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KANSAN.COM/SPORTS | THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 2017
After 8 Kansas Relays, Bakers run last races
▶ SHAUN GOODWIN
@ShaunGoodwinUDK
After racing in the Kansas Relays for eight consecutive years, twin sisters Nashia and Malika Baker found it difficult to turn their backs on the track for the last time.
"It feels very surreal," Malika said, with a sad tone to her voice.
Nashia and Malika, who originally lived in Fort Benning, Georgia, moved to Lansing at a young age and attended Lansing High School for all four years. Living just
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LET'S TALK ABOUT SEX(UALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS)
EMILY WELLBORN @EmWellborn
Some may believe that sexually transmitted infections are rare and not that easy to get, but they are actually more common than people may think. Jenny McKee, the program manager for the education resource office at Watkins Health Center, talked about the prevalence of STIs and how to prevent them.
"I don't think people understand how prevalent or how common STIs are," McKee said. "Sexually transmitted infections combined, all STIs combined, there are more of them every year than any other kind of infection."
She said that half of sexually active college students will have at least one STI by the time that they graduate.
How many STIs are there?
"There's really no way to know what the most common STI on our campus is," McKee said. "Some of the STIs that we see most commonly are things like chlamydia and gonorrhea."
McKee wasn't sure what the most common STI is on campus, because students might be asymptomatic or they don't get tested in Lawrence.
How STIs are treated
The Center for Disease Control shows that there were 417.1 reported cases of reported chlamydia per 100,000 people in Kansas in 2016. There were 575.2 reported cases per 100,000 people in 2016 in Douglas County. There were 123 cases of gonorrhea in Douglas County in 2016.
As bacterial STIs, chlamydia and gonorrhea are both treatable with antibiotics, but McKee said that the most common STI is incurable, but its symptoms can be treated.
for HPV and they are from the United States, that they are probably lying to you," McKee said.
"Probably the most common STI is HPV, the human papilloma virus," McKee said.
McKee said that there is no male test for HPV, which can make it easier for the virus to spread.
McKee said that while the rate of STIs is high, most STIs can be treated and bacterial STIs can be cured. McKee also said that STIs aren't that disruptive to somebody's daily life as
"I tell all my students if you are a person who has sexual activity with a male, and that male tells you they have been tested
long as they are caught early.
How to Prevent STIs
McKee also said that while dental dams, male or female condoms and lube are important to prevent STIs, one of the best way to prevent STIs is to talk to
the person you want to have sex with beforehand. She said that if someone is too uncomfortable to talk about sex, then they shouldn't be having it.
"I think that people are afraid that they don't know how to have that conversation, but you already have all the words in your brain,
you know? And framing it in the context of care is a really good angle," McKee said.
McKee also recommends getting tested before having sex with someone new and to get tested once a year for HIV/AIDS.
- Edited by Erin Brock
ply because they were better and more athletic.
But, of course, once that happened, the older kids would change a small rule to either give them a slight advantage or to hinder the play of my overly athletic friends.
Ridiculous, right? Just because the older kids were not as good at something they would change the rules.
I think about my days on the blacktop whenever I hear any analyst or even casual fan gripe about the "Hack-a-Shaq" rule, which more realistically has become "Hack-a-DeAndre" or "Hack-a-Roberson."
player who is getting fouled (imagine you're Andre Roberson and you see the Houston Rockets bench laughing at your back-to-back missed free throws in the playoffs, ouch), and it's utilized by fantastic coaches like Gregg Popovich and Terry Stotts.
Every time I hear Jeff Van Gundy whine and moan about this "hacking" rule, I cringe. Don't get me wrong, I don't like watching it, it slows down the game like crazy, but in the playoffs when winning is the only thing that matters, I'd love to see my team use it.
But, to say that they should change the rule is
happening to you? Get better at free throws.
It is your job as an NBA basketball player, and it's the second easiest shot behind the layup. I don't want to hear the "my hands are too big" excuse or the "he's great in practice, but it's different in a game."
It's not different; it's one repetitive motion that you have all day every single day to work on. Don't change the rule, get better.
In this case, absolutely hate the player (the one that's garbage at free throws that is, not the smart one fouling them), not the game.
ing ball magnet.
Other than the two free bases he was awarded, Karre also laced a single to center field that plated two additional runs, giving him a total of four RBIs in the game.
Another player who made the trip home was right-handed starting pitcher Sean Rackoski,who claims Chandler, Arizona, as his hometown.
Kansas coach
The 6-foot-7 hurler pitched five strong innings while allowing one earned run, although two additional runs crossed the plate as a result of Kansas errors. Rackoski was credited with the win, his fourth of the year.
Sophomore right-hander Blake Goldsberry entered in relief to begin the sixth inning, and he locked down the Antelopes for the remainder of the game. He allowed just one run on two hits, but, perhaps more importantly, he saved Price from having to dig deep into his bullpen for a midweek matchup.
Sophomore left fielder Devin Foyle and senior first baseman Marcus Wheeler were the other Kansas players with hometown fans in the bleachers. Foyle, from Fountain Hills, and Wheeler, from Phoenix, combined for
to blow the game wide open and just left too many guys on base."
As of late, Kansas has been on a tear, as it has taken down both Big 12 and non-conference opponents with ease in the month of April. The Jayhawks began the month with a series win over the Texas Longhorns, and have been hot ever since. Currently, Kansas has won 10 of its last 15 games, including two consecutive Big 12 series wins.
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The Jayhawks continue their two-game midweek series against Grand Canyon on Wednesday at 3 p.m.