The weekend's weather
Tomorrow: Warmer with partly sunny skies.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY
KS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PO BOX 3585
TOPERA, KS 66601-3585
Sunday sunshine.
Kansan Weekend Edition
Friday
March 20, 1998
Section:
A
Vol. 108 • No. 125
Saturday
& Sunday
THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
WWW.KANSAN.COM
Wandering the Web
I am woman, hear me roar. March is Women's History Month, and the Web is celebrating. Don't miss out on the festivities.
pioneerplanet.com/krt/women/women.htm
The Knight Ridder newspaper company is profiling eight, great living women. The list includes an aviator, a civil rights activist and the director for public liaison at the White House.
(USPS 650-640)
www.nwhp.org/month.html The National Women's History Project offers historical information about Women's History Month. You also can request a women's history catalog that will be mailed to you within a week.
■ www.worldbook.com/
features/womenhistory/usa/
home.htm
www.worldbook.com/
The World Book Encyclopedia presents "The Quest for Equality." Follow the women's movement from the 1600s.
www.suite101.com/topics/
page.cfm/252
www.greatwomen.org/
■www.NARA.gov/nara/na
"Come stand among great women" explores the biographies of those who have significantly contributed to the development of our country. Meet the 21 inductees for 1998.
www.naray.gov.ha nata alibrary/alic/wmenbib.html Research the National Archives and Records Administration Library for information about women's history throughout the United States.
Tonight:
Women's Issues at Suite 101 is devoted to educating people about the issues women face daily.
CONCERTCALENDAR
Bottleneck: The Deal, Hairy Ape's Butt Moving Experience: $4/$5
Illustration by Matt Woodruff/KANSAN
Free State Jazz: Free State Jazz Quartet
bottleneck; 5 p.m. Skinner-box; $7; Dave Stephens Swing Orchestra, Loose Cannon Brass Band; $5/$6
Jazzhaus: The Other Woman:$4
Replay Lounge: Hopewell,
Sunbarrow, Planetarium,
Whip:$2
Tomorrow:
- Replay Lounge: Moonshine
  Willie, The Gropers; $20
■ Jazzhaus: Sugar daddies; $3
Sunday:
Index
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News ...3A
Opinion ...4A
Features ...6A
Sports ...1B
Game times ...2B
Horoscopes ...2B
Movie reviews ...6B
Movie Listings ...5A
It's finally here!
The University Daily Kansan is the student newspaper of the University of Kansas. The first copy is paid through the student activity fee. Additional copies of the Kansan are 25 cents.
STDs could burn students' break
By Lisa Stevens John
ljohn@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
From sunburns to sexually transmitted diseases, spring break can harbor many problems for students who place themselves in precarious situations.
After enduring months of cloudy winter weather, it might be tempting to spend hours on the warm sands of a sunny beach next week. But one University of Kansas student said she learned the hard way not to fall asleep on the beach.
Jill Schneebeck, Des Moines,
Iowa, senior, said she and her
mother traveled to Hawaii during
spring break three years ago.
"I caked myself with baby oil, laid out on the beach and slept for three hours," Schinebeck said. "I got so sunburned that I couldn't walk for three days, my skin was tight all over, and I couldn't
unbend my knees or elbows."
Her mother had spent the same amount of time on the beach as Schneebeck but had used a sunscreen with an SPF of 45. While her mother toured Hawaii, Schneebeck spent two days alone in a darkened hotel room, slathering herself with aloe lotion.
Even today she is reminded of the sunburn.
Randall Rock, physician and chief of staff of Watkins Health Center, said whether traveling to the beach or to the mountains, students should carry and use sunscreen. The reflective qualities of water and snow increase the extent of harmful rays, he said.
"There are bald spots on my arms where the hair was singed and didn't grow out," Schneebeck said.
Rock said managing acute sunburns included drinking plenty of
fluids to repenish the moisture in the skin, applying moisturizer, and using an antibacterial soap to prevent infections. He suggested using Ibuprofen to stop the pain and Benadryl to block the itching and to give a mild sedative effect
Rock said time usually was the best healer of sunburns.
In addition to being informed about harmful sunlight during spring break, students also should be informed of sexually transmitted diseases, Rock said.
"This is traditionally because people make choices during spring break that put them at an increased risk," he said.
"Unfortunately, we do have an increase in the number of visits with regard to sexually transmitted diseases following spring break," Rock said.
Excessive alcohol use further increases the danger of STDs and
unwanted pregnancies, and it impairs an individual's judgment, Rock said.
Unwanted souwenirs connected with free-wheeling spring break behavior include the human papiloma virus (HPV), herpes, gonorrhea, chlamydia and HIV, Rock said.
Any of these diseases, if left untreated, could affect or complicate fertility or future pregnancies and may add extra challenges to relationships, Rock said.
He said that while condoms might help prevent some STDs, they are only a partial answer.
"The term 'safe sex' is a misnomer," Rock said. "The latex of the condoms covers a limited portion of the anatomy. Herpes, and HPV may be transmitted by touching and skin to skin contact without experiencing sexual intercourse."
Bill might take benefits from GTAs
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By Susie Gura and Brandon Coppele
sgura@kansan.com
bcapple@kansan.com
Kansas staff writers
The bill would overrule the State Employees Health Care Commission's decision that GTAs who work 750 hours annually qualify for employer-provided health care benefits. The bill would raise the annual requirement to 1,000 hours.
State employees who work less than 1,000 hours annually are considered part-time and do not qualify for benefits.
The chairman of the Kansas Senate Ways and Means committee has proposed a bill to disqualify most graduate teaching assistants from eligibility for University-provided health insurance.
Sen. Dave Kerr, R-Hutchinson, drafted the bill in response to the University's request for state funds to pay for employer-provided GTA health benefits.
Mark Horowitz, Graduate Teaching Assistant Coalition president, said GTAC was concerned with the proposal.
"Our thought was that GTAs are students first, and they're teaching class as an additional role," he said. "It's a valuable role, but we're not clear that it qualifies to be employees with full license."
Kerr said GTAs should not receive benefits for which other part-time state employees do not qualify.
GTAC is speaking with other Board of Regents schools about the health care plan because it affects all six schools.
"GTAs teach one-fourth of the courses at KU and it is a terrible message for the Legislature to send to the state of Kansas to deny the basic compensation." he said.
"I believe that the University of Kansas is morally committed to support GTAs." Horowitz said.
Jeannette Johnson, assistant to the provost, said the University was behind the GTAs and the fight for health care.
"The recommendation is very distressing to us," she said. "It is a total contradiction to what we want."
The University also will be at a disadvantage if the bills pass because it will not allow the University to recruit graduate students.
"We have nothing to protest literally," Mathis said. "If it is put before the House, we will be in Topeka protesting."
Stephen Mathis, GTA in Western Civilization, said there was nothing GTAs could do because it was just a proposal.
"It is a crippling idea for institutions," Johnson said.
The Kansas women's basketball team makes its second-ever appearance in the Sweet Sixteen. The Jayhawks will play Arkansas at about 11:30 p.m. tomorrow night in Oakland, Calif.
Seepage 1B
How sweet it is
Marching on
Find out what four teams advanced to the Elite Eight last night, as the road to San Antonio gets fewer drivers.
See page 2B
Hollywood meets D.C.
Primary Colors opens today in theaters. The Kansan movie critic says the movie lacks the humor and insight of the novel plus current real-life scandals don't help the plot.
See page 6B
It's showtime
Seepage 6A
Teenagers and KU students take their acts to the airwaves with weekly shows on radio station KAW.
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Note
Kelly Corcoran's music reviews will not run today. Look for them on March 30, the Mon day after spring break.