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The amendment prohibits discrimination in housing, hiring and governmental services based on race, religion, national origin, age, ancestry or handicap. arresty or harm The amendment does not include protection from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. homosexuals. "We are here, and we are not going away." Cook said. "They (the commissioners) have an obligation to protect all the citizens of Lawrence." Cook said the commission must deal with the problems and concerns of the entire city, including homosexuals. KU vaccination rate low Four-year-old Bianca Babcock was vaccinated against mumps when she was a baby. by Candy Niemann Kansan staff writer But last week, she got the disease anyway. Her mother, Michelle Babcock, had mumps when she was a child. umps when she was a baby. But last week, she got the disease anyway was a chin. But this week, she got the disease again By Candy Nieman Kansan staff writer But this week, she got the uneasy "I think Bianca can have it go from someone at my husband's office," said Babcock, a 30-year-old Lawrence resident. "And I must have它 to from her." The answer. And I must have said of a growing number of Douglas County residents feeling the impact of a mumps epidemic that is striking people regardless of whether they have been immunized or have already had the disease. the number of cases in Douglas County has risen to 193 — 19 of them in KU students — since the outbreak began in early October. in early October. Mumps is a viral disease spread by saliva. It is common for about six days before and after its onset. The primary symptom of the disease is a swelling of the glands below the jaw. that there would be more than this by no means. Yockey is still concerned, however, about the small number of students who have come to Watkins to be immunized. He also is concerned about a possible measles epidemic spreading from Kansas City to Lawrence. the groups below the law. "Actually, we are very pleased and surprised that there have not been more cases than in the student community," said Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center. "We had predicted that there would be more than this by now." Lawrence estimated that only 500 students had come in to be immunized out of 2,000 that may have needed to do so. analyzed out of 2,000 that may have And in addition to mumps, there are eight suspected cases of measles in Douglas County, two of them in KU students. "I don't even want to think about what will happen if a mosquito epidemic hits this campus," Yokee said. "The measles is more contagious than the mumps and more dangerous." Symptoms of measles include fever, coughing, watery discharge from the eyes, and rash. Measles is also communicable for about six days before and after its Kay Kent, administrator and health officer for the Lawrence-Douglas County Health Department, said the eight suspected cases had not been confirmed because blood tests taken both during and after the onset of the disease still must be analyzed. The disease still must be annyzed. One vaccination will protect against both diseases. The failure rate is believed to be 10 percent for mumps and less than 10 percent for measles. less than 10 percent for measles. Yookey said that people with mumps usually could continue to do their homework while they were bedridden, but people with measles often were too sick to do so. bedresiversity policy excuses students who have mumps or measles from classes, but Yockey said students should notify their instructors immediately after being diagnosed to discuss makeup work. people who diseases occur. Both diseases usually last about 10 days but can have serious side effects if those affected do not get as much bed rest as possible, Yockey said. nosed to discuss makeup work. David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said that the Student Assistance Center also could help students notify their instructors. Yockey recommended that students with either of the disease isolates themselves as much as possible. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta sent three researchers to Lawrence on Jan. 4 to investigate the mumps outbreak. One of the researchers left Jan. 20, and the others are scheduled to leave Friday. the others are sensitive. While in Lawrence, the researchers have been gathering data about the epidemic. That information will be evaluated in Atlanta, and Kent said the results could be available in six months to a year. In the meantime, Yockey and others are working on mandatory immunization policy at KU. In the meantime, the office of A committee made up of officials from the office of admissions and Watkins is working on the details. "We should have the policy in place by summer," Yeackey said. "But first we have to figure out how to handle the enormous task of actually making sure all the students are immunized." Yockey said the student group with the lowest immunization rate at KU may be students from Illinois. Illinois was one of the last states in the nation to make immunization mandatory for public school students. Campus landscape affected by drought Kansan staff writer by Michele Logan The drought of 1988 has now reached into 1989 and is affecting the landscape of the KU campus. tous of tanks that go around and waters every day that temperatures are above 40 degrees, and needless to say, we've been doing a lot of watering lately," Mathes said. Trees and grass across campus are dying and will continue to die unless Lawrence receives at least six inches of rainfall soon, said James Mathes, assistant director of facilities operations for landscape maintenance. He said maintenance normally stopped watering around November, and to continue watering through January was rare. they normally used to clear snow was being used to water the landscape. Mathes said the cost of watering had not increased because the crew being used. The dry winter has affected pines, junipers and evergreens and shrubs the most because they have shallow roots that do not allow them to absorb much water, said Mike Richardson, associate director of facilities planning for construction, landscape and vehicle maintenance. He said that as a precautionary measure against a dry winter, the crew sprayed the evergreens last fall with a special formula to seal in moisture. moisture. If a campus tree looks as though it is going to die, the maintenance department obtains samples of the tree and runs tests to find out if disease is a cause. If they find that the tree is over 50 percent dead, they will remove it; but if the tree is still The cost of watering had not increased because the crew they normally used to clear snow was being used to water the landscape. salvageable, they will fertilize and increase its water supply. Richardson said. Even though the maintenance department recently reseeded campus grass, they will have to reseed in March because the drought has killed most of the new grass, Mathes said. moss of the hills. He said that reseeding would take place primarily where heavy student traffic has occurred, such as the area in front of Stauffer Flint Hall, playing fields near Watkins Memorial Health Center and the groves between various parking lots and campus. 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