THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2006
NEWS
HEALTH
State requires vaccine
Law aims at protecting students
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has made a move to protect students against bacterial meningitis at all Kansas universities and colleges.
Sebelius recently signed into law a policy that mandated every university and college to require that all incoming students intending to live in student housing be vaccinated against the disease. The policy will take effect in the fall of 2007. Waivers are available for anyone who refuses the vaccine.
BY FRED A. DAVIS III
davis@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
"This is a tangible step to ensure our students who could be more susceptible to meningitis are well protected," Sebelius said.
The University of Kansas has had a policy on meningitis vaccination since August of 2005. The policy was influenced in part by KU alumnus Andy Marso, who contracted the disease in April of 2004.
No meningitis cases have been reported since.
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The University's policy requires that incoming students be vaccinated against meningitis if they intend to live in student housing. The University offers students the opportunity to waive the vaccination, yet only 5.8 percent of students chose the waiver according to Student Health Services.
92. 3 percent have received the vaccination while a mere 1.8 percent of students have been non-compliant.
Kathynn Tuttle, associate vice provost for student success, said that the compliance to the vaccination is excellent. And for those who are non-compliant, a hold prevents them from enrolling—a rule that is enforced for any non-compliance with a vaccination requirement.
Tuttle said that because students who live in group housing are more susceptible to the
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This is our tangible step to ensure our students who could be more susceptible to meningitis are well protected."
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disease than those who live in smaller arrangements, the need to be vaccinated is important.
Tuttle added that while being vaccinated against meningitis is effective, it does not completely prevent the onset of the disease, as is the case with any vaccine. Tuttle advises that students should be aware of any symptoms they might develop to protect themselves.
There are two different Meningitis vaccinations available from the University: Menactra, a newer vaccine that costs $103 and Menomune, which is $83.
Edited by Timon Veach
CAMPUS
New dean of libraries named,effective Aug.1
Kansas has named a new dean of libraries.
Lorraine Haricombe, dean of libraries at Bowling Green University in Ohio, will assume the position Aug. 1.
She will replace Stella Bentley, who has held the position since 2001.
Haricombe, visited the campus twice, most recently this past weekend.
"It's absolutely scenic," she said. "I had no idea there were hills down in that part of the country."
At Bowling Green, she has been in charge of the libraries on a campus of 20,000 students, a position she has held since 2001.
She said that while there were similarities, the job at Kansas was a larger one.
"The KU libraries are nationally recognized, and it is obviously much bigger in terms of size and collections," she said.
At Bowling Green, Haricombe has overseen efforts to move printed materials online in the form of e-reserves and electronic journals. She said the projects were similar to ones currently underway at Kansas.
Before Bowling Green, she served in administrative positions at Northern Illinois University, as well as Peninsula Technikon in the Republic of South Africa.
She also holds a teacher certification from the University of South Africa.
Michael Phillips
NATION
Man gets jail time for selling stolen goods
DALLAS — A man who pleaded guilty to selling stolen goods on eBay was sentenced to more than 14 1/2 years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Wednesday.
Cory I, Paris, 34, also was ordered to pay $708,699 in restitution during sentencing Tuesday and must forfeit his downtown Dallas loft.
Paris pleaded guilty in November to six counts of wire fraud, three counts of interstate transportation of stolen property and one count of bank fraud.
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HOUSING
Students scramble to sublease
BY RACHEL PARKER
rparker@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Whether they are spending summer at home, at an internship, studying abroad, or working out of town, many students are in a bind to sublease their apartments or houses in Lawrence.
A problem for any potential sublessor, however, is that there are more students looking to get out of their homes than there are trying to find one.
Posts on one Lawrence apartment Web site, apartments, lawrence.com, show more than 50 listings for people looking to sublease their apartments and homes, and only 16 listings for those looking to rent.
On one long bulletin board on the first floor of Bally Hall,
more than 25 fliers were pinned by people looking for an occupant, and none by anyone looking for a place to live.
Barbara Parsons, Wallingford, Conn., graduate student, said she used a Web site last year and found two roommates she'd never met before to live with her this year at Tuckaway.
She put another ad up to find someone to live in her place for the summer, so she could save money by moving in with her boyfriend. She said she had less luck with finding someone for this summer, but she still found the advertising system to be helpful.
The process for subleasing in many apartment complexes that allow subleasing is for the individual moving out to fill out a sublease form; the complex then tries to re-rent the property.
Jessica Stewart, manager at Tuckaway Apartments, 2600 W. 6th St., said that most individuals trying to sublease their apartments did their own work to advertise to their friends and to the public. She said the management would mention the sublease if a prospective tenant was asking about one.
Stewart said that if an individual signed the form to sublease a room or apartment, he or she would be completely released and would have to resign a lease on an apartment in August for next year's living arrangements.
Other complexes, like Orchard Corners, 14th Street and Bob Billings Parkway, don't allow sub-leasing.
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Silent opposition
Jasmine Crunk, left, and Dawn Dauridge hold protest during the final stop of the Soulforce Equality Ride outside the main gate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., Wednesday. Twenty-one gay-rights activists were arrested after staging a protest against the Pentagon's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on the grounds of the U.S. Military Academy.
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