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The University Daily Kansan
Monday, August 28, 2000
A LECTURE ON AMERICAN MANHOOD AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Presented by Jackson Katz
Director of the United States Marine Corps gender violence prevention program Co-creator of the video Tough Guise: Media images and the crisis in masculinity
DATE: MONDAY, AUGUST 28TH
TIME: 7:30 P.M.
LOCATION: LIED CENTER
Jackson Katz has been one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists in the 1980s and 1990s. He has been lectoring on college campuses for the past decade and has published numerous academic articles on topics including white masculinity, advertising, feminism, violence, juvenile crimes, sports, and media. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including ABC News 2020. His new video Tough Guise: Media images and the crisis in masculinity, is a production of the Media Education Foundation, producers of the acclaimed video Dreamworms II, about sexism on MTV
Co-sponsors: Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center, Athletics Department, All Scholarship Hall Council, Association of University Residence Halls, Counseling and Psychological Services, Commission on the Status of Women, Department of Student Housing, Interfraternity Council, Office of Multicultural Affairs, Panhellenic Association, Rape Victim Survivor Service, Working Against Violence Everywhere Coca-Cola
Researchers find pheromone gene
The Associated Press
Scientists have identified the first human gene that may be linked to pheromones, odorless molecules that in other animals trigger primal urges including sex, defense and kinship.
Experts describe the discovery as possibly opening a new door into the role of pheromones in human development.
In animals, researchers have documented how pheromones trace complex neurological paths to stimulate parts of the brain that are deeply rooted in instinct.
Researchers have long believed that humans also communicate through pheromones, but until now they had been unable to find any of the equipment needed to detect these potent molecules.
Now, in experiments at Rockefeller University and Vale, neurogeneticists have isolated a human gene, labeled V1RL1, that they believe encodes for a pheromone receptor in the mucous lining of the nose. A receptor is a patch on the surface of a cell that binds with specific molecules, like a lock that accepts only a specific key.
"This is the first convincing identification of a human pheromone receptor," said University of Colorado biochemist Joseph Falke.
Humans share the V1RL1 gene with rodents and other mammals that rely heavily on pheromone cues to survive.
However, it has not been determined whether the gene is active in humans or which behavior the gene might induce.
"The ultimate test will be
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to find a pheromone that binds to the receptor and triggers a measurable physiological response," Falke said.
The research was published in the September issue of the journal Nature Genetics.
Researchers took samples from a gene bank and scanned them for matches to the rodent genes from the Vir family. They found eight matches in human genetic material.
Further testing showed that seven of the eight human Vir genes are inoperative. The potentially functional gene subsequently was found in 11 out of 11 randomly chosen people from varying ethnic backgrounds, researchers said.
While rodents and other creatures essentially are reactive animals that depend heavily on pheromones for behavioral cues, humans use their larger brains to rely more on judgment and complex sensory cues, such as vision.
"In mice, we think there are more than 100 functioning genes in the V1r family," said Ivan Rodriguez of Rockefeller University, lead author of the study. "But in humans, V1RL1 may very well be the sole functioning gene in the family."
"Why has it hung around all this time?" said Charles Wysocki of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. "It must be very important if it has outlived all of its predecessors."
New rules exclude non-KU students, partygoers claim
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for each of approximately 300 guests made the party the fraternity's chief annual fund-raiser.
McCloyn-Fortune said the cost to rent the union also increased this year, from $60 to $65. A new requirement — hiring someone to be "on call" during the event — was another $65.
Besides the expense, McCloyn-Fortune said new check-in rules changed the party's dynamics. Students had to present KU or other college IDs before being admitted. Non-college guests had to have their IDs photocopied and be accompanied by a college student.
"It's really slowing everything down, and it's really taking away from our friends," McCloy-Fortune said of the party's registration requirements.
But some who attended the party were able to overlook the inconvenience.
LATE-NIGHT EVENT RULES
Accompanying guest of one-of the above must register at a check-in table where photo ID will be copied
Admission requirements KU or other college photo ID, KU Alumni or sponsoring organization membership ID and photo ID
Jacqueline Martir.
Metal detectors in use
- Individuals and items are subject to search
No readmission without repayment and another search
No loitering in the parking lot
KU public safety officers assigned to parties and adjacient lots
Sacqueline MARTIN
Topeka junior, said some people who witnessed last year's shooting were nervous to return to the union.
"They're glad safety precautions are here," she said. "It just makes everyone more comfortable."
Enjoli Dixon, Jefferson City, Mo., junior, agreed. People were upset about the new rules, she said, but they appreciated the added safety precautions.
"It itd not make me nervous to come back because I knew it wasn't a KU student," she said of January's shooting. "It was an outsider who didn't go to college."
Dixon said most schools made a habit of checking IDs at parties to discourage the attendance of troublemakers.
"I think right now it's probably the best policy," she said.
Edited by Clay McCuistion