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▼ VOLUNTEERISM
Nicoletta Niosi/KANSAN
Richard Friesner, Albuquerque, N.M., graduate student,
will run a continuous course along Jayhawk Boulevard
to raise money for Jubilee Cafe, a program that serves
food to Lawrence's homeless and needy population.
Friesner will begin his three-day run today at noon.
Student runs for others
BY NICLEY KELLEY
nkelley@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
For twenty-two hours per day for three straight days Richard Friesner will attempt to raise $3000 running up and down Jayhawk Boulevard. Friesner, who will start running at noon today, is doing so to raise money for Jubilee Café.
The Albuquerque, N.M., graduate student and director of Stephenson Scholarship Hall will try to reach his goal while taking only a two-hour break each day for food and a quick nap.
"I hope that it's a message that one person can make a difference," Friesen said. "And that if you're passionate about something you should follow your heart and use it to benefit others."
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2006
A table will be set up on Wescoe Beach
--hope that it's a message that one person can make a difference. If you're passionate about something you should follow your heart and use it to benefit others."
Richard Friesner Graduate student
where students can learn more about volunteer opportunities at the café, which serves a restaurant-style breakfast to those in need in Lawrence every Tuesday and Friday morning. Students will also be able to make donations at the table.
Priesner has been running marathons since his senior year as an undergraduate at the University. He got the idea for the fundraiser when he ran in the Across the Years 24-hour race in Phoenix, Ariz. He raised $600 for the café during that race. His focus recently has been on recovering from the Boston Marathon, which he run in April, but he still said he managed to run at least 100 miles every week.
The café will use the money to buy food for the 260 meals served on average each week. It costs about $200 per week to keep the café up and running, an amount that Carolyn Tharp, co-coordinator of the café, said was a struggle to earn. She said the money Friesner could make would be helpful.
"I was really surprised and type excited just because it was such a neat type of fundraiser that could draw a lot of attention and people could get really interested." Tharp said.
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LAWRENCE
Fire destroys house
BY FRED A. DAVIS III
favis@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Against a backdrop of dump trucks and the lawrence Fire Chief Mark Bradford addressed the fire that burned the house at 838 Louisiana St.
Bradford said the fire started in the basement when flammable vapors leaking from the groundwater ignited, possibly by a bum pump, furnace or hot water heater.
He said the investigation was over and the cause of the fire was accidental. The early Sunday morning blaze displaced the occupants. No one was hurt.
Bradford said tests done on storm water and sanitary reserves in the neighborhood found no traces of gasoline. He said the neighborhood was safe
out that residents should call 911 if they smell gasoline.
As for the contaminated groundwater, which contained a fuel and water mix, it may have originated across the street from where the fire took place.
A trench dug next to Presto Convenience Store, 602 W. 9th St., which is across the street from the house, unearthed 800 gallons of a water-fuel mix. Two hundred gallons worth of that was pure gasoline.
Presto has three underground tanks, two of which have an 8,000 gallon capacity and one that has a 4,000 gallon capacity. Tests done on the piping around the tanks showed no leaks, while tests on the tanks were still ongoing.
Sharon Watson, communications director for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment,
Bradford said the fire started in the basement when flammable vapors leaking from the groundwater ignited, possibly by a sump pump, furnace or water heater.
said she was not ready to pinpoint the source of the leak until the tests on the tanks were complete.
An employee from Presto said, "Mum's the word."
Watson also mentioned that Presto's gasoline records showed discrepancies while the other three gas stations in the vicinity had accurate records.
Getting ready for graduation
- Edited by Matt Wilson
Liz Munz, Topeka senior, tries on a graduation cap Monday at the Kansas Union as she laughs with her friend, Liz Ebert, Astoria, N.Y., senior, because the cap is too small. "I have not bought my cap and gown yet and wanted to check them out before I purchase them," Munz said.
Megan True/KANSAN
MUMPS COUNT
Here are the number of mumps cases as of Tuesday afternoon. These numbers include probable and confirmed cases.
Total cases in Douglas County: 182 Total cases among KU students: 137
Sources: Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department; Walkins Memorial Hospital Center
ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT
Student athletes to have therapist
BY Eric Jorgensen
ejorgensen@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Student athletes' lives can hold more stress than regular college students. Both deal with pressures of school, tests and homework, but student athletes carry the weight of constant training and competition for their sport as well as the everwatchful public eye.
All this can leave the athletes stressed and mentally fatigued. The KU Athletics Department announced Thursday that it hired a fulltime sports psychologist to help athletes make it through their years at the University of Kansas. The department chose Megan Brent, Ph.D.
"We think the time has come to have someone who can give us help in guiding student athletes through the process," Jim Marchiony, associate athletics director, said.
Marchiony said the pressures of being a public figure and a student could weigh heavily on a student athlete. The department had never had a full-time psychologist, but Marchiony said it was in their best interest to bring someone on board.
"It was just a realization gained over time that we want to do whatever we can to create an atmosphere that will breed success," Marchiony said.
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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Group offers alternative housing
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Campus Christians, a nationwide religious organization, allows students in the University's chapter to live in a unique environment
where more in their home is shared than owned.
nior, and house resident, said she loved living in a central house close to campus where visitors were welcome and constantly dropping by.
Three women and two men from the local chapter live in the four-story Campus Christians house at 1320 Ohio St., where
"If the door is open, the house is open," she said.
The house welcomes students
f the door is open,
the house is open."
Christina Watson, Houston se-
the ministry is based, where offices are located and other students in the organization live. The two men live in the basement, one woman lives on the second floor and two women on the third.
Christina Watson Houston senior
All five students applied and were interviewed by the ministry before they were admitted into the house. They then signed a lease and an honor contract of rules they must follow.
Lisa Linovac/KANSAN
with mers about Campus Christians, updates posted on a kitchen bulletin board and pictures from various social activities.
Juniors Devon Teran, of Witchita, Andrew Towne, of Chanute, and Erica Kimmel of Witchita play cards on the porch of the Campus Christian co-op on Ohio Street. Towne and Kimmel have lived in the house for a year and Teran will move in next year. "The house serves to give a sense of community," Teran said. "That's why I'm here."
There is plenty of furniture, mostly from previous tenants, church donations and alumni. Weekly meetings, study groups, ministry-based women's and men's studies and dinners are all hosted at the house. People from the ministry can hang out there anytime.
Watson said the whole house was basically used for ministry purposes. Food, laundry services, computers and the living space is open for anyone to use. The ministry purchases some of the house's items.
The students living in the house take on daily maintenance chores including cooking and
cleaning, Watson said that living in the house was considered service.
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