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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
Sports: Kansas football signed 27 new players yesterday. Can they make the impact of last year's junior college transfer Carl Neismith?
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2000
Inside: A KU junior appeared on Dawson's Creek last night.
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Hair today, gone tomorrow
For some, balding occurs at a young age. Medications, hair attachments and wigs are options for those with receding hairlines. Photo illustration by Melissa Thornton/KANSAN
Balding men fight to save their hair
By Warisa Chulindra
Kansan staff writer
Corey Peck, Olathe senior, doesn't wear hats. He doesn't blow dry or towel dry his hair. He washes his hair with a deep shampoo and conditioner. He uses a pro-vitamin protein spray, takes plenty of herbs and vitamins and massages his scalp.
Peck is balding — and that scares him.
"I'm always worrying about my hair," he said. "I want to save the little bit that I have left. The thought of being 30 and not having hair frightens me."
Peck is not alone in his worries. Male pattern baldness and thinning hair concerns many men, even in college.
There are many options for men who
Some men choose to shave their hair, hoping it will grow back thicker or at least slow down hair loss.
But shaving one's hair to slow down the process is based on folklore and myth, said Lee Bittenbender, a dermatologist at the Dermatology Center of Lawrence, 930 Iowa St.
"There's an incredible amount of inaccurate of information out there," he said. "It's genetics and hormones. It's not something they're doing like taking vitamins, diet or lifestyle. I think it's really important that people understand this."
Bittenbender said shaving hair only
OPTIONS FOR THE BALD
- Rogaine topical gel: $30 per month
- Properia prescription pill: $47 per month
Hair piece: $500 to $600
Hair piece: $300 to $600
Hair transplant: $3,500 to $6,000
tears away dead protein and would not affect hair follicles or hair growth.
For men in the beginning stages of baldness, Rogaine, Minoxidil and Propecia may help slow loss or maintain hair.
Minoxidil, originally used to treat high blood pressure, is applied to the scalp twice a day to stop the loss, Bittenbender said.
Propecia, a pill taken daily, can also be used to treat enlarged prostatis if taken in higher dosages. A small percentage of users report side effects — including decreased sex drive, decreased ejaculation and impotency.
Bittenbender also warned that men should not have unrealistic expectations when it comes to hair regrowth.
"It's important that people don't expect to take a pill or apply something and expect to regrow a thick set of hair in six months," he said.
Sid Johnson, manager at the Hair Loss Clinic, 17601 E. U.S. Highway 40, said people tend to be secretive when exploring options to restore hair.
Johnson said people often weren't aware of their options. The first — and most common — treatment is to use the remaining hair.
"Shopping for hair isn't like buying a new suit or a car," Johnson said. "People just pick a name out of a phone book. That's why you see a lot of bad hair transplants and wigs."
Hair additions such as wigs and attachments are another option — but the weight and heat caused by some wigs can cause additional hair loss, he said.
For more severe hair loss cases, some men may choose hair transplant.
For a hair transplantation, men must have enough hair from the back of their necks to fill the balding area — hair from other parts of the body or from other people cannot be used, Johnson said.
But some balding men choose not to fight it.
Knowing his family history has prepared Eric Rush, Topeka junior, for
his receding hairline. His father,
uncles and grandfathers are all bald.
"I knew it was going to happen so it wasn't a big deal," Rush said.
But Peck did not expect his hair to thin. He said that both his grandfathers still had their hair and that his dad didn't begin to lose his hair until his late 40s. He discovered he was balding two years ago.
"I used to have the thickest, wavy brown hair," he said. "I would wish I had thinner hair. I guess my好 wish. Now it's thin, frizzy and depressing.
Peck said he didn't know how long it would be until he was bald but that he would deal with it as it came.
"There's not much you can do," he said. "If your hair's going to leave you, it's going to leave you."
Al Schnier, lead vocalist and guitarist for Moe. brought his band's version of jam music to the Granada. About 450 people attended the concert last night. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN
Granada serves moe. tasty treats
By BriAne Hess writer@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
John Granat, Overland Park Junior, trekked to the Granada last night to jam to a band called moe.
"We're going to get down. We're going to get funky." Granat said. "We might as well do it while we're young and we have time."
And Granat did, joined on the dance floor by hundreds of other "moe.rons."
The band opened up to a crowd of about 450, said an employee at the Granada, 1020 Massachusetts St. The band combined a mix of rock, funk and folk to keep the crowd on its feet and the dancers constantly shifting tempo.
Last night's concert marked the third or fourth time moe. has played in Lawrence, but Granat said he wanted them to come more often. They spend most of their time in home-state New York and on the West Coast.
The four-man band is composed of Al Schnier, guitar and vocals; Rob Derhak, bass and vocals; Chuck Garvey, guitar and vocals; and Vinnie Amie drums.
Garvey said the band pulled from a variety of musical sounds since it
started writing its own music. He said that "everything goes" was an attitude that followed them throughout the band's career.
"I think that it would be tremendously frustrating and limiting to only allow yourself access to a few tasty dishes to eat during your lifetime, so why get yourself in the same rut with music?" Garvev said.
In moe's eight-year history, its musical style has roamed across the musical gamut. Garvey said that was part of what kept their sound fresh.
"We have recently been going through a mild revisiting of the pop single form," Garvey said. "That's not to say that we are going to be the next darling of radio and 'empty-v.' It also doesn't mean that all of our songs are going to be cloying, sickly-sweet pieces of pop garbage. You just have to allow different influences to worm their way into your work. Next, futuristic elevator music — 'hawk!'
Garvey said all aspects of society and music influenced him, including Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa and Burt Bacharach.
Last night, one loyal fan, Chris McTighe, a junior at Rockhurst University, traveled from Kansas City to Lawrence even though he had class today.
Watergate reporter to visit University, take home award
By Ryan Devlin
By Ryan Devlin
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Bob Woodward, whose coverage of the Watergate scandal won the Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post in 1973, will be on campus tomorrow to accept the William Allen White Foundation's national citation for 2000.
Though he is unlikely to reveal the identity of "Deep Throat," Woodward will visit with students and faculty at the School of Journalism and accept the award at 1:30 p.m. at Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Woodward has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 and currently serves as assistant managing editor. He is the recipient of many journalism prizes and the only American to write or co-write eight best-selling non-fiction books.
Three of Woodward's books have been made into movies—the most famous of which, All the President's Men, chronicles Woodward and fellow reporter Carl Bernstein's reporting on Watergate. Woodward and Bernstein's reporting was instrumental in uncovering the scandal which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation. Woodward is famous for his relationship with Deep Throat, a top-level Washington insider who arranged secret meetings with Woodward and revealed confidential information about the Watergate scandal. To this day, Woodward has kept the identity of Deen Throat a secret.
Ted Frederickson, chairman of the news sequence in the School of Journalism, said Woodward and Bernstein were two of the most important journalists in American history.
"Their reporting drove a president from office." Frederickson said. "I don't think anything they did was much different from what other investigative reporters have done, but the story they told was so important that it changed the relationship between the press and the political system and made our profession very popular with students."
Woodward: To speak at 1:30 p.m.
Friday
Woodward, 56, was born on March 26, 1943, in Geneva, Ill. He grew up the son of a judge in Wheaton, Ill. After graduating from Yale in 1965, Woodward served as a communications officer in the U.S. Navy for five years. He began his reporting career at the Montgomery County Sentinel in Maryland.
Rick Mussel, professor of journalism, expressed his enthusiasm for Woodward's arrival.
"I've seen a lot of distinguished people come through here and receive the William Allen White award, but I've got to admit that Bob Woodward is right up there among my all-time favorites." Musser said.
Woodward was selected for this year's citation by The WWF. The WIttie
Foundation, which sponsors lectures, institutes and awards intended to promote the understanding of journalism in Kansas. The foundation's namesake was a Pulitzer Prize-winning owner and editor of the Emporia Gazette during the 1890s and 1900s who made several contributions to American journalism. White died in 1944, and the foundation was
WILLIAM ALLEN
WHITE DAY
Honoring Bob Woodward of The Washington Post
1:30 p.m. White
Citation of Merit present at Woodruff
Auditorium in the
Kansas Union
formed one year later. Previous recipients of the citation include Walter Cron石ite (1969), Helen Thomas (1966), Charles Kuralt (1989), George F. Will (1993), Bill Kurtis (1998) and Albert Hunt (1999).
Woodward is the 50th recipient of the award.
Senate in favor of keeping 8 Jaybowl lanes, denies OAKS computer
By Erinn R. Barcomb
writer@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution to save part of the Jaybowl in lieu of potential renovations at its meeting last night and came two votes shy of overturning a presidential veto, an action that would have given OAKS a new computer.
"It's a message to the Memorial Corporation from KU Student Senate, a message from the bowling team, from the 55 people at last night's meeting and from the 4,500 people who signed petitionts that we want a compromise," said Marlon Marshall, St. Louis sophomore and Student Executive Committee chairman.
The resolution asks that Memorial Corporation keep at least eight bowling lanes if changes on the first floor of the Kansas Union are made.
Tom Partridge, Lawrence senior and member of the men's bowling team, also spoke before the vote. He said that it would be possible to have a competitive bowling team with only eight lanes and that other highly competitive schools were able to sustain bowling teams on fewer than 12 lanes.
In a speech before the vote, David Mucci, director of the Kansas and Burge unions, said he did not think a compromise would
be feasible.
"I think the problem with that plan is that it truncates everyone's interests," Mucci said. "You don't give either concept what it needs."
In other Senate business, a presidential veto of a bill that would have provided OAKS, the nontraditional students organization, with a new computer was challenged. But after a 37-21 vote, the veto stands. A two-thirds majority would have given the group its computer.
"The reason this is so disappointing is because of the way it makes us feel invisible," said Karen Boyd, OAKS co-director. "Our issues are not real and present to them. They don't see that our needs are unique."
The group's members wanted a new computer because the one organization has cannot be used to create newsletters or listservs. Glenda Immer, OAKS co-director, said this meant it almost would become a requirement for OAKS officers to have a home computer.
Korb Maxwell, student body president, veted the bill last December and said it was not fair to award computers to individual groups.
She said many nontraditional students did not live in Lawrence.
"It's not fair that the nontrads have an excellent senator and that they can work the system." Maxwell said.
Maxwell's solution, to finance two new computers for the Organizations and Leadership Development Center, passed with an amendment that added another computer to the bill.
Still, the group is determined to have its own computer.
"But it may take us a while to marshal our energy," Immer said.
Patricia Pilgrim, center, encourages graduate students Martha Robinson, left, and Marie Kelleher, right, to sign an OAKS petition. The non-traditional student organization is seeking Student Senate financing to purchase a new computer. Photo by Jamie Roper/KANSAN