Drugs symbolize deeper problems
Headquarters deals with various issues
By DAN OSBORNE
Kansan Staff Writer
"Our theme is helping people help themselves," said Brian Bauerle, Harlan, Iowa, senior, referring to the newly formed drug abuse center Headquarters. "Drug problems, psychological hang-ups, boy-girl problems and helping people relate to one another are but a few of the issues we deal with here." he explained
Headquarters, located at 1546 Massachusetts, began Dec. 16 and was conceived by Bauerle. The idea came from having worked with two similar organizations, the Ecstatic Umbrella in Kansas City and the Manner House in Chicago.
Two other KU students, John Pettit, Mission senior, and Dave Nutt, Baldwin senior, helped Bauerle make Headquarters a reality.
The building used by Headquarters is an old, two-story six-room house where Bauerle, Pettit and Nutt reside.
"At first the rent was paid by contributions we received from the First Methodist Church," Bauerle said. "Now we rely on contributions and just play it by ear."
Funding is not all "played by ear," however. Headquarters sponsors dances to raise money
and has a steering committee which attempts to raise funds both locally and nationally. Bauerle said the steering committee is composed of KU faculty members, local professionals and other local people.
"We base our programs here on concern for others. We don't try to psychoanalyze the kids because we don't feel qualified." Bauerle said.
"The first thing we do when someone comes for help is to try to gain his trust. We then explain the different alternatives offered here and the person is free to choose among them."
One alternative offered by Headquarters is a group of local doctors and psychologists who can be consulted for help. Other alternatives are group and interpersonal discussions, human relations classes and just being around concerned people, Bauerle said.
"We started out by dealing mainly with kids who had bad drug problems," Bauerle said. "Then we realized that drugs are just a symptom of deeper problems."
In order to cope with these problems, Headquarters is attempting to initiate a wide range of programs. Assisting with these programs is a group of 35 high
school students called 'staffers.'
To become a 'staffer' a student merely fills out a card to indicate he is available for service. Bauerle said that 'staffers' consulted with kids coming to Headquarters and try to make them feel at home. 'Staffers' also are free to initiate new programs.
A future program initiated by the 'staffers' is the production of a movie. The movie will be produced with the aid of Don Baldwin of the Wesley Foundation and used to describe the programs at Headquarters.
Educational programs at Headquarters include films, lectures by KU faculty members and the opportunity for high school 'staffers' to enroll in the free university.
Although Headquarters is not primarily a drug center, every effort is made to inform the people there about drugs and their effects with the help of a local pharmacologist, Bing Hart.
Bauerle and his staff use research done by Hart to teach the kids about drugs and for speaking engagements. This knowledge also is useful in treating people who have come to Headquarters as the result of a bad drug trip.
The mood at Headquarters is one of enthusiasm. Comments by
Natural balance explained; ecologist warns of suicide
kids involved indicate that Bauerle's attempt to create a "home" atmosphere is successful.
"The first night I came here i was impressed with the way everybody cared about everybody else," said Sam Katz, a sophomore at Lawrence High School. "I don't have any real problems but I just come here to be with people."
Katz said he comes to Headquarters on weekends and every day after school. He indicated that his parents know of his visits and have no objections.
Dana Garrison, a junior at Lawrence High, said, "This is my first time here but I really like it and think it's a great idea."
Garrison said he heard about Headquarters from his friends and plans to come more often.
Although Headquarters has been open less than two months,
Bauerle and his staff are optimistic, Bauerle indicated that the response from both kids and their parents has been favorable.
environment is polluted.
"Of course the long range effects won't be known for quite some time, but the short term effects are very encouraging." Bauerle said.
Dr. Barry Commoner spoke Thursday of environmental problems bewildering in their complexity in a speech broadcast to numerous schools throughout the midwest.
"We are doing ourselves in," he said. "We are on a suicidal path." He added that we are not compatible with our own laws of nature.
Commoner is a noted ecologist and is presently the chairman of the botany department at Washington University in St. Louis. In his speech, "Crisis in Environment." Commoner indicated the world is on a suicidal path unless something can be done to protect the environment.
taken place, said Commoner. There is a huge debt man owes the environment and in some instances, many of us may reach the point of no return within the next generation. He said man should start immediately to alleviate problems that exist now and suggested that we not try to conquer nature, but live with it.
"The problems are discouraging," said Commoner. How can a society be so enriched and yet be so impoverished "
Commoner blamed many of our problems on the fact technological advances have completely overcome the balance of nature. He said with the smell of polluted water, the smog in the air and the problem of waste treatment, it is clear that the
Commoner also said that technology is incompatible with the environment.
In explaining his theory, Commoner spoke of a vast web of biological interaction involved in the environment. He said the four elements present in all living beings make up a complex living machine. Everything we do, said Commoner, depends on the function of that machine.
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