
Gnoyenski would not have been allowed to practice the piano in the army.
He also said that because he was Jewish, he
Jewish soldiers must deal with anti-
Semitism. he said.
"It's really very sad," Gnoyenskiy said. "Very often they lose themselves as a person. In order to continue my education, I had to come to the United States."
Goyenkisy got permission to leave the country by telling the Soviet government he wanted to visit an aunt. Then the U.S. governors gave her fugue status and gave him permission to stay.
He said that the conditions in the Soviet army had changed since Mikhail Gorbachev signed an agreement.
His mother, father and 20-year-old sister still are in Moscow. They are applying for permission to come to the United States, but that can take a long time, he said.
"My parents could get permission tomorrow, but they probably won't ever get it," he
Gonnyksiak said his sister also would like to come study in the United States.
come study in the United States. He is staying with a Lawrence family and
"Many people have helped me here, so I haven't lonely," he said.
His aunt waited 12 years before receiving permission.
But he said it was difficult speaking a new language and living away from his parents.
"Idon't understand the American style life and different customs very well," he said. "It was a bit difficult for me to get used to."
It was a strange experience when he went to a grocery store in Kansas for the first time, Gaynor said.
*In 20 minutes I had a headache because there were too many things.* he said.
He said that in Moscow there was either no food or long lines at grocery stores and that
"They have to stand in line for hours to get milk or butter, " Gonovskiy said.
now that he is in Kansas, he spends his days doing what he loves — playing the piano.
Gonkenski said he practiced about five hours a day and constantly thought about music.
The first time Winerock heard Gorenkovsky play was at the Chapin International competition.
conditions had become worse since he left in early August.
"He'svery talented," Winerock said.
Gonnyksiev frequently traveled out of the Soviet Union for concert tours.
On some of these tours he had someone watching him all the time so he would not do anything.
Pianists such as Gnoyenskiy are as highly prized in the Soviet Union as a basketball player such as Danny Manning was at KU, Wine-rock said.
Bus driver suspended for heckling two gay men on campus
Kansan staffwriter
Art Satterfield, Lawrence graduate student, and Eric Barnhart of Lawrence were walking west toward campus on 12th Street near Oread avenue to reach the school. He heard a yell from behind them. "You sick baskets." Satterfield said.
By Blaine Kimrey
"We were holding hands," he said. Satterfield said he and Barnhart
A Lawrence Bus Co. driver was suspended Tuesday for harassing two men while on duty, a company representative said.
turned around and saw a campus bus. The bus driver proceeded to heckle and point at him, he said.
Satterfield said the driver was so
busy looking at them that he almost missed the turn from 12th Street onto 19th Street.
After the incident, the two men said they called KU police, KU on Wheels, the Lawrence Bus Co. and the University ombudsman.
By 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Chris Ogle,
Lawrence Bus Co. oresignet, had sus
"That KU bus driver represents KU on Wheels and the Lawrence Bus Company," Barnhart said. "And for a campus that is so diverse and accepting to gays and lesbians, there's no excuse for this kind of behavior from someone who works for the Lawrence Bus Company."
The Lawrence Bus Co. has a contract with KU on Wheels to provide buses for the city.
"We don't condone any violence, whether it be physical or vocal."
Mary Ellen Henderson Coordinator for KU on Wheels
pended the driver and apologized for his actions, according to a letter Ogle sent to Mary Ellen Henderson, coordinator for KU on Wheels.
"The driver will not receive any pay during suspension and may very well be permanently dismissed," Ogle stated in the letter.
Ogle could not be reached for com-
Henderson said yesterday that she was upset that the incident occurred.
mint yesterday. Neither KU police nor Ogle would not identify the driver.
"We don't condone any violence, whether it be physical or vocal," she said.
zations involved in the incident.
Barnhart said he was impressed with the swift response of the organi-
The KU police officer investigating the case put aside all her other cases to work on this one, Barnhart said.
"We want to tell people know that this is not tolerable," he said. "We want to show people that you can speak out and people out there who will support them."
Burdel Welsh, of KU police, said the bus driver could be charged with directly conduct. If charged, the bus driver would face a fine of $50 or up to 30 days in jail.
At Wednesday's Student Senate meeting, student body president Darren Fulcher criticized the harassment.
"Wehaven room on this campus for that." he said.
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