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Wednesday, December 8, 1993
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Women's rooms difficult to find in Learned Hall
Finding a women's restroom in Learned Hall, home of the School of Engineering, can be rather difficult.
By Carlos Tejada
Kansan staff writer
Built in 1963, when women in engineering were almost nonexistent, Learned Hall boasts 10 men's restrooms but only five women's restrooms. On some floors, taking a trip on the elevator to another floor is faster than finding a women's restroom on the same floor.
The disturbing part, said Kim Roddis, professor of civil engineering, is that such a ratio is actually progressive in the world of engineering.
"I have worked in buildings where there are no women's bathrooms," she said.
Roddis, who began working the engineering field in 1973, said women's restrooms were scarce in the engineering field because women were not accepted in the field until recently.
Carl Locke, dean engineering, has asked the University to look at the school's restroom situation. But Jim Modig, director of design and construction management, said no changes were planned.
Modig said that according to state plumbing codes, which dictate the number of restroom fixtures per gender, women have too many restrooms in the school. The best course of action is to not change the restroom situation for the present, he said.
Barb Griffith, Raytown, Mo., engineering major, said female engineering students should not worry about the restroom situation.
"I think we need more women in engineering rather than more women's bathrooms," she said. "I think we need to worry about the women first. The bathrooms can wait."
HEALTH CARE: Plan reduces cost
you have to stop and make an automobile tire, obviously you're not as efficient."
Although students enjoy the reduced costs of the health care system at Watkins, some are concerned about the volume of treatment, about the time spent seeing a physician and about the quality of health care.
Yockey said that while growing up, most students had visited private physicians, whom they had learned to trust. Before their children enter college, parents usually take them to the physician, fill out necessary forms and pick up medication from the local pharmacy, he said.
"If you ask the American public about medical care in general, they're going to have a negative attitude. But if you ask them about their own doctor, they'll say, 'Oh, he or she is great.' We always have to struggle because we're not the doctor back home," Yockey said.
Some students question Watkins' accuracy and get second opinions, which often differ from the first.
Nine of 11 physicians at Watkins are board-certified, meaning they have three years of training beyond their medical degrees in a specialty area and that they have passed a comprehensive two-to-three day exam. But Watkins is by no means perfect.
Strobl said that Watkins, just like any other health organization, had made mistakes.
"I think your chance of being misdiagnosed is less here than if you go to a private physician because, quite frankly, our physicians are more highly trained. The more trained your physicians are, the less chance you'll be misdiagnosed. We deal every day with what college students have." Strobl said. "And your hometown doctor may not see students on a frequent basis like we do, hour after hour."
And for students like Beli who have no health insurance, Watkins provides invaluable services they could not afford otherwise.
How does it rate?
Jim Strobl, director of student health services at Watkins Memorial Health Center, has toured about 40 college health centers in the United States. He said he had looked at four areas to measure a health center's success.
1) . Utilization, or how often the center is used by students. Last year, Watkins had 142,818 visits by about 70 percent of the student population.
2) Student satisfaction. Of 700 students surveyed about Watkins, satisfaction for overall services ranged from 94 to 98 percent, and more than 99 percent said they would return to Watkins.
3) Services offered. Watkins provides students with 15 different health services;
vices:
allergy injection clinic
nutritional counseling
gynecology
radiology
cholesterol screening
pharmacy
general medicine
physical therapy
health education
sports medicine clinic
hypertension screening
tuberculosis prevention clinic
laboratory
wart clinic
counseling and psychological s
laboratory
wart clinic
counseling and psychological services
4) Facilities. Strobli that Watkins needed more space. A $5,650,000 health expansion proposal was passed by the Board of Regents on Nov. 18 that would increase space for examination rooms, urgent care, gynecology and counseling and psychological services.
Source: Jim Sirobi, director of student health services at Watkins.
Colorful past
The University has one of the oldest college health care services in the United States. A unique aspect of the University's 87-year-old services is students' involvement and initiative.
1900 — Students form the Health Benefit Association — 42 students pay 50 cents each, and the money supports two students who become ill.
1908 - 742 students pay $2 to each continue the association a hospital, based in four rented houses, is staffed by a physician and a nurse.
1931 — Elizabeth Watkins donates the first Watkins Memorial Health Hospital, which is now Twente Hall, and its equipment to students.
1972 — Students vote to build a new hospital, which is now Watkins Memorial Health Center. Each student pays $7 a semester to support the construction of the $3.6 million hospital.
1993 The Student Health Advisor Board passes a $5,650,000 expansion proposal of Watkins. The student health fee of $69.50 is expected to increase $10-$12 to pay for the addition. If passed by the Board of Regents and Student Senate, construction will begin in July 1995.
Source: Jim Strobl, director of student health services at Watkins, Watkins Memorial hospital pamphlet 1993.
KANSAN CLASSIFIED WORK
The Kansan will be selecting several creative staff members for the Spring 1994 semester. You will be able to test your ideas and develop new ones as you've trained in making creative layouts for area advertisers. And you will gain valuable computer experience.
Probably nothing. But then again, that depends on you.
The University Daily Kansan business staff is looking for creative individuals who can make the ordinary, extraordinary. We want people who can turn the mundane into something wild and unique, yet have it still be meaningful.
Not to mention, it's a lot of fun.
So, if you excel at combining ideas in an exciting, meaningful way, call us. Get in touch with John Cartton at the Kansan by December 9. After all, what you make of your ideas is up to you.
Contact John Carlton at the University Daily Kansan 119 Stauffer-Flint 864-4358
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