University Daily Kansan / Mondav. March 5, 1990
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Monday
Noon — An American Sign Language table will be at Alcove H in the Kansas Union.
5:30 p.m. — The Transcendental Meditation Club will sponsor a group meditation for practitioners of the TM technique at Alcove D in the Kansas
6:30 p.m. — The Hispanic American Leadership Organization will meet at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. — Women's Transitional Care Services will provide counseling for battered women at Ecumenical Christian Ministries, 1204 Oread Ave.
7:30 p.m. — The Department of Slavic Languages and Literature will present a lecture by Milton Ehr, University of Chicago professor, on "Sex, Time and Decadence in Sologol's 'Petty Cities' at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
7:30 p.m. — The Muslim Student Association will present Sister Nancy, a former nun turned Muslim, speaking on "My Journey from Christianity to Islam," at the Big Eight Room in the Kansas Union.
7:30 p.m. — The Graduate Executive Committee will meet at the Governor's Room in the kansas Union.
Tuesday
11:30 a.m. — The Commuters' Club will hold a funcheon at Alcove G in the Kansas Union.
country in the future.
Noon — The Office of International Studies and Programs will sponsor a Worldview Lunchroom Series at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. This week, Bezautz will present a program on architectural engineering, will speak on "An Indian Jew Looks at Israel."
country in the future.
6 p.m. - Entrons will meet at Parlors A and B in the Kansas Union.
Committees will meet.
6:30 p.m. — Advanced Dungeons and Dragons will meet at 4051 Wescoe Hall.
3:30 p.m. — The Office of Study Abroad will hold an informational meeting at 206 Fraser Hall for anyone interested in attending a French-speaking country in the future.
4:15 p.m. — The Office of Study Abroad will hold an informational meeting at 206 Fraser Hall for anyone interested in studying in a Spanish-speaking
7:30 p.m. — Orthodox Christians on Campus will meet at Alcove B in the Kansas University. Harley Wagler, graduate student in Slavic Studies, will give a slide presentation on the recent church art and architecture in Yugoslavia.
7:30 p.m. — Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, a support group, will meet at 20 Watkins Memorial Health Center.
8:30 p.m. — The KF Uencing Club will meet at 130 Robinson Center,
Wednesday
**Noon — The KU Women's Studies Program will present a dialogue with Ann Cudd, assistant professor of philosophy, on "Enforced Pregnancy, Rape and the Image of Women," at Alcove D in the Kansas Union.**
Dragons will meet at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
3:30 p.m. — Foreign Student Services and Legal Services for Students will hold a tax workshop for foreign students at the Dalay Hill Room in the Burgeon Union.
3:30 p.m. — The Office of Study Abroad will hold an informational meeting at 220 Fraser Hall for any inter-nee interested in foreign-speaking foreigney in the future.
7:30 p.m. — The KU Flying Club will meet at 2002 Learned Hall. All local plots and those interested in getting their pilot's license or improving their proficiency in flying are welcome.
4:15 p.m. — The Office of Study
Abroad will hold an informational meet-
ing at 220 Fraser Hall for anyone inter-
fering in studying in Germany in the
future.
6 p.m. — Advanced Dungeons and
7:30 p.m. — The Society for East Asian Studies will sponsor a discussion for faculty and students at the Centennial Room in the Kansas Union to explore concerns regarding East Asian studies at KU.
8 p.m.  The Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction will meet at Alcove
8 p.m. — The KU Cycling Club will meet at Templin Hall cafeteria to discuss reduced club dues, t-shirts, racing, touring, and talk with a representative from Rick's Bike Shop.
Thursday
6 p.m. — KU Students Against the Governor's Room in the Kansas State
Services of Kansas will meet at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
7 p.m. The Navigators - Christians at KU will meet at the Kansas Union. A.W. Pickle will speak on "Materialism and Contentment."
7 p.m. - KU College Republicans
forior for C in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. - KU College Republicans
8 p.m. — The KU Equestrian Club will meet at the Kansas Room in the Kansas Union, Jerry Mathews, farrier, will speak.
8 p.m. - The Spencer Museum of Art will present a lecture by Roberta Smith, New York Times art critic, "On being an artist" at the Spencer Museum.
8:30 p.m. — The KU Fencing Club will meet at 130 Robinson Center.
KU professor modifies drug for cancer patient treatment
By Benjamin W. Allen
A KU professor has developed a new method of modifying the anticancer drug, Taxol, so that it can be given to cancer patients.
Special to the Kansan
Valentino Stella, professor of pharmacy and head of the University of Kansas' new Center of Drug Delivery Research, has invented a way to make Taxol soluble in water so that it can enter the body with no ill effects.
Elias Michaelis, chairman of pharmacology and toxicology, said that Taxol was thought to be useful for cancer treatment and that Stella's method of delivering the drug was a good step forward.
Taxol interferes with cell division, thereby stopping cancer cells from dividing and tumors from growing. This permits the body's natural defenses to gain the upper hand, causing the tumor to go into remission.
Taxol, derived from the rare yew tree that grows in Oregon, has shown great promise combating cancer in studies conducted by the National Cancer Institute.
By removing a tumor from a patient and implanting it in a mouse, researchers can investigate the
Ray Green, a formulation chemist at the institute, said Taxol produced complete remissions in breast cancer tumors that had been removed from patients and then surgically implanted in mice.
But Michaelis said it was important to remember that scientific progress occurred slowly.
Stella said that he had been working on solving the difficulties associated with Taxol for more than two years and that the institute had been testing the drug for about 10 years.
Green said that cremophor produced serious allergic reactions that could only be overcome by giving the bacteria lots of antihistamine injections.
Cremophor, which is currently used to dissolve Taxol for injections, is toxic, Green said.
effects of drugs on tumors without subjecting a patient to experimental drugs.
"Usually it takes about seven years between the invention of a drug and when the drug actually becomes available for use," Stella said.
He has applied for a patent so his
market is to reach the pharmaceutical
market.
A specialty of Stella and the Center for Drug Delivery Research is to solve problems associated with delivering drugs to where they are needed in the body. One of the contracts the center holds is with the institute to help the institute with particularly difficult problems.
Stella's new method of delivering the drug would eliminate the danger of a reaction.
"It usually has a lot to do with scientific curiosity, and it usually is very applicable to the pharmaceutical industry," he said.
Stella said he did a lot of work that was problem solving.
HALO session attracts 60
HALO decided to organize the session when it was contacted by the League of United Latino American Citizens (LULAC), a national support group, said Eladio Valdez, former HALO president.
By Jonathan Plummer
Sixty Hispanic students from 10 Kansas City and Topeka high schools attended a recruiting session on Friday, April 28th, American Leadership Organization.
"We're the Sherlock Holmes of the pharmaceutical industry."
Kansan staff writer
Valdez said that LULAC in the past had asked the Office of Minority Affairs to sponsor buses that would carry the kids out but the office did not have the money.
This time, LULAC made arrangements with HALO before contacting the office, and the office paid for the
He was optimistic that Office of Minority Affairs wanted to make the event annual.
Angela Cervantes, HALO president, said that the meeting was a chance for students to do something about minority recruiting.
"The richest pools of natural talent are among minorities." Ramaley said. "The work force is shrinking, and there is a need for talent."
"This is our chance to do something we wanted to do," she said, adding that the Office of Minority Affairs had helped HALO with the meeting.
buses. Valdez said.
"I think this University should be doing more." Cervantes said.
During the session, Fred Rodriguez, associate professor of curriculum and instruction, said that many Hispanic students succumbed to family pressures and temptations to get a job after high school.
"It's so easy to quit." Rodriguez said, "because there's this call of employment, this call of family, this call of community.
"I depressed to see the students I went to high school with are still struggling, and those people are just struggling, and that opportunity just went away."
Rodriguez said that at schools like KU where the majority of the students were white, Hispanic students and other such other through groups like HALO.
"There is comfort and security in numbers, and when you are alone, it's very difficult." Rodriguez said.
Michelle Affalter, a senior at Oak Park High School in Kansas City, Mo., said the orientation day helped mma her more excited about college.
Judith Ramaley, executive vice chancellor, said that society would need the help of minorities to fill the job pool in the future.
"We enjoyed the atmosphere," Affolter said. "All the HALO people were really forward and friendly."
Cervantes said that one of the high school students, who had said she was unsure about college, approached her just before leaving.
"She said I just wanted to tell you that I'm definitely going to college," Cervantes said. "I was so excited."
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was a lot of fun and that he planned on returning next year.
"We are going to come up with an entirely different show next year," he said.
Chi Omega-Phi Kappa Wisn best production, best costume and best
song by Bob Hinrichs.
Amanda Clark, of the Pi Beta Phi-
Sigma Nu show, won best female
performer and Leslie Michel, of the
Delta Upsilon-Gamma Pi Beta
show, won best supporting female
performer.
Before the performances, audience members were given a chance to sign a petition to save Hoch Auditorium. The thousand people signed the petition.
(Rock Chalk) in the Lied Center would cause costs to shoot up."
"It's a real shame because Hoch is a tradition," Nixon said. "Having it
The University plans to turn Hoch into small auditoriums he said.
The size of Lied's auditorium will be about half the size of Hoch, he said.
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