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Gleb Dudarev lining up for strong track and field outdoor season
Thursday, January 30, 2020
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University of Arkansas professor lectures at KU about Islamophobia
The Student Voice Since 1904
Vol. 140/Issue 4
‘That’s my hometown’ KU international student from Wuhan feels the impact of novel coronavirus
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'Game Changers'
The Debruce Center’s newest exhibit, “Game Changers” tells the story of how basketball changed over time both through the people and groups who broke its boundaries. The exhibit was unveiled on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Map of all known countries in which a host has been detected with novel coronavirus as reported by the New York Times Jan. 28
Cheesy Street
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A Kansas City food truck, Cheesy Street, has taken over Lucia Beer Garden & Grill’s menu. Cheesy Street’s menu now features 10 unique grilledcheese sandwiches. Lucia Beer Garden & Grill is located at 1016 Massachusetts St.
Emma Bascom
Sike Song, a University of Kansas senior studying journalism from Wuhan, China, is halfway across the world when her family back home can’t leave. Song’s family, along with the entire town of Wuhan, is under quarantine due to the novel coronavirus, a virus that originated in Wuhan and is rapidly spreading flu-like symptoms across the globe. The virus has killed 170 people
in China, according to The New York Times. Twenty countries, including the United States, had confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus at the time of publication. A possible case was detected in Lawrence Memorial Hospital Tuesday, Jan. 28. If confirmed, the number of cases in the U.S. would rise to six. “My family and friends are all in Wuhan,” Song said. "I just feel like, not helpless, but I can't help anything because I just moved here ... That's my hometown." On Jan. 30, the World Health
Organization’s Emergency Committee on the novel coronavirus met in Geneva, Switzerland, to determine if the novel coronavirus constitutes a public health emer-
“I just feel like, not helpless, but I can't help anything because I just moved here ... That's my hometown.” Sike Song KU senior
KU architecture students renovate, brighten Watson Library's fourth-floor Chance Parker/UDK
'Why We Write'
Two army veterans, including one from the University of Kansas, worte the book, “Why We Write: Craft Essays on Writing War.” The book showcases literary pieces related to war.
On the horizon
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Jayhawks face the Demons Friday
Women’s tennis takes on Wake Forest in North Carolina Friday, Jan. 31, at 5 p.m.
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Watson Library’s fourth-floor west study carrels now have more light and a wider variety of study spaces after architecture students designed and renovated them this past fall semester. Students in Professor Paola Sanguinetti’s Architecture 509 design-build studio designed and renovated the stacks as a semester-long project that will be completed later this semester. “Having it done by students for students, I think it just makes it more personal for everyone involved,” said Mark Bowersock, a third-year architecture student from Overland Park who worked on the project. The renovated study carrels feature new wooden partitions, natural light from five windows, terracotta and acrylic tiles, and 16 study spaces. The library has been actively involved in the renovation process. Courtney Foat, the assistant director of communications for KU Libraries, said the library had several key objectives for the project: to maximize natural light; to have variable lighting sources; to have a range of comfortable seating and studying options, including standing desks, desks that meet ADA requirements and relaxed readings spaces; to have access to
power and to have a welcoming feeling of warmth. Bowersock said the class worked to narrow down its design to just one during the first few weeks of the semester. Then, students began renovating the week before Thanksgiving break. Bowersock said the class split into teams to work on different parts of the project, including woodwork, steel, terracotta tiles and
acrylic tiles. The tiles line the back walls of the study carrels and the partitions between study spaces. Foat said the materials the students used “bring a very human quality” to the space and warms it up. The fourth-floor stack renovation is nearly completed, Foat said. Continue on page 4
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The Watson library fourth-floor study carrels design and renovation began last semester and will be finished during this spring semester.
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gency of international concern. Anthony Fehr, a KU assistant professor who researches coronaviruses, said most strains are not serious in humans. The novel coronavirus may have originated in bats and jumped from bats to another intermediate animal which eventually spread to humans, he said. “Essentially, you have a bat virus that is infecting humans. We are not ready for that. Humans don’t have any immunity to these viruses, hence why they are Continue on page 2
Lawrence call center trains suicide prevention volunteers Connor Heaton @ConHeaton1111
A cluster of KU students gathered around a small table at Headquarters Counseling Center in Lawrence. Each of them was there for a unique reason, but all shared the desire to work as suicide lifeline support volunteers to help people caught in their darkest, most hopeless moments. Headquarters is a suicide lifeline that serves the entire state of Kansas. The center held a training information session Tuesday, Jan. 28 to inform students on how to become specially-trained suicide support assistants. Kristin Vernon, director of counseling services at Headquarters, said the call center is the only one that answers calls from every county in Kansas. According to a Jan. 29 agenda item report to the Board of County Commissioners, the county seeks to cooperate with Headquarters to lead the Zero Suicide Initiative in Douglas County. The initiative would help participants “learn how to incorporate best and promising practices to improve care and safety for individuals at risk,” according to the report. Headquarters mainly relies on donations from the community Continue on page 3