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CampusLedger Newspaper County Community College Bored? Join a Club! HI ThcThe Student of Johnson Volume 19,Issue 2 Septembers, 1996 Overland Park, KS Children's Center toddler dies of brain tumor mother attended classes. "We arrived at Children's year and a half. Greta was in my The Greta Terhune Fund was Amy Schumann Greta's teachers began notic- Mercy Hospital around 3 a.m. in class for about eight months. She established at First National News Editor ing something was different with an ambulance, where Greta was was a sweet little girl," said Bank of Olathe, 444 E. Santa Fe, Greta in mid-June, according to admitted to the Intensive Care Brauer. Olathe, to help the family with "The daycare workers said Lickteig. On July 1st, the Unit," Lickteigsaid. "We put out a basket and burial and medicalexpenses. Any /she seemed tired, not as outgo- Children's Center notified Karen "I want to thank the college everyone responded. We were funds not needed will be donated ing, withdrawn," said Karen that Greta was not using her left for all it's done. Ican say no able todeliver to Greta a wonder- to the American Cancer Society l? Lickteig of her 4-year-olddaugh- arm. That evening Karen took words that expresshow Ifeel for ful basket full of toys and things. in Greta'sname. I f terGreta. Greta to the emergency room at all that the people and the college Center-wide we did all we "Greta was a very endearing vm Greta died Aug. 19 at her Olathe Medical Center. have done for me. It's really could," said Carole Wright, child, she loved to learn. I ome in Olathe after being diag- "She walked in talking and appreciated,"Lickteig said. teacher at TCC. remember her coming in withher osed six weeks ago with a mul- playing with her brother," Suzanne Brauer, lead teacher Along with the basket of toys hats and her dress up clothes. We Courtesy Lickteig forme brain tumor. Lickteig said. By midnight the of the 4-year-old room at TCC is and cards, the family received will miss her," said Doris Photo olKaren For the past three years doctors had completed a CAT one of the many people who cash donations and Greta was Youngquist, a TCC aide, echoing Terhune ireta was enrolled in The Scan and Karen was told her helped the Lickteig family. given a life-size Barbie, some- the words of all those whose thildren's Center while her daughter had a mass inher brain. "I've known the family a thing she hadalways wanted. lives were touched by Greta. Deadlinetoday for Student Senateapplications Currently, there is one Executive Board Bobbi Bonebrake position open:secretary.One student senator will Managing Editor be selected to fill this vacancy. Jennifer Sexton, Student Senate vice presi- Interested in making a difference on cam- dent hopesthat many studentsapply for the open pus and becoming a part of the political seats. process? "I would like tosee students apply whocare The Student Senate will be adding 25— seats about the school and want to make positive this fall. There is still time to campaign how- changes,"she said. ever, applications must be filed at the Student To be eligible to run for Senate office, you Activities Desk, 2.0 COM, no later than 6:30 must meet the followingcriteria: p.m.,Thursday,Sept.5. "Maintain at least a2.0 grade pointaverage The election will be held Sept. 9, 10 and "Collectat least50signatures fromcurrently 11. Polls will be open at the Student Activities enrolled credit students desk from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.and from 5:30 p.m. "Filethe petition containingthesignatures at to8 p.m. theelection committee by6:30p.m. // ___rf___fia |_t my»H*>^~ am Student Senateactivities include: tonight. 'm "On-campusfund raisers for special causes Election results willbeposted at theStudent "Proposing speakers and eventsfor the Activities desk on Thursday, Sept. 12 at 8:00 college a.m.. "Aiding existingclubs and organizationson Volunteers are still needed to work the vot- ___r"*^ campus ing table Sept. 9-11. For more information —■___■ / n _f '^BE i fl -H "Helping newclubs and organizations get about voting or to volunteer, call Ext. 3414 or started. stop by theSenate Office in 312 COM. Attention deficit Abbie Singer/ PhotoEditor Heather Johnson, left, and Donna Lummings, right, stayed to speak with Alvin Brooks after his lecture, "Crime in Kansas City." Sponsoredby the CampusActivities Board, Brooks spokefrom noon to 1p.m. Aug. 28 in 233 awareness week starts GEB. Brooks' last visit to the college was in October 1995, when he alsospoke oncrime and racism. tomorrow Ad Hoc president says teaching symptoms,like anxietyor learningproblems." AmySchumann The medical field has established three pri- NewsEditor mary symptoms of thedisease:inattention, hyper- childrenis solution to crime activity and impulsivity, however, diagnosing GovernorBill Graves has declared Sept. 6- ADDrequiresmeetingalonglistofcriteria. 12 the first Attention Deficit Disorder and "Inconsistencyis one of the hallmarks of the a feel-good nation and (TV) net both blacks and women in its Ins Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Public disease. There are college students with ADD Genevieve Warden works cater to our demand fo tory. "The nation was built on the Editorin Chief paid AwarenessWeek inthe stateof Kansas. who have togo home and take a nap after class feel-goodness (with advertising),' backs of people who were ADD is a neurobiologicaldisordercharacter- because they have worked so hard topay atten- he said. nothing." he said. "The United Alvin Brooks, co-founder and ized by serious and continuing difficulties with "Racial bigotry starts at home States couldn't have continued president of the Ad Hoc Group poor attention span, weak Schwartz recommends students "How many of without Against Crime, enthralled an audi- impulse control and hyperactivi- LearnmoreaboutADD who think they may have ADD us tell our chil- them." he " ence of students and faculty Aug. ty. Researchers estimate that mil- at a workshop for go through the evaluation dren about race said. 28 as he recounted recent deaths "We've got a lions of Americans are effected process with a licensedpsychol- and self-pride A in erica's parents and ADD/ of Kansas City, Mo. youths and by yearly. ogist. and the love future must ADD/ADHD ADHD individuals, pre- preached what he feels is wrong problem, America, Ann Schwartz, a counselor The Student Assess Center, 138 that transcends involve all Barkley withAmerica today. and at college, has workeddirect- sentedby Russell GEB, has a list of licensed psy- all of this?" he citizens the "We've got a problem, and it crosses all ly with students diagnosed with from 7 to 9p.m.Sept. 6in chologists students can visit for asked the audi- be "our nits- America, and it crosses all racial, began the evaluation. Holly Dressier, a ence. sion" if Ihe the disorder. Schwartz The Theatre. Tickets cost ethnic and gender lines," Brooks racial, ethnic and first support group students counselor at the Centeralso rec- "Curfews government is for $12, but the first 50 stu- said inhis introduction. year her work ommends going through the on teens only to be run the last and continues requesting In "Crime in Kansas City," the gender lines." inspreading information on the dents tickets evaluation process because stu- tell America way citizens title of Brooks' speech, his main disorder and educating the pub- from the Student dents must be diagnosed to about the con- want it to be messages were: run, lic. ActivitiesDesk willbe receive specialaccommodations. dition of its he said. "Guns give citizens only a 'Peopleused to believe that "We have apretty wide range of families. "I -Alvin Brooks, Al one point, admittedfree. false sense of security. He said an in went away with age. supportservices,howevernot all hate that it's a woin ADD "watcha video at 10 handguns kill 5000 American kids Presidentof AdHoc Group Somewhere around half of those students need them," said even necces- the audience per year, which is embarassing Against Crime with thediseasestillhaveit andit a.m.or1p.m.Sept. 9 and Dressier. "We look at the indi- sary," he said. asked what compared to the number of sol- interferes with the functioning llin211CEC vidual need.The student fills out The audience |B rooks diers the U.S. loses in war. adult,"Schwartzsaid. a service request form, then we chuckled when he then followed thought a solution to crime was. "Re-instatingthe death penalty with, cannot legislate human Schwartz calculates there arearound 500stu- sit down with themand talk about each classand "What is there for a teenager You isn't a solution to America's crime behavior, morality," said. dents on campus with the disease,using the con- whattheneed for eachof them is,then we formu- to do between 12 a.m. and 4 a.m. he problems, because if the U.S. rest suggested start servative nation-wide estimate that 3-5 percentof late a planfor thesemester." but be at home with the of Instead he citizens solves violence with violence the by eliminatingracism, bigotry and thepopulation hasADD. Services the Center hasincludes helpingstu- us?" nation as a whole becomes more ora- thoughts violence from their "ADD is very dangerous to self-diagnosis, dents in test taking,assigningprocess tutors who Several times during his of violent. homes, which would because all of us are inattentive,hyperactive and check in withstudents weekly tobesure they an- tion Brooks made statements indi- intentions "Alcohol literally kills people community. impulsive times," Schwartz said. "It's very on top of their courses and assigning a notetakers cating he felt America had slighted transfer to the at physically and spiritually.