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SPORTS
The Kansas men's basketball team defeated the Nebraska Cornhuskers 91-68 in Lincoln, Neb., last night. PAGE 1B
CAMPUS
CLEARING
A KU student accused of making harassing phone calls is ordered to appear in court. PAGE 3A
High 42° Low 19° Weather. Page 24
Weather: Page 2A
THE UNIVERSITY KANSAS
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
TOPEKA, KS 66612
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
VOL.104, NO.99
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1995
(USPS 650-640)
Enrollment takes downward turn
KU administrators request state funds
By Matt Hood
Kansan staff writer
Enrollment at the University of Kansas continued its downward spiral, and administrators said it would take money, policy changes and a reversal of high school graduation trends to stop it.
Twentieth-day enrollment figures released yesterday showed a 5.1 percent decline in enrollment—a drop from 23,182 to 21,992—on the Lawrence campus from Spring 1994.
Enrollment at the Capitol Center in Topeka and the Regents Center in Overland
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Park rose from 1,275 in Spring 1994 to 1,498 in Spring 1995.
But the drop in enrollment for the entire University, including the University of Kansas Medical Center, was 1,004 students.
Ed Meyen, executive vice chancellor,
said the decline reflected the fall semester
drop. Enrollment for Fall 1994 was down 3
percent from Fall 1993. Administrators compare fall and spring semesters separately.
"If fall is down, spring will be down," Meven said.
The drop in enrollment — and subsequent drop in tuition revenue — has forced administrators to go to the state for cash. Meyen and Chancellor Del Shankel spent the past two mornings in Topea requesting approximately $3 million to make up
for the enrollment drops.
Other Big Eight universities, such as the University of Missouri and Kansas State University, also have experienced drops in enrollment in past years.
To fight the decline, they became more aggressive in their recruitment of local students. Meyen said.
"While we were recruiting, we were not making major investments," he said. "We're feeling some of their success."
But KU wasn't as aggressive.
David Ambler, vice chancellor for student affairs, said administrators wanted to attract National Merit Scholars with scholarship packages. Scholarships, such as one at the University of Oklahoma, which pay the scholars' tuition and give them $5,000 a year, will attract more students, he said.
Kansas is requesting a similar scholarship package from the Legislature.
Ambler said KU also would be more active in recruiting top students through telemarketing and direct mail. But the best recruiters, he said, are satisfied students.
Shankel and Meyen agreed that increases in out-of-state tuition and declining numbers of high school graduates in Kansas also were contributing to enrollment drops.
A study by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education showed that between 1983 and 1993, the number of graduates from public high schools in Kansas had fallen by 3.379.
But the U.S. Department of Education estimated that the downward trend had bottomed out. High school graduation may increase by as much as 6 percent this year.
Changes in the conference
Enrollment changes from Spring 1994 to Spring 1995 at other Big Eight universities:
Spring 1995 Spring 1994 change
Colorado: 22,481 23,086 -605
Iowa State: 22,824 23,206 -382
Kansas State: 17,935 18,464 -529
Missouri: 19,871 19,960 -89
Nebraska: 22,424 22,879 -455
Oklahoma 21,274 20,533 +741
Oklahoma State 17,996 17,862 +134
Source: Kansan staff research
KANSAN
The trumpet master blows KU away
Trumpet player Wynton Marsalis plays to a packed house at the Lied Center. Almost 2,000 people saw him perform last night as part of an educational video he is filming to help instruct student musicians. Sean R. Crosier / KANAM
Condoms and safe sex education free this week
By Robert Allen Kansan staff writer
Valerie Crow / KANSAN
National Condom Week has arrived but don't expect to see Condom Man this year.
The unofficial mascot will not be celebrating this year's event, which began Monday and runs through Friday, said Tamara Morris, director of marketing for Planned Parenthood of Greater Kansas City.
But they decided to keep the celebration low-key this year because of a lack of time and a lack of employees to plan and promote the event.
About 350 education and health organizations participate in National Condom Week, which is always scheduled the same week as Valentine's Day. Throughout the week Planned Parenthood, 1420 Kasold Dr., educates the public about the importance of communication and condom use.
The organization is handing out free red and white condoms this week, along with wallet cards containing tips on condom use and safe sex.
Tim Buckenneyer, Lawrence graduate student, talks about condoms with Renee Speicher, Hutchinson graduate student, and Paul Haltom, Dallas junior. only 100 percent sure protection," she said Latex protection
"It's supposed to be educational and light," Morris said. "We're not trying to scare people."
Watkins Memorial Health Center is also celebrating the week but has incorporated it into a larger campaign called Hawks and Kisses, which ends Feb. 24.
Speicher said that the center offered the condoms and information as an alternative to abstinence.
Renee Speicher, coordinator of the center for peer health promotion, set up a table yesterday in the Kansas Union that offered free condoms and information on sexual responsibility.
Speicher also displayed a female condem and instructions on its proper use. "We bring it wherever we go," she said.
"Our message is that abstinence is the
The health promotion center is also giving presentations to living groups on safe sex issues, including HIV testing. Leigh Cramer, Chicago senior, gave a presentation Monday night at Oliver Hall.
"It's really very informal," she said.
"I's very fun; we laugh out loud, but it's very serious. We give out free condoms, and we give out other resources. We target a lot of dorms to get the freshmen."
Speicher said that they received a good response in the Union yesterday.
"Most times, we ask them to take some condoms and HIV testing information," she said. "We don't let them leave with just condoms."
Not all condoms are created equal
Scientists in a California nonprofit research group tested more than 30 brands of latex condoms by simulating the e rigors of intercourse by unrolling, stretching, pulling, elongating and inflating them with air and water.
The Best:
THE LIST:
Ramses Non-Lube
Rameses Senatol
Gold Circle Coln
Gold Circle
Shak Elite
Kansan staff writer
The Worst:
Contracept Plus
Trojan Ribbed
Trojan Naturlaufe
Lifestyles Nude
Life-style Conture
Latex protection comes in varieties
By Robert Allen
Korean staff writer
Where can students find black tuxedo, hot fudge and rubber ducks all in one place? In the condom section of the local drug store.
No longer something to hide in a wallet, condoms come in a wide variety of colors, flavors and gimmicks.
Nick Stewart, Leavenworth senior, buys unusual condoms and gives them to friends.
"I buy them as gifts, so they can say they have one," he said. "It makes them sound kinky."
Rubber Ducky condoms, which come in assorted colors, advertise "No Ducky, no lucky." Black tuxedo condoms made by LifeStyles are available at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Others, like glow-in-the-dark and flavored condoms, are novelties and are not designed for protection from sexually transmitted diseases or pregnancy.
But how good could a mint or a fudge condom taste?
"You can't cover up the taste of latex, just like you can't cover up the taste of cough drops," said Renee Speicher, coordinator of the center for peer health promotion at Watkins.
'Forrest Gump,'with 13 nominations,the most in three decades,leads the list of nominees for the 1995 Academy Awards to be presented March 27.
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Leftover hot dogs reheat debate about taste
By Kelle Tompkins
The company refreezes the hot dogs, keeps them in storage until the next game, reheats them and offers them again.
Mid America Concessions, the company that sells hot dogs at KU basketball and football games, doesn't like to throw away leftovers.
Kansan staff writer
"There are no regulations that govern the reheating of food, except that you can't call it fresh," said Greg Crawford, representative for the department.
And it's all legal, according to the Kansas Department of Health.
For some fans, reheated hot dogs aren't any less appetizing than fresh hot dogs.
"Hot dogs are already disgusting," said Lora Duguid, Topeka junior. "Reheating wouldn't make much of a difference."
Since taking over the concession con
tract five years ago, Mid America Concessions had had few complaints.
Steve vormtin, pressa Concessions, said hot dog sales couldn't be better — more have been sold this year than ever before. The quality of food at concession stands has improved, he said.
Steve Vormehr. president of Mid Ameri-
dogs.
Richard Konzem,
assistant athletic
director, agreed.
"We've been drawing rave reviews for our concessions," Konzem said. "Sales have been up. People vote with their wallets.
One writer to the Lawrence Journal- World's "Sound Off" column, who
"If you reheat them, they're never going to plump up."
Shelagh Thomee associate director of corporate affairs for Oscar Mayer
But some concession workers have questioned the practice of reheating hot
So, do fans really care if their hot dog is
left over?
claimed to have worked for concessions, asked if reheating leftover hot dogs was sanitary.
"I don't nail anybody would notice."
said Sanford Roberds, Tulsa, Okla.
The answer: Yes.
But, Crawford cautioned, "Any time that food is handled, it increases the potential for contamination . . . It's not going to be very appetizing if you do it more than once."
Not even Oscar Mayer, which sells hot dogs to Mid America Concessions, said reheating hot dogs was a good idea — even though the hot dogs already have been cooked and frozen at the processing plant.
But, the idea of eating a leftover hot dog bothered Roberts. He said he usually bought a soda and a candy bar instead of hot food.
sophomore.
"If you reheat them, they're never going to plump up," said Shelagh Thomee, associate director of corporate affairs for Oscar Mayer. "You lower the quality you're serving, which isn't going to increase your turnover."
Vormeir said that at the Kansas-Oklahoma basketball game Saturday, concessions workers sold about 2,400 hot dogs. There were leftovers from that game.
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