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VOLUME 123 ISSUE 23
CAMPUS
Student flown to hospital after suffering head trauma
BY GARTH SEARS
gsears@kansan.com
Lawrence paramedics flew the man to the University of Kansas Hospital after he suffered head trauma around 8 p.m.
A University student was injured at the Phi Gamma Delta (FIIJ) fraternity house. 1540 Louisana St., on Friday night.
Sgt. David Hubbel of the Lawrence Police Department said the man injured himself by diving into a pool.
Lawrence battalion chief Lexie Engleman said she made the decision to fly the man to a Kansas City
level-one trauma hospital because of the severity of his injuries.
1. the severity of his injuries.
2. Student sources said the man was
Student source Matt Fritzie, a freshman from Stillwell. A representative at the hospital, Barbara Hunter of patient information, confirmed that Fritzie is being treated there.
sophomores in next-door Phi Delta Theta, 1621 Edgehill Rd., said a group of women were at
"Throughout the night, we heard progressively better statuses."
Fritzie's father, who was at the hospital, declined to comment.
Calls to FIJI president Joseph Moore were not returned.
MICHAEL CRAY Sophomore
Michael Cray and Ted Peters.
the FJIJ house when the incident happened but then went to Phi Delta Theta after.
dove into water and came up injured, struggling and convulsing. They said people helped him out of the water and stabilized his neck before paramedics arrived.
Cray and Peters said they learned from the women that a man
CrayandPeterssaidthemancouldn't feel his lower body and arms. At about 8 p.m. the men from Phi Delta Theta saw an ambulance arrive.
"Throughout the night, we heard progressively better statuses," Cray said about the injured student's condition.
Edited by David Cawthon
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A student was flown from the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house to a Kansas-City-area hospital for head trauma Friday night.
HELPFUL HERBS
Native plants now herbal remedies
Plants are harvested and sent to West Campus for research
Open house participants take a break at the overlook at Rockefeller Prairie northeast of Lawrence Saturday morning. Kelly Kindscher, senior scientist for the Kansas Biological Survey, led a medicinal walk as part of the fall open house for Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden northeast of Lawrence. The medicinal plant tour began at the research garden and ended at Rockefeller Prairie, a native Kansas prairie in southeastern Jefferson County. Kelly Stroda/KANSAI
BY KELLY STRODA kstroda@kansan.com
"Don't worry, you won't hurt any of the plants," he said. "Bison used to graze here."
Standing near Rockefeller Prairie northeast of Lawrence Saturday morning, Kelly Kindscher said he was going to take people into the native Kansas prairie behind him. Nevermind the more than six-foot-tall grasses and native plants.
Kindscher, senior scientist for the Kansas Biological Survey, led the medicinal plant walk Saturday as part of the fall open house for the Native Medicinal Plant Research Garden in northeastern Douglas County. Some of the seeds for the research garden came from the University's Rockefeller Prairie in Jefferson County.
The garden is a collaborative effort between the botany and medicinal chemistry departments at the University. Kindscher and Barbara Timmermann, chair of the medicinal chemistry department, head the Native Medicinal Plant Research Program. The goal is to understand medicinal compounds in native plants that could be used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, foods and medicines for pets and livestock.
The garden melds the old and the new: the state's native plants and modern technology.
"We're kind of in a new game, as I see it," Kindscher said.
He said that's where the University and research come in.
Kirsten Bosnak, outreach coordinator for the program, said there were no plants in the five-acre garden at the beginning of May. Now, 20 species of native plants grow there. These include common milkweed, stinging
nettle and white sage.
Tall boneset was the garden's first plant to be harvested. After plants are harvested, they are sent to medicinal research labs at the University's West Campus.
The plants are dried and ground
into powder. Kindscher said 20 pounds of harvested plants might only weigh about three pounds when ground up.
Along with continuing their research, Kindscher said another goal of the project is to teach people about plants
powder is similar to the consistency of oregano.
Greg Beverlin, a senior from Paola, runs the grinder the dried plants go through. He said the
Then the chemists perform research. The powder is tested for propertieslikeanti-cancer,wound-healing, anti-inflammation and anti-oxidant compounds.
SEE PLANTS ON PAGE 3A
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Sloppy Jayhawks lose 31-16
Slow play-calling causes delay of games and Kansas falls to Southern
More coverage in the Rewind
REWIND | 4-5B
For more stats and pictures from Friday's game, check out pages 4 and 5 of the sports section.
CULTURE | 8A
KU Ballroom Dance Club and the Lawrence Tango Dancers provided a free boot camp for participants interested in learning the Argentine tango. They taught partnering and communication skill in addition to the basic steps.
After 4 hours, tango dancers end boot camp
ART | 6A
From the trash to treasure
A UMKC artist exhibition, "Domestic Debris," will debut Sunday in the Art and Design building. The exhibit displays the artist's clutter in a series of images.