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Tuesday, March 5
WHAT: KU School of Music Symptonic Band and University Band concert
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7.30 to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Hear student musicians jam out at the Lied Center. Tickets are $5 for students.
WHAT. 2013 Education Interview Day
WHERE. Kansas Union, fifth floor
WHEN. 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
ABOUT. Looking for a job? This free event provides networking and interview opportunities with multiple school districts for openings in teaching careers.
CALENDAR
Wednesday, March 6
WHAT: Faith Forum: An Attempt at
Saint
WHERE: ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave.
WHEN: 6.30 to 8.30 p.m.
ABOUT: Join this discussion on the
Christian faith, presented by Rev. Nat
LeMert. All religions are welcome.
Thursday, March 7
WHAT: Murs at the Granada
WHERE: Granada Theater, 1020 Massachusetts St.
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: Catch rapper Murs at the Granada. Tickets are $15 for this all-ages show.
WHERE: Dyche Hall, Panorama
WHEN: 6:30 to 9 p.m.
ABOUT: Check out this free film featuring genetically modified bats. Who says science has to be boring?
**WHAT:** Tea at Three
**WHERE:** Kansas Union, Level 4 Lobby
**WHEN:** 3 to 4 p.m.
**ABOUT:** Hit up the Union for your weekly free tea and pastries. Cheerio!
WHAT: Myths and Mayhem Film Series;
"Male."
LOCAL
WHAT. MUMMENSCHANZ 40 Years
WHERE: Lied Center
WHEN: 7.30 to 9.30 p.m.
ABOUT: Without dialogue, performers entertain their audience with a wide array of props and body language to tell a story. MUMMENSCHANZ is known for its unique and artistic style.
Tickets start at $15.
Friday, March 8
WHAT: Campus Movie Series, Flight
WHERE: Kansas Union, Woodruff
Auditorium
WHEN: 8 p.m.
ABOUT: See this Oscar-nominated film, starring Denzel Washington. Tickets are $2 with a student ID.
Academic Health Department aims to teach
REID EGGLESTON
reggleston@kansan.com
A call for higher public health standards and greater access to preventive care has urged the nation to action, and the City of Lawrence along with the University have followed suit.
Recently implemented by the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, KU's Academic Health Department focuses on research and teaching as means for evolving the city's approach to public health issues that pervade the community.
Following a Lawrence community health assessment in which city department programs were scrutinized for effectiveness and coverage, the health department found that receiving accreditation might come with linking the University's research in public health with the health department itself.
"One of the findings is that we need links between university and community," said Dr. Vicki Collie-Akers, associate director of the KU Work Group for Community Health. "New research findings don't necessarily trickle down to communities with time alone. This is something we need to improve. We continually need this stream of research and application to keep our community happy, active and healthy."
A year later, the Academic Health Department aims to be a teaching mechanism for those who plan to go into public health and a research institution by which to test and eventually implement
health strategies to the Lawrence community.
Five interdependent branches of the department outline the program's focuses on community health, including healthy food, mental health, healthcare access, physical activity and poverty divisions.
Collie-Akers and the rest of the KU Work Group, an amalgamation of public health experts and researchers, work under KU's Life Span Institute to design a community health toolbox, which models how public health should work at the local level, based on experimentation and data collection.
"A year ago, we did a large-scale survey about what community health did for residents of Lawrence," Collie-Akers said. "How well are parts of our health system contributing to health? We looked for hot-spots in town that had a high rate of emergency room use. For example, certain pockets heavily used the ER for dental issues. This speaks to lack of insurance. All of that info was compiled to reflect 13 high-priority health issues, and then we whittled that number down to five all-encompassing areas."
It was one of these areas — the issue of poverty — that inspired graduate research assistant Ithar Hassaballa to get involved.
Hassaballa joined the Academic Health Department last December so that she could play a part in directly shaping the community with her research investigating how the United Way and private health journals claim public health can most optimally be delivered to residents.
"I was born in Sudan where, often, public health went unaddressed," Hassaballa said. "Coming here, though, you realize that these health issues aren't just countries away; they affect people globally. And actually, it's the same factors
- poverty, mental health, healthy food options - that contribute to poorer health in both areas"
But what makes the Academic Health Department one-of-a-kind nationally is its devotion to teaching the next generation's community health advocates.
Dr. Jomella Watson Thompson, an assistant professor in the Department of Applied Behavioral Sciences, works to mold health leaders through classes that investigate how behavioral and analytic methodologies apply to the health of a community, from helping stu-
understand child-care licenses to how child nursery compliance programs
dents understand child-care
work.
"We have a long-standing history of engaging students," Watson-Thompson said. "We all have a role to support students, and now we've solidified that arrangement between the Lawrence Health Department and Academic Health Department. In time, we hope to bring more students into the fold and share our passion for these services to our community"
Department remains in its fledgling stages, plans to expand the program's participation through interested students and to become a greater component of the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department prompt Hassaballa to look at the program with hope and anticipation for a better Lawrence.
interpretation for a better future.
"It will be a bright future," she said.
While the Academic Health
Edited by Taylor Lewis
WHAT ARE THE 10 ESSENTIAL PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES? THESE ARE THE CORE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH, ACCORDING TO THE LAWRENCE-DOUGLAS COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
-MONITOR HEALTH
-DIAGNOSE AND INVESTIGATE
-INFORM, EDUCATE AND EMPOWER
-MOBILIZE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
-DEVELOP POLICIES
-ENFORCE LAWS
-LINK TO AND PROVIDE CARE
-ASSURE A COMPETENT WORKFORCE
-EVALUATE
-RESEARCH
*Source: Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department
CAMPUS
Student Senate group accused of violations
Ad Astra is under investigation for allegedly violating the Student Senate election code.
The Student Senate Election Commission said it received a complaint claiming that the Ad Astra campaign met with members of the Rock Chalk Revue at the Lied Center last Tuesday, Feb 26 and then campaigned with the Junior Greek Council the next day.
While chalking was allowed beginning yesterday, the Student Senate election calendar says that coalitions cannot passively campaign among students until next Monday, said Caleb McIntosh a sophomore from Caney Valley and the Student Senate elections commissioner.
"These are still allegations," McIntosh said. "They are not actual charges yet."
McIntosh said the Election Hearing Board will consider the allegats no and possible consequences. These are the first complaints the commission has received this election cycle.
Marshall Schmidt
STUDENT SENATE Senate adds seats to increase diversity
international students are now formally allowed to run for Student Senate as representatives of the international student community itself, as four new seats have been added to the senate to boost representation of this student group. The initiative passed the full senate two weeks ago and was enacted by Student Senate President Hannah Bolton last Thursday, effective immediately.
This marks a pivotal step for the representation of minority group students in the senate. Bypassing the requirement that senators represent a certain school like Engineering or Liberal Arts, the bill allows international students to mark on a candidacy form that they are not U.S. citizens and are eligible to vie for the four new senate positions reserved for international students.
Caleb McIntosh, a sophomore from Caney and election commissioner of Student Senate, said the bill will not alter the process for how students register for candidacy or are elected.
*international student cadets*
dates will be treated like any other senator," McIntosh said. "On the Student Senate website, candidates will have to get a candidacy form stamped confirming that they actually are not a U.S. citizen. This is how all other seats work. You would have to go to your school to confirm that you are a member of that school. International students are then able to campaign up until the election in the second week of April."
Despite the current presence of international students in Student Senate, the initiative, proposed by the senate's multicultural affairs committee, is aimed at increasing the amount of legislation directed toward the international student constituency as it increases the total number of
"The act should give us insights into the needs of international students, such as whether translators and translation material should be included or gotten rid of in certain classes." McIntosh said. "The original idea was that we could get a better understanding of how international students are adapting to the KU community and how we can improve this aspect of these students' college experiences."
Prior to the legislation, international students have been represented by the International Student Association, an entity separate from Student Senate. Ambassadors from the ISA periodically observe the Senate to assure their interests are represented,
senators to 69.
but the ISA itself does not have the ability to propose legislation.
The Student Senate has focused on vocalizing this development through social media outlets like the Student Senate twitter page to encourage international candidates to compete in the April election.
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