APARTMENT GUIDE 2
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As a sophomore living in my first apartment I was terrified that someone would break in and murder me and my roommate. I saw stalkers around every corner — there's a possibility that I had been watching too many episodes of Criminal Minds.
So when we heard noises on the balcony one night, a million terrible scenarios ran
through my mind. I turned down the TV and my roommate got up to look outside.
But before she had the chance, someone started banging on our door and yelling.
started banging on our door and yelling
I froze. I had considered everything that
could go wrong, but I had never really
thought about how I would deal with a dangerous situation if it arose.
It turned out that the would-be intruders were a couple of our friends who thought climbing up our balcony would be a funny joke.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
4 — Alternative housing options
7 — Do-It-Yourself projects
8 — Surviving severe weather
9 — Bargain hunting
10 — Pets and the college lifestyle
13 — Living with a significant other
14 — Saving money on your utility bills
16 — Crossword
17 — How to stay safe in your new place
I wasn't amused, but if something similar happened to me today I would be better prepared. To learn more about safety and get tips from KU Public Safety see Victoria Pitcher's story on page 17.
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2600 W. 6th | 785.838.3377
3401 Hutton Dr. | 785.841.3339
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meetings and rehearsals by visiting artists", Van Leer said.
The pavilion will be a place for visiting and local artists to engage with the community. The Lied Center offers specialties in education and engagement programs such as pre- and post-performance discussions, demonstrations, lectures, workshops, master classes and more. It will create more possibilities and special occasions for the Friends of the Lied to celebrate the arts.
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made possible by a $2.5 million donation to the Uniwersity by the Lied Foundation and a $300,000 donation from the Kemper Foundation
The public is invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday in the new Kemper Foyer.
"The new Pavilion is made possible by a gift from the Lied Foundation Trust. Construction began in September 2010 and we anticipate completion of the Pavilion this summer," Van Leer said.
$10 million to the University in order to fund the construction of the Lied Center.
According to the Lied Center's mission statement, the purpose of this organization is to promote the arts and education through performance.
The expansion will provide additional practice space for state productions as well as displays providing information on the history of Ernest F. Lied and the Lied Foundation Trust.
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The $10 million Lied Foundation Trust donation to initially construct the Lied Center was the largest donation to KU ever at the time
The Lied Center expansion was originally proposed in 2005,but the project was scrapped due to a lack of funding.
CHALLENGE | 3A
Take Charge! Challenge
KU residence halls are participating in the Take Charge Challenge, a competition to conserve energy and go greener.
BASKETBALL | 10A
Jayhawks limp into conference tournament
The Kansas women's basketball team hopes to bounce back from its two recent losses while the focus shifts from the starting lineup to the bench.
"Well, it's extremely important for people with rare diseases such as hemophilia, immune deficiencies, inherited respiratory disease and a number of other serious rare diseases," said Christopher Florentz, manager of cooperate communications. "We take the plasma collected by our CSL plasma collection centers and we put it through a process called fractionation where basically we separated out the proteins in the plasma and we use those proteins to make biotherapies that are used to treat various diseases."
To create plasma products the company needs raw plasma. This is where the donation centers and students like Holbrook Walker come in.
"I told everyone I was doing it for a good cause but really I wanted money for back to school clothes," Walker said. "My paycheck I got all went to my rent and I needed some extra money to do that."
Cot-binding processes plasma to take out specific proteins and antibodies needed to fight disease.
Holbrook did not want to have to get a job and balance schoolwork.
Donor compensation differs by weight class. The more a donor weighs the more plasma the center can take and the more money the donor can make.
"I basically got paid to sit there and study," he said. During the semester, Holbrook sometimes made biweekly trips to the CSL plasma donation center, earning about $400 from more than 20 trips.
"If you weigh under 150 it's not even worth it," Holbrook said. "It's like making minimum wage."
With his ankle weights, Holbrook tipped the scales at just over 150 pounds.
Florentz said that on average, a CSL plasma donation center pays $2 million per year to donors and in total, donors made 18.5 million plasma donations in the U.S. in 2008.
"We refer to it as donating because we compensate for their time as opposed to their plasma," Florentz said.
Kansan: Is donating plasma a good idea or not from the donor's perspective?
Denning: From the donor perspective it could cut either way. For people who are young and healthy it doesn't impact their overall health in the long-term. However in the short term it can impact even healthy young people. When you donate plasma they are taking off specialized proteins called antibodies. They are our first line of defense against infection. And personally in the height of flu season I would not recommend anyone donate plasma because we all need to keep our antibodies at a nice healthy level.
UDK: Have you seen students come in with problems or injuries cause by plasma donation?
Denning: I do on occasion see people who come in who are sick who have influenza or respiratory infections who have donated plasma. And I'm like, quit doing that until flu seasons over!
Denning: It's not uncommon to get a little hematoma here or there. It's uncomfortable and does look very ugly and scary but those generally go away.
UDK: Some people bruise at the location where the needle is used for plasma donation. Is this serious?
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The amount of money a donor receives for a plasma donation varies with weight, visit number and the amount of donations the donor has made in a week. This graph shows what donors will make during each visit to the CSL Plasma Donation Center assuming they give plasma twice a week.