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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, July 26, 1989
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Social welfare student beats drug troubles
Former boxer returned to KU after many problems
by Dick Lipsey Kansan staff writer
Saadiq Al-Rasheed attends graduate school in social work.
Saadiq Al-Rasheed is a former boxer who has been down, but not out in his personal life as well as in the ring.
Al-Rasheed attends graduate school in social work part-time while holding a full-time job as a campus custodian worker.
A 1964 graduate of Central High School in Kansas City, Mo., Al-Rasheed moved to Los Angeles where he boxed professionally as a lightweight and welterweight. He was managed by Henry Armstrong, the first man to hold three world championships at the same time.
"When Henry moved back to St. Louis, I got tired of training," AlRasheed said. "That's when I fell into trouble."
While working as a manual laborer, he began using drugs and was in and out of trouble for several years. His life changed in 1972 when Marshall Jackson, now the interim director of minority affairs, joined the office of the university of Kansas. Al-Rasheed received some financial aid, but had to work extensively and again encountered problems.
"I started to lose interest in school after my sophomore year," AlRashdeen said. "Then I began fooling around with drugs, which were prevalent around here then. I dropped out for four years and moved back
home to Kansas City. After I hit bottom, I realized it was not what I wanted for myself, and I managed to get away from the drug lifestyle.
"I just made up my mind that I didn't want to do it."
Al-Rasheed said his religion was important in changing his life.
"I was a Moslem at the time, but not practicing," he said. "I had gotten away from it altogether. I became a Moslem under the influence of the Black Muslims around 1868, but I couldn't accept their views and I wanted to be removed to go back and get involved in religion. I felt I needed that disclinic."
He also returned to KU at that time.
"I went part-time while working as a janitor," be said, "I had to build my concentration. I had lost the ability to concentrate during the period of drug use. My goal was simply to graduate."
Jackson said, "I don't think I've met anyone so determined to complete his program."
In addition to his job and his studies, Al-Rasheed is a volunteer substance abuse counselor for DCCCA, formerly titled the Douglas County Citizens' Committee on Alcoholism, and for Headquarters, which are two social service agencies with offices in Lawrence.
Karen Ross, director of prevention services for DCCCA, al-Al-Rasheed provided drug and alcohol counseling
for the agency
"He is all you would want as a volunteer," she said. "He is prompt, reliable and likes doing it. He's very professional and personable. He has experience with some of the client groups we work with, and he has a lot of compassion."
Al-Rasheed said he hoped to complete his master's degree within the next two years.
"Then I'll look for ways to get involved in this work," he said. "I'd like to see what contributions I can make. But I'm not saving the case. When it comes to substance abuse, a person has to want to change."
Watson will forfeit vending machines
by Donna Eades Kansan staff writer
After August 15, Watson Library patrons will no longer be able to buy snacks from vending machines in the building.
Jim Ranz, dean of the library, requested in a letter to James A. Long, director of the Kansas Union, that all vending machines be removed from Watson. The Kansas Union supplies and maintains the library's vending machines.
"The library has attempted since 1982 to find some satisfactory way to co-exist with vending machines, but the seven year experiment has failed, and it has had to move the storage capacity to carry out our assigned responsibilities." Ranz said in the letter.
Ranz refused to comment on the decision.
"For all these reasons, we reluctantly have to inform you that we wish to have all the vending machines installed at Jackson Library by 15 August 1989."
"All we know is that the dean of the library asked to have the打磨 machine moved, when Bob Derby was commissioned." We hope he "passes our望 said. "We hope we'll have a
chance to talk with him a little more about that."
Watson Library is the largest vending location on campus, with annual sales around $70,000. Long response to Rans's request.
No other libraries on campus have vending machines and none will be installed in the science library.
Although it is difficult to estimate the amount of money spent repairing or replacing books damaged by water and drink, Ken Germain helped circulation, said she saw the result of that damage every day.
"People will hold a book open with a pop can or use a candy wrapper as a book mark. People leave pop caps on the shelves and someone else will come along and spill it. People damage books by tearing them down on trash that has been left in a study area." Simmons said.
"If we saw someone with food or a drink we would ask them to throw it away or leave the building," she said.
The staff has tried to keep people from eating and drinking outside of the designated areas.
STUDENTS REPORT ROBBERY:
Police are continuing to investigate a robbery and battery that occurred early Sunday morning, L. Jeanne Longaker, KU police spokesman, said yesterday.
According to police reports,
three 21-year-old students were in their apartment at 2:30 a.m. when someone knocked on the door.
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One of the students answered the
New immunization recommendations won't affect KU
door and when he opened it, four men forced their way into the apartment. The men struck the students and took a stereo, cassettes and cash valued together at $167.
KU police officers were called and an ambulance was dispatched to the address. Two of the students reported attention, police reports showed.
Kansan staff writer
by Gary Patton
A recent medical report recommending a second measles vaccination for everyone under the age of 32 does not immediately affect KU immunization policies, said a University of Kansas health official.
Disease Control adopted the academy's recommendations.
Last week, the American Academy of Pediatrics made the recommendation, fearing that measles infections in 1989 could be worse than any in the last nine years. Before this report was issued, the academy had recommended shots only for people where outbreaks had occurred
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said Monday that KU policy would not change unless the Centers for
"The first group we give the shot to are people less than 32 years of age who are without the MMR vaccine."
"Our current standard is to give MMR shots (combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccines) by group," Yokey said. "This is what the current CDC policy says to do. They set the standards across the country and we follow their established guidelines."
Vockey said the age of 32 was chosen because most people born before 1984 had already been exposed to Bacillus subtilis, a contague to the highly contagious disease.
Measles is a viral disease that produces a rash, fever, red eyes and a cough. The rash typically begins in
the scalp and spreads to the feet While the disease may only mildly affect children, it could lead to more serious problems for adults, including pneumonia and brain damage Physicians recommend that children be vaccinated when they are 12 to 15 months old.
"From 1963 to 1967, the vaccine was totally worth it, and it provides no protection." Yockey said.
Yockey said that all students in the first two groups should receive a second MMR immunization.
Yockey expected policy changes from the CDC recommending second
measles shots for everyone younger than 32 years of age but said that implementing those changes would be difficult. Under current policy, Watkins would immunize the group only in an outbreak.
"If we do implement that policy, based on new CDC guidelines, we will be at the mercy of the state and county health departments," Yockey said. "It becomes a matter of what the state can do logistically. There is just not enough vaccine available to do everyone under age 32.
"Medically it makes a lot of sense. Practically, it will be a long time before we can implement it."
Greg Crawford, public information director of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said implementation of the academy's
recommendation would be a logistical nightmare.
"Even with CDC recommendation, it is not something that we would decide on overnight," Crawford said Tuesday.
Yockey said that all new students enrolling would be required to prove they had received MMR, polio and diphtheria-tetanus vaccinations.
"If our new enrollment screening works, four years from now, every student at KU will be completely immunized," Yockey said. "It is the trend in college health. About 45 percent of U.S. universities currently require immunizations. In the next five years, all will require them. We can't risk the health of 25,000 students because some people were not
willing to call their physicians and check their immunization records."
He said the change had been planned for two years, but that outbreaks of mumps and measles last school year had emphasized the need to prevent new cases. No cases of either disease have been reported at KU since mid-May.
Yockey said new students who were not immunized would be asked at enrollment to be vaccinated before paying fees. Students not immunized would have a hold placed on their spring enrolment by Watkins.
Reinstated Secure Cab program to down play Tipsy Taxi
Kansan staff writer
bv Barbara Kollmever
A taxi service for students is on its way back to the University of Kansas.
The Student Senate Executive Committee approved a bill Sunday that would allocate $43,545.60 to the Emergency Board for the Secure Cab service.
Some members of StudEx wanted to pass the bill this summer because of the time required to pass a bill
Jeff Morris, student body vicepresident, expressed concern about the number of physical attacks on the campus last three months of the fall semester.
through state offices. They were concerned that if a decision on the bill was not made before the start of the period, they could not get started until late in the period.
Morris said, "It's obvious that StudEx is the appropriate body to hear this, because if we wait, the service won't start until November."
Secure Cab is tentatively scheduled to run from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., Monday through Saturday, with additional training Wednesday through Saturday.
"Last year there were 22 attacks, and 12 to 14 of those occurred within the first three months of school."
Morris said the name Secure Cab had been chosen because students in the past believed that Tipsy Taxi only provided rides for students who were
under the influence of alcohol.
Under the new service, on-campus calls from 11 to 12:30 a.m. will be given precedence over off-campus calls. More students on campus, Morris said.
An amendment to the bill, which would provide an additional $2,721.60 for the service, was passed after nearly an hour of debate. James McGregor, the director, said the extra money was intended to add another hour to the
service so that students taking night classes ending at 10 p.m. would not have to wait an hour before calling a cab.
Muir said the program should emphasize an escort service and should not just cater to students coming home from bars.
"There are people right now taking courses that end at 10 p.m. and Senate is responsible for those people." Muir said.
The amendment was approved and
then rejected. Some members did not think the extra money should be given to the cab company because it would be more difficult to take away later.
Morris said he hoped that the service would be ready to run within two weeks of the start of classes, but the plan is not yet final. He take the State to approve the bill.
Members of Student Senate will meet again in August to finalize the program.
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