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Wednesday, February 21. 1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Author tinkers with mechanics of thought
By Bradley Brooks Kansan Correspondent
Po-Lung Yu believes that he can change the way that people think—and he has written a new book in an attempt to prove it.
Yu, Carl A.Scupin Distinguished Professor of Business, will speak at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Alderson Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Yu is developing a theory called "habitual domains" that centers on the brain's habitual ways of thinking.
He believes these habits are ingrained because they are shortcuts — easier ways to evaluate situations. But they can strictly limit people's ways of thinking.
Yu attacks these restricting domains in his new book, Habitual Domains: Freeing Yourself From the Limits on Your Life.
Yu's book has been received well. At the Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Kansas City, Mo., Country Club Plaza. Yu's book was displayed on the second floor.
"It has been a good seller," said Jeanne Goolsy, assistant manager at the store. "It is our policy not to give out specific numbers, but I can tell you it outsold Hillary Clinton's book one week."
Yu's book explains his theories of habitual domains and outlines how individuals can break them down.
He uses mathematical equations to determine how easily an idea is processed, stored and recalled.
Each idea in a person's brain is represented by specific neural-cell circuit patterns in the brain.
This knowledge is nothing new, but Yu wants to teach people how to change these patterns.
Once people learn how to change their own patterns, what Yu calls software, they can upgrade their
software and learn to manage them selves, and others, better, he said.
That is a big reason why Yu's work has been popular in the business world.
"I believe Dr. Yu's work is an important contribution to those in business and all walks of life that are grappling with tremendous change all around them," said Donald R. Beall, CEO of Rockwell International Corporation. Rockwell is a high-technology company in Seal Beach, Calif.
Paul Henson, chairman of Kansas City Southern Industries, underwrote the cost of publishing the 100,000 copies of Yu's book.
Henson, a long-time friend of Yu's, wanted to help Yu produce a book that could be understood by a wider audience.
"I've got a bachelor's and a master's degree in electrical engineering, and I can't even understand the math.
"So we made the book readable,
'so we didn't lose any of the philosophy that carries through,' Henson said.
The book is a lay-person's guide to Yu's complex mathematical theory of controlling one's thinking.
Yu likens his equations to a sheet of music. One must know how to read a musical score to perform it. But this doesn't keep the musically illiterate from enjoying the performance.
In the same way, Yu wants the average person to be able to enjoy the benefits of his new book without needing a degree in mathematics.
For Yu, expanding one's habitual domain is a lifetime commitment.
"It is a lifelong process to continuously upgrade your habitual domains," Yu said. "But once this concept is grasped, a person can be happy and successful in anything."
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Canterbury House (Episcopal), Lutheran Campus Ministry, Ecumenical Christian Ministries and United Methodist Campus Ministry will sponsor Ecumenical Ash Wednesday Services at 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. today in Danforth Chapel. Call the Rev. Joe Alford at 843-8202 for more information.
Zeta Phi Beta will sponsor a bone marrow registry drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Call Jacinta at 749-3083 for more information.
- Ecumenical Christian Ministries will sponsor a university forum, The Political Economy of the Mexican Crisis, with Melissa Birch at noon at the center, 1204 Oread Ave. Call Thad Holcombe at 843-4933 for more information.
- The Office of Study Abroad will sponsor a meeting about studying in Spanish speaking countries at 2:30 p.m. today at 4064 Wescoe. The office will also sponsor a meeting on studying in Golfito or Costa Rica this summer at 2:30 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Ellen Strubert at 864-3742 for more information.
KU Karate Club will practice at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. Call Jon
Biology Club will sponsor Sally Frost-Mason speaking about What Can I Do with My Biology Degree at 6 p.m. today at 2023 Hayworth. Call Jose Miranda at 838-4529 or Niraj Kapur at 864-1726 for more information.
Sides at 832-1771 for more information.
Student Senate will sponsor a Multicultural Affairs meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Cesar Milan at 865-3538 for more information.
ANAD will sponsor an Eating Disorders Support Group at 7 tonight at the Curry Room in the Kansas Union. Call Ruth at 843-3074 for more information.
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship will have a manuscript study at 7 tonight at the Walnut Room in the Kansas Union. Call Jason Brown at 749-2408 for more information.
KU Sailing Club will meet at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Eric Stehm at 864-8299 for more information.
There will be an organizational meeting for students interested in opposing the recreation services fee increase at 7 tonight at Parlors A and B in the Kansas Union. Call Shannon Tauscher at 832-0823 for more information.
Jailed man victim of theft
Kansan staff report
When a 39-year-old Lawrence man returned home after serving time in jail, he discovered that his clothes had been worn, his hot dogs and lunch meat had been eaten and his pornography videos were missing.
John Thomas, arrested Jan. 13 on a charge of aggravated assault, received a letter at the Douglas County Jail from a friend asking Thomas to release the keys to him. The 36-year-old man told Thomas in the letter that he needed to get a few of his things from the trailer. But Thomas refused to release the keys.
Thomas was contacted Feb. 3 by jail personnel because the owner of the trailer park noticed that a woman was living in the trailer.
Thomas told police that he hadn't given anyone permission to live in his trailer, and police arrested the 34-year-old Lawrence woman.
When Thomas returned home from jail Feb. 7, he noticed that the air conditioner had been pushed in to allow entrance into the trailer.
Thomas told police that he thought that the friend who had written him was the one who had broken into the trailler. Police are looking for the 36-year-old man.
Weather
Source: Mike Rohleder, KU WeatherService
ON THE RECORD
A 22-year-old KU student was arrested Sunday on charges of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and possession of marijuana with intent to sell. The student was driving near Sixth and Iowa streets when his 1986 Toyota Celica struck a guard rail. According to police, the student was carrying two bags thought to contain marijuana, and drug paraphernalia was found in his car.
A KU student reported that she had been raped early Sunday morning by a 19-year-old acquaintance when he walked her home from a party in the 1200 block of Louisiana Street, Lawrence police reported.
day night. The suspect was wearing brown pants, a black leather jacket, a blue shirt and winter gloves when he walked into the store, pulled his shirt over his face and told the people in the store not to move. The unarmed suspect then took an undetermined amount of money from the cash register and fled west.
The Miller Mart, 3300 W. Sixth St., was robbed Satur-
A KU student's AM/FM cassette player was stolen between 2 and 4 p.m. Saturday in Dyche Hall. The cassette player was valued at $200. KU police reported.
A KU student's purse, wallet and money were stolen between 2:15 and 2:30 p.m. in Anschutz Science Library. The items were valued at $430, KU police reported.
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The New Rec Center will consist of ...
- Aerobic Studio, with appropriate flooring
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