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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, November 17, 1993
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From cramming to cranberries
Students find tests piling up before holiday
By Chesley Dohl Kansan staff writer
Two theme papers, two tests and one oral exam — all in the same week. It is cram time again for students at KU.
"I think it seems unfair that they throw a test or a major paper at you right before you're supposed to be preparing for a final exam," said Caroline Ross, Olathe junior. "How can you study all new information for an exam when you're trying to review for a final? It's unrealistic."
The week before Thanksgiving break often means more test and assignment deadline pressures.
Still, Ross said there were ways to avoid last-minute cramming.
"Usually the tests are on the syllabus so it's a matter of trying to start early and looking ahead in the semester."
Some University professors say they do not sympathize with KU students who have several assignments due during the same week. But some say they empathize with students because deadlines were something they had to meet when they were in college.
"Professors have deadlines, too," said Jim Orr, professor of biological studies. "We have grant proposals and lectures that fall on the same week."
He said deadlines were a part of the
college experience.
"In the course of one's life we all have unfortunate deadlines," Orr said. "But it's all part of the growing process. It's part of what a college education is all about."
Stephen Hupp, Bridgelon, Mo., sophomore, approaches his deadlines with humor instead of becoming stressed-out by his studies.
"If you give an extension to one student and not another — that isn't right," Sharp said. "One student shouldn't be an exception to the rule."
Bill Sharp, graduate teaching assistant in Western civilization, said fairness had to be considered when granting extensions to students.
Many professors and students agree it is better to take exams before Thanksgiving so that test-taking anxiety does not ruin the vacation.
Alan Allsman, Colorado Springs,
Colo., sophomore, said that as much
as he hated studying before break, the
work was worth it.
"It's called a vacation — you're supposed to go home and relax," Allsman said. "Who wants to go home and study when you're supposed to be taking a break? It would defeat the whole purpose."
Melanie Walsh, Lawrence junior, said she did not harbor any grudges against professors who created a lot of work for her during certain weeks.
"It happens all the time, but it's more coincidence," Walsh said. "I don't think it's malicious."
OAKS—Non-Traditional Student Organization will have a brown bag lunch from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at Alcove G in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Gerry Vernon at 8647317.
ON CAMPUS
Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a lunch and Tecture, "Recent Advances in Genetic Technology and Their Impact on Society," at 11:30 a.m. today at the ECM Center, 1204 Oread. For more information, call Thad Holcombe at 483-4933.
- Women's Studies Program will sponsor a lecture, "Spaces of Femininity: Spatial Metaphors in Feminist Texts," at noon today at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Sylvia at 864-4011.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will celebrate Mass at 12:30 p.m. today in Danforth Chapel.
The Office of Study Abroad will sponsor an informational meeting for students interested in studying in Great Britain at 4 p.m. today at Room 8 in Lippincott Hall. For more information, call Nancy Mitchell at 864-3742.
KU Gamers and Roleplayers will meet at 5:30 p.m. today on the third floor of the Burge Union. For more information, call 864-7316.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will sponsor a Catholic student discussion group at 1:10 p.m. today (following 12:30 Mass) at Alcove B in the Kansas Union. For more information, call 843-0357.
KU Environs will meet at 6 p.m. today at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For
more information, call Amy Trainer at 841-4484.
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KU Tae Kwon Do Club will meet at 6 p.m. today in 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Jacob Wright at 749-2084 or Jason Anishanslin at 843-3099.
Pre-Physical Therapy Club will sponsor an informational speaker and have elections at 6 p.m. today at the first floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center. For more information, call Tamara Fifer at 749-1786.
St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center will have a House/Hall Contacts meeting at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the Center, 1631 Crescent Road. For more information, call Wendy at 843-0357.
Amnesty International will sponsor a lecture at 7 tonight in Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread.
KU Kempo will meet at 7 tonight in 130 Robinson Center. For more information, call Mandana Ershadi at 842-4713.
KU Sailing Club will meet at 7:30 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Tom Connard at 841-4597.
Watkins Memorial Health Center will sponsor an eating disorders support group from 7:30 to 8:30 tonight at the second floor conference room in Watkins. For more information, call Sarah Kirk at 864-4121.
Forming Awareness of Cancer Through Students (FACTS) will meet at 8 tonight at the first floor conference room in Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Finisia Medrano drives her covered wagon along Highway 24 near Midland Junction, north of Lawrence. Medrano, who left Idaho in March and passed through Lawrence yesterday afternoon, has been traveling across country and hopes to reach Florida by January.
Traveler going cross country in wagon
By Brian James
Kansan staff writer
Finisia Medrano is cruising the nation's roads in a big rig, but it's no 18-wheeler.
Medrano's rig — a covered wagon pulled by three horses — rolled through Lawrence yesterday. Medrano has been traveling since March on a trip from Idaho to Florida and then back to the West coast.
She admits traveling 20 miles a day in a covered wagon is a little crazy, but the Idaho native said she had a reason.
"Some people might consider me nuts, but it gives me a chance to tell them I'm doing this for my Father in heaven," she said.
Medrano, who is in her late 30s, said she sold or gave away her house, car and most of her other belongings about eight or nine years ago. She bought the covered wagon and horses about three years ago.
Among other religious references on the canvas-covered wagon, a sign on the outside of the wagon cover reads, "Pulling for Christ."
"I have funny ideas about the way I do things," said Medrano, who does not affiliate herself with any denomination. "Lots of people try to beat
people over the head with their religious sticks, but by doing this, I can call attention to my beliefs and teach by example. I'm not chasing people down trying to convert them."
A small stack of religious literature laid on her mattress in her wagon. She said many church representatives tracked her down during her brief trip through Lawrence yesterday.
She said the wagon had all the modern conveniences she needed. An assortment of pots, harnesses and lanterns adorn the canvas wall of the wagon. A small handmade, wood-burning stove heats the wagon on cold days.
The only possessions that were not reminiscent of the Old West were a small stereo and a small box of cassettes that hung from the ceiling.
She is making the trip across the country alone, not counting her three horses, Tammy, Shortcake and Katy, and her dog, Tank.
The people in the towns she rumbles through kept her company too, she said.
Most of the people on the trip had been receptive, but a few were not, she said.
"I like both groups," she said. "I appreciate most of the stuff they give me, but they tend to give me too many
Medrano began her nomadic lifestyle nine years ago after what she calls a personal experience with God. Along with this Bible verse from Revelation, Medrano has "Pulling for Christ" painted in large red letters across the side of her wagon.
sweets. They're going to kill me."
She said she stopped at grocery stores in the Midwest, but relied on wild roots and other vegetation when traveling through Western states.
The journey across America's heartland had been disheartening at times, Medrano said.
"I can get water for my horses in streams in the West, but here I was
told that it wouldn't be possible," she said. "It just breaks my heart."
She said she hoped to be in Florida by January, but she did not know when she would complete the trip back to the West coast.
"Not a whole lot of people get to travel like this," she said. "Then again, not many would probably want to."
Boulevard restrictions could be extended
Kansan staff writer
By Shan Schwartz
The KU Parking Board yesterday approved a recommendation to further restrict traffic on Jayhawk Boulevard next year.
The recommendation from the board's rules committee would close Jayhawk Boulevard from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the fall and spring semesters. This year, campus is closed from 7:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
The changes were proposed to ease faculty and staff parking in the mornings and to reduce automobile traffic on campus in the late afternoon.
The proposal was approved by the board 5-2. It also must be approved in the spring by the University Senate Executive Committee, the University Council and the Executive Vice Chancellor to become effective for Fall 1994.
Student board member William Gist, Leawood senior, said that some students were against extending the restricted hours on campus.
"They feel campus access is already limited enough, and it shouldn't be restricted until 6." Gist said.
But Renee Speicher, Hutchinson graduate student and member of the board's rules committee, said that students would not mind more restricted hours if the change improved pedestrian safety.
"I think most students will compromise convenience for safety," she said.
Most of the board members agreed that campus traffic would continue to get worse regardless of the proposed change.
"We have 28,000 students and only 900 parking stalls (in the center of campus)," said board member Joseph Collins, a zoologist at the Museum of Natural History. "We are not going to get any more parking, but we will continue to get more students.
"It's an impossible situation where too many people with cars are trying to crowd on top of the Hill. We're fighting a losing battle."
The proposal also introduces a $10 annual loading
pass for faculty and staff who do not drive themselves to work. Drivers with passes could drop off and pick up faculty and staff from 7 to 8 a.m. and 5 to 6 p.m.
The board unanimously approved a separate proposal to charge parents of children at the Hilltop Child Development Center $10 a semester or $20 a year for a loading permit. Currently, parents pay Hilltop $1 a semester for a sticker, which allows them to be on campus for loading at Hilltop.
The rules committee proposed the change to make parking at Hilltop consistent with loading passes issued for child development programs in Haworth Hall and the Dole Human Development Center.
"The parents will not be thrilled with this at all," said Andi Fishman, Hilltop director. "But we are right there by the Union at the heart of all the congestion, and I think we should follow the same rules as everyone else on campus."
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