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DRINKS: Heavy drinking could seriously harm brain functions
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"The time course is unclear, but it may take several months to years to recover from the alcohol-induced injury." Meyerhoff said.
Mary Michaelis, University of Kansas professor of pharmacology and toxicology, said that although she could not comment on Meyerhoff's study, she would not be surprised if brain damage resulted from consuming more than 100 drinks a month.
Doctors have long known that severe alcoholics are vulnerable to a type of dementia known as Korsakoff's Syndrome, which causes amnesia and an inability to learn.
"Alcohol gets into the brain very easily," Michaelis said.
Students' reactions to the study ranged from not surprised to skeptical.
Sara Murillo, Wichita junior and human biology major, said she knew of alcoholics who could develop brain damage from excessive drinking, but would still like to see the results
Christian Stewart, Topeka senior, said he questioned the study's effect on alcoholics behavior.
of the study.
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bearer.
"I don't drink that much, but if you were drinking like that, you probably wouldn't care anyway."
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FEES: Professional schools increase student fees to meet varied needs
But Mason said that because all of the suggestions would not be accomplished in one year, students would get at least half of their money back from the $75 fee in rebate form.
"We don't want to cheat students who will not be here for the full benefi," Mason said.
Crawford still thinks that the entire business school should have a vote on the proposed increase. If students would be getting money back anyway, he said, then they should lower the fee.
fee.
A $30 dollar per credit hour fee seems reasonable for the engineering school, said Robb Sorem, associate dean of the school. The school had already added a fee of $15 since the early nineties, he said. The proposed additional $15 fee will provide support for engineering labs, supply more computers and lab equipment, and money for engineering Student Senate projects.
Sorem was surprised when stu
dents asked to add a fee to tuition. But the students were surprised the fee had not been implemented before this, he said.
The School of Education has proposed a $15 per-credit-hour fee that will fund scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, provide clinical supervisors and help student support services. Fred Rodriguez, associate dean of education, said there were six or eight open forums conducted to explain to students how the money would be used.
Students in the School of Fine Arts also asked for additional students fees in the school. The dean's office received a request for funding that about 250 students in the school signed, said Vickie Hamilton-Smith, director of communications.
A $15 fee per credit hour will be added for the areas of music, art, dance and design. The funds will be used in a variety of ways from supporting staff and software in computer labs to exhaust hoods, she said.
Students in the journalism school need more access to computer labs during the school day, said Sharon Bass, co-chair of the technology fee proposal committee. She said a $12 fee per credit hour would fund that as well as better trained lab assistants and technology upgrades to computers and equipment:
time they use. Amanda O'Toole, Wichita junior and journalism student, said that it is about time they do something.
and equipment Bass said students needed better technology in the school so that they could have experience with up-to-date equipment by the time they have a job.
Although O'Toole did not know about the proposed fee, she said that the school needed it.
"You can't expect people to have old technology and go out and experience new technology," she said.
Several hundred students responded positively to an online survey that asked about
He said he had received a lot of positive feedback from students about the improved equipment.
Last year, the School of Architecture implemented a $15 percredit-hour fee that funded equipment, computers and student expenditures. John Gaunt, dean of architecture, said the fee covered a lot of equipment from audio-visual to wood work for models.
needs in the school and adding a fee. Journalism students are frustrated with problems of technology right now, so they know that improvements are helpful, Bass said.
"They key to it is that the students know where the money is going to be and they know that the extra dollars they're paying are going directly for their use," he said.
These proposals were sent to the provost and the Board of Regents will review these added fee proposals in June.
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NATION
California grand jury indicts Michael Jackson
LOS ANGELES- Pop star Michael Jackson has been indicted by a Santa Barbara County grand jury investigating child molestation allegations, television news organizations reported yesterday.
reported yesterday.
The reports by ABC, CNN and MSNBC cited sources that were unidentified. They had no details about the indictment, nor was there any official confi-
nation or announcement.
Grand jury indictments are usually secret until a defendant is arraigned.
arragged.
Jackson attorney Mark Geragos, reached by telephone, would not answer questions from The Associated Press about whether there was an indictment.
Geragos, other defense attorneys and prosecutors in the case are covered by a gag order. The district attorney's office also would not comment about the media reports.
The Associated Press
FIRE: New station leads to fast help
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"We get excellent service now, but there's a potential for quicker service," Stoner said.
Housing, said candles and lit cigarettes start the most fires in the residence halls, while grease fires sometimes plague the Jayhawker Towers. Stoner said he looked forward to faster response times.
In 2005, Bradford also plans to add nine firefighters to his staff of
Douglas County
Between 1990 and 2000, the
Douglas County population
increased from 81,798 to 99,962.
According to the most recent U.S.
Census Bureau statistics from July
of 2003, the Douglas County population
is 102,983. And it should increase to about 118,901 by 2010.
Deputy fire chief Mark Bradford agreed about the importance of the new station. Lawrence needs a fifth fire station to keep up with the population growth in Douglas County, he said.
139 to help the department respond more quickly to emergency calls. Bradford said he hoped to cut the response time to four minutes.
But Capt. Schuyler Bailey of the KU Public Safety Office said the new fire station would not decrease the number of fires KU Public Safety officers respond to. Since January 2003, KU Public Safety has responded to 13 fires. KU Public Safety officers are always on street patrol, so they will respond faster than the new fire station, he said.
Fire Station No. 5 is the second part of a three-part 1996 Public Safety plan. Part one of the plan, completed in the spring of 2002, was to relocate Station No.2 from 19th Street and Haskell Avenue to 21st and Harper streets.
Part three of the plan is to move Station No. 4 from 2819 Stonebarn Terrace to 21st and Wakarusa streets.
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"Content is a Glimpse': The Battle Over Meaning from DeKooning to Now"
THE 2004 FRANKLIN D. MURPHY LECTURE
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The Murphy Lectureist was established in 1979 through the Kansas University Endowment Association in honor of former chancellor Dr. Franklin D. Murphy. The Murphy Lecture series is sponsored by the Spencer Museum of Art, the Keena Foundation Department of Art History at the University of Kansas and the Nelson-Ankins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
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