University Daily Kansan / Tuesday, April 12, 1988
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KU AIDS tests slated for vote Decision on participation may still be left to Ambler
By Jeff Moberg Kansan staff writer
When KU students go to the polls during student senate elections this week, they will also be deciding whether the University of Kansas should enter a national AIDS study on college campuses.
Even if the issue wins majority approval, it probably will be left to D. Shenanich chancellor for student affairs, to decide whether to participate in the study.
The study will try to determine the prevalence of AIDS among college students and try to monitor future trends. It calls for about 20 participating universities in five regions of the country to send 1,000 blood samples each to an independent lab for analysis.
Blood samples would be chosen from students who entered student health centers for normal blood tests.
The study assures that the blood samples are anonymous. Only demographic information, like race, age, ethnicity, and education would be sent with the samples.
In about a year, the results of the study would be released by regional and national percentages only, not by individual school. The study will be conducted by the American College Health Association and financed by the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
Miguel Garcia-Tunon, the AHCA's national coordinator for the study, said yesterday that the deadline for entering the study would be Frida.
Garcia-Tunon would not reveal what other universities had been asked to participate or had already agreed to do so. Nor would he say what independent lab the samples would be analyzed at.
"Each school feels that the student body should decide," Garcia-Tunon said from his office in Rockville, Md. "Different schools are in different
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Each school feels that the student body should decide. Different schools are in different stages of getting it approved on their campuses.'
- Miguel Garcia-Tunon
Health Association
- Miguel Garcia-Tunon national coordinator for the study to be conducted by the American College Health学院
stages of getting it approved on their campuses."
Student Senate voted for the referendum in March after four hours of debate on the issue. After the debate, Senate narrowly approved no referendum by a narrow vote of 29% to 22%. Hospital wondering whether the student body really wanted to participate in the study.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins, said that if the referendum was approved by the student body by a similarly narrow margin, he wouldn't feel comfortable entering the study. A large part of the student body still would disagree with the study and might stay away from the hospital, he said.
Yockey said that if the referendum passed by about 80 percent then he would feel comfortable recommending administration that KU enter the study.
He said that he thought the study was a good one and that KU could only gain information about AIDS. But he said that if the referendum were passed by a narrow margin, it could be a disaster for the student.
"Could you think of what a disaster it would be if a student came in here with acute appendicitis and said 'I'm not going to the lab (to have a blood sample taken), because you're doing that study,' " Yockey said.
Rescue workers attend to Darin Jupe, Lenexa freshman, after his Avenue and Leary Road. The liquid on the pavement is from the motorcycle slid under a vehicle at the intersection of Haskell motorcycle.
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KU student hurt in accident after chase
Bv Ric Brack
Kansan staff writer
Darin Jupe, an 18-year-old Lenexa freshman, was listed in serious condition at St. Luke's hospital last night following a car motorcycle accident yesterday morning.
The accident occurred three miles south of Lawrence on Haskell Avenue after a high-speed chase that began near Lenexa on Highway 10 and went through parts of Lawrence.
Sheriff's office, Jupe's motorcycle slider under a Ford Bronco driven by Jeffery Merkel, Lawrence resident. June was wearing a helmet.
Jupe was transferred by helicopter from Lawrence Memorial Hospital to St. Luke's in Kansas City, Missouri, for treatment of multiple injuries
Jupe was still traveling at a high speed when he came into Lawrence on Highway 10, said Loren Anderson, Douglas County undersheriff. He was chased for several minutes by Lawrence police officers.
Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Darwin Wynn said he clocked JUPEtraveling at 71 mph in a 65 mph zone near the junction of highways 10 and 7 near Lenexa. Wynn said he pursued JUPE and reached
speeds over 115 mph but gave up the chase when he realized he could not catch June.
According to the Douglas County
A Lawrence police officer was in pursuit of Jupe when he rode out of town and headed south on Haskell Avenue.
Sheriff's office reports, Merkel said that he pulled into the intersection of Haskell Avenue and Leary Road but that he stopped when he saw Jupe approaching. He said he thought the motorcycle would go around his car.
The motorcycle hit Merkel's car directly behind the left front tire. Sheriff's officers said Jupe apparently laid the motorcycle on its side before hitting Merkel's car. The motorcycle slid completely under the car.
According to Douglas County
Regents retirees entitled to tax refund on benefits
By Jill less
Kansan staff writer
The state Department of Revenue issued a statement Friday that said Board of Regents employees and employees of Regents schools are entitled to Kansas tax exemption on benefits from two retirement funds
Retired Regents employees have until Friday to file for refunds from state taxes paid in 1983 on annuities from two retirement plans.
The funds are the Teachers Insurance
and the College Retirement Ease.
In addition to the exemptions for this year, the retired employees who have contributed to the retirement funds can receive a refund on the state taxes they have previously paid on the benefits.
However, the Kansas statute of limitations on filing amended returns is four years. Therefore refunds can be made only on state taxes filed in 1844 for 1983.
John Luttjohann, director of the Department of Taxation, a division of the Department of Revenue, said
that in order to receive a refund for 1983, people would have to file a Kansas form 40X by Friday. He said the forms were available wherever income tax forms were, including public libraries. He also said that the forms could be used in taxation department in Topeka could request a form be mailed to them.
Luttjohann said many Regents employees were not aware of this exemption, although it had long been department policy. Specifically, the TIAA and CREF exemptions had claimed in the past as well, he said.
"The issue arose because we got several inquiries from retired teachers who wanted to know about the exemptions." Luttiohann said.
Oscar Haugh, secretary of the state legislative committee on the American Association of Retired Persons, said that his committee had suggested the possibility of tax exemption for the annuities, not knowing of the standing policy.
Haugh said that because of the statute of limitations, the statement
achieved little
"The problem is, those who are the oldest retirees have lost the most money," Haugh said. "They are the ones who can least afford to lose any."
Luttjohann said that he did not know how much money people might lind in exemptions because people received different amounts in retirement benefits from TIAA and CREF
But Haugh said that, for example, a retiree who received $10,000 a year in benefits and was in the 7.4 percent tax bracket would have paid $750 in state taxes on those benefits and should be able to get that amount refunded. He said that this was not an unrealistic amount for yearly benefits.
But Haugh said that because of the statute of limitations, people would not get back nearly what they had paid in.
"The amount that has been lost is more than twice what will be returned." he said.
Campus bulletin boards provide chances for anyone to advertise
Kansan staff writer
Leaflets advertising everything from rooms to rummage sales beckon to students from bulletin boards all around the University of
The bulletin boards allow students to learn almost everything there is to know about campus life.
Ruth Kaiser, a housekeeping supervisor in the department of facilities operations, said campus bulletin boards were "pretty much up for grabs."
"Any open bulletin board is free for anyone to hang anything they want on, as long as it isn't obscene — then we take it down." Kaiser said.
The department of facilities operations does not regulate bulletin boards, Kaiser said, although custodians do clean them from time to time, removing outdated material and overloads.
Announcements on bulletin boards for some, and don't work for others
Mark Gaft, an Ottawa junior majoring in physics, has found bullet
tin-board advertising profitable. He said that students signing up for his physics, algebra and computer sci-ences had come in response to writings.
"Generally they just check out the poster and call me up." Gaft said. Gaft gives bulletin-board promotions high praise.
tions high marks,
hears it, and it's worth it.
"It's fairly cheap, and it's worth it,
I think." he said.
Dominique Duffos, a visitor here from Antibes, France, didn't have much luck with her bulletin board ads announcing three weeks of language instruction and cultural activities in her homeland this summer.
"Actually, I don't find a lot of people are interested in this," she said.
Dufos said she posted about 100 fliers on campus.
Don Grantham, owner of House of Usher Printing and Copies, 838 Massachusetts St., said bulletin board copies are the primary source of the printing business in Lawrence.
"How else could you communicate so many things to so little cost?" he asked.
But it takes more than printed bulletin board ads to communicate effectively.
Bruce McIntosh, associate professor of design, said bulletin board advertising could be effective, but only if it was given some thought.
"People making it aren't asking how it can be effective. Be different." More.
Drawing on more than 20 years of work in graphic design, McIntosh offers this advice to those thinking about advertising on bulletin boards: ■ For the best appearance, use compass typesetting and other typeset styles. And there are other ways of putting words on paper, such as 'handwriting or rubber stamps.'
■ Design the message to attract readers. "Putting words on paper is not enough. People need to see it if it is to be effective." McIntosh said. "People should ask themselves, 'Hey, would I stop and read this?'"
■ Make sure the visual and intellectual elements are compatible. Consider using wit and humor to get the message across.
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