UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesdav. April 19, 1995
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RIVER: Kaw faces danger of pollution
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5 years old. Atrazine is a suspected cancer-causing substance.
The endangered classification is not an honor, he said.
"The price we pay is that the Kaw is now nationally acknowledged to be one of the nation's rivers most in need of conservation and protection," Craven said.
He said that Kansas did not strongly support environmental protection.
"On other endangered rivers, there have been proposals that didn't take place because of endangered designation," he said.
Dredging, which is prevalent along the Kansas River between Lawrence and Kansas City, brought many other environmental issues to the surface for American Rivers to look at, said Eileen Larson, president of Friends of the Kaw. Friends of the Kaw fights the issuing of dredging permits, which are issued to area businesses by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers.
"If you cut out a section of the river, you kill it," she said. "That fact is illustrated by the lower 30 miles of the Kaw, where the damage has been done."
Women to march against violence
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The ninth annual Womyn Take Back the Night march will take place at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
Amy Turnbull, Lawrence sophomore and organizer of the march, said that the march was held in protest of violence against women and children.
Before and after the march, speeches will be
made by Joan Wagnon, former state representative, members of Women's Transitional Care Services, members of Students Against Violence Against Womyn and women who have survived assaults.
Turnbull urged anyone interested to participate in Wonym Take Back the Night.
A booth will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today in the Kansas Union to raise money for the event.
KU student reports rape after early morning walk
An 18-year-old KU student reported that she was raped about 2 a.m. Saturday in the 1600 block of West 24th Street, Lawrence police reported.
The student, who lives in Oliver Hall, told police that she and her boyfriend had an argument at his residence in the 2400 block of Ridge Court, and she decided to walk home.
her friend.
According to the report, the student asked a man standing outside for a quarter to call
Kansan staff report
At that point, the man threw the student onto the grass and raped her, police said. He did not have a weapon.
The student told police she did not fight the man. As she walked away from the scene the man followed her a short distance but then disappeared, according to the report.
The student then walked to Oliver, and her roommate called the student's boyfriend. He took her to Lawrence Memorial Hospital, where she was treated.
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