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Joshua Freeman, job coach for Community Living Opportunities, stands by a box full of last year's phone books that are ready to be recycled. Freeman was at the Wal-Mart recycling center yesterday where the books were picked up by the phone company for recycling.
Two years of recycling have saved about 800 trees, coordinator says
By Liz Kiinger
Kansan staffwriter
Although old telephone books may balance an uneven table or make a nifty drink coaster, many directories end up in the trash and eventually become part of America's growing landfills.
"There are tens of thousands of phone books distributed every year in Lawrence," Ask said. "The combined effect of all of these being thrown away is a big issue. This is a really good example of the kind of issue where it's a number of small actions that combine to make a big impact on the environment."
Telephone books will be recycled in an attempt to reduce unnecessary waste at KU and in Lawrence through Dec. 15, said Sue Ask, associate environmental ombudsman. The recycling effort is timed with the recent arrival of the new Southwestern Bell directories, she said.
Phone books may be recycled on campus in bins at Carruth O'Leary Hall, the Burge Union and between Haworth and Summerfield halls, Ask said. Off-campus recycling bins are at all Lawrence Dillons stores, City Hall, Wal-Mart, Simple Goods General Store, Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Bell Telephone.
"We're hoping to have everyone participate who gets phone books," Ask said.
Mike Scott, recycling coordinator at Lawrence Southwestern Bell, said his company began a recycling program in Lawrence three years ago.
"Lawrence was a community that was ripe for this type of project,"
Scott said. "We got it going, and it's been a great success."
Last year 33,000 phone books were collected in Lawrence, Scott said. In 1991, the first year of the recycling effort, 70,000 directories were collected, he said.
"It just seemed like people had been ' holding on to them for a long time," Scott said.
Scott said Lawrence's recycling efforts in the past two years saved
about 800 large trees,125 barrels of oil and 150 cubic yards of landfill space.
"I think that has a very good impact on the environment when you're talking about those numbers," Scott said. "And that's just one community."
Recycled phone books are taken to Central Fiber, a large recycling company in Wellsville, where the books will be made into mulch and insulation materials.
Lark Oxler, Lenexa junior, is one of many KU students who will be reminded of the impact AIDS has made on their lives during World AIDS Day tomorrow.
By Liz Klinger Kansan staff writer
"I just found out two days ago that one of my instructors died of AIDS, probably one of the most inspirational men I've ever met," Oxler said.
World AIDS Day erases negativity
Remembering the 204,390 people who have died from complications of AIDS since 1981 is just one of the goals of World AIDS Day, an event sponsored by the World Health Organization designed to raise awareness about the fatal disease.
Oxler studied modern dance last summer at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, Calif., under Dana Landers. Although Landers' physical condition deteriorated during the six-week course, Oxler said he maintained a positive attitude that made her look forward to his classes.
"Now I have somebody to think about and remember," Oxler said.
About 1.5 million people in the United States may have HIV, said Janine Demo, coordinator of health education student health services. In Kansas, there have been 1,031 cases of AIDS and 649 AIDS-related deaths since 1981. Demo said. There have also been 849 cases of HIV from July 1990 to September 1993 reported in Kansas, she said.
Dealing with AIDS and HIV is not only difficult for its victims, but also for the friends and family members of those afflicted, said Allen Omoto, chairman of the board of directors for the Douglas County AIDS Project, 2619 W. Sixth St., Suite F. The project focuses on helping those affected by AIDS and educating the people about the disease.
"Societally speaking, there still is a lot of negativity associated with HIV disease, and I think we need to strive toward a more compassionate response to people with HIV," Omuto said. "People who are affected by the disease are afraid to tell other people. They might lose their jobs or their friends or their insurance. That's a tremendous amount of stress for people who are already stressed by their disease."
This year's theme for World AIDS Day is "Time to Act" — a sentiment that students should consider, Demo said. Although most students are
Tomorrow:
World AIDS Day
A U.S. postal stamp recognizing AIDS awareness will be unveiled at noon at Lawrence's main post office, 645 Vermont St. The unveiling will feature short presentations by elected officals, members of the Douglas County AIDS Project and the Lawrence post office.
Peer educators from Watkins Memorial Health Center's center for sexual services will distribute red AIDS awareness ribbons and educational literature from noon until 4 p.m. in the Kansas Union.
Source: Kansan staff research
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aware of AIDS, issues such as mutual monogamy, trust and protected sex are often not discussed among sexual partners, she said. The attitude of feeling invincible to AIDS, which is shared not only by students, but people in general, must be changed, she said.
Residence halls participate in Toys for Tots
By Brian James Kansan staff writer
KU students can help make this holiday season a little more fun for kids in the Lawrence area.
Beginning today, all of KU's residence halls will be collecting toys for the annual Toys for Tots Campaign. The Salvation Army, the Marine Corps Reserve and Sunflower Cablevision are organizing the drive to collect toys to give to needy families living in and around Lawrence.
"We're not expecting many students to give us cash, but some 13- and 14-year-olds will probably appreciate that more than Barbie dolls," she said.
Nikki Reed, Kansas City, Mo., sophomore, and programming coordinator for the KU Association of Residence Halls, said boxes would be placed in the residence assistants' rooms of every floor in every residence hall. She said this was the first year that AURH had organized a toy campaign in the halls.
Reed said that new toys and used toys in good condition would be accepted through Dec. 10. Money and clothing also will be accepted in the campaign.
Reed said she and 10 other students from the residence halls would be counting the toys and other contributions at the end of the campaign. The floor that contributed the most would receive $150 to be put into their general floor fund.
"They'll also appear on TV during Sunflower Cablevision's benefit telethon for the campaign," she said.
Sunflower Cablevision will sponsor the Toys for Tots Campaign telleton in mid-December, she said.
Campaign television host Dee Brown said Reed said that students who did not live in residence halls could make contributions to the campaign at the residence hall of their choice.
Milton Scott, assistant director of student housing, said he was happy to see AURH involved in the campaign.
"It's a chance to spread the wealth in a sense — to help out a few families," Scott said.
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