CAMPUS/AREA UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Monday, April 29, 1996
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Environmental group honors Mother Earth
KU Environs aims to spark interest in earthly issues
By Heather Kirkwood Kansan staff writer
The environment didn't cooperate, but about 40 people gathered at South Park Gazebo Saturday to raise environmental consciousness.
The mellow crowd gathered in small groups and discussed topics ranging from depletion of the rain forest to the raising of cattle for meat.
Some just sat and enjoyed the three acoustic guitarists who played music, while others braved the rain to play hacky sack.
"It's too bad it's not sunny," said Shawntel Stapleton, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore. "We had wanted to try and get the Lawrence community involved."
Many in the crowd had been disappointed that the city of Lawrence had not organized an
Earth Day celebration this year.
Earth Day celebration this year. The group had hoped its end-of-Earth Week celebration would make up for the slight. However, the turnout was disappointing.
"I don't know if it was advertised enough," Stapleton said.
Those who did come made the best of things.
"There are some dedicated people here," said Jatinderpal Hundal, Olathe junior.
She said the event, sponsored by KU Environrs, was designed to raise awareness about environmental issues and communicate the message that celebrating the earth is not a once-a-year event.
"It's the environment. It should matter to everyone," she said.
The environment definitely matters to Chris Foster, Los Gatos, Calif., graduate student.
"We should change our way of living so that it is more compatible with life on earth," he said.
One issue that matters to Foster is how the consumption of meat affects the environment.
"By not eating beef we are not only being nice to the animals, but we are being nice to the environment," Foster said.
By not eating beef we are not only being nice to the animals,but we are being nice
environment. "
Chris Foster
Los Gatos, Calif., graduate student
he pointed out that much of our land and water is used to grow crops to feed cattle.
Kendra Miller, Overland Park freshman, came to the event to listen to the music but is still concerned about the environment.
"I think it is important because we have to live here," Miller sai1. "We are ruining the environment by our actions."
Spring Tea reunites roommates
Joan Haver and Norma Bell hadn't seen each other in 35 years. In fact, Bell didn't even know if Haver was still alive.
Haver and Bell were reunited, 48 years after they had been roommates at Watkins Scholarship Hall, 1500 Lilac Lane.
Haver and Bell were among about 100 former and current residents of Watkins Hall who gathered yesterday for the 70th Anniversary Spring Tea. The participants talked about memories and celebrated the building that had housed them.
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
Bell said the last time she had
seen Haver was at her wedding 35 years ago. After the wedding they lost touch, and Bell had heard Haver had leukemia and assumed she had not survived.
"Well, here I am," Haver said, embracing her roommate of 48 years ago. "We had some really good years here."
Watkins Hall has a special place in KU history, as well as in the hearts of its former residents.
Watkins Hall was the first official scholarship hall at the University and was financed by Elizabeth Miller Watkins in 1926. The Chancellor's house, 1532 Lilac Lane, and much of the land in the area also was donated to the University by
Kami Thomas, assistant director of student housing, said scholarship halls like Watkins Hall were unique places to live because they were not only cheaper but provided the women with a co-op living environment.
Watkins.
Former residents at the reunion swapped stories of smoking in the hallways, sneaking out late at night and pulling pranks on each other.
"Of course, pranks were the most fun," said Tonya Graber, resident from 1987 to 1991. "Cold water thrown over shower walls, short-sheeting beds, pudding fights and many others that shouldn't be mentioned."
Students donate themselves to science to make money
Research companies pay to poke, drain and prod volunteers
By R. Adam Ward Kansan staff writer
To make some extra money during the summer of 1994, Canyon Knop, Lawrence junior, decided to sell his body.
A research assistant drew blood from Knop once every five minutes during the first half hour, he said. For the hour after that, the research assistant drew blood every 10 minutes. By the end of the study the assistant drew blood from him only once a day.
He went to the labs at IMTCI, a pharmaceutical research company in Leneka, and participated in a weeklong test of an antibiotic, which was designed to make it easier for transplant patients to accept new organs. The test was designed to see how long the antibiotic stayed in his system, Knop said.
Knop left with $1,400 and needle tracks on his arm in exchange for his time, he said.
Besides allergic reactions, side effects to the drugs that Inovex tests are pretty minimal, McCurdy said. Most tests don't give large enough doses to stay in the body after a subject is released. McCurdy said she had never heard of anybody having a long-term negative reaction to one of the drugs Inovex was testing.
"You get some strange looks when you walk out of there," Knop said.
While Haskins participated in the study, he watched movies and television, played Super Nintendo and
The average study pays $100 a day or more, and the time of stay varies from three to 14 days, she said.
Knop is one of many KU students who participate in pharmaceutical research to make extra money.
Vicky McCurdy, part-time recruiter for Innovex, another pharmaceutical research company in Lenexa, said she spoke with a minimum of three students a day who were interested in applying for research studies.
Scott Haskins, Derby sophomore, participated in a pharmaceutical research study from 7 a.m on February 21 to 7 a.m. on February 25 and made two follow-up visits. It was a study for pink eye, and he was paid $625.
"You get some strange looks when you walk out of there."
Canyon Knop Lawrence junior
"Basically they pay you to be lazy," he said.
Genesis and read magazines, Haskins said.
Andy Hineman, Dighton sophomore, said he volunteered for a study with Inovex because it was a good financial deal, and it gave him a chance to catch up on his studies.
He was paid $375 for a three-day stay.
The blood-thinning medication that Innovex administered to him was already FDA approved, Hineman said. The researchers took blood from him 24 times, but he didn't mind.
"After a few times it seemed like my arm got num," he said.
The Associated Press
TOPEKA — Environmentalists lost what appeared to be a crucial House vote Saturday on a bill designed to protect most of the Kansas River from sand dredging.
The House voted 62-60 to send the bill back to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, which probably will not meet again this session. If the bill remains there, it will die at the end of the session.
Opponents said the bill could increase the cost of sand for construction projects, such as roads or buildings. They also disagreed with environmentalists who think dredging damages the river.
"We cannot make decisions here with only our heart," said State Rep. Steve Lloyd, R-Palmer, who made the motion to send the bill back to committee. "We have to look at the facts."
The Senate approved the bill earlier this year, 24-11. In the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Chairman Carl Holmes, R-Liberal, voted to break an 8-8 tie to give the bill an endorsement and forward it to the House.
The bill would have placed a moratorium on removing
Only three sites, all in Topeka, dredge that stretch. Those companies could continue, as could companies with permits to dredge at 17 sites east of Lawrence.
sand from the river until March 1, 1998 and would have mandated a study of dredging and related issues. The moratorium would have applied to 118 miles of the river, from Junction City to Lawrence.
Two applications for dredging permits between Lawrence and Topeka are pending. The bill would have prevented those companies from dredging until 1998.
"We can't wait another year," said State Rep. Vaughn Flora, D-Topeka, a supporter of the bill.
Supporters contend that dredging will damage the river and prevent its full use by canoeists, bird watchers, boaters and others.
"This is the only piece of the state left for them to enjoy," said State Rep. Laura McClure, D-Glen Elder.
However, State Rep. Rich Becker, R-Lenexa, expressed concern that the bill was too broad because it put more than 100 miles of river under the moratorium. He said he thought the real agenda was to eliminate dredging from the river, something McClure denied.
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