Thursday, May 4, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Similar cafe to replace closed Jerusalem Cafe
By John Audlehelm writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff write
The Jerusalem Cafe, 1021 Massachusetts St., has closed but will be replaced by a restaurant with similar food — the Aladdin Cafe.
Mohammed Iskandrani, a Kansas City, Kan., resident who is moving to Lawrence, hopes to have the Aladdin Cafe open by the end of the month.
"It's going to be a lot of vegetarian." he said.
Iskandrani said he was remodeling and cleaning the restaurant before its opening. As a former waiter and manager of the
Jerusalem Cafe in Kansas City, Mo., Iskandarlani said he thought he could turn a profit with Aladdin.
"I hope so," he said.
"That's why I bought it."
"He was the nicest and friendliest guy we've had in five years." he said.
Adel Azzeh, Olathe resident and assistant manager of the two Jerusalem Cafe restaurants in Kansas City, Mo., said Iskandrani was one of his best workers.
Azzeh said that he and his brother Fred, who owns the restaurants, sold the one in Lawrence because they couldn't drive there every day to
manage it.
Dave Courtney, Kansas City, Kan., junior, said that he always had heard good things about the Jerusalem Cafe and wanted to eat there.
"I'm surprised I haven't tried it out vet." he said.
Courtney said the Middle Eastern restaurant would do well downtown.
"That's the place for a restaurant like that," he said. "A little something different every now and then is nice."
Even though Courtney lives in Kansas City now, he still has not tried the Jerusalem Cafe restaurants there.
"I didn't even know they were there," he said.
Metallica sues online service
The Associated Press
SAN MATEO, Calif. — The heavy metal group Metallica demanded yesterday that the online music service Napster cut off 317,000 users who have illegally traded the band's songs.
Lars Ulrich, the band's drummer, and attorney Howard King hand-delivered to Napster Inc.'s headquarters 60,000 pages of names of people who have been trading the band's songs online.
"If they want to steal Metallica's music, instead of hiding behind their computers in their bedrooms and dorm rooms, then just go down to Tower Records and grab them off the shelves," Urlich said.
Napster's software allows computer users to search for songs online and download them directly from another person's hard drive. Metallica is suing Napster in federal court to block its users from accessing the band's music via the company's computer servers.
Napster said it may comply with the band's request to remove users who continued to trade popular Metallica songs such as "The Unforgiven" and "Enter Sandman." Company spokesman Dan Wool said yesterday that the company would release a statement in response to Metallica's action.
Napster's founder, 19-year-old Shawn Fanning, issued a statement saying: "Tm a huge Metallica fan and therefore really sorry that they're going in this direction. If we got the opportunity to explain to the band why Napter exists and why fans enjoy Napter, perhaps we could bring all of this to a peaceful conclusion."
Napster attorney Laurence Pulgram dismissed Metallica's action as little more than a photo opportunity, adding, "It is important to understand that Napster does not itself make available any MP3 materials over the Internet."
While Metallica encouraged fans to record bootlegs of its concerts, the band's members drew a distinction between live recordings and its studio recordings.
"We are going after Napster, the main artery," Metallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield explained Tuesday in an online chat session.
The band said the violations of its copyrighted material were monitored and logged by NetPD, a computer consulting firm that found thousands of Napster users making Metallica songs available last weekend.
Metallica thrust itself into the music down load controversy on April 13, when it became the first band to sue Napster. The federal lawsuit filed in Los Angeles accused Napster of copyright infringement and racketeering. The lawsuit also named three universities that allowed students to access Napster through their servers.
Two of the schools, Yale University and Indiana University, were dropped from the suit after they blocked student access to Napster's Web servers. The University of Southern California also was dropped after it said it would permit students to access Napster only for legal purposes such as chat rooms.
Other schools, such as Northwestern University, have banned Napster because it was so popular it was clogging the computer networks. The University of Kansas allows use of Napster on its server and does not now monitor that use.
Not all musicians agree with Metallica's hard stance on online music trading. Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy said he sees file-sharing programs as a way to reach new fans.
"We should think of it as a new kind of radio — a promotional tool that can help artists who don't have the opportunity to get their music played on mainstream radio or on MTV," the rapper wrote in an opinion piece Saturday in The New York Times.
Social Security looks to future
Social Security isn't just for old people, says William Halter, deputy commissioner of the Social Security Administration in Washington, D.C.
by Katrina Hall
writer @kanson.com
Kansan staff writer
"It's not only retirement, but disability and survivor benefits," he said.
By Katrina Hull
About one-third of people who receive Social Security aren't retired, including about 95,000 18- and 19-year-old students who acquired benefits in 1998.
Halter said he was concerned college students didn't care or didn't know about Social Security. In response to those concerns, the Social Security Administration has launched a nationwide campaign to inform young people about Social Security.
"The first point that is often lost in the shuffle is that Social Security will be there," Halter said. "And it will be there for my grandchildren."
But the current system, which was established in 1935, does face challenges as the baby boomer generation begins to retire.
In 1960, five people worked for the benefits received by every retiree. Today, three and half people work for every retiree. But by 2037, only two people will be working for every retired person.
Under the current system, Social Security can only provide full benefits through 2037. And these statistics worry many University of Kansas students.
"I am concerned, and I hope that it will be there," said Robert Choromanski, Lenexa senior and a Young Democrat.
Halter said he was confident that Social Security could be saved if the changes suggested by President Bill Clinton in his State of the Union address were made.
Clinton's plan includes using the current Social Security surplus to pay off national debt, eliminating interest payments and strengthening the U.S. financial situation. Without those obligations on the debt, the U.S. would have more money to invest in the future of Social Security.
"Anyone would say that if you live in a family household, you have to take care of your debt first before going on a cruise," Choromanski said.
But while Choromanski supports Clinton's plan, some Republicans have other ideas for fixing Social Security.
"Saving Social Security is a good idea, but I don't think the president's plan is effective," said Casey Connealy, Leawood junior and College Republican.
Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush proposed individual investment accounts, which would allow people to invest a portion of their Social Security payroll taxes in the stock market or other areas.
"Id much rather see individuals have power over their own accounts than have the government legislate my future," he said.
Conneally said that individual accounts were the only way preserve the system.
Halter and Choromanski disagree with Republican goals of individualized accounts, also known as privatizing Social Security.
"Privatization is not the answer." Halter said. "There's a number of concerns about individualized accounts."
a number of concerns about individual accounts. Concerns include the risk of investing in the stock market and the administrative difficulties when setting up the separate accounts.
Moreover, Chorromanski said that private accounts go against the system's purpose, which is helping everybody.
Although he's confident about its future, Halter said he couldn't guarantee Social Security's existence when today's 20-year-olds retire in 2045.
So to combat that, Choromanski said people should simply learn to save money
"Americans are not known to save money," he said. "We like to spend money more than save it."
The Eros system consists of a soft suction cup to be placed over the clitoris. A tube attaches it to a handheld, battery-operated vacuum
New device to pump up women's sexual satisfaction
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — After years of advances in helping male impotence, women with sexual problems are finally getting some therapy. The government approved yesterday the first medical device to help women achieve orgasm by pumping blood into the clitoris.
The rationale behind UroMetrics Inc.'s Eros system is that blood flow into the clitoris can be as important for a woman's sexual arousal and satisfaction as blood flow into the penis is for a man.
device. Simply switch on the vacuum, turning it up or down as needed, for a few minutes until the clitoris feels engorged.
Treatment for women with sexual problems has lagged behind therapy for men. For years, men have had options ranging from penile vacuum devices to drug-filled suppositories to the revolutionary potency pill Viagra, which works by increasing penile blood flow.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Eros to be sold, with a doctor's prescription only, to treat female sexual arousal disorder, a female equivalent of impotence.
Until now, estrogen therapy and vaginal lubricants were women's main options. Viagra is currently being tested in women, but results so far are mixed. Other studies suggest testosterone, the male sex hormone that healthy women produce in small amounts, can help some women who lack it.
One recent study suggested that 40 million American women suffer sexual dysfunction at some point: inability to achieve orgasm, lack of clitoral sensation, diminished interest in sex, or vaginal dryness.
But female sexual dysfunction has long been considered a psychological problem, and doctors have only
recently realized that a physical problem may exist as well, said Diane Mitchell, a gynecologist at the FDA.
"It's helping to take female sexual dysfunction into the realm of being a serious medical condition," added Dr. Kevin Billups, a minneapolis physician who also studied Eros.
In the main study, 15 women diagnosed with sexual dysfunction tested Eros. More than 80 percent reported increased sexual satisfaction, and 55 percent achieved orgasm. Also, the women reported greater genital sensation and vaginal lubrication.
University, whose study found the device helped some women.
The FDA approval of Eros is exciting, said Irwin Goldstein of Boston
The study also found no side effects, leading doctors to predict that Eros would be a good choice for women who could afford it. It costs $359, and some insurers are expected to cover it.
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