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Eram Martinez drills a hole in the frame while Darin Sewell holds it in place. Both are employees of Continental Door Co. 2317 Ponderosa Drive. They
were installing the window yesterday in the new addition of the Housing Warehouse on West Campus.
Army finances KU toxin study
Staff writer
By Lynn Maree Ross
The University of Kansas will receive $2 million from the U.S. Army to study the effects of neurotoxins, chemicals commonly associated with chemical warfare, on human and animal nervous systems, a KU researcher said yesterday.
The money from the Army will supplement neurotoxin research that is already in progress at the University, said Elias Michaels, coordinator of the neurotoxin research center and professor of biochemistry.
Michaelis said the research would focus on the human body's ability to defend against the chemicals rather than on the military use of the chemicals.
Congress allocated the money in December as part of the Department of Defense budget. It will be routed through the Army, which will
distribute the money and supervise the research
Michaelis said representatives of the Army's medical defense research and development command branch would visit the University next week to determine which projects would be financed and to what extent.
Groups at the Lawrence campus and the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas Kan., are participating in the continuing research, he said. The group in Lawrence studies natural toxins, while the group at the Med Center studies man-made toxins.
The researchers' goals are to learn to detect toxins after they have been released in the environment, to determine the parts of the body affected by the toxins and to design chemical agents to protect the body against the toxins. Michaelis said.
By studying the effects of toxins in animals, the researchers can learn
more about how toxins affect humans and whether those effects can be reversed.
Richard L. Schowen, professor of chemistry, and Idiko Kovach, associate scientist in chemistry, are conducting research in Lawrence, Michaelis said. Schowen and Kovach are studying enzyme proteins in brain tissues and nerves that are attacked by the toxins.
They study neurotoxins produced by animals, Michaelis said. For example, snails and fish produce neurotoxins for the purpose of defense and food gathering — a type of natural biological warfare. The neurotoxins paralyze a predator, allowing the fish or snail to feed or flee. Man-made toxins used in warfare are similar to these natural chemicals.
Once Schowen and Kovach determine how those toxins act, they will try to develop chemicals to
counteract their effect.
Michaelis said the researchers studying man-made toxins hoped to determine whether humans manufacture any natural proteins that can deactivate neurotoxins, and if they do, how to enhance the deactivation process.
Another aspect of the Med Center studies is to determine why people suffer seizures after exposure to neurotoxins.
Michaelis said the neurotoxins used in Lawrence research didn't pose any threat to the public because they were used in small quantities and weren't highly toxic. The neurotoxins used at the Med Center are used in larger quantities and are more toxic; but they are strictly monitored and only used in specially constructed areas.
Researchers at the Med Center declined to comment on their research.
Ban on student voting deleted from petition
Staff writer
Bv Juli Warren
A section of a citizens' group's petition that proposed banning many students from voting in county elections was deleted by a subcommittee of the group, the group's president said yesterday.
The petition stated that letting students who are not permanent residents vote "has created untold problems by upsetting the normal balance between taxpaying voters and voters who have no financial interest in the welfare of the community."
Daryl Richardson, president of Douglas County Citizens for Responsible Development, said that section of the petition distracted the petition from its main purpose, which was to oppose the proposed bypass south of Lawrence.
The petition's author, Tom Akin, Route 2, said Richardson called him Monday evening and suggested the petition be reworded so that it wouldn't be derogatory toward students.
The group has been vocal in its opposition to the proposed bypass for which $4 million in general obligation bonds were issued last summer.
Richardson said, "I think there was a total misunderstanding on the whole thing. We would never say that the constitutional right to vote should be taken away from them."
He said he meant transient voters.
Akin said, "Maybe I shouldn't have singled out students as temporary voters."
Alkin said he was concerned about the potential imbalance of what he called temporary residents to permanent residents.
John Reinhart, spokesman for the Kansas secretary of state's office, said last week that for voting purposes, state statutes defined
residence as "the place adopted by a person as such person's place of habitation."
"There is nothing in the law that says you're either permanent or temporary." Reinhart said.
Employees of the county clerk's office estimated that of the 35,000 registered voters in Douglas County, 4,500 were KU students.
The second section of the petition read at the meeting opposes the law that allowed Bob Stephan, attorney general, to decide last summer that a public vote was not required to issue the bonds.
Akin said he thought students should vote, but unless they planned to establish permanent residence in the county, they should vote in their home towns.
The form of the petition that included the wording about students voting was read about two weeks ago at the last meeting of the groum.
Richardson said the group's initial plan was to distribute the petitions this week for members to circulate. Members were busy monitoring progress on legislation on issues such as annexation.
However, he said, "If they vote with the issues in mind, I have no quarrel with the imbalance."
The petition will not be distributed, he said, until it is approved by members of the group. Copies of the final form will be sent to state legislators.
Richardson said he had heard no reaction from members of the group on the section regarding student voting.
He said a proposed petition would be read at the group's Feb. 19 meeting. However, he said, that still may not be the final form.
Richardson said the group hoped to circulate the petitions in time for consideration by the Legislature.
Rock Chalk participants work overtime for show
By Grant W. Butler Staff writer
“五ive, six, seven, go. Hop, hop, walk, walk, turn front,” a voice bellows at about 5 dancers dressed in sweats, T-shirts and tennis shoes. “Come on Let's get it together.”
The grips of strained muscles and demands for more energy will continue until the audience lights dim and the curtain is drawn on opening night.
With only two weeks left until opening night, performers in this years' Rock Chalk Revue are working overtime to polish dance steps and learn music.
ween now and the show," said Martha Eddy, Lake Quivira junior and revue co-director for Kappa Sigma fraternity and Gamma Phi Beta sorority.
We're working every night bet-
Joan Rhodes, Shawnee senior, agreed that the dancing was the hardest part of getting the show ready. Rhodes is the director of the act by the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority.
"I feel like we're ahead of schedule," she said last night. "It's going really well. The biggest problem is our dances are kind of complicated."
Public airs views on S. African rule
See CHALK, p. 5, col. 1
and Lori Poison Staff writers
By Tim Hrenchir
Their styles were different but their messages were the same: KU students and faculty are concerned about the situation in South Africa.
The University Senate Human Relations Committee conducted the first round of public hearings on South Africa last night in the Javhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
The committee heard statements from eight groups and individuals. The hearings continue tonight with nine speakers scheduled to present their views.
See related story p. 12.
The South African government follows a policy of apartheid, which is legalized racial segregation.
Chris Bunker, Shawnee third-year law student and president of the KU Committee on South Africa, told the human relations committee that his committee was frustrated with the
lack of communication with the Kansas University Endowment Association.
In the past year, some students and faculty members have protested the Endowment Association's ties to companies that do business in South Africa.
"We've sat in, we've protested, we've educated, we've worked politically," Bunker said. "At this point, I don't know what else we can do.
Bunker suggested the University take legal action to prove that the Endowment Association is not a separate entity from the University. Therefore, he said, the Endowment Association would be forced to abide by the wishes of faculty and students
"This is the kind of issue that really sets people on fire. There is nothing more obvious than apartheid to the worstest thing you've ever seen."
Daniel Katzman, chairman of
Senate Human Relations Committee.
High scores fill fans with visions of pizza
Staff writer
See HEARING, p. 5, col. 5
By Russell Gray
The chants usually start late in the fourth quarter of a KU home game, thundering off the walls of Allen Field House.
The chants grow louder after the first two milestones are passed. As the team nears the ultimate mark, the noise reaches its deafening peak.
KU students are cheering for the Jayhawks to score 70, 80 or 100 points so they can receive three- four- or five-dollar discounts on large pizzas at local Pizza Huts.
Pizza Hut began a corporate sponsorship of KU athletics this year and the discount coupons are a part of the sponsorship. The coupons are valid from the end of one home game until tin-off of the next home game.
The third-ranked Jayhawks have been keeping the fans stuffed and the Pizza Hut stores busy with back-toback 100-point home-court victories against Colorado and Missouri.
The employees begin pounding the dough long before the Jayhawks pound the court or the fans pound the stands.
The number of customers has almost doubled, said Sandy Maples, shift supervisor for the Pizza Hut at 1606 W. 23rd St. All of the store's employees are working full schedules.
Maples said that Friday her store sold almost 300 large pizzas and only two were not bought with coupons from the Feb. 5 Colorado game.
"That's about all we do all day anymore, is prepare for it," she said.
Preparation begins at 7:30 every morning, and Maples said employees were preparing constantly for the post-name rushes.
anmore, is prepare for it," she said.
The extra business has not made the employees crusty. Maples said, and the increase is good for morale.
Despite the increase in customers, Pizza Hut is not rolling in the dough because of the sponsorship, said Todd Leiweke, vice president of Leiweke and Co., Kansas City, Mo.
"We're all having a pretty good time with it," she said. "We just have to get ready for it."
His company handles marketing and promotion for the University of Kansas Athletic Corporation.
More than anything else, Pizza Hut is a Jayhawk fan, Leiweke said. This unique recipe of sports and food was Leiweke's creation.
Wichita-based Pizza Hut donates a significant amount of money to KU football and basketball and is considering the Kansas Relays, Leiweke said.
Leiweke said the University enjoyed the donations and the enthusiasm the promotion had created, and Pizza Hut enjoyed the association and exposure.
"This promotion has been a tremendous success." Leiweke said. "It's a wonderful marriage."
Pizza Hut's spouse, the KUAC,
seems to agree.
"We hope that it makes our fans happy and have fun," Gary Hunter, assistant athletic director, said. "It's a way that we can pay our people."
Hunter said he would not estimate the amount of money Pizza Hut donated. He said the promotion was a way to thank the team's supporters.
Leiwike's firm came up with the idea and contacted the University and Pizza Hut, Hunter said. They discussed it in October and November, thought it would be fun and began the promotion early in the season.
It simply was a matter of proposing it and Pizza Hut liking it, Hunter said. And the pepperoni and anchovies have been飞盈 ever since.
Hunter said the promotion wasn't started to lure fans to the game, but rather to take care of those already there.
Keeping the fans involved in games that are blowouts, because of the chance for pizza discounts, was just a by-product and not the purpose of the promotion, he said.
Leiweke said he hadn't expected the Jayhawks to score so many points so often, but predicted another 100-point game on Saturday against Nebraska.
Warm up the ovens.
Lack of sponsor blocks lecture series
Bv Piper Scholfield
The University of Kansas may be home to a new lecture series if Student Senate and the administration can find a sponsor.
Although Epstein would not release names, he said several alumni in Kansas City may be asked to support the lecture series.
Staff writer
"The only problem is going to be money," David Epstein, student body president, said yesterday.
Epstein said Chancellor Gene A. Budig would help search for potential sponsors.
"He said he would try to talk to what he referred to as deep-pocket men."
The lecture series would need an initial grant of $500,000. The interest earned from the grant would finance the cost of the speakers, he said.
and sometimes requires his students to attend lectures outside of the classroom. But Ketzel said he
KU already has several lecture series. The problem is that the series are too small to attract prominent
speakers to the University, Epstein said.
Also, the small series only sponsor
"Every time they have a big speaker at K-State, everybody at KU packs up and goes over there. It kind of shows us up. There's no reason for KU to be behind K-State in this issue."
David Epstein student body president
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"We want an all-encompassing lecture series," he said.
speakers on certain subjects. J.A. Vickers Sr. Memorial Lecture Series sponsors only political speakers. The Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series sponsors only the arts, he said.
thought students would benefit from another lecture series.
Clifford Ketzel, professor of political science, often encourages
Ketzel said he could remember when Harry Truman, Robert Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey came to the KU campus.
"You wouldn't need to bring 10 speakers," he said. "If you would bring one or two a semester, it would be enough."
The Landon series has attracted such speakers as Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Vice President George Bush.
Epstein said the new lecture series would be similar to the Landon Lecture Series at Kansas State University.
"Every time they have a big speaker at K-State, everybody at KU packs up and goes over there," Epstein said. "It kind of shows us up. There's no reason for KU to be behind K-State in this issue."
Epstein said the realization of the lecture series was far in the future. He said he hoped students could determine which speakers to bring to the University.
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Student Senate would set up a student advisory board, possibly including professors and a representative from the sponsoring family.