Tuesday, April 7, 1998
The University Daily Kansan
Section A·Page 5
Students strike gold with award
Four scholars receive funding to study science
By Emily C. Forsyth eforsyth@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
When Jonathan Harclerode was notified on April 1 that he was a recipient of a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship, he thought it was too good to be true.
"At first, I believed it to be an April Fools' Day joke," said Harclerode, Emporia junior in chemical engineering and biochemistry. "I was elated to find out that it was not."
Harclerode is one of four students from the University of Kansas who was selected from 1,186 applicants to receive the national award. The scholarship is presented to students who have excelled in the areas of natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
The four KU students were
among 316 nationwide who received this year's award. It provides up to $7,500 a year for tuition, fees, books and room and board for the duration of the student's undergraduate education.
Recipients of the Goldwater Scholarship are Harclerode; Gene Holland, Russell senior in physics; Adrienne Juett, Houston senior in chemical engineering and engineering physics; and Larissa Lee, Derby senior in chemical engineering.
Barbara Schowen, director of the honors program, said the Goldwater Scholarship was the only award that recognized both excellence and potential in research-oriented students.
"Getting this kind of national recognition is wonderful for a young person who is planning a research career in science, engineering or mathematics." Schowen said. "Since there are only 316 awards given, I think this means that we have some terrific students at the University of Kansas."
Schowen said having four students win the award was an indication of the quality of students,
academic programs and research mentors at the University.
"Without these faculty who are working with the students, they wouldn't have the opportunities to become competitive," Schowen said. "Undergraduate students are welcome in people's research labs."
Thomas Armstrong, professor of physics and astronomy, has been Holland's mentor for several years. Holland has worked with NASA and has developed a software program that measures particles of energy generated by the sun.
Armstrong and Holland are in France attending a conference at the Paris Observatory to present data, including the results of Holland's research.
"Without Gene, this wouldn't have happened," Armstrong said. "He is an indispensable worker — rare for an undergraduate."
The other three recipients of the scholarship also are working with faculty mentors to research topics in their fields.
Harclerode said that a strong academic foundation was necessary for students to succeed in
"At first, I believed it to be an April Fools' Day joke."
Jonathan Harclerode
Goldwater Scholar
research and that the scholarship would help him cover the costs of studying abroad in Stuttgart, Germany, next year.
Juett said the scholarship not only would help her financially but also would be an asset to her resume.
"It's a great honor," Juett said. "It will be of great help next year when I start applying to graduate schools."
The U.S. Congress established the Goldwater Scholarship in 1986 in memory of Barry M. Goldwater, a former senator from Arizona. The Board of Trustees for the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation select the recipients. Since the scholarship's inception, 18 students from the University have received the award.
Wait shies students away from HIV tests
Lisa Stevens John
ljohn@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
Watkins Memorial Health Center tested about 700 students for HIV last year, and more than 90 percent of them returned to learn their results, said Patty Dunn, a registered nurse who works at Watkins and who is trained as an HIV counselor.
mation goes in a patient's chart
Dunn said last year, 116 students were tested for HIV at Watkins on an anonymous basis. Of these, 99 percent of the students returned to learn their results.
Randall Rock, physician and chief of staff at Watkins, said students could choose either to be tested on a confidential or anonymous basis.
Confidential testing is available during clinic hours on a walk-in basis. After the student is tested, the sample goes through the health center's lab, and the infor-
Dunn said anonymous testing was done only on Mondays, by appointment. The only information recorded is the sex, race, date
"We rarely have a positive test," Rock said.
Dunn said that according to state statistics, one in 500 college students may be HIV positive.
Watkins offers two kinds of HIV tests, the OraSure, designed to draw out HIV antibodies from the tissues of the cheek and gums, and a test that uses a blood specimen.
"Both tests are considered to be nearly 100 percent accurate." Rock said.
She said that meant students were lucky because some of them had taken some incredible risks.
It takes from one to two weeks to learn the results.
"It is not uncommon to have a student you are counseling for sexually transmitted diseases state that they would be tested for HIV but that they couldn't stand not knowing for that period of time." Rock said. Rock said more
Rock said more students probably would come in to be tested if the center offered a quicker HIV test, which the Centers for Disease Control recently recommended
The quick test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in clinics in the United States.
The centers previously had not recommended the test because of concerns that it sometimes gave a false positive result, said Cathryn Warren, the centers' media coordinator. However, the centers decided that the benefits of knowing early outweighs the disadvantages of a false positive result, Warren said.
Rock said that students who go in for an HIV test are showing responsibility.
"But at some level, needing to take the test represents inadequate planning for one's own health and in reality represents a lack of respect for oneself," Rock said.
However, Rock said that there were situations, such as rape and sexual assault, that were out of a person's control.
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