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A history class is the first group of students to delve into the archives of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. Their research will benefit from artifacts such as presidential correspondence. PAGE 3A
They want Kerry
The Kansas Democratic Party wants Senator John Kerry
to follow the yellow brick road to the Democratic Committee weekend, which begins March 5 in Topeka. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is the most powerful supporter so far. PAGE 5A
Graves sits one out
Coach Bill
Self said
Jeff
Graves
sat out
Sunday's
game for lack of effort. Self may bench Graves for tomorrow's Baylor game as well. PAGE 1B
Back on track
The women's basketball team looks to break a four- game los
ing streak tonight against Iowa State at Allen Fieldhouse. PAGE 1B
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KANSAN
february 17,2004 IN ITS 100TH YEAR AS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS Vol.114 Issue No.94
Program promotes success
Ellsworth Hall requests that students give time to project
By Azita Tafreshi
atafreshi@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
In order to return to Ellsworth Hall next year as an upperclassman, students must submit an application and commit to give back to an academic program.
Members of the Ellsworth Hall Community Standards Board will meet tonight to decide which residents meet the criteria and place them in a floor plan for next year.
Returning residents who want to occupy one of the 225 rooms reserved for upperclassmen in Ellsworth are expected to help with the hall's Experiencing Excellence in Ellsworth (3E) program, said Mark Eisenbarth, chairman of the Ellsworth Community Standards Board. The Topeka sophomore said interested students submitted an application essay for the board to consider, along with their
intent to return cards this month.
Residents will be selected based on GPA, involvement in and understanding of the 3E program and their potential benefit to the program, Eisenbarth, Topeka sophomore, said.
The standards board is working to build a different type of community at Ellsworth said Matt Crouse, assistant complex director for Ellsworth. The Frankfort, Ind., graduate student said the theory behind the hall was to focus on student retention and academic success.
"That doesn't mean that you have to be a 4.0 student," Crouse said. "That means that you understand that you're here for your education, and we're here to help you with that."
Experiencing Excellence in Ellsworth has gone from the single floor leadership program that it was before Ellsworth was renovated to a career and academic exploration project that includes the
"We're looking for upperclassmen that are not coming to Ellsworth just because the rooms are nice. We're looking for students that are going to help us in the long run with this program."
Matt Crouse assistant complex director for Ellsworth
entire hall, Crouse said. The program is geared toward first-year students, Crouse said, which is why only 40 percent of the rooms in Ellsworth are allotted for returning upperclassmen.
The application process is not meant to exclude returning students, he said. Instead, it is intended to inform them that the board is looking for residents
who will be an asset to the 3E program.
"We're looking for upperclassmen that are not coming to Ellsworth just because the rooms are nice," Crouse said. "We're looking for students that are going to help us in the long run with this program."
Incoming freshmen request rather than apply to live in Ellsworth but are expected to take two online career assessments, interpret the results with a career counselor, and participate in various 3E sponsored programs, Crouse said.
Kaleigh Bassett said she liked the fact that residents had to apply to return to Ellsworth. The Bethalto, Ill., freshman said Ellsworth was designed to be as much about learning as it was about living and the application process was necessary to find people that would take the initiative to help their peers.
Bundled against the cold
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Kit Leffler/Kansan
Caitlyn Dunning. Oklahoma City freshman, waited for the bus amidst flurries yesterday evening outside of Snow Hall. Dunning had just left her Design II class at the Art and Design Building.
Group fights smoking
Businesses, city assess economic impact of ban
By Ron Knox
rknox@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Andrew Bullington, Lawrence sophomore, read a book at Henry's downtown yesterday afternoon. Bullington is against the idea of a public smoking ban in Lawrence.
Jeff Brandsted/Kansan
Inside Louise's Bar Downtown, cigarette butts overflow from ashtrays. It's the same at the Granada. Ditto for the Replay Lounge.
But for the myriad of Lawrence bars, restaurants and coffee shops, the need for ashtrays may disappear.
The 4-month-old Clean Air Lawrence group and its chairman Robert Campbell have taken their struggle to eliminate public smoking in Lawrence to newspapers, television and radio stations.
Now, city officials and business owners must assess the economic impact a smoking ban would have, and Lawrence smokers might have to consider how to eat, drink and converse without a cigarette in their hand.
Negative Impact
negative impact Ten months after New York banned smoking in all public places, including bars and nightclubs, the New York
And as soon as next month, they will take the fight to City Hall.
Nightlife Association released an economic impact study Dec. 10 on the ban's effects on business at bars.
Those numbers led to 34 percent of bars, hotels and nightclubs reducing staff since the ban took effect. Seventy-four percent of the businesses identified the ban as the cause for laffos, the study reported.
Business owners in Lawrence fear a
ban on smoking could have similar economic effect on local bars, restaurants and nightclubs.
The Kansas Restaurant and Hospitality Association has seen the impact of similar bans in other cities in Kansas, and promises opposition should a ban in Lawrence reach the City Commission.
Truckstops in Salina, which banned smoking city-wide last year, have seen a 20 percent drop in sales since the ban took effect, said Neeley Carlson, communications director for the association.
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Stem cells could hold diabetes treatment
By Bill Cross
bcross@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Justin Goode was a normal sophomore at the University of Kansas. He had parties at his apartment, waited tables and loved his Nintendo Gamecube. But last January, his energy plummeted. First, he thought he had the flu. Then he thought he had mono. But all he knew was that he was always incredibly thirsty.
"I just wanted to pee and drink lemonade," he said. Goode soon found out that at the age of 20, he had diabetes.
According to the Centers for Disease Control, the rate of diabetes for those under 44 has doubled since 1985. In a medical breakthrough, South Korean scientists reported Friday that they successfully grew stem cells from cloned human embryos. Stem cells are unique because they can be developed into any cell
Jonathan Li Director of etiology and prevention of hormonal cancers at KU Medical Center
"Cells in an embryo can become anything: a pancreas, a neuron, a kidney cell."
in the body, which means that they can be used for cloning or to cure diseases. Previously only a liver cell could replace another liver cell in the body. Now, stem cells can replace any cell in the body.
The report, based on work by Woo Suk Hwang and Shin Yong Moon of Seoul National University, stressed that the goal was to treat diseases such as diabetes, not to produce cloned humans.
Diabetes and Parkinson's disease are considered targets of stem cell research. Stem cells can be used to replace malfunctioning brain cells responsible for Parkinson's disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Centers for Diabetes Jonathan Li, director of etiology and prevention of hormonal cancers at KU Medical Center, said Goode and other diabetics would be among the first to benefit if stem cell research is successful. The stem cells could repair the liver and pancreas, the two organs most responsible for regulating blood sugar.
Li said there were two different groups of stem cells. The embryonic stem cells produced in Korea were potentially more useful than the adult stem cells in the United States. The reason is because the adult stem cells created in the United States can only develop into certain cells in certain organs whereas the embryonic cells have a multitude of functions.
"Cells in an embryo can become anything: a pancreas, a neuron, a kidney cell," he said. However, scientists in the United
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