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It doesn't involve whips, chains or leather, but can entail needles, tubes or even body bags.
There is a new arena for deviation in sexual activity.
People eager to reinvigorate their sex lives might be looking past standbys such as Barry White, tantrum and scented candles in haphazard pursuit of a pharmacological miracle.
Since it was approved for use in 1998, Viagra has been just that for more than ten million men who suffer from erectile dysfunction.
But some say it also greases the rails of promiscuity and has become a recreational club drug with grisly consequences.
Reports from the National Institute of Drug Abuse say the drug is popular among gay males
"If they have symptoms of E.D., it could be indicative of other medical conditions," Cook said, adding that diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease can cause E.D.
Rock said Viagra was probably not the answer to most students' erectile maladies.
Others said they would decline the offer for other reasons.
in Los Angeles and club crowds in Boston. Researchers in Britain found three percent of nightclub patrons admitted taking the drug recreationally.
"A relationship maintenance probably is the most appropriate E.D. issue for the traditional college-aged student," he said.
"I don't think I'll need it right now," said Drew Davis, Wichita junior. "I'm still young and strong like a bull."
When taken without a prescription, the drug produced the same physiological effects as it did in those for whom the drug is prescribed, said Geoff Cook, a spokesperson for Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company behind the drug. These sensations include heightened propensity for achieving and maintaining erections.
"I wouldn't consider taking it because of the side effects," Sengvilay said. "It's killed some people. I don't know if the safety is certain."
Cook said most men who legitimately need the drug are at least forty, but these types of conditions could usher in onset of the condition much sooner.
Although he said he'd never heard of Viagra use on campus, Ethan Sengvilay, Liberal junior, said he wouldn't take the drug if the opportunity arose.
Randall Rock, chief of staff at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said the problem was the drug could be dangerous for individuals taking certain medications or with pre-existing medical conditions. At least three men in Los Angeles died because of an interaction between the drug and another type of drug known as a
"Viagra is a product that may be appropriately used by individuals, but there is a potential for misuse," Rock said. "It's a medication that potentially has some risks and side effects. Those with cardiovascular disease may be at risk. It really is a medication that should be used only at doctor's advice."
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Cook said Viagra should not be self-prescribed, and persons who thought they could have erectile dysfunction should contact a doctor.
— Edited by Casey Franklin
Pick-up lines add excitement to dating life
By Louise Stauffer
Kansan Correspondent
Bars, clubs, basically any party just wouldn't be the same without the blatant sex invites that are disguised as pick-up lines.
Pick-up lines. You can't live with them, but what would life be like without them?
Men seem to be the most frequent users of pick-up lines; however, not all men choose to practice the art.
"I don't use them because by the time I usually would, I am too drunk to care," Ian Schuetz, Hiahatha sophomore, said.
Jay Montgomery, Solomon freshman, also abstains from the lines.
"I have never used a pick-up line on a girl," Montgomery said. "I think they're stupid."
KU women seem to think they're pretty stupid as well.
Andrea Schorb, Shawnee sophomore, doesn't take pick-up lines seriously.
"I just think that when guys get drunk, they start saying stupid stuff." Schorb said.
Many times, pick-up lines don't work.
"I think a pick-up line worked for me once, but not usually." Alejandra Cornelius, St. Louis junior, said. "The guy doing the talking would have to be pretty hot."
The consensus seems to be that pick-up lines can be funny, gross, annoying, and incredibly ineffective. But, they seem to add spice to the dating game.
Edited by Amy Randolph
Heard on the Hill
What is your favorite pick-up line?
"Are you from Jamaica? 'Cause jamaican me crazy." Derek Helms DeSmet, S.D., senior
"What's your sign?" Marquies Weaver Fairfax, Va., junior
"Do you have any lines?"
Eric Sollars
Overland Park
senior
"Oh my God. Are you OK? It must have hurt when you fell from heaven."
Erin Sazy Libertyville, Ill., freshman
"Is that a mirror in your pocket, 'cause I can see myself in your pants." Rachel Assal Overland Park junior
"Would you like to have coffee with me in the morning?"
Kazumi Maniwa Shimane, Japan, graduate student
"Are your legs tired?
'Cause you've been running through my mind all day."
Shannon Schavee
Leavenworth junior
"How's it goin'? I'm really not that smooth, I guess." Spencer Post Wichita junior
Hall gets rise out of porn
By Meghan Bainum writer @kanans.com
Kansas staff writer
Some Wednesday nights are a bit naughtier than others at Stephenson Scholarship Hall. Every couple of months on the "hump day" of the week, the eclectic hall holds a pornographic night where men from the hall are invited to congregate and — well — watch porn movies.
Porn co-chairman David Roby, Topeka sophomore, said that the night was not an official scholarship hall event, but had been going on for about 10 years.
A recent porn selection for the night was Raw Talent, which featured a man having sex with a roast turkey.
However, Roby said another rented porn movie involving entirely
anal sex was the hardest to watch.
"But an hour and a half of anal viewing was a bit too much." Roby said.
said nothing about it it was sexual, and in fact, it was rather humorous.
"No matter what the porn industry tries to promote, sex still has emotion," Roby said. "The porn industry tries to promote that sex is an emotionless act, and when you remove the emotion it's pretty funny and absurd."
In fact, he said there was nothing really to feel offended about when it comes to porn.
"Porn is just a bad movie if you really think about it," he said. "If you go to see Basic Instinct, it's porn with thrills. Porn removes the thrills and allows for what people want in a bad movie anyway."
Although Roby said he was not sure about the title or the theme of the next porno night, which will be at 10 tonight, he said it would be something to be remembered.
And not all residents decide to participate in the festivities.
Former Stephenson resident Michael Newman, Ponca City, Okla., senior, said he never attended the event, but he didn't really think there was anything wrong with those who did. He said he didn't think porn night was that big of deal.
He said anyone, male or female could attend, but the event was not mandatory for anybody — including Stephenson men.
"It's just what college kids do," he said. "For better — or for worse." - Edited by J. R. Mendoso
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