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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2010
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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 28
ADMINISTRATION
FIJI suspended after party injury
BY GARTH SEARS gsears@kansan.com
The party's over.
The University has placed the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity under interim suspension - the first University suspension in six years - pending a hazing investigation after a party where a student was life-flighted to the University of Kansas Hospital for head trauma.
THE INJURY
Matthew Fritzie, a freshman from Stilwell, was life-flighted around 8 p.m. sept. 17 after diving into a temporary pool at the fraternity, also known as FIJJ, 1540 Louisiana St.
Lexie Engleman, the Lawrence battalion chief, made the decision to fly the student to Kansas City. She couldn't comment on his condition, but said the injuries were severe enough to require sending him to a level-one trauma hospital.
Michael Cray and Ted Peters, sophomores in neighboring Phi Delta Theta, 1621 Edgehill Road, said a group of women was at the FIJJ house during the accident but came over to Phi Delta Theta after.
Cray and Peters said they learned from the women that Fritzie came up from the pool struggling and convulsing. They said people helped him out of the water and stabilized his neck before paramedics arrived.
Cray and Peters said Fritzie couldn't feel his lower body and
arms.
"Throughout the night, weheard progressively better statuses," Cray said of Fritzie's condition.
Representatives at the University of Kansas Hospital confirmed Fritz's presence there but were unable to comment on his current condition.
Friedel's father, who was at the hospital, also declined to comment.
THE PARTY
Lawrence paramedics arrived at FIU about 8 p.m. and airlifted Fritz soon after.
But that didn't stop the fraternity from partying.
Koosey Fairbanks, a freshman from Olathe, said she got to the fraternity house about 9:30 p.m.
but staved only a short time.
She said she was carded when she arrived and overheard at the party that people were being
carded because the police had arrived.
She said no one at the party was talking about what happened to Fritzie.
Ramona Yoder, a freshman from Newton, said she was there from 11 p.m. to
FIII house again at 1:30 a.m.
"Such violations of human dignity are always taken seriously and confronted immediately by this University."
The most recent Phi Gamma Delta newsletter, which was from the spring 2010 semester and is
1 a.m. She said no one was discussing Fritzie's injury.
MARLESA RONEY
Vice provost for Student Success
Yoder said the party appeared to be over when she walked by the
available on kufiji.org, discussed some of the parties it hosts, including FIII Island.
The University's Interfraternity Council didn't return calls and e-mails regarding
whether FIJJ had submitted a
SEE FIJI ON PAGE 5A
GREEN GARBAGE
Students perform audit at brewery
BY MICHAEL HOLTZ
mholtz@kansan.com
Lydia Gibson likens recycling habits to smoking habits.
Nick Benson (left), a sophomore from Orlando, Fla., Lydia Gibson, a graduate student from Prarie Village, and Matt Geier (right), a senior from Garden City, sort through trash for an environmental audit Friday afternoon at Boulevard Brewing Company. Boulevard has teamed with LaFarge to in an attempt to become zero landfill.
She calls it a classic paradigm shift—when what was once widely accepted in American society became culturally shunned.
"It's the attitude," said Gibson, president of the student chapter of the Air and Waste Management Association, or AWMA. "You used to smoke inside and around your kids. Now you'd never do that."
Evan Palmer/KANSAN
She sees a similar shift happening in the way people perceive recycling, although she admits a change in attitude doesn't necessarily dictate a change in behavior. To accomplish that, Gibson said, the focus must be on reshaping recycling culture.
In other words, Gibson would like to see the same level of social pressure put on smokers applied to those who don't recycle. If individuals were forced to think more about recycling — by increasing the number of recycling bins on campus, for example — Gibson said they'd be more likely to do so.
Gibson, a graduate student from Prairie Village, had the chance to test her hypothesis at Boulevard Brewing Company on Friday afternoon. With plans to go zero landfill by the end of the year, the Kansas City, Mo., brewing company requested AWMA to perform a waste audit of its facilities. To achieve zero landfill, Boulevard must send minimal to no trash to the landfill. More than 20 volunteers, including seven KU students, sorted two and a half days worth of trash collected from every department at the brewery. The volunteers divided the 226 pounds of trash into 17 purple bins labeled as different recyclable and non-recyclable materials.
Gibson then recorded the weight and volume of trash in each bin. She
recorded that 187.55 pounds, or 83 percent, was food waste and compostable materials, such as napkins and paper plates, from Boulevard's hospitality rooms alone.
Gibson, who spent most of the two-hour hour frantically writing notes on her clipboard, will present Boulevard with a final report in October. Laurie Williams, logistics manager for Boulevard, will use the report to determine where to place
Gibson and Williams agreed that creating a more conscientious recycling culture at the brewery would be one of the most challenging obstacles to achieving zero landfill. Employees will no longer be allowed to simply throw everything into a trash can.
"The ideal thing is to have everybody get on board with it," Williams said. "It's just a learning process."
additional recycling bins and how much non-recyclable waste will be diverted to Lafarge North America, a construction materials company.
instead of hauling it to a landfill. Boulevard will ship it to Lafarge's cement plant in Sugar Creek, Mo., located 10 miles northeast of Kansas City. Because cement is made at extremely high temperatures, the plant can burn almost anything as alternative fuel.
Kurt Gerdes, education chairman for AWMA's Midwest section, said about half of the plant's fuel comes from alternative fuels such as the non-recyclable waste collected at Boulevard.
"You'll get to the point where nobody working here sees trash," Gibson said. "They'll only see energy."
Edited by Anna Nordling
Salon Nouveau to host program on porn industry
CAMPUS
Students get chance to hear experts and discuss taboo topic
BY JUSTINE PATTON jpatton@kansan.com
Ever wondered how much porn stars make? You can find out tonight at Salon Nouveau's first program of the school year, "XXX The Porn Industry", which is sponsored by the Commission on the
"I chose this topic because I find it fascinating how 'pornified' American culture has become," said Kaylyn Wright, Salon Nouveau coordinator.
Status of Women. Salon Nouveau is the commission's new program that includes interactive presentations and discussions every Monday night.
Wright will be the primary speaker at the event, but her voice won't be the only one heard. Discussions will happen throughout the presentation when students can voice their own opinions. Wright said
"It is my hope to present the topic in a neutral way and to allow people to draw their own conclusions about whether they are proor anti-porn." Wright said.
the goal of the program wasn't to tell people what they should think about porn.
Erin Fauss, a freshman from Lenexa, said even though she wasn't opposed to the event, she wouldn't be going either.
Not all students feel comfortable or have an interest in discussing porn.
"I'm not interested in learning
about porn," Fauss said.
Salon Nouveau will cover a few topics, including a brief history of pornography, how performers' salaries are determined, what types of pornography exist, reasons why individuals get into porn industry, and a brief overview of feminist theories of pornography. There will also be a discussion on HIV testing in the world of pornography.
Kristen Vermeire, a junior from Lenexa, said she thought the program sounded refreshing.
"I think it's a neat experience to be around people who aren't afraid
WHEN: Tonight, 8 to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Kansas Union,
Walnut room (6th floor)
"THE PORN INDUSTRY"
Entrance is free.
to say what they think about taboo topics." Vermeire said.
Edited by Anna Nordling
REWIND | 4B
Check out the football recap inside
Catch all the stats and analysis from the Jayhawks' victory against New Mexico State.
FOOTBALL | 2B
Pick gets play time and injury
Sophomore backup quarterback Kale Pick injured his leg at the end of Kansas' win against New Mexico on Saturday.
FOOTBALL | 1B
Beshears shines on offense Saturday
The Jayhawks are 2-2 with the 42-16 win against the New Mexico State Aggies. Sophomore D.J. Beshears led the team to victory.
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