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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
SECTION A VOL.104, NO.152
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1995
Weather: Page 2A
SPORTS
(USPS 650-640)
Ostertag in the first round; Big Eight draft line-up and more potential picks. Page 8 & 10B
Draft hopefuls to discover fate
CAMPUS
Riding shotgun with the fuzz
Kansan reporter Angie Dasbach rides along with the Lawrence and KU police. Page 6A
NEWS
BRIEFS
Lalia Browlee / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO John Hill, D.C., of Hill Chiropractic Clinic inserts an acupuncture needle into reporter Phillip Brownlee. Needles were placed just below both knees and ankle bones.
Former White House press secretary busted
Police department spokesman Sydney Bennett says Myers was arrested about 12:45 a.m. Tuesday, after an officer spotted her car double-parked facing the wrong way on a street in the city's bustling, late-night Adams-Morgan neighborhood.
WASHINGTON — Former White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers was arrested on a Washington street yesterday and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
Laila Brownlee / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
She was released on the promise to appear at a court hearing.
In custody, Myers also was charged with driving under the influence after she was found to have a blood alcohol content level above the legal limit.
If found guilty of the misdemeanor offense, she could be fined $2,000 or sentenced to one year in jail.
The officer asked Myers to move on, at which point she continued the wrong way. The officer stopped her again; she again double-parked facing the wrong way, and was arrested for driving on the wrong side of the street.
Jesse James to be exhumed
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Bank robber Jesse James was posing as a cattle buyer when a member of his gang fired a bullet through his head to collect reward money.
But was it really James that Bob Ford killed on April 3, 1882? And did Ford shoot alone, or did his brother Charles fire his gun at the same time?
Stars also has investigated the deaths of accused ax-murderer Lizzie Borden and Carl Weiss, the alleged assassin of Huey Long, the populist governor and U.S. senator.
A team of scientists wants to conduct a new autopsy on James' body to try to resolve controversies that linger 113 years after his death.
"DNA tests could solve once and for all the question of whether Jesse James was killed in St. Joseph," said James E. Starrs, professor of law and forensic sciences at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Compiled from The Associated Press.
ACUPUNCTURE
Thousands turn to this art to treat health problems
Cecely Chou, a tutor in Chinese at the University of Kansas, battled asthma for years. Even though she took her medicine faithfully, her condition never improved.
Helen Hill of Kansas City, Mo., smoked for 50 years before deciding to quit. But when she tried to stop, she felt so horrible that she started up again.
Alice LaFrenz of Lawrence just wanted to keep her weight off.
These three women and thousands of other people have turned to the ancient art of acupuncture to treat their health problems, despite the doubts of the medical community.
The results of these acupuncture treatments are sometimes dramatic: Chou's asthma cleared up; Hill stopped smoking for good; and LaFrenzi lost 10-15 pounds.
Acupuncture originated in China between 2,500 and 4,000 years ago but did not gain popularity in the United States until the last 20 years. According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimates, 9 million to 12 million acupuncture treatments are now performed in the United States each year.
In Lawrence, four chiropractors advertise and perform acupuncture; John Hill of Hill Chiropractic,
944 Kentucky St.; Vince Schole of Massachusetts Chiropractic, 932
Massachusetts St.; Mikell Adams of Adams Chiropractic, 2032 W.
27th St.; and Chris Wertin of Advanced Chiropractic Services,
3300 W, 15th St.
The University is a major source of patients for these practices. Hill Chiropractic estimates that nearly one-third of its acupuncture patients are KU students.
The local practitioners follow the traditional Chinese teachings that
the body contains opposite forces known as yin and yang. According to the teachings, people are healthy when yin and yang are balanced and become ill when they fall out of balance.
Acupuncture theory holds that harmony can be restored by altering qi (pronounced "chee"), an energy source that flows through the body's 14 meridians and channels energy to all organs and systems. Along these meridians are approximately 400 acupoints that can alter the flow of qi.
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In most U.S. clinics, acupoints are stimulated through the insertion of hair-thin needles. In Lawrence, Hill, Scholle and Adams use this technique, while Wertin uses electronic stimulation and pressure.
"It's not like a shot or an injection," she said. "Sometimes you feel the needles going in, but that's it. Once they are in you don't feel anything."
Unlike their Chinese counterparts who determine a patient's yin and yang balance by using their fingertips, the Lawrence practitioners rely primarily on an electronic meter to measure the body's electrical currents. These readings are then plotted; and a diagnosis and treatment plan are determined.
Patient Helen Hill said acupuncture did not hurt but sometimes caused a momentary sting.
Charts indicate which acupoints affect which organs or ailments. For example, the human ear is said to contain dozens of points linked to such organs as the heart, stomach and gall bladder.
To help Alice LaFrenz lose weight, Hill placed a quarter-inch surgical staple on her ear. Hill instructed her to pull her ear lobe whenever she felt hungry.
"When I was extra hungry I would reach in and move the staple back and forth to send the message quicker," LaFrenz said, "It worked, and I lost my weight."
work,' said Paul Mathews, associate professor of respiratory care and physical therapy at KU's School of Allied Health in Kansas City, Kan.
Although most acupuncture treatments are for pain management, claims that it works on a myriad of conditions ranging from the common cold to bed wetting have made traditional physicians and consumers skeptical. Even using acupuncture to help stop smoking raises eyebrows.
And indeed, acupuncture isn't always successful.
Molly Merringer of Kansas City, Mo., for example, had two months of acupuncture, receiving two to three treatments a week, yet was
"I can't figure out how it would
Reporter casts away fear; takes poke at acupuncture
By Phillip Brownlee Special to the Kansan
Some people say flu shots don't hurt, yet I describe them in one word. YEEOUCH!
In interviewing acupuncture patients, I was told repeatedly that the needles "don't really hurt." But what does "really" mean?
OK, so maybe I'm a wimp and am not a good candidate for body piercing, but as a reporter, I do feel obligated to try and understand my topic.
I was escorted into a medical examination room like any other, save the posters on the wall diagraming "The Meridians of Ch'i Energy" and the stainless-steel needles glistening in a tray on the counter.
After asking me some health questions, Hill prescribed a basic treatment to improve my leg circulation.
He then had me remove my shoes and socks and roll up my pant legs.
I felt a slight sting when the needles broke the skin, but the feeling in both knees passed almost immediately. And as for my feet, I didn't feel a thing.
As I hopped onto the exam table, Hill said that in his 15 years of practice, only four patients had felt queasy; all were male.
After dabbing my skin with alcohol, Hill skillfully inserted a 2 1/2-inch needle about 1/8-1/4 inches into the skin below the outside of my kneecaps and another by my ankle bones. These are four key acupuncture points on the human body. Hill said.
I didn't know if I should be comforted or scared by that.
Hill said different acupuntures brought different discomfort levels. He tells his patients what to expect. For example, the bottom of the foot is one of the worst spots. Hill said.
Needles are sometimes twisted or tapped in order to trigger a particular response, but mine were left dangling peacefully from my legs for about five minutes.
Lalia Brownlee / CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Hill explains to Brownlee the benefits of acupuncture.
Removing the needles was simple and painless, though removal did produce one blood drop, which Hill said was common.
Leaving the clinic, I felt somewhat disappointed since I was ready for Hill to use my forehead as a pin cushion. But I had to admit, my steps did feel bouncer.
I just hope my next assignment isn't about circumcision.
Iron lures Levine from KU City commissioner to deal in metal art
By John Collar Special to the Kansan
Allen Levine, who was elected to the commission in April, is resigning as membership coordinator of the Spencer Museum of Art effective July 17.
One of KU's two connections to the Lawrence City Commission is leaving the University to test his mettle in an ornamental iron company.
Levine and John Nalbandian, asso-
cause professor of public administration, serve on the commission. Levine will stay in Lawrence and retain his position as a commissioner.
Levine will be a partner in The Blue Iron
Allen Levine
Co., which will reproduce and sell pieces of metal art. He will run sales and marketing.
"We have the rights to just literally thousands of designs of mainly metal structures — anything from statuettes to art deco mirrors, park benches and just amazing iron tables," Levine said.
Some of the designs are original and date from the 1870s.
"I feel really good pushing a pretty high quality Kansas product," he said.
Levine has been interested in design since taking art history courses at KU and working at the museum. The job also is a unique opportunity, he said.
Doug Tilghman, assistant director of the art museum, said he was sorry to see Levine leave.
"Allen is committed to seeing the arts flourish in Lawrence," Tilghman said.
The museum is in the process of hiring a replacement for Levine.
Levine said his duties on the commission had nothing to do with his leaving KU, even though the first four weeks as a commissioner were pretty hectic.
"After the first month or so, I was able to focus on what I wanted to do." he said.
Levine said he started to hit his stride when he introduced a resolution condemning plans of the Victory Sand and Gravel Co. to dredge the Kansas River. The resolution passed unanimously.
He said he also was pleased to see an emerging dialogue between the city and neighborhood groups.
He said that the increasing emphasis on city-neighborhood relations had accompanied a changing definition of what a neighborhood actually is.
"Neighborhoods are much more than just houses and occupants," he said. "There are stake holders in each neighborhood, including schools and businesses and the people who work there."
Levine, who has a bachelor's degree in English from KU, said he had enjoyed his time spent at the University.
"It's been the best years of my life," he said.
Parking department gives fewer tickets during summer
By Leslie Taylor Special to the Kansan
Toppea graduate student Steve Reynolds sighed as he emptied his pockets searching for spare change to feed the parking meter.
Reduced staff less attentive of University's restricted lots
"Twenty-five cents per hour? This is ridiculous," he muttered to himself while he stood in lot 91 between the Kansas Union and Campanile Hill.
Unlike the drivers of 12 other cars in his row, Reynolds stuffed the meter with his change. He said he
wanted to avoid a ticket. But the other dozen cars with expired meters were not getting ticketed either.
Summertime seems to be an easier time for parking on the KU campus, students say. Parking patrols are fewer and far between.
Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking, said the department issued fewer tickets in the summer because there were fewer students and less ground to cover.
So far this summer, the department has averaged 175 tickets a day. In April the average was 414 tickets a day.
"Although we write fewer total
tickets during the summer, we write more tickets in the blue and red areas because campus is open, and the students have access to these areas as early as two o'clock." Hultine said, "Even if campus is open, the signs in each lot still take precedence."
Because the department has less ground to cover, it also has a smaller summer staff. During the school year the department keeps three full-time and 30 part-time employees.
In the summertime, however, it has only 10 part-time employees.
Hutline said that lot 91 was ticked the most, and Reynolds and his
Mike Eenbach, Overland Park senior, said that this did not surprise him.
Although many of these cars lacked hang tags, half of them were parked beside unpaid meters.
While the parking department staff was patrolling the numerous blue and red areas on campus, yellow zones appeared to get less attention on June 21. On that date, 36 cars parked illegally in lot 91 behind the Kansas Union.
cofflaw companions could expect to eventually get ticketed. However, in the 1 1/2 hours that the lots were under observation, no tickets were issued.
"I never pay the meters. In fact, I'm parked at an unpaid meter right now," Enenbach said. "The key to parking close to campus is knowing where the meters are. An unpaid meter ticket is only $1, whereas a ticket for parking without a permit in a restricted area is $10."
He went on to explain that if a student couldn't find an open meter, using an old hang tag worked well for yellow lots.
"A lot of my friends bought tags for last year and never bought another. They never check the stickers, only the tags" he said. "I should know, I haven't gotten a single ticket yet this summer."