University Daily Kansan / Thursday, February 4, 1988
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Staff needs to learn wellness
Doctor stresses health awareness to student affairs officials
By James Buckman
Kansan staff writer
Kansan staff writer
Most people know more about their cars than they do their own bodies.
That's what a doctor from Watkins Hospital told about 50 KU administrators from the division of student affairs yesterday at the Kansas Union.
Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins, asked the crowd, "Is there anybody here that does not know the location of the oil he's putting in his car?"
Yockey said that most people could answer that question but couldn't give the date of their last chest X-ray or blood pressure test or the name of the medicine they were taking.
He said that personal health was too important to overlook.
"You will enjoy the years you have left much more if you feel good. look
good and are able to function properly." he said.
Yockey talked to the crowd about their health as part of a six-week program offered by the division of student affairs to heighten staff awareness of personal health.
"Your body was designed to be active," he said. "Inactivity produces ill health.
"If you take a car and don't run it, it deteriorates. Your body is no different."
Yockey spoke about nutrition, smoking, stress management and exercise.
be incorporated into the students' curriculum.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said he hoped the series would cause those in student affairs to be more sensitive to their own health needs. He also said he hoped that health awareness would
"I don't think a university has done its job in education if students leave without understanding how to take care of their bodies," he said.
Jeff Weinberg, associate director of student financial aid, said that because people in the division of student affairs worked with virtually every student at the University, the benefits of the program would carry over to students.
The series is being offered every Wednesday in February and the first Wednesday in March. An additional session about stress management will be offered Saturday. The sessions will cover a variety of topics, including sex and wellness, and how food can affect a person's moods.
KUMC honors black achievement
By a Kansan reporter
The theme for the month is "Affirmation of Our Cultural and Academic Excellence." A different aspect of that theme will be featured each week during the month, said Mary Harrison, director for university relations at the Med Center.
The University of Kansas Medical Center will celebrate African-American History month during February.
Melvin Williams, director for Affirmative Action and staff relations at the Med Center, said that 150 people
"I'm glad it's on its way," he said. "There will be some very good programs during the month, which I will work with both educational and entertaining."
attended the opening ceremonies Monday.
Next week will feature panel discussions and a videotape presentation on the future of blacks in politics.
Later topics will be families and religion, and contributions made by blacks to entertainment and the arts. A playwright from the Kansas City
area will present a play on the role of religion in black families. Also, four churches will present a gospel music concert during the third week.
Sweet Honey in the Rock, a musical group recently featured on CBS's "Sunday Morning," will wrap up the celebration with a concert at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, Mo., Harrison said.
With the exception of the Sweet Honey in the Rock concert, all events are free and will be held on the Med Center campus.
Legislative Roundup
ELDERLY PROPERTY BILL: Without dissent, the Kansas House yesterday passed a measure that would allow elderly couples to divide their property so that medical expenses don't take all of it when one spouse becomes ill. The measure now returns to the Senate for consideration of amendments added by a House committee.
WINDFALL RETURN PROPOSED: State Sen. Paul "Bud" Burke, R-Leawed, unveiled a proposal yesterday that would return $139 million in windfall to taxpayers over a five-year period. The measure would return the windfall through phased-in lower individual income tax rates, exemptions for Social Security benefits starting in 1990, and a $60 tax credit for the elderly and the blind.
ly approved by the House yesterday. Under the bill, former medical students could avoid repaying the scholarship money they have received from the state by serving in state institutions other than universities.
HANDICAPPED DRIVERS: The Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee was urged yesterday to endorse a bill designed to allow handicapped drivers or persons responsible for the transportation of handicapped persons to receive a special license plate and a sign to hang in their car window. Currently, persons can receive only one or the other.
MED STUDENT BILL: A bill designed to encourage medical students on state scholarships to serve part-time in state hospitals and prisons was overwhelming.
PIT BULL VICTIM TESTIFIES: A Topeka man who received 33 puncture wounds when he was attacked by two pit bull terriers in Jefferson County told a Senate committee Wednesday that the state needs to get tougher with people who let their vicious dogs hurt others. A bill introduced to the committee by Sen. Jeanne Hoffer, R-Topeka, would create a statewide regulation on dangerous dogs.
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