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Mondav. Januarv 22.1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Challenges in future for Medical Center
By Teresa Veazey
Kansan staff writer
It's fun to look forward.
That's what Donald Hagen, executive vice chancellor of the University
Of Kansas Medical Center,
said as he begins his first full calendar year at the Med Center. But Hagen said the coming year would play host to several challenges.
"The most difficult thing
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is, and will be, dealing with the fact that we must have an adequate number of patients coming through," Hagen said.
University hospitals generally are more expensive than other hospitals and have trouble competing for patients, he said.
The Med Center will have to maintain a good patient base so that medical students can see patients and get the clinical experience in their field. But having patients doesn't necessarily mean having money.
Each year the hospital sees patients who can't afford health insurance but make too much money to be insured by Medicaid, Hagen said. This accounts for 11 percent of the Med Center's patients and amounts to $13 million a year which goes unpaid.
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Dealing with this economic pressure means developing a more cooperative effort between the Med Center and hospitals in the area and sharing each other's resources, said R.L. Clancy, physiology professor and chairman of the faculty steering committee.
Hagen said.
"There is a reluctance for clinicians and other hospitals to involve faculty here and vice-versa," he said. "We have to look at one another's expertise."
The Med Center also must focus on obtaining financing for research from nongovernment sources, Clancy said. This means looking beyond the National Institutes of Health, which plays a big part in research funding.
"We have to be more aggressive and go out and pursue it," he said. "Certainly going after private donations will become important."
For the Student Governing Council, which represents Med Center students, 1996 means bringing all students and organizations on board with technological advancements, said Kelly Humpherys, Eskridge graduate student and president of the student body.
One goal for the council is to increase the number of computers on campus and get student organizations on the World Wide Web with their own home pages, she said. Another goal for the council is to build a sense of community between the students during and after their time at the Med Center by involving them in student and service organizations.
"Students come and go and don't feel like they're a part of anything here," Humpherys said. "I want to get students more involved in the community part."
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OAKS, Nontraditional student organization is sponsoring a brown-bag luncheon today from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Wescoe Terrace. Please call Laura Morgan at 864-4064 for more information.
ON CAMPUS
Office of Study Abroad is sponsoring an informational meeting about the Great Britain Direct Exchange Program today from 4 to 5 p.m. at 4045 Wescoe Hall and tomorrow from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 4048 Wescoe Hall. For more information call Nancy Mitchell at 864-3742.
KU Meditation Club is holding a group meditation at 6:00 p.m. at the Daisy Hill room in the Burge Union. Call Ravi Hirekat for more information at 832-8789.
KU Kempo Karate Club is having a meeting from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. at 402 Robinson. For more information call Mark Hurt at 842-4713.
KU Karate Club has practice today from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 215 Robinson Center. For more information call Jon Sides at 832-1771.
KU Fencing Club is having practice on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at 215 Robinson. Call John Hendrix at 864-1529 for more information.
H. A.L.O. is having a meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in the main lobby of Ellsworth Hall. Call Stella Adame at 842-0534.
KU Ki-Alkido Club is having a meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 207 Robinson. For more information call Matt Stumpe at 864-6592.
The Student Assistance Center is sponsoring a Learning a Foreign Language Workshop Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at 4033 Wescoe. Preregistration is not required. Call the S.A.C. at 864-4064 for more information. Free.
BIONIC is sponsoring a meeting for bisexual and bifriendly people at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at the International Room in the Kansas Union. Call Chris at 864-3091 for more information.
College Republicans are having a meeting with Vince Snowbarger, candidate from the 3rd district congress, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Jayhawk room in the Kansas Union. Call Ward Cook for more information at 838-3171.
KCBT Student Ministries is having bible study at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Regionalist Room in the Kansas Union. Call Adam Decatur at 841-1683 for more information.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's compact disc player was stolen and a car window was damaged sometime on Wednesday or Thursday in the 1700 block of W.24th Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $300.
A KU student's rear car window was damaged sometime on Friday or Saturday in the 1400 block of Tennessee Street, Lawrence police said. The window was valued at $500.
A KU student's television, videocassette recorder and remote control were stolen between Dec. 16 and Jan. 18 from the Pl Kappa Alpha house in the 2000 block of Stewart Ave., Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $1,250.
A KU student's miscellaneous clothing was stolen on Saturday from the 1400 block of Ohio Street, Lawrence police said. The clothing was valued at $97.
A KU student's black light and 12 compact discs were stolen Saturday from the 4000 block of Wimbledon, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $390.
A KU student's coat and keys were stolen Saturday from the 1000 block of Massachusetts Street, Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $58.
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Source: The Associated Press
KU student is Truman finalist
By Heather Kirkwood
Kansan staff writer
Concern for the environment and a lot of studying may soon be worth as much as $30,000 to Bhavi Shah, Wichita junior, who is one of the Kansas finalists in the Harry S. Truman Foundation's scholarship competition.
Shah will compete with other finalists from the Midwest in February for as much as $3,000 for her senior year and as much as $27,000 for graduate work.
Winners will be announced in March.
"I'm pretty nervous," she said. "I'm trying to read up on a lot of things."
Kansas, and pursue a master's degree in environmental policy and a law degree at Duke University.
Mary Klayder, assistant director of the honors program, recommended Shah for the scholarship.
Shah hopes to use the money to finish her bachelor's degree in environmental policy at the University of
"Since her freshman year she has talked about wanting to work with environmental policy," Klayder said.
Four of the five scholarship winners from Kansas in the last five years were KU students.
Truman scholars are chosen based on leadership potential, intellectual ability and the likelihood that they will make a difference.
They must be planning a career in public service, be full-time students in the upper fourth of their class, have a grade-point average of at least 3.0 and be U.S. citizens or nationals.
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