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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Published since 1889 by the students of the University of Kansas
Tuesday
March 10, 1987
Vol. 97, No. 112
(UPS 650-640)
Student loan company brings jobs to Lawrence
By PEGGY O'BRIEN Staff writer
Staff writer
More than 300 Lawrence business and community leaders welcomed SallieMae to town last night at a grand opening ceremony at the company's new office, 2000 Bluffs Drive.
SatieMie is the Student Loan Marketing Association, the country's largest single source of funds for education loans. The company will administer loans bought by the corporation, primarily from the Midwest.
Community leaders were excited because SallieMae's presence already has had an effect on the city's economy.
Lawrence A. Hough, SallieMae's executive vice president of marketing, servicing and systems, said SallieMae had made good on its biggest commitment to Lawrence + hiring from the Douglas County area.
Barry A. Brotman, assistant vice president of Sallie Mae in charge of the corporation's Loan Servicing Center<sup>4</sup>Kansas, is the only emp o o east from the Mississippi River working at the Lawrence center. All other employees are from Douglas County.
Lawrence and the surrounding area. One-third of those employees somehow are associated with the University of Kansas. Brotman said.
"Anytime you can bring 400 new jobs to your community, it's a plus," said Lawrence Mayor Sandra Praeger.
SallieMae already has created almost 200 jobs for residents from
ABOVE: Lawrence A. Hough, left, an official from Sallie Mae of Washington, D.C., and Barry A. Brottman, center, an official from the corporation's Loan Servicing Center—Kansas, cut the ribbon at Sallie Mae. LEFT: Lawrence Mayor Sandra Praeger speaks at the ceremony as Brottman waits.
Praeger said the expected 400 jobs would have a noticeable effect on a city the size of Lawrence.
"It's had an economic impact, and I think it'll have a nice long-term economic impact on Lawrence," Praeger said.
Pa., and Herndon, Va. The Lawrence servicing center is the company's first long-distance operation.
SalleMie already has become an active part in the community by volunteering its members for citizen service to local charities, Praeger said.
Created by an act of Congress,
SallieMae is a stockholder-owned
corporation listed on the New York
Stock Exchange.
SallieMae's headquarters is in Washington, D.C., with other loan servicing centers in Wilkes-Barre,
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SailieMae purchases Guaranteed Student Loans from originating institutions such as banks and credit unions and also makes loans to those institutions so they can finance more student loans. SailieMae does not make GSL directly to students.
The corporation said it had finished the business of all outstanding GLS today.
The organization is financed by selling a variety of securities in
foreign and U.S. markets
Chancellor Gene A. Budig welcomed the company to Lawrence and said the city would provide a stimulating and attractive environment
The company employs KU students and graduates.
Hough said KU and Lawrence had a model university-city relationship. "The model is an interesting one."
Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said he thought having SallieMae in Lawrence was appropriate because both Lawrence and the corporation were associated with education.
State Department official to speak in April
By ROGER COREY
Staff writer
A supporter of President Reagan's anti-communist policy in Central America is scheduled to speak at the University of Kansas next month.
Elliott Abrams, assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs, will discuss "Central America: What Are the Alternatives?" at 12:30 p.m. April 8 at the Crafton-Prever Theatre in Murphy Hall.
He has been an active supporter of the contras, who seek to overthrow the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, and is at the forefront of efforts by the Reagan administration to win Congressional approval of $105 million in contra aid.
ta Rica in January with U.S. Rep Jim Slattery D-Topeka.
"If people have any doubts as to who is making foreign policy in Central America, if they want to know what Reagan wants in that region, they should listen to Abrams," said Charles Stansifer, director of Latin American studies. Stansifer visited Nicaragua and Cos-
Stansifer said he expected a good turnout for Abrams' speech. He said students from Central America who attended KU would be interested because the administration's policy had a direct effect on their lives. He said other students would attend to demonstrate their opposition to Reagan's Central American policy.
"The president and Abrams are fanatics on the subject of Central America and more especially Nicaragua." Stansifer said.
rigidity doesn't accept alternatives."
"Reagan is obsessed with the idea that a government, contrary to what he believes is best for Central America, is in power. He is obsessed with removing that government."
Barbara Waggoner, adjunct lecturer in Latin American studies, said, "I've seen Abrams on television and he has a profound conviction that verges on religion. He has a rigid set of views on U.S. foreign policy in Central America, and that kind of
In the past, State Department officials have given speeches that were published and became administrations. As a result, this to happen with Abrams' speech.
"I'm sure Abrams is planning a major address that will be used as foreign affairs policy," Stansifer said. "We can expect him to support the contras and be against the Sandinistas."
Bramas has said the government in Nicaragua would never change unless pressured by armed intervention. The administration has worked to purge its Central America staff of anyone who openly urged a diplomatic rather than a military solution, Stansfer said.
"Any individuals in the foreign service who opposed Reagan's military solution were sent away, fired, graduated early or reprimanded," he said.
Stansifer said he was suprised at the Sandistain's optimism concerning the conflict during his January visit. The Sandinistas were not worried about how much money was being given to the contras by the United States.
"They aren't worried because they be
the contrast on the run," Stansif
gilbert.
He said the situation under the Sandinista government in Nicaragua was grim. People were discontented, and food supplies were low. But instead of bringing down the government, the U.S. foreign policy was causing people to support the Sandinistas and was creating more anti-U.S. feelings.
The 38-year-old Abrams graduated from Harvard College in 1969 and Harvard Law School in 1973. He also holds a master's degree in international relations from the London School of Economics. He was appointed assistant secretary of state for inter-American affairs in July 1985.
Street drug may be insecticide ingredient
By JENNIFER WYRICK Staff writer
Procedures when poisoning is suspected
The Poison Control Center at the University of Kansas Medical Center is warning area residents of an illegal drug being sold locally as a form of new "speed," but the substance is actually an ingredient used in over-the-counter insecticides.
The Poison Control Center received a call about a week ago from a man and a woman who claimed to have sold the substance, known as t-2P, to 60 people, said Richard Brinkman, certified poison person suffering from symptoms were normally associated with ingestion of the substance have checked into local hospitals.
Brinkman said ingestion of t-2-p could cause boil-like rashes, dilated pupils, nausea, vomiting, sweating, muscle tremors, diarrhea, burning or tingling in the legs, irreversible paralysis and birth defects.
T-2-p fosters a quick high and then a prolonged depression, Brinkman said. Some of the symptoms of the condition appear until three to 18 days after taking it.
Poison control centers around the country respond to calls about accident poisonings by supplying call center operators quickly to help the poison victim.
Some drugs might be able to reverse the effects of the new speech. Brunkman said not only could he be treated with extremely severe symptoms.
The poison center at the Med Center received more than 14,000 calls last year, including 11,000 that were actual poisonings, said Sara White, interim coordinator for drug and poison information. Eighty-one percent of those calls were resolved over the phone.
This warning came only days before. National Poison Control Week, which runs from March 25 to May 14, is
"If the ingested substance was a
The warning signs are stains or burns around the mouth, vomiting, rapid or troubled breathing, cold and clammy skin, or peculiar breath odor if the poison was a liquid. Hardy said.
When the poison center receives a call, a pharmacist on duty asks the caller what and how much the victim has ingested, said Larry Hardy, pharmacist and poison control specialist at the poison center.
If the caller or victim is unsure whether the ingested substance is toxic, then Hardy said the victim must be checked for poison warning signs.
The poison center, a Kansas regional poison facility, is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by five pharmacists with medical backup on call.
poison, then we look up the substance in the Poindexon, which lists 750,000 products from garden to household that can be toxic, and find the proper way to rid the victim of the poison," Hardy said.
Poison center pharmacists recommend one of three procedures if the ingested substance is toxic, Hardy said. Victims are told to dilute the poison by consuming milk, water or eggs and induce vomiting with syrup of Ipecac.
If the victim vomits, a pharmacist at the poison center calls the victim throughout a 24-hour period to make condition checks. Hardy said.
In the most severe cases, the victim is referred to an emergency room, which the pharmacist contacts to inform the hospital of the victim's condition, Hardy said. The poison
center follows up the hospital visit with daily calls to check on the victim's condition.
If the poisoning was serious enough to prompt a trip to the emergency room, then the ingested poison probably produced a lot of burns in the victim's digestive system. Hardy said.
In such a case, an activated charcoal solution is given to the victim with a spoon or through a tube placed in the throat. The solution soaks up the poison in the system and is used to clean the solutions can't be diluted. Hardy said.
In an overdose of Tyleneol, perfume or alcohol, Hardy said a blood sample was drawn to determine what amount of the substance needed to thwart the substance's effects.
Amended travel bill passes in the Senate
Rv.JOHN RUZBEE
Staff writer
TOPEKA - A bill designed to allow state employees to arrange business travel through any agency passed in the Senate yesterday.
But the bill, sponsored by State Sen. Wint Winter Jr., R-Lawrence, was amended to permit the state to continue requiring employees to book travel through selected agencies if those agencies' contracts passed a state review after expiring.
"The bottom line is somebody
tong to save the state money," said Stacey
Brown.
State employee in Lawrence must make airline, hotel and other travel reservations through King Travel Service in Topeka.
State Sen. Richard Gannon, D-Doogland, said, "It's a very new plan. It looks as if there are some benefits."
Winter's bill would have ended the current plan. Gannon proposed the amendment that would keep the plan relevant to review control with agencies.
"If the merits aren't there, we'll drop it," Gannon said. "Give it a
chance to try to work."
Winter has said KU professors objected to the plan because they could get cheaper travel rates through Lawrence agencies.
"We will be back revising this question next year," he said.
But Gannon said, "Maybe in their ivory towers, they are not used to anvone telling them what to do."
Winter amended the bill to include legislators in the plan. They may book travel through any agency they want under the present plan.
But the question of whether to retain state control of travel arrangements may return to the Senate sooner than that. Gannon's amendment passed 18-17, and Winter said the House would support ending the plan.
"We'll have firsthand knowledge about what happens to all other state employees, he said. And he also said wouldn't wouldn't like what 'hew would find.'
"With the old system, the state of Kentucky had no way in the world to track them."
"I think it's likely that they'll change it back to its original version or something close," he said.
He said Kansas' current travel plan allowed the state to review how employees were spending travel money.
Looking ahead
The avengers
A University governance committee reported that the University of Kansas lacks an organized plan for the future, but other University officials disagree. See story page 3.
The Kansas baseball team split a double-header yesterday with Missouri Southern, losing the opening game 7-3 and avenging the loss with a 6-5 win in the second game. See story page 9.
Program rejected in House
By JOHN BUZBEE Staff writer
TOPEKA — A program to help curb the dropout rate at universities by telling high school students what to expect in college failed to pass the state House yesterday.
legislators said the plan, which would have circulated comparative information about Kansas colleges, entitled, unneeded and too expensive.
"It would be a nice frill if we had a year where we could offer drills." I thought, "I'll just use the same thing."
See DROPOUT. d. 6. col. 3
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Techinal difficulty
Because of mechanical difficulties in the regular typesetting equipment, the headlines and body copy are in a different format today. The equipment failure also delayed production, and the Kansan regrets any inconvenience this may have caused.