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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, February 27, 1997
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Printing museum not the type to get ink
Press collection fills crowded room
By Andrew Humphrey Special to the Kansan
If not for the lack of dust and the sign on the door, the Ryther Museum of Printing easily could be mistaken for a storeroom.
The 18-square-foot room is full of antiquated equipment. A printing press runs half the length of a wall. Cabinets sit along another wall, beneath a counter covered with printing devices of varying sizes and shapes. A case stands among the room's eight printing machines, its contents obscured by the books atop it. In some places, visitors have to squeeze to get through the clutter.
And, like a storeroom, the museum's door usually remains locked, and the lights turned off.
"It's not a high-traffic item," said John Sayler, director of the University of Kansas Printing Services.
Nor is it high profile. Located west of the Lied Center inside the printing services building, 2425 W. 15th St., the museum's visitors have been mostly limited to printing enthusiasts who call before coming. Occasionally, Sayler said, someone in the lobby would see the sign on the door and ask to
Three people signed the guest book in January, but no one signed it during December or November.
look.
The few who do visit find relics from a time in printing history when type was set one letter at a time and printers used machines that appear to be designed by Rube Goldberg.
"This is kind of an old proof press here," said Lawrence Sinks, indicating what looked like a narrow desk with a concave top and a shortened, thick rolling pin resting on it.
Sinks, a printer in Printing Services' imaging department, said that workers would roll the pin over a sheet of paper and a block of ink-covered type, producing proofs in a manner not unlike bakers rolling dough.
Sinks is acquainted well with the room's items. Once a Linotype mechanic and operator, he knows how to operate and repair the museum's machines.
Linotypes were used to produce lines of type — hence the machine's name — using hot lead.
"Every once in a while, something will go wrong, maybe something will get crooked, and metal will squirt out all over everything," Sinks said.
He has been burned before.
"It's just like hot lanolin," he said. "It just goes wherever. You learn to be pretty quick when that happens."
items in the museum were acquired by Thomas "Mickie" Ryther, who was Printing Services' superintendent from 1940 to 1966.
Saylor said, "He wanted to keep some of that equipment around. He felt comfortable with it. He liked to talk about it when he was alive."
Ryther died more than three years ago.
"I think it was just a collection of Mr. Ryther's, and items were added," Sayler said. "There might have been contributions. But that was it. It would have been a minimum contribution."
Though Sayler began working at Printing Services in 1977, long after Ryther had left the printing plant, Ryther continued to visit, often to use what everyone thought of as his press.
"That's where he printed his letters and envelopes and that sort of thing," Sayler said.
He also continued to acquire more items for the museum, including a round typesetter which still runs.
"I'm told that there are only two of those in United States that are still in working order," Sayler said. "That was his pride and joy."
The number of visitors has decreased since Ryther died, though the museum has never had a large number. Referring once more to the guest book, there were 40 entries for 1980 — a sharp contrast to the three who have been through in the past three months.
"We are listed in a number of national museums, and people who are going down I-70 or
John G. Sayler, director of printing services, admires a photo of Thomas "Mickle" Ryther. Ryther compiled all of the objects that remain in the one room Ryther Museum of Printing, 2425 W.15th St.
the turnipke quite frequently would call in." Saylor said.
Sayler has been trying to find a new location for the items in the museum. He said that he would use the extra space if it were available, but that this was not a concern to
him.
"We really hope and wish that there was a better place where it could be displayed on campus — on the main campus," he said. "But space is so tight around here that we really have no choice."
KU chlamydia rate below state average
By Emily Vrabac
Kansan staff writer
Kansas has one of the higher rates of chlamydia in the country, according to the March issue of Glamour magazine.
But the high chlamydia rates in Kansas have not infiltrated the University of Kansas campus, said Henry Buck, gynecologist at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Glamour published chlamydia statistics for the nation, and according to the Centers for Disease Control, Kansas had more than 340 cases of the sexually transmitted disease per 100,000 women.
The Glamour statistics are limited to women, but both men and women can contract chlamydia.
Yet KU students fall below that national statistic. One percent of students tested positive for chlamydia in 1995. Buck said.
Buck said that a report by the American College Health Association stated that 2.2 percent of college patients in 1995 tested positive for chlamydia.
Chlamydia is caused by bacteria which is spread during sexual contact or from mother to baby. It is treatable with antibiotics, but can lead to infertility if not treated. Buck said he could prescribe one of two antibiotics for chlamydia patients, depending on the patient's financial situation. Doxycycline is taken twice a day for 10 days and costs about $7. Zithronax is a single-dose treatment which costs $22.
"In terms of a university population, we are lower than most university populations."Buck said.
"The treatment is very effective." he said.
Chlamydia symptoms
Most people who have chlamydia do not experience symptoms, but for those who do, the onset of symptoms is usually from seven to 30 days after contact with an infected person. Men are more likely to experience symptoms than women.
Women
Buck said that the annual gynecological exams performed at Watkins included a test for chlamydia.
bleeding between menstrual periods
vaginal bleeding after intercourse
abdominal pain
painful intercourse
painful intercourse low-grade fever
painful urination
- the urge to urinate more than usual
- cervical inflammation
cervical inflammation abnormal vaginal discharge
abnormal vaginal discharge a yellowish discharge from the cervix that may have a foul odor
-pus, watery or a milky discharge from the penis
- pain or burning while urinating
pain or burning while urinating
"Most of the patients who test positive are asymptomatic," he said.
Planned Parenthood Federation of America officials said that chlamydia was more common among men and women under the age of 25. People who have a high number of sex partners and those who do not use condoms run the highest risk of contracting chlamydia.
Symptoms for women include discharge from the vagina or rectum and cramps or pain in the lower abdomen.
Men's symptoms include burning or itching around the opening of the penis, pain in the testicles and pain when urinating.
Planned Parenthood recommends that students use condoms every time they have sex or be monogamous, and also know the signs of infection to avoid chlamydia.
Students who think they may have chlamydia or who test positive should stop having sex immediately and inform their partners.
Buck said statistics about chlamydia could be misleading.
"I have a very strong feeling that diseases like chlamydia are underreported," he said.
"Obviously the main way to prevent any STD is abstinence." Buck said.
Universities trying to build new information highway
Internet2 should be faster; will emphasize education
By Mark McMaster
Kansan staff writer
Students and faculty who enjoy cruising the information superhighway may have a new, high-speed freeway to travel next year.
This new infobahn is called Internet2, and it soon may link the nation's major research institutions to provide a quick and dependable way to transmit information.
Jerry Niebaum, executive director of information technology services, is the University's institutional representative to the Internet2 project.
Niebaum said that a new Internet system was needed because the current Internet is becoming overcrowded by commercial and personal use. Researchers wishing to transfer data using the Internet often face delays and interruptions because of the high traffic, he said.
The Internet2 network would be similar to the current Internet, Niebaum said, except it would employ new technology that would allow a faster, more stable transfer of information. Because the channel of transmission is reserved, it means that other network usage would not slow the transfer.
"It will allow a lot of uses that are now really not possible because of the limitations of the present Internet," said Robert Weaver, associate dean of liberal arts and sciences, who also is involved with the Internet2 project.
Weaver said that videoconferencing and other processes that involved the transfer of large amounts of data would be easier over Internet2. It would be possible to transmit footage of a lecture, for example, to other institutions in real time, so students could interact with professors around the globe.
This technology will not come cheaply.
however, Niebaum estimated that it would cost the University as much as $500,000 a year to connect to Internet2 and to establish a local network on campus. He said it would be worth the expense, though.
"The Internet itself has cost millions of dollars, but in a short period of time it has radically changed the way we do certain types of commerce," he said. "I believe Internet2 will have the same type of impact."
The Internet2 project is being planned by representatives from about 100 universities. Each institution, including the University, has committed $15,000 to finance the development of the network.
The representatives, including Niebaum, met in San Francisco last month to discuss the project. At the meeting, a rough time frame for the network's construction was established. A few campuses are expected to receive Internet2 connections by July of this year, and the rest are expected to be connected by July 1998.
Brazilian Carnaval to dance in Lawrence
Kansan staff writer
By Umut Bayramoglu
Women in bikinis on colorful floats, people dancing in the streets — it's not Mardi Gras, it's the Brazilian Carnaval.
The Brazil-Portugal Organization will present the 19th Annual Brazilian Carnaval from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday at Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St.
"Brazilian Carnival is the largest celebration in the world," said Alex Montgomery-Soares, BRAPO president. "In Brazil about 82 million people celebrate it."
Montgomery-Soares, Sao Paulo, Brazil, junior, said that every year the carnaval started 40 days before Passover
"The most popular one that people know about is the street carnival like the one in Rio de Janero." he said.
singing and costumes that lasted four days.
Montgomery-Soares said that the street carnaval included a competition in drumming.
"Every city has about 20 samba schools that come up with their own theme, music, songs and costumes for the carnaval," he said. "During those four days, everything stops in the country except public transportation and grocery stores."
But another type of carnaval occurs at the same time as the street carnaval, allowing a break from dancing and singing.
Montgomery-Soares said that the second type was called the saloon carnival because it was held in night clubs or community centers.
"The night clubs have bands playing during the four days of the carnaval," he said. "But people usually go home and take a nap in the mornings."
Saturday's carnaval at Liberty Hall will be the saloon type, Montgomery-Soares said, although it will only last one night.
The Chicago Samba School, a Brazilian
band, will be playing the entire night of the Lawrence carnaval, which also will be a costume party.
"In Brazil a crowd of 2,000 to 10,000 people attend these saloon carnavals," Montgomery-Soares said. "But we're expecting 600 or 700 people in Liberty Hall."
Antonio Simoes, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese said that he had attended the annual carnaval in Lawrence last year.
"It's a good opportunity to dance and enjoy yourself," he said.
"There is a lot of oppression in Brazil, this is a time to release that pressure," he said. "The more pressure there is, the more fun people try to have."
Tickets cost $10, and are available at SUA,
Liberty Hall and the Spanish and Portuguese
Department.
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