THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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the Student Recreation and Fitness Center referendum passed, making it possible to fund the building.
According to Senate rules and regulations, fees should be reviewed every three years.
Austin Kelly, Lawrence junior and Student Senate treasurer, said that inflation had taken a toll on the Recreation services.
"Recreation services is very important to students," Kelly said. "It's one thing on campus that almost everyone uses."
As with all increases, it is possible for the bill to go to referendum in the
April 11 and 12 elections.
Since the beginning of the semester, Senate has approved increases of $25 per semester for students fees. A $5 per semester increase was approved to accommodate a wireless Internet expansion. A transportation fee increase of $20 a semester was added to provide newer buses.
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Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
3 against him in 2004 and said Newdow wasn't eligible to argue the case at the time because he was also involved in a legal dispute about the custody of his daughter, who he was arguing the pledge case for.
Hes currently working on two cases, one to remove "In God We Trust" and another attempt at the pledge case, this time representing different clients.
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Newdow was brought to the University by the Society of Open-Minded Atheists and Agnostics. Andrew Stangl, Wichita senior and society president, said Newdow's visit was especially meaningful for students in law and political science.
Newdow used the first hour of his lecture to explain how the word "God" and other religious phrases filtered their way into the tounging American documents. He said the very first act of the first U.S. Congress was to remove both references to God
in the Congressional oath.
"It's not every day you get to pose questions to someone who argued in front of the Supreme Court," Stangl said.
Kansan staff writer Tyler Harbert can be contacted at tharbert@ kansan.com.
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》 NUTRITION
Timely eating for better health
BY NATHAN GILL
Nutritionists say college students who eat at regular times could prevent weight gain and have more energy.
The American Dietetic Association designated March as the National Nutrition Month to raise awareness about a healthy diet and exercise. However, students should not only consider how they exercise and eat, but when they eat.
Marty Glenn, a lecturer in health, sports and exercise science, said students who delayed morning and midday eating jeopardized their health in two ways. He said students who deprived their bodies of food in the morning slowed their metabolisms, causing them to burn fewer calories. Those students who compensate by eating more food at later hours are teeding themselves when their body is slowing down, he said.
Glenn said late-night eating often resulted in weight gain.
"If you wanting the six-pack look or a little definition in your abdominals, it'll sabotage your efforts to do that." Glenn said.
Ann Chapman, a dietitian for student health services, said that
students who did not eat an early meal were also more likely to choose unhealthy foods in greater quantities, when they did eat.
"Under eating leads to overeating." Chapman said.
She said students should eat a meal or snack every three to four hours, about the time it takes for the body to digest food. Anything less would leave students with low blood sugar and negatively affect concentration and reaction time.
"I think healthy eating is a whole lot about organization," Chapman said.
Chapman suggested that busy students buy healthy foods, such as fruits, nuts and low fat cheeses to take to campus instead of skipping a meal.
Melissa Murphy, Lee's Summit, Mo., junior, said she ate most of a day's food later in the day when she returned to her off-campus home after class.
"It's really just about time for me." Murphy said.
Kansan staff writer Nathan Gill can be contacted at ngill@kansan. com.
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Their father was in prison and their mother was having personal problems, leaving them to live on the streets in Dallas for six months. Though their grandmother wanted to help, she was living on a fixed income and could not afford to support the girls. She turned to the Leo Center for help, and the center provided the girls with medical checkups, counseling, beds, dresses and clothes to ease their grandmother's burden.
"They came up here pretty much just with the clothes on their backs and helping them was just an awesome thing to see," Moody said.
Generosity does have a price, though.
Jay Gray, who is in charge of billing for the center, said the medical clinic recently stopped allowing patients to accumulate unpaid balances because some took advantage of it. He said a first time office visit cost $42 and subsequent visits were $30. X-rays are $45 and most lab work is between $20 and $60. For those without insurance, which Gray said made up 90 percent of his patients, it is much less expensive to seek treatment at the center than at a hospital or doctor's office.
While still a high school student in Asheville, N.C., he attended a leadership conference in Washington, D.C. There, he watched a surgeon perform operations on a brain and a heart, as well as a hip replacement, and decided he wanted to do the same someday
"The way the human body works; it's incredible how God put it together and how he allows us to fix it when it messes up," he said.
Moody's interest in medicine goes back to before he even stepped foot on the court at Allen Fieldhouse.
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BY ASHLEE KIELER
Kansan staff writer Kyle Carter can be contacted at kcarter@ kansan.com.
The Delta Force coalition released two more platforms for the April 11 and 12 elections.
Coalition adds platforms
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》DELTA FORCE
Delta Forces' new platforms include parking shuttles and subsidized testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Staff at the Leo Center have to pinch pennies at times to keep things running. Moody apologized for the dark hallway leading to his office and explained that the lights were off to save money.
John Cross, Kansas City, Mo. junior, and Liz Stuewe, Lawrence junior, previously announced their platform for blue light expansion earlier this semester. Cross and Stueve are the president and vice president nominees respectively.
"We're really excited about the platforms," Cross said. "We've done a lot of research on how to help the community."
It's a long way off from the lush life that the NBA provides for some of his former teammates, but
Stueve said the main goal of the platform was to ensure convenience
The parking shuttle platform calls to increase the amount of buses at the satellite parking lot on West Campus, and add fare-free buses to campus from the Student Recreation and Fitness Center parking lot and the parking lots located behind JRP Hall.
Delta Force continues to work on other possible platforms such as expanded advertising for student organizations and the use of paper basketball tickets for students.
students don't get tested.
The goal of the platform is to provide testing at Watkins Memorial Health Center for all students paying Lawrence campus fees.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
"None of our platforms will necessitate an increase in student fees." Cross said. "We have researched other ways to get funding, such as grants."
"It's a really plausible platform," Stuewe said. "Students have a lot of money and insurance concerns. This would provide a good solution."
Stuewe said that while announcing platforms to members of the Delta Force coalition, they received a lot of positive feedback.
Cross said they wanted to ensure that students knew their options when thinking about their sexual health.
Subsidized STI testing would give students the ability to be tested for STIs at little or no cost.
Students' sexual health is a concern for Delta Force because many
Members of Delta Force met with Parking Department officials to discuss the feasibility of the plan, and they said the platform could be filled without problems if they were elected.
The coalition also wants to extend the bus hours to 2 a.m., which would make it easier to use the library without having to park on campus or walk in the dark alone.
Delta Force said that because there were no buses running to JRP, students are rushing to get from class to class. Adding a bus to JRP would make it easier for students to get to and from JRP more quickly.
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