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DEMONSTRATIONS
Preacher enrages students
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Michael Venyah, minister, preaches yesterday on Wescoe Beach, damning homosexuals, as angry students yell back. Venyah wore a T-shirt reading "No homos go to heaven; all homos go to hell."
Religious speeches damning homosexuals elicit angry, mocking reactions
Charles Goldberg, Buffalo Grove, Ill., sophomore, recites the Jewish afternoon prayer, the Mincha, as Michael Venyah, founder of Soulwinners Ministries International, holds a contentious - debate with KU students at Wescoe Beach on Wednesday. "I'm here to show that despite any hate, I'm going to be who I am, and I'm not going to let anyone get to me," Goldberg said. Venyah also sparked controversy with several Jewish students with statements such as "All Jews go to hell."
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BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
Students cursed, screamed at, spit on, threw eggs at and chucked Bibles toward two men who spoke on Wescoe Beach Wednesday with a message that homosexuals, Jews, Muslims, people who masturbate and people who listen to rap or rock and roll music are going to hell.
More than one thousand students gathered around Michael Venyah and Chris Lemieux on Wescoe Beach at the height of the disagreement. The two men, both in their 30s, wore red T-shirts with yellow writing that said "No Homos go to Heaven -1 Corinthians 6:9-10" on the front and "All Homos go to Hell-Corinthians 6:9-10" on the back. Lemieux said the two men from Michigan had been preaching at colleges for two years.
Students stood shoulder-to-shoulder, filling the front steps and
the patio of Wescoe Beach. Most laughed at Venyah's remarks or yelled back at him. Several times the chant "Let's love, not hate" echoed through the crowd. Several students said they had missed class to see the protest.
At one point two women broke from the crowd and ground against one another and against Venyah as he spoke. A few students waved condoms and hot dogs in his face, others held signs in front of him, blocking his view of the crowd. People in the crowd held signs with things like "God hates Books" and "I ate chili for lunch" written on them. Venyah was constantly surrounded by students asking him questions or trying to disrupt his message.
spoke. "Anything to deface the lie that's on his shirt," he said. "His misuse is driven by hate."
The men began speaking about 10:30 Wednesday morning and stayed until 3:30 in the afternoon. Some of the things Venyah said included, "Tupac and Biggie Smalls
Sarcastic shouts from students could be heard throughout the crowd. One student yelled, "We're
are in hell" and "You people don't obey Christ, you obey your lust."
Cameron Baraban, Overland Park freshman squirted ketchup packets on Venyah's shirt as he
all going to hell and then we're all going to Disneyland!"
Lemieux, who video taped Venyah, but didn't preach himself, said they were with a group called Soulwinners Ministries International. According to the group's Web site, Venyah founded the group with his wife Tamika in 2004. Lemieux said she usually preached too, but couldn't be there yesterday.
"This is our job," Lemieux said. He said God provided for them as they preached their message at colleges across the country.
Liney Pugh, Washington, D.C., freshman said, "I think it's really wrong to preach hate like they do." Pugh and another girl approached Venyah together and kissed "just to piss him off". She said Venyah then called her a whoremonger.
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HEALTH
Study reveals caffeine hazards
BY DAVID LINHARDT
Justin Logan plans to get some quality sleep this week. He spent much of the past week wide-awake and highly caffeinated at a design lab in Learned Hall.
Logan, Coffeyville senior, and his friend Kevin Wiedenmann, Olathe senior, brought several cases of Red Bull energy drink to the design lab as the weekend began. Logan and Wiedenmann consumed six and nine Red Bulls respectively in one night.
Like many of their classmates, the two KU aerospace engineering majors work for days at a time on some design projects. The secret to making it through is calculated caffeine consumption.
"Caffeine kicks it up a notch so we can get it in," Logan said about class projects. "You can't really physically do it without caffeine."
Young people consume more caffeine now than ever before, and that consumption may force some into hospital emergency rooms, according to a study released this month by researchers at Northwestern University.
Using call data from the Illinois Poison Center, researchers found that 68 percent of emergency poisoning cases stemmed from caffeine abuse. Victims suffered from chest pains and heart palpitations, according to the study.
A person drinking three or four cups of coffee per day will consume about 300-400 milligrams of caffeine, a moderate and safe amount, said Ann Chapman, coordinator of nutrition services at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Drinkers will begin to experience side effects if they consume more than the moderate amount.
Langer amounts of caffeine can cause headaches, restlessness and irritability. For people sensitive to caffeine, the effects can become dangerous, according to the Northwestern University study.
Many people don't know how much caffeine they actually consume each day. For example, a 16 oz. cup of coffee at Starbucks can have up to 372 milligrams of caffeine in it. Drinking two cups per day puts caffeine consumption levels far above what is generally regarded as safe, according to Chapman and other researchers.
A can of Red Bull contains about 80 milligrams of caffeine.
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SCIENCE
Anthrax vaccine moves to second testing stage
BY ANNA FALTERMEIER
An anthrax vaccine developed by three KU researchers is in its second stage of clinical testing.
The vaccine is a stabilized liquid form of the current anthrax vaccine, which is difficult to transport and store because its temperature must remain constant. Duane Brandau,
Sangeeta Joshi and Laura Peek, KU research professors, developed a stabilized liquid form of the vaccine and sent it to a laboratory that converted their vaccine to a powder form. Then the vaccine went to its first of up to four stages of clinical testing. The powder vaccine doesn't have such specific conditions for storage, making it easier to transport. It is administered through an
inhaler or a nasal spray. The current vaccine is a liquid and administered by injection.
"The University of Kansas has a responsibility to address this public health risk," said Kevin Boatright, director of research communications. "KU is in a good position to develop that kind of vaccine."
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CROSS COUNTRY
Friday morning Kansas will host the Big 12 Cross Country Championships at Rim Rock Farm, north of Lawrence.
Pull out pages 5B- 8B in today's Kansan for complete coverage of the event, including
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team-by-team previews and a map of Rim Rock Farm.
team-by-team previews and a map of Rim Rock Farm. The events start at Rim Rock Farm Friday morning with the women's race at 10 a.m.The men's race follows at 11 a.m.For directions to Rim Rock, check out the map on page 6B. 5B-8B