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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL.116 ISSUE 151
THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006
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HEALTH
Mumps affect summer vacation
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFT WRITE
Students may take more than a year's collection of books, clothes and papers when they leave Lawrence next week. They could take the mumps virus home with them.
Patricia Denning, Watkins Memorial Health Center chief of staff, said the mumps could spread from its Douglas County center. She expected the number of cases to somewhat subside in the Lawrence area, but grow in the surrounding communities where students might stay for the summer.
The incubation period for mumps averages between 16 and 18 days, but can last from 12 to 25 days.
The incubation period for mumps averages between 16 and 18 days, but can last from 12 to 25 days. That means symptoms might not appear for more than three weeks after initial exposure.
Students would return to Johnson County from Lawrence regardless of whether they're infectious, she said. The department would rely on infected people to act responsibly and stay home.
Nancy Tausz, division director of disease containment for the Johnson County Health Department, said the department was aware of the outbreak in Douglas County and would conti-
ue its mumps surveillance. They cannot predict how many KU students will return home infectious, she said.
the infected person and other people in the house.
Denning said the same recovery recommendations of isolation and rest from campus applied at home, including keeping distance between
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people who will be traveling to mumps-infected areas, such as Lawrence for graduation, should be fully vaccinated to be best protected against the disease. Infected people should limit travel, namely on airplanes, but take precautions such as covering coughs and sneezes, washing their hands and avoiding close contact with others if they do travel.
-Edited by Meghan Miller
MUMPS COUNT
Here are the number of mumps cases as of Wednesday afternoon. These numbers include probable and confirmed cases.
LAWRENCE
Total cases in Douglas County:221 Total cases among KU students:214
Source: Lynn Bretz, University Relations
Barking for attention
Lawrence Humane Society struggles to house abandoned pets
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com □ KANSAN STAFF WRITER
PHOTOS BY AMANDA SELLERS
Peanut, a pointer terrier mix, began wiggling, trying to escape from Grady's lap.
Peanut nestled between the legs of Casey Grady and covered her eyes with puppy-sized paws, trying to get comfortable under the warm afternoon sun as the Wichita sophomore rubbed the puppy's spotted stomach.
Fifteen minutes later, Grady apologetically fastened the blue leash around the brown and black puppy's neck for the journey back to the puppy's cage inside the Lawrence Humane Society.
Grady is one of 100 student volunteers as the Lawrence Humane Society, which housed more than 7,000 animals last year. The shelter, considered the "go-to" shelter in the state of Kansas, may soon be even more crowded.
With the KU school year end
ing and a part of Lawrence's transient college-aged population moving for the summer break, as many as 75 animals could be abandoned at the shelter, said Midge Grinstead, executive director of the Lawrence Humane Society. It's depressing to see college students dump animals like televisions and desks at the end of the year, like animals are nothing more than a piece of paper, she said.
To prepare for the spring rush, the shelter staff has been cleaning and repairing the facilities. They've also managed to open additional space at the shelter by releasing numerous small kittens and puppies to temporary foster care at private homes.
SEE PETS ON PAGE 4A
Caittin Von Liski, Springfield, III., sophmore, holds a guinea pig she named Butterschot at the Lawrence Humane Society on Wednesday afternoon. Vonlaski loves guinea pigs and her family has had seven previously. She wants to adopt Butterschot but needs to wait until next week when her parents can co-sign the adoption papers with her.
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Ashley Carter, 13, holds Peanut inside the puppy area at the Lawrence Humane Society before taking her outside to play Wednesday. Carter has been volunteering at the shelter for almost a year and loves to play with the dogs.
Domino's rewards roommates for purchasing pizzas
STUDENT HOUSING
Domino's Pizza congratulated the winners of "Battle of the Dorms" Wednesday at Jayhawker Towers. The "Battle" was a pizza ordering competition between students at University of
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITE
Kansas residence halls.
The four roommates had more
Perry Allen, Elwood junior; John Harkness, Edinburgh, Scotland junior; Tony Solesky, Raleigh, N.C., sophomore; and Adam Williamson, Wichita Falls, Tex., junior received an oversized check for $1,500 with all four of their names on it.
than 60 orders, about four per week, delivered to their apartment at the towers during the competition, which ran from January 30 through May 7.
Williamson said he was the big spender of the group, but admitted he didn't know much about the competition.
"I feel bad," he said. "I hope
I didn't ruin it for someone that was trying to win."
Casey Myers, general manager at the Lawrence Domino's, 852 Iowa St., said that some students got excited with the competition and even called in to ask about standings.
The four roommates had more than 60 orders, about four per week, delivered to their apartment at the towers during the competition.
SEE DOMINOS ON PAGE 3A
RELIGION
New Chabad house in town
BY ANNE WELTMER
aweltmer@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Group not competing with Hillel
Those wanting to learn about and practice Judaism have another option at the University of Kansas.
Two weeks ago, Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, his wife Nechama, and his infant daughter Mina, opened a Chabad Jewish Center in their new home at 1201 W. 19th St.
Chabad offers an opportunity for Jewish students to experience what it's like in an Orthodox Jewish home — a home that practices all 613 laws of Judaism.
"We like to call ourselves the Google for anything Jewish," he said.
Chabad is one of the largest Jewish outreach organizations in the world. One of its original goals was to rebuild Judaism after the Holocaust.
The KU Chabad Center is one of many, including 151 on university campuses and one in each state except Montana.
Chabad offers classes about Jewish law, customs and holidays. It also offers trips, weekend retreats, kosher barbecues, Shabbat dinners and other social events.
"Wherever there's Coca-Cola,
there's Chabad," Tiechtel joked.
Though Tiechtel practices Orthodox Judaism, he said the goal of the center is to reach each of the 1,800 Jewish students on campus, no matter their level of practice. He said he didn't believe that anyone was more or less of a Jew depending on how many rules they followed or what type of services they attended. He said he wanted to help students proudly identify themselves as Jewish and to "learn it, live it and love it."
The center will work in conjunction with KU Hillel on many of its programs next fall, Tiechtel said.
SEE CHABAD ON PAGE 3A
WEATHER
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