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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
VOL. 116 ISSUE 132
FRIDAY, APRIL 14. 2006
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Not enough ZZZ's
BY CATHERINE ODSON
codson@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Some nights, Tio Duermeier never goes to bed.
The Lawrence sophomore usually gets between three and six hours of sleep, but sometimes there's not enough time to sleep, he said.
Despite the busy schedule, he said he typically completed everything he needed to — though it may be between 2 and 7 in the morning.
steep, he wears.
Duermeier relies on coffee to get him through his days packed with class, work, the Kansas Asia Scholars and juggling club meetings. Procrastination, usually through spending time on his computer, also keeps him awake.
But Duermeier's sleep habits
n addition to physical and emotional exhaustion, a lack of sleep can affect students at work and school.
may be upsetting the other parts of his life.
A study published recently in the Journal of American College Health said students who were sleeping less than eight hours per night could miss out on a valuable sleep cycle that solidifies information in the brain.
The process is called memory consolidation and happens during REM sleep, when most dreams occur.
The study said college students reported significantly worse sleep quality than the general population.
general population In addition to physical and emotional exhaustion, a lack of sleep can affect students at work and school.
The study criticized college students for attempting to catch up on sleep over the weekend. This disrupts sleep for the coming week, said Carole Guillaume, a physician at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Marianne Middleton, coordinator at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital Sleep Center, encourages students to get more than eight hours of shut-eye a night. But she realized that the recommendation just wasn't realistic.
mentation school "School creates so much stress," she said. "You just don't have enough time to sleep."
have enough time. Middleton said that as the volume of class work grew larger, students had to start eliminating other things from their
day. Sleep, she said, often got cut first.
"No one's paying you to sleep," she said.
Students' erratic schedules make it hard to satisfy the body's desire for routine, Guillame said. Those who adopt healthy habits will ultimately feel better.
will ultimately feel better.
Gina Lauber, Topeka sophomore, regularly sleeps seven to eight hours a night. Unlike other people in her classes, Lauber said she stayed awake for lectures and could concentrate on what was happening.
And for students like Duermeier, who don't have regular sleep schedules?
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sleep scheduled
"I've had some times in smaller classes where I want to be awake," Duermeier said, "but I just keep realizing I'm no longer awake."
Karak Vander Yacht, Salina freshman, front; Dan Holmes, Olathe freshman; Carlos Centeno, Caracas, Venezuela, graduate student; hold signs on Strong Hall's lawn Thursday as part of an awareness campaign to end conflict in Africa.
Students 'die-in' for Africa
By DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Students from several organizations rallied together to put on the "Die for Life" demonstration in front of Strong Hall on Thursday, lying in the grass and holding signs with the total number of people killed and displaced because of the conflicts such as genocide in Sudan, extreme violence in northern Uganda and lengthy civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The "die-in" was used to raise awareness toward the conflicts in Africa and other international crises.
People killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo: 3.8 million. Children abducted in northern Uganda: 66,000. People displaced in Sudan: 2.5 million.
"We want people to know that these issues are going on and they
will not be ignored," said Rebekah Heacock, Lawrence senior and president of KU for Uganda. "Students can make a difference, a lot of people don't think they can do anything because they are stuck in Kansas. They can have an effect on a child's life in northern Uganda or Sudan. I don't think many people know that." Participating in demonstrations, fundraising events or sponsorship are ways anyone can help, even in Kansas.
KU FIGHT, Fighting Ignorance of Global Humanitarian Threats, KU for Uganda, KU UNICEF the International Student Exchange Program, and Delta Force participated in the demonstration. The organizations asked the University to investigate its financial arrangements and dealings with the investment company TIAA-CREF
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Kansas Representative for the Genocide International Network Carlos Centeno, a graduate student from Caracas, Venezuela, center, holds a sign at the die-in held in front of Strong Hall from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. yesterday. The die-in was an attempt the University to release information regarding funds that might be assisting genocide in Sudan.
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Courtney Schweitzer, Leawood junior, left, and Nicole Thurman, Shawnee senior, perform a scene from "Stop Kiss" during rehearsal on March 11 at the William Inge Theatre in Murphy Hall. The play will run through Sunday.
Student gets first stab at directing
BY DEJUAN ATWAY
datway@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Rachael Perry realizes that working as a director can be a thankless, stressful job. She knows that being overlooked in a production is a real possibility, but Perry does not let that bother her.
The Topeka senior continues to keep working, making her full-length directorial debut this weekend.
night until Sunday.
"It is a tough go being a director because people don't realize what a director is. My parents will ask me, 'What is it you're exactly doing?' she said. "It is a needed part of the theatre but it's kind of invisible."
weekend.
She is directing "Stop Kiss," which made its premiere Thursday night at William Inge Memorial Theatre in Murphy Hall. The play will be performed each night until Sunday.
It's Raine Theatre Area committee selected Perry and one other undergraduate student to direct productions during the 2006 student play festival.
Perry was chosen because the committee believed in her commitment to the play, said John
1. Perry said.
The play tackles serious issues such as homosexuality, race, and gender, she said. "But the main point is that love is so transient that people can fall in love regardless of who they are."
regardless of what. Despite no head director experience, Perry has been an assistant director for a number of different productions and said the knowledge she gained as an assistant thoroughly prepared her for life as a director.
Members of the cast have applauded Perry for her transition from assistant director to director.
Staniunas, associate professor of theatre and member of the Theatre Area committee.
"We thought Rachael had the chops to pull it off because she was extremely passionate about doing it," Staniunas said.
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"Stop Kiss" is set in New York and revolves around the unexpected love story between two women named Callie and Sara. The play takes a dramatic turn when the couple shares its first kiss and a hate crime is perpetrated against them following it. Perry said.
BY MELINDA RICKETT
mricretsk@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Web requirements cause problems for University students
Four thousand University of Kansas students didn't heed the University announcements at the beginning of the semester asking them to change their passwords. They might be regretting that now.
Because a KU username and password are required to log into the student Web pages, those students have not been able to Use Enroll and Pay or Blackboard since Thursday. In other words, they can't enroll online.
Bob Turvey, director of student information systems, said the main reason for this was that students didn't know they were supposed to change their passwords.
The password aging process requires KU system users of Enroll and Pay, Webmail, Blackboard or anything else that
The problem is that a large group of students were missed and were able to continue to access the online services without changing their passwords.
"That's really a security issue. There's there to protect a person's identity." Turvey said.
was provi If a person failed to change the password by the March 1 date, that person can't access online services until it has been changed.
The system is incapable of notifying users that their passwords are expired. So when their password expiration catches up with them a month later they are receiving an error message that only says, "Your user ID and password are invalid," with no explanation included.
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requires a KU username and password to change their passwords twice a year. The deadlines are March 1 and Sept. 1 regardless of when the password was previously changed.
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