WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1996
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
NEWS 864-4810
ADVERTISING 864-4358
SECTION A VOL.102.NO.76
(USPS 650-640)
SPORTS
The No. 4 Kansas men's basketball team has struggled in making its free throws. Page 1B
Free throw frustrations
CAMPUS
Keeping Promises
Tips on how to follow through on your New Year's resolutions.
Page 5A
NATION
Computers in Court
Federal copyright law for computer software went to the supreme court. Page 9A
Disease Runs Rampant
WORLD
The world is more vulnerable to infectious diseases than ever before. Page 8A
CHANCE OF SHOWERS
WEATHER
High 47° Low 35°
Weather: Page 2A.
INDEX
Features ... 10A
Scoreboard ... 2B
Horoscopes ... 6B
National News ... 9A
World News...8A
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Studying the art of relaxation
Brian Hott / KANSAN
By Megan Maclejowski Special to the Kansan
Lori Lewis entered the room warily, expecting to find a mass of crystals, incense and music mood. Instead, she found a stark table and desk in a room that resembled every doctor's office she had ever been in. Only the body oils on the shelf gave away the true purpose of her visit.
Lewis, Atlanta sophomore, was getting a massage.
"I was nervous." Lewis said.
After an hour of being massaged, however, Lewis had changed her mind.
"It was completely relaxing," she said. "I feel incredible."
Lewis is one of many KU students who have discovered the benefits of massage therapy.
Tim Lawrence, massage therapist and owner of Bodyworks, 1012 Massachusetts, said the number of therapists had increased from three or four to 16 since he opened his business a few years ago.
Massage therapy is not a new phenomenon, though.
Massage therapy began with the ancient Chinese technique of acupressure, which was used to relieve stress, Lawrence said. Now, massage therapy is a popular alternative to conventional medicine.
He said that massage therapy was used in three basic areas: relaxation, sports therapy and rehabilitation from injury.
An ethical massage is the standard massage, which uses moderate pressure.
And just as the techniques massage therapists use are diverse, so are their clients.
Lawrence said that athletes, which make up one of the groups, could get special benefits from massage therapy.
Adam Marinello, Columbus, Ohio,
freshman, can relate. He plays football for the University and has experienced lower-back problems.
"It basically just reduces the tension in my back and helps me feel a little more loose and relaxed," Marinello said. "Td much rather get massaged than have to be put on medication or have back surgery. It's just more natural."
Dennis Anthony agrees.
Anthony, a chiropractor who employs a massage therapist at his office, has had plenty of experience dealing with back problems. He said he warned people of the danger of trusting medicine alone to heal
"There are high-risk complications with medicine, and in many cases medicine just masks the pain and doesn't really treat the problem," he said.
Tim Lawrence, certified massage therapist, relieves the stress and pains of the day from one of his clients. Lawrence studied massage therapy under the personal therapist of Major League Baseball pitcher Bret Saberhagen injuries sage therapists as legitimate.
However, much of the medical community does not recognize mas-
Janeine Cardin, a certified massage therapist and owner of Chrysalis Massage Therapy, 2104 W. 25th, said that alternative medicines always had been suppressed in the United States. She said doctors often did not prescribe massage
therapy because they would benefit more from prescribing expensive medication and surgeries.
"If bodywork were given the empowerment and legitimacy of other medical techniques, I think a lot more people would find that they need it," she said.
By Amy McVey
Kansan staff writer
Mary O'Day needs to relax. Cat-like, she folds her body and concentrates on nothing but the beating of her heart and the warm breath that escapes her body.
O'Day is practicing yoga, a routine that helps many people relax.
"I just love the way it makes me feel," said O'Day, Springfield, Mo., graduate student.
Anna Lunaria teaches the philosophy of Hatha yoga, a branch of yoga that focuses on the physical body using a system of postures, breath and meditation.
Lunaria said that Yoga was useful in restoring and maintaining health, reducing stress and increasing mental concentration.
"Almost everyone in our culture suffers from stress," she said. "Yoga helps us to manage and balance the stress in our lives."
Because yoga helps the mind focus on the body, it helps a person concentrate on the areas of stress created in everyday life, she said. By stretching different areas of the body, a person can release the strain the mind forces upon the body.
Different poses can be soothing and calming, stimulating and energizing, or cleansing and balancing, Lunaria said. Some build stamina, while others aid in mental concentration.
Holding the different positions helps to build muscles, and the muscles then help to develop a strong body and balanced body alignment, she said. While holding the different positions, it is important to focus on the body's proper alignment, while rhythmically taking in deep, soothing breathes.
"The air around us is infused with a life force, while breathing you are infusing life into your cells," Lunaria said.
O'Day said that yoga had helped her with everything from her back problems to a hormone imbalance. It also has made her more conscious of the alignment of her body, helping her to create the muscles needed to stand straight, she said.
Each morning O'Day practices the sun salutation, an arrangement of 11 poses, which helps her increase her energy level.
At night, she ends her day with the moon salutation, which helps her to relax.
"You can do it anytime you want," O'Day said.
KU on Wheels accelerates into fiscal woes
Bus system seeks loan from Student Senate
by Nicole Kennedy Kansan staff writer
To save the financially struggling KU on Wheels bus system, the transportation board is turning to Student Senate.
The board unanimously approved a bill yesterday that will ask senators for a $140,000 loan from the Student Senate reserve account. In addition, the board also is asking that Senate increase each student's campus fees by $2 next semester
"We have to receive some sort of stipend from the Senate, or the buses will halt," said Eric Medil. transportation board chairman.
If passed, the bill would pay for the bus system's spring operational costs and return the system's
reserve account to the recommended level of $120,000.
The bill will go before the Student Senate finance committee Jan. 24. If passed, it would go before the full Senate Jan. 31.
"The initial concern is to get the buses back in a good financial situation," said Jade Shopp, assistant treasurer of the Senate. "We can't have them running on a deficit year after year."
Transportation board members said the bill was a needed first step in improving KU on Wheels' financial situation.
According to the bill, the transportation board would pay back the Senate loan over the next few years, returning 3 percent of the previous year's bus pass sales revenue to the Senate each year.
Bob Grunzinger, Senate treasurer, said the transportation board was not asking for the Senate to solve the system's financial problems, but rather some help in fixing the system.
If approved, the new campus fee would act as a revenue cap for the bus system that could keep
the long-term costs to students from continually being raised, Grunzinger said.
Dan Hare, student body vice president, said the transportation board's commitment was to the students.
"I think once the finance committee reviews the information we've put together, they'll see that it is a necessity for us," he said.
KU on Wheels' financial troubles have been mounting since the late 1980s, when revenues began decreasing and operational costs began increasing.
Last year, the transportation board was forced to dip into its reserve account, withdrawing $62,000 of its $80,000 reserve account to pay the bills in order to keep the buses running.
Since then, the transportation board has been looking for ways to save the system.
"Systems are like plants," said David Hardy, who advises the transportation board. "They grow or they die. We can't sit here and watch this system die."
Operating in the red
During the last four years, KU on Wheels has been spending more money on operational costs than it receives in revenues and allocations.
Operational costs Revenues and Allocations
Noah Musser/KANSAN
Valuables often are vulnerable during winter break
By Sarah Morrison Kansan Staff Writer
Precautions may not secure safety of student's homes
When Christine Kleepter, Plano, Texas, sophomore, and her roommates prepared to leave for Christmas vacation, they put their lights on a timer, put bars in their windows and sliding glass door and stopped the delivery of their mail and newspaper.
But when Klepfer returned to Lawrence Thursday night, she saw that their efforts had been futile. More than $2,000 worth of
computer equipment, microwaves, telephones, answering machines and stereo equipment had been stolen, and there were no signs of forced entry.
Klepfer and her roommates were not alone. Detective John Lewis of the Lawrence Police Department said several students' apartments were burglarized each winter break.
"It's just one of those things," he said. "The crooks know that over the holidays everyone leaves town."
Kleper said that she was very upset, especially because it was the second time in six months that her apartment had been burglared.
During the first week of school, a burglar came through their sliding glass door and took their checkbooks and a stereo, Klepfer said.
Jessica Robertson, one of Klepfer's roommates, said her parents' homeowner's insurance would cover her losses.
Brad Coolidge, Wichita junior, was a victim of winter-break burglar.
Besides their electronic equipment being stolen, a bottle of salad dressing was missing.
"It looked like a wine bottle," Klepfer said. "Maybe they drank it and it made them sick."
"I just got home Monday, and I walked in
and noticed the door had been kicked in and the strike plates to the deadbolt locks were on the floor," he said.
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Like Klepfer, Coolidge had stopped his mail and newspaper delivery and put his television on a timer so it would look as if someone were home.
"Luckily, I took my computer with me," Coolidge said.
Despite his efforts, Coolidge's TV, stereo and VCR valued at $705 were stolen.
To be safe, Lewis said, students should take their valuables with them during break.
"It's kind of a guessing game the bad guys play," Lewis said. "They take their chances that those people aren't really home."