Wednesday, October 15, 1997
The University Daily Kansan
Section A • Page 3
Attackers take beating from KU housing staff
By Rachelle Detwiler
rdetwiler@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Two bulky men lunge their menacing, padded bodies toward the unarmed victim. With a burst of adrenaline, the victim spurs forward, pummeling the attacker with a power-packed punch to the face and the throat.
A hands-on self-defense class held last night at the Kansas Union Ballroom in the Kansas Union gave about 30 members of the student housing department staff a lesson in awareness. The staff members practiced self-defense techniques by attacking well-protected human dummies.
The program was presented by Bob Thurman, founder of Kansas City-based Counter Attactics.
Three rapes and four aggravated assaults occurred on the campus last year, according to statistics from the KU police.
"The program helps eliminate the fear. It's a really positive statement the school's making in light of all the sexual assaults that have gone on." Thurman said.
Kim Grassmire, assistant director of the student housing department, said the hands-on training helped staff members avoid situations that could escalate in to physical violence.
Residence hall staff members receive preventative training each year, but the training is
not as comprehensive as last night's Counter Attactas class, Grassmire said.
The training session was free.
Cassandra Patton, Topea sophomore, said the training was reassuring.
Last week, during a late-night walk home to Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall, shadows made her imagination run wild, Patton said. She walked with her keys in one hand and her nace in the other.
"I'm really excited about learning this, but I don't know if I'll be able to use it when the time comes," Patton said. "I've never been in a situation like that before."
Thurman brought 20 years of martial arts experience to the four-hour course during which he heightens participants' awareness of present situations and future attacks.
"I don't talk about walking around with your fists clenched a gun pulled and your mace out, but it's just being aware," Thurman said.
Thurman knows from personal experience that attacks can happen to anyone.
He started the program after a 1989 incident during which his pregnant wife was robbed and shot in the head in an Overland Park shopping mall. Her near-fatal attack made Thurman want to share his experience in kick box fighting and the martial arts.
"We help people find the strength to take back the streets and beat the fear," Thurman said.
By Sarah Chadwick schadwick@kansan.com Kansan staff writer
Women in their 20s often ignore cancer risk
Monthly self breast exams needed
The American Cancer Society recommends a yearly mammogram for women more than 40 years of age but that does not mean college-age women should ignore their health.
Many college women do not think breast cancer will affect them at their age, but factors such as age, family history, hormone intake for more than 10 years, having more than two alcoholic drinks per week and not having had a child by age 30 may contribute to a higher risk of breast cancer, Brown said.
"Every woman is at risk, and there are other factors that increase those risks," said Pam Brown, registered nurse at Lawrence Surgery Associates, P.A. "The incidence in younger women is rare but not impossible."
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and community health groups are educating women about the importance of self breast exams.
"Performing breast self-exams is a habit that women should start as soon as they are menstruating," she said. "All women are at risk. Even if that risk is small in their 20s, the risk of dying from it is larger when they are younger."
women do not take time to perform self breast exams as women in their 40s and 50s do. Brown said.
A self breast exam takes 10 minutes and should be performed monthly, Brown said.
"Do it seven to 10 days after a period," she said. "That's when the breasts are least influenced by hormonal changes."
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an informational presentation on breast cancer, will be given at 7 p.m. tomorrow at the International Room in the Kansas Union.
The presentation, called "Questions to Ask, Facts to Know," is sponsored by Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center.
That is because many younger
Marilee McGinnis, Lawrence Surgery Associates doctor, is the event facilitator.
"Usually, she covers the importance of breast self-exam and clinical exams." Brown said. "Also, the importance of recognizing a change in your breast self-exam so you can bring it to the attention of your health care provider."
Informational booths are set up at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said Candyce Waitley, coordinator for health education and promotion. The booths, located in the lobby and in the gynecology department, include instructional pamphlets on how to do a self breast exam, pink ribbons to wear in honor of the month and shower hangers that have the instructions for self exams on them, Waitley said. The shower hangers serve as a reminder to
do the exam monthly.
A booth with a breast self-exam model will be set up tomorrow and Friday at the health fair at Watkins.
"Students should be concerned about this because this is the age where you start developing health habits," Waitley said.
Breast cancer risk rises with age
▶ In 1997, an estimated 180,200 new invasive cases occurred, and 44,190 women died from breast cancer
> 9 out of 10 cases of breast cancer are found by the individual or sexual partner through self examination
> 95% can be cured with early diagnosis
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