JULY 13 - JULY 19, 2005
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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ADVICE
Need to air up? Head to the Rec.
Each week Mr. College Answer Person offers his wisdom and advice to those looking for "the inside word" on the college experience. He is answering your questions, so keep them coming to mastercollege@kansan.com.
Dear Mr. College Answer Person, Is there any place on campus where I can air up my bike tires? Eleanor Butler, Topeka junior
Yes, you can find a bike pump as well as a bicycle maintenance center in Outdoor Pursuits in the basement of the Student Recreation Fitness Center, 1740 Watkins Center Drive. Facility assistant at the Rec, Sara Hamilton, said the center did not have anyone on staff performing bike maintenance, but the center was equipped with the tools you needed if you wanted to tackle any repairs yourself. The Outdoor Pursuits center is also the area where you can rent camping and backpacking-related equipment and make use of the 42-foot tall rock-climbing wall. During the summer, hours of operation are 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday, noon to 2 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.
If you can't get to the Rec,you can always air up at one of the gas stations on 23rd Street or Ninth Street for a couple quarters. If you are downtown and in need of some air, Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop,802 Massachusetts St.,has a free in-store pump available for walk-in use.
It would probably be convenient to invest in an inexpensive pump that you can use whenever you need. After all, bike
tires lose air all the time, for no reason at all. There are two types of bike pumps you can buy: frame pumps and ground pumps. Frame pumps attach to your bike frame so they will always be there when you are in a pinch. Cycle Works. 2121 Kasold, carries frame pumps that start at $19.95. Sunflower Outdoor & Bike Shop has the Trek Mini-Pump on sale for $9.99. Wal-Mart, 3300 Iowa St., offers an inexpensive foot-powered ground pump for $9.76. Ground pumps generally do the job faster than frame pumps and come equipped with built-in pressure gauges.
Don't forget your helmet,
Mr. College Answer Person
Dear Mr. College Answer Person,
What is the oldest building on campus? Eric Mbaka, Lumbubashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, senior
According to an article titled "Back In Power" on KUHistory.com, the oldest building on campus is the stone "Boiler House," located at 900 Sunnyside Avenue just east of the Dole Human Development Center. It was built in the early 1880s and originally housed the University's energy-producing implements, which were primarily steam and coal-powered at the time. The building is home to the Hall Center for the Humanities. For comprehensive information on the building and its history check out the article online.
Mr. College Answer Person
NATION
Texas A&M leads the way in cloning experiments
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Eighty-six Squared has never been in a hurry.
The Black Angus bull was born 15 years after cells from his genetic donor. Bull 86, were frozen as part of a study on natural disease resistance. When Bull 86 died in 1997, scientists thought his unique genetic makeup was lost. But researchers at Texas A&M University were able to clone him from the frozen cells in 2000.
Now 5 years old, 86 Squared spends his days grazing on a rural area of the A&M campus. He was in no rush to greet recent visitors, slowly sauntering from deep inside his large metal pen.
Through painstaking experimentation, A&M is the world's first academic institution to clone six species in six years: cattle, a boer goat, pigs, a deer, a horse and — most famously — a cat named cc.
"Generally the way these things go is you do an experiment and then you do another experiment, then you do another experiment," said Mark Westhusin, lead researcher with the A&M cloning team. "It's slow, painstaking work to get little bitty pieces of information that you hope will one day help and improve the technology."
A&M researchers say only one percent to five percent of cloning procedures succeed.
A&M researchers are focused on trying to create livestock resistant to disease, particularly foot-and-mouth and mad cow disease. Bull 86 was naturally resistant to brucellosis, tuberculosis and other diseases. Eighty-six Squared has the same qualities.
Westhusin said A&M's goal has never been to clone many animals, but to study developmental biology. He acknowledged, however, that the school's work with pet cloning was probably focused more on whether it could be done.
The Associated Press
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