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》 DINING OUT
Local documentary gives fast food positive spin
BY DANAE DESHAZER
Daniel Fisher, reformed fast food junkie, proved that he didn't have to eat less to lose weight and improve his health.
Fisher, 29 year-old Lawrence resident, participated in Local Burger's documentary study, "Localize Me." He ate every meal for 30 days at Local Burger, a restaurant that serves all organic foods that are healthy and fast. By changing the quality of food he was eating, Fisher cut his cholesterol in half, lost 20 pounds,
Hilary Brown, owner of Local Burger, 714 Vermont St., decided to put a positive spin on the Morgan Spurlock documentary "Super Size Me," which showcased the negative effects of eating fast food.
and increased his testosterone levels by 150 percent.
With her own documentary film crew, Brown launched "Localize Me" to show how easy it was to change a person's health with a small change in their eating habits.
Starting January 25, Fisher met Brown at the Labor Burger for three
meals a day. Fisher tried everything on the menu — favoring turkey wraps and the Greek salad — only drank water or vitamin water, and always had dessert with his meals. Brown said she wanted to make sure he wasn't going hungry.
Fisher used to eat most of his meals from fast-food restaurants. Brown said Fisher was still eating the same amount of food as he was used to. A regular meal would often consist of three Chipotle burritos in one sitting or a Double Quarter Pound with cheese meal with extra Double
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"It tasted good, but the next day
I did not feel so well." Fisher said. "I
Cheeseburgers from McDonald's.
"Fast food is addictive," Brown said. "All those types of foods that you find at the middle of the grocery store raise your blood sugar quickly. Once you get them out of your diets, they don't taste good anymore. It starts to taste really bizarre."
After Fisher completed the study, he said his friends took him to Chipotle to celebrate.
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Facebook and MySpace may push students to be more self involved and narcissistic than past generations.
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》 PERSONALITY POLL
Addicted to love
Recent study shows generation has high-level of narcissism
BY ERICK R. SCHMIDT
Alli Fielder started her blog as a way to express herself. Before she knew it, shed become addicted — not to her own writing, but to the response from other people.
"I was writing for the comments," Fielder said. "I didn't start for the comments, but that's what it turned into."
A study released last week by professors at San Diego State University said college students had become more narcissistic than ever. The Narcissistic Personality Inventory, which polled more than 16,000 students between 1982 and 2006, revealed that 70 percent of students scored above average in the survey, which tested self-loving traits. For many students, social interactions sites like Facebook and MySpace have provided a chance to create a world revolved around themselves.
Fielder, Overland Park freshman,
said she had seen instances of self-
interest in her fellow students, but that
it wasn't an overwhelming trend.
"I see it more as indifference. I don't
think I really seen any straight up narcissism." Fielder said.
Bill Staples, chairman and professor in the sociology department, said he wasn't surprised by the results of the study. Despite having seen evidence to the contrary, he said today's college students showed evidence of a more self-focused attitude.
"It reflect students being only children, with a higher level of expectations," Staples said. "Instances of, I've got a problem, you need to fix it now."
Staples said it was too narrow to focus the study results on college students alone. He said that society as a whole had become more narcissistic since the 1960s.
"It's nothing internal. It's a product of the culture." Staples said. "They're canaries in a coal mine, reflecting the attitudes and behaviors around them."
Bryan Strecker, Topkea freshman,
sad students were focused on themselves,
but that it wasn't because they were selfish.
"People are going to talk about themselves because that's what they know best," Strecker said. "What you
know best is what you're going to talk about."
Strecker said he checked his Facebook account multiple times each day, but that he did it to find out what others were doing, not to talk about himself.
"Since they started the note mode, a lot of people on there like to talk about themselves," Strecker said. Facebook's note feature allows users to post blog entries on whatever topic they choose.
Sociology professor Robert Antonio has been at the University since 1971, and said he wasn't sure if he bought into the study. Antonio said he had seen several generations come through the University, but that he didn't noticed much difference. "Most KU students are a pretty nice group of people." Antonio said. "They haven't changed a whole heck of a lot."
Kansan staff writer ErickR.Schmidt can be contacted at eschmidt@ kansan.com.
WEATHER
—Edited by Lisa Tilson
Severe Weather Awareness Week warns of coming tornado season
BY JOE HUNT
In Kansas, springtime and warm weather brings tornadoes. The National Weather Service has dubbed next week "Kansas Severe Weather Awareness Week."
Most severe storms in the Midwest are caused when warm, wet air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with cold, dry air moving south from Canada. The cold air is denser and heavier than the warm air, forcing the warm air to rise higher in the atmosphere. This can freeze the water particles in the warm air, creating clouds, rain and even hail. Sometimes such extreme changes in temperature, wind direction and height can lead to tornadoes.
Shawn Byrne, Madison, Wisc.,
sentor, is a hydrometeorological
technician at the National Weather
Service. He said that severe weather
such as tornadoes and thunderstorms
required three main ingredients:
warm air, cold air and moisture.
Tornado season is different in different parts of the United States. Byrne said that Kansas will get the most storms in April, May, and June.
In 2006, the National Weather Service recorded 92 tornados in Kansas. This was 37 more than the average 55 tornadoes recorded annually since 1980. Only three of those were what the National Weather Service considered strong tornadoes, designated as F2 on a scale measuring tornado strength. Steve Kays, meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said that F2 tornadoes have wind speeds of up to 157 mph.
Southern states will get more storms earlier, and northern states will get their storms later in the year. It all depends on how long warm winds from the south take to reach the area.
The storms are hard to predict, and Byrne suggests that students purchase an All Hazards Weather Radio, which sends out a loud severe weather warning.
Kansan staff writer Joe Hunt can be contacted at jhunt@kansan. com.
The annual statewide tornado drill will take place Tuesday at 1:30 p.m.
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What to do in a severe weather situation:
If in a building, get to the lowest floor.
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Enter a small room such as a closet or bathroom.
Stay away from exterior walls, elevators, doors and glass.
Abandon cars and mobile homes immediately.
■ If no shelter is available, lie flat in a ditch and keep head covered.
Avoid buildings with large free-span roofs, such as auditoriums.
Source: National Weather Service
HEALTH
BY NATHAN GILL
Designers work to improve hospitals
Gregory Thomas knows that hospital rooms can be uncomfortable.
"When you're sick, you don't specifically want to see the containers with the bio-hazard symbols," said Thomas, chair of design at the University of Kansas and a cancer survivor.
Thomas, whose 87-year-old father spent time in a hospital in November recovering from a severe reaction to medication, reflected on his recent experiences with hospitals and decided he wanted to help healthcare facilities serve patients better. He came up with Design for Wellness, a consortium of University professors of design, architecture and associated disciplines.
Thomas said the purpose of Design for Wellness was to make the workspaces and equipment used in Kansas healthcare facilities more safe, effective, efficient
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and satisfactory for those who used them.
He said that better healthcare designs should take into account what patients see, hear, smell and touch. For example, designing quieter and less conspicuous dental tools could make a trip to the dentist less frightening. He said better design could be as easy as putting a window in a patient's room and planting a tree.
"From a patient's standpoint you want to be in an environment where you don't want to be reminded that you're sick." Thomas said.
Mahubh Rashid, associate professor of design and Design for Wellness collaborator, said layout had a significant impact on how people behaved in their environment.
He said one reason the United States was experiencing a shortage of nurses was because the average nurse walked 11 miles each day, which contributed to on-the-job
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