MONDAY,AUGUST 16,2004
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN 5D
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If you have driven by a sorority house in the last week and noticed a group of women standing on their front porch singing and clapping, it is probably an indication that the University of Kansas is preparing for Fall Formal Recruitment.
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Recruitment begins a week earlier this year. Women will go through Recruitment during Hawk Week, the first week before school starts. Open House Rounds, day one and two, will take place on Sunday, August 15, and Monday, August 16. During Open House rounds, the prospective members will briefly visit all of the 13 chapters; seven on the first day and six on the second. After each of these rounds, prospective members will narrow their selection down to their eight favorite chapters. On Tuesday, August 17, the First Invitational round will take place.
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Susan Henry, vice president of the Panhellenic Association, said the idea of the round is for the prospective members and chapter women to become better acquainted. Each prospective member will visit up to eight chapters.
These 40 minute events are longer than the Open House Round. The First Invitational Round is important because the prospective members have to rank their top five chapters in the voting process, and chapter women have to work to find the best group of women to form a pledge class, Henry said.
"If there was a formula for the Recruitment process, I would have a million dollars," Henry
said. "Chapters look for a wellrounded group of diverse women."
The Second Invitational Round, on Wednesday, August 18, allows prospective members to visit up to five chapters for 50 minutes each.
Often during this round, chapter women prepare entertainment or house tours for the prospective members, said Henry. After the Second Invitational, the prospective members will rank their top three houses.
The last round of Fall Formal Recruitment is the Preference Round. Prospective members will visit up to three chapters. Each visit is an hour long.
This is the most intimate night of Recruitment, Henry said. During Preference, chapter women prepare entertainment revealing chapter traditions.
"If there was a formula for the Recruitment process, I would have a million dollars. Chapters look for a wellrounded group of diverse women."
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By this time, the chapter women and the prospective members have gotten to know each other well, and it is the last time they will see each other before Bid Night.
"Preference, round is so important," said Henry. "If a woman maximizes her options, she is guaranteed to receive a bid from one of the chapters she
visited on Preference."
On Preference, a prospective member has the option to maximize her options, meaning that she indicates on her voting sheet that she is willing to join any of the chapters that she visited on Preference.
"For example, if a woman is asked back to three houses on Preference, and she indicates on her voting sheet that she is willing to become a member of any of those houses, she is guaranteed a bid from one of her three houses," said Henry.
waiting for them outside of Budig that will take them to their new affiliation to reunite with the chapter women.
"If a woman is asked back to one house on Preference and she indicates that she wants to be a part of that chapter, she is guaranteed to receive a bid from that chapter," she said.
The prospective members receive their bids at 7 p.m. August 21 in Budig Hall. After which the woman get on a bus
An average of 772 women have participated in Fall Formal Recruitment in the last three years. Of those women, an average of 92 women release themselves from Recruitment, said Henry.
"These are women who get in the process and decide 'Hey, this is not for me,'" said Henry.
In addition, an average of 8 women are released from recruitment because they are not asked back to a chapter, and an average of 10 are released because they made a single intentional preference, Henry said. Chapters have a week to prepare for recruitment before school, she said.
Sexually transmitted diseases common among young adults
— Edited by John Scheirman
By Julie Jones
jiones@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
People 25 years or younger account for two-thirds of all sexually transmitted diseases, according to the American Social Health Association.
At least one-fourth of college students have or have had a sexually transmitted disease, said Henry Buck, Watkins gynecologist.
Many common STDs have no symptoms, meaning someone can have a disease and not even know it.
Though condoms offer some protection, they are not a reliable preventive because they leave parts of the body uncovered, Buck said.
Many common STDs, such as herpes, genital warts and mollus-
"There's a very common mis-conception with sexual education," Buck said. "The impression is given that if you use a condom everything will be okay. As nice as it would be to say condoms solve the problem - they don't."
cum, can be transmitted solely through touch, without every having penetrative intercourse.
"The only way to prevent STDs is not to come in contact with one," Buck said. "That's not a popular message, but it's an honest one."
Testing and treatment are important in preventing further spreading of STDs. Women are screened at Watkins at annual exams for chlamydia, and genital warts show up on pap smears, Buck said.
Men, however, often forego testing, fearing penile pain. Most do not realize that a urine test is now used to test for chlamydia and gonherrea — "not a tube shoved up the urethrea," Buck said.
The four most common STDs on campus are chlamydia, genital warts, herpes and molluscum. The following information on these STDs was compiled from the American College Health Association and Henry Buck.
Chlamvdia
intracellular bacteria that is transmitted through bodily fluids, most commonly by vaginal and anal sex.
Usually no symptoms develop, but women may experience an achy cervix, heaviness in the pelvic area, heavy discharge, breakthrough bleeding, heavy period and pain with urination or sex.
Left untreated, a woman may develop pelvic inflammatory disease. Tubal scarring, infertility and tubal pregnancies may also result.
Chlamydia trachomatis is an
Men may experience pain when urinating and discharge. Epididymitis may also occur, an inflammation of the epididymis, the cord-like structure in each testicle.
Chlamydia is treated with an antibiotic,
Condoms, if used correctly, can prevent the disease.
HPV/Genital Warts
Human papillomavirus is the most common STD among college students and is caused by condyloma acuminata, warty
lesions usually in or around the pubic area. The disease affects 10 percent of KU students and is spread through intercourse or touch - genital to genital or hand to genital. Condoms do not offer full protection.
Often no symptoms accompany the virus. Lesions, which can be raised or flat, may take months to years to develop and external lesions can sometimes itch.
Women with HPV may have an abnormal pap smear. If left untreated, some lesions may develop into cervical cancer, though it's rare.
Cryo freezing and laser treatments can treat cervical lesions. Treatments for external lesions include freezing, liquid nitrogen, laser and other therapies.
Lesions do not have to be present to sbread the disease to others.
Herpes simplex virus is transmitted through touch or intercourse. Condoms only partially protect the body. Fluid-filled blisters on the genitals are symptomatic of the disease. Painful rupturing occurs, taking up to 12 days
Herpes
No cure is available. Topical powders and gels can ease attacks. Antiviral drugs can help if taken early in an attack, and can prevent future attacks if taken perpetually.
Molluscum Contagiosum
Molluscum contagiousum virus, part of the pox virus group, is seen everyday at Watkins.
Transmission can occur through intercourse or touch. Condoms do not offer full protection.
Shiny, small, round lesions containing a white substance are found on the genitals and sometimes the thighs, stomach and chest. Lesions do not have to be present to spread the disease.
Lesions can be treated using cryo, scraping or chemicals.
For more information on STDs visit the American Social Health Association Web site, www.ashastd.org.
- Edited by John Scheirman
HIVTESTING
Those most at risk have unprotected sex, use intravenous needles or have or have had another STD.
Many testing sites offer anonymous or confidential testing. No identification is needed with anonymous testing, an alias can be used.
Douglas County AIDs Project
Where: United Way Center for
Human Service, 2518 Ridge
Court, Suite 101, Lawrence
Cost: Free
Testing: anonymous or confidential
Results: Depending on test, several days to two weeks Website:
www.douglascountyaidsproject.org
Watkins Health Center
Where: University of Kansas
Cost: $20
Testing: Confidential Results: Within 48 hours
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