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University Daily Kansan / Wednesday, March 28, 1990
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Eddi Dunsworth, nurse for the American Red Cross of Wichita, finds a vein in the arm of Nikki Yelsenborn, Ponca City, Okla., freshman, so that she can donate blood
Hospitals count on KU blood drive
By Mark McHugh Kansan staff writer
Melissa Brown was eating a chocolate chip cookie and reading a French textbook yesterday afternoon instead of attending her French class. But for a good reason — she was recovering after giving blood.
"You can always go to class, but you can't always give blood." Brown said. "Besides, I thought I had good blood, so I wanted to give it to somebody else."
Brown, Kansas City, Mo. sophomore, was one of 287 students who gave blood at the Kansas Union Ballroom yesterday. The Blood Drive, which is sponsored by Panhellenic and Interfaternity Council, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and tomorrow.
Liz O'Leary, co-chairman of the Blood Drive, said that by Monday, 512 students had appointments to donate blood. This number falls short of the committee's goal of 625 units.
"We're counting on walk-ins," she said. O'Leary suggested that if a person wanted to donate blood on a walk-in basis, he should avoid going between"10 a.m. and 1 p.m.because that was the busiest time. The procedure takes about an hour.
Stacie Chesen, Lincoln, Neb., junior, said the committee did not want to advertise the Blood Drive as part of Greek Week activities.
"Sometimes when you do that, they think it's only for the greeks," she said. "We want
to draw everyone in, not just a specific group."
Debra Hampton, assistant director for the donor resources department of the American Red Cross Blood Services-Wichita Region, said Red Cross contracted with about 130 hospitals in Kansas and northwestern Oklahoma to collect blood for them.
O'Leary said these hospitals were depending on KU to collect the 625 units.
"It's important, because if KU doesn't reach the goal, we're cutting hospitals in Kansas and Oklahoma short. They're counting on us." she said.
Hampton said it was inevitable that people in the United States would use a blood product some time in their lives.
"Six percent of our population use blood or a blood product on a daily basis, but only 4 percent donor," she said.
Ruby Howard, a registered nurse for the blood services nursing department of Wichita, administered health tests to see if people were healthy enough to give blood. In addition, case managers, possible donors must undergo question and answer follow-ups with nurses.
"We're just trying to pick up on the state of their health," she said.
By Jeyers, director for the Douglas County
ted Cross, said the Blood Drive at KU was
done on Friday.
"We've been drawing blood on the campus since the '50s," she said.
Aging hall elevators expensive to maintain, bother students
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By Christine Reinolds Kansas staff writer
Heavy traffic, age and vandalism are some of the factors that have students walking the stairs instead of going elevators in University housing.
Jim Wilkins, Templin residence hall director, said the elevators broke down, not including the instances of vandalism, about five to six times a semester. They are inspected at least once every two weeks.
Ken Stoner, director of student housing, said most of the elevator problems occurred in McColum Hall, Templin Hall and Jayhawker Towers.
"Last semester we were lucky to have both elevators running 75 percent of the time," he said. "There have been three different occasions where residents were stuck in the elevator when it broke down."
The housing department pays $80,000 to an engineer contractor. Montgomery Elevator Co., Kansas City, Mo., makes routine maintenance checks and repairs the 33 elevators, Stoner said.
He said a study conducted four years ago evaluated the major work costs and cost between $60,000 and $100,000 to replace an individual elevator.
all of the elevators in the residence halls and the Towers are the original elevators. Stoner said the elevators were about 20 to 25 years old.
It would be cheaper to do a full-scale renovation of the elevators in the long run, but he said the project had not yet been released for approval.
"We had one incident where the wire panel was ripped out of the wall." Wilkins said.
Wilkins said vandalism caused many problems.
Chester Terry, Templin president,
said the elevators broke down once or twice a month.
If you jop up the stairs you can
beat the elevator anyway." Terry
said.
Test expands chlamydia research
By Steve Bailey
Kansan staff writer
Patrick Hays, senior lab scientist for the KDHE, said the new test would enable all state health departments to further research the prevalence of the disease.
A new testing method has allowed the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to expand coverage of its Chlamydia Diagnostic Program.
Chlamydia is a bacteria that causes the most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Although the disease can be asymptomatic, it is the most common cause of infertility in women. Chlamydia is characterized by vaginal discharge and severe abdominal pain.
"There is a definite interest in research on chlamydia and the consequences associated with it," Hays said. "The new testing will allow us to get a more detailed and convincing evaluation of the problem in Kansas."
In males, it is usually asyptomatic but can be detected by urethral discharge or burning during urination. Males are not at risk of becoming sterile from the disease.
Hays said the test would improve the speed in which chamydia specimens were processed.
"Instead of having to wait about 72 hours, they can be processed in one day because the test takes only about four hours to complete," Hays said.
The KDHE laboratory had used a culture method that required a two-day incubation period before specimens were transported to the lab on dry ice. The time for the microbiologist to prepare the specimen.
Because of transportation limitations, only seven health departments participated in the program. About 68 health departments will be included in the expanded testing program.
"We are hoping the inclusion of health departments throughout the state will allow us to look at the statewide prevalence of the disease rather than only in cases where there it is easier to receive specimens." Hays said.
The new method, called an antigen ELISA test, has several benefits. Hays said. Instead of dry ice, jell packs can be used to ship the specimen, which will be able to be refrigerated for up to seven days prior to analysis.
Charles Vockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said Watkins tested for chlamydia when it performed pap smears.
"Chlamydia testing is becoming standard practice in college health services," Yuckey said. "It is important because 10 to 14 percent of sexually active college-aged females have the bacteria. Most that have it do not show symptoms, which makes it a real problem."
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Although investigators have questioned all people known to have attended a show at the Outhouse, Anderson said his department was not running any new campaign to shut it down and did not know whether anyone at the show had been involved in Bread's death.
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The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has classified Bread's death as a hit-and-run, Sheriff Loren Anderson said.
Investigators are looking for a pickup truck or van that they believe struck Bread on 15th Street about a mile east of Lawrence, Anderson said. They also would like to question the driver and passenger of a dark-colored moped, which was seen in the area where Bread died, about anything they might have seen that night.
The reward, sponsored by Gov. Mike Hayden, is being offered to anyone who can provide information leading to an arrest and conviction of those responsible for Bread's death March 2.
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Anderson said he did not initially ask for direct KBI assistance with the investigation but would ask for help if he felt it were needed. On March 20, the team of investigators was reduced from 20 people to eight.
Anderson sent the request for a state-sponsored reward to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, who then forwarded it to the governor's office, said James Malson, KBI director.
'Things seem to be going as they should. It appears that the sheriff's office is doing everything that could be done.'
Although they have inspected more than 100 vehicles, Anderson said, investigators have not found the vehicle or driver they believe was involved in Bread's death. Anderson asked that the reward be offered. Investigators have checked cars belonging to each person known to have been in the area the night Bread died.
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Don Bread, who early in the investigation said he was concerned whether his son's death would be fully investigated, said yesterday that he was satisfied with the progress being made and appreciated the governor's reward.
With few new leads regarding the death of Christopher Bread, authorities yesterday announced a $5,000 reward for anyone with information that would help the investigation.
"Things seem to be going as they should," Bread said. "It appears that the sheriff's office is doing everything that could be done."
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