THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2007
NEWS
HEALTH
3A
Trojan ranks Jayhawks 45th in bedroom safety
BY ERIN SOMMER
esommer@kansan.com
Trojan ranked the University of Kansas 45th out of 139 schools on its list of sexually healthy universities. Last year, the University was ranked 79th on the Sexual Health Report Card.
Ken Sarber, health educator for the Wellness Resource Center, said he was pleased with the results.
"I am happy to see us improve from 79th to 45th, but I would also like to continue on our path towards being No. 1 on the list." Sarber said.
The study, which was released on
Sexual health
Top five sexually healthy schools in 2007:
1. University of Minnesota
2. University of Wyoming
3. University of Washington
4. Rutgers University
5. Purdue University
Monday, ranked universities based on programs and resources available on campuses across the country.
135. Villanova University
136. University of Arkansas
137. Arkansas State University
138. University of Louisiana
139. Louisiana Tech University
Worst five sexually healthy schools:
Source: Trojan Brand Condoms
Bert Sperling, owner of Sperlings' BestPlaces, the company that conducted the study, said he chose the 139 colleges that participated in the study based on size and iconic value.
Sperling said the universities ranked highest had better and more accessible resources for students.
"What we found is that they had the largest number of resources available for students," Sperling said of the top-ranked universities. "The schools that ranked near the top had universally high grades in the 11 categories we looked at."
According to a press release by Trojan, Sperling's BestPlaces ranked each university on the following categories: sexual health awareness programs, condom and contraception availability, HIV testing, other sexually transmitted infection testing, student health center hours of operation, drop-in versus appointment-based service, navigability and usability of Web-based sexual health information, anonymous advice/newspaper columns, lecture outreach programs, student peer groups and sexual assault programs.
The highest-ranked university, according to the report card, was the University of Minnesota, and the lowest-ranked university was Louisiana Tech University.
Sexual facts
By age 25, half of all sexually active students will have a STI (sexually transmitted infection).
75 percent of women and 50 percent of men infected with Chlamydia do not have symptoms.
Sarber said that the Wellness
Testing for STIs is available at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
Sources: www.gueswhosgotit.com and Watkins Memorial Health Center
Resource Center was always looking to talk with students to improve services.
He said that the most important things college students should do to stay sexually healthy was to have safe sex and get tested if they did engage in unsafe sex.
Sperling said that ultimately it was up to students to rank their own university's health center.
"They know better than any how the University health system meets their needs," Sperling said. "If it isn't meeting their needs, they should have a dialogue about it."
Edited by Jeff Briscoe
CRIME
Trial starts for church leader accused of arranging marriage for 14-year-old girl
BY JENNIFER DOBNER ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Seven women and five men were selected as jurors Thursday to decide whether the leader of a polygamist sect coerced a 14-year-old girl into marrying her older cousin.
Warren Jeffs, the head of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter Day Saints, which broke away from the Mormon church, is charged with two counts of rape by accomplish in the girl's marriage to her 19-year-old cousin.
The girl
the girl has testified that Jeffs told her she risked her salvation if she refused to enter the religious union in 2001.
Many had speculated it would
Opening statements are expected Thursday after more than three days of jury selection. The trial is expected to last through next week.
prophet who communicates with God and holds dominion over their salvation. Former church members say the one-time school principal reigns with an iron fist, demanding perfect obedience from followers.
Jeffs has led the FLDS church since 2002. Followers see him as a
State Fifth District Judge James Shumate said polygamists perceived themselves as involved in a civil rights struggle, similar to that of blacks who"refused to sit in the back of the bus'in the 1950s.
Jeffs, 51, was a fugitive for nearly two years and was on the FBI's Most Wanted list when he was arrested during a traffic stop outside Las Vegas. If convicted, he could spend the rest of his life behind bars.
be difficult to seat an impartial jury in Washington County because of intense media coverage and because Jeffs' insular FLDS church is based only about 50 miles east in the twin border towns of Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz.
In questioning with one prospective juror Wednesday, State Fifth District Judge James Shumate said polymagists perceived themselves as involved in a civil rights struggle, similar to that of blacks who "refused to sit in the back of the bus" in the 1950s.
Polygamy advocates have long contended that the freedom to practice plural marriage as part of
their religion is a civil rights matter. FLDS members believe polygamy brings exalation in heaven.
The practice is banned in the Utah Constitution, though, and it is considered a felony offense. The Mormon church disavowed polygamy in 1890 and excommunicates members found to still be practicing plural marriage.
Jeffs is not charged with being a polygamist, and the marriage between the cousins was monogamous.
Some hold the practice "as an intentional act of civil disobedience, just as in the civil-rights era when some members of our African-American community refused to sit in the back of the bus," Shumate said.
But polygamy, he said, "cannot be allowed by jurors to be a focus of concern."
Jeff's attorneys have used a civil rights comparison in asking potential jurors if they were bothered that the sect embraced an illegal practice.
Jeffs also faces four felony counts under 2005 indictments for sexual contact with a minor and conspiracy in more marriages involving young girls.
ENTERTAINMENT
Catch the 'Buzz' on Saturday Comedian prefers Midwestern audiences, anonymity
BY JEFF DETERS
jdeters@kansan.com
Jeff "Buzz" Sutherland has never been on David Letterman or Jay Leno. He never has appeared on CBS, NBC or ABC. But on college campuses, Sutherland is a star.
Sutherland is a five-time National Association of Campus Activities Comedian of the Year and will perform at 2 p.m. Saturday in Woodruff Auditorium in the Kansas Union. Tickets still are available and cost $5 for the general public or are free with an SUA Preferred Student Card.
Susan Hoffman, assistant director of Union Programs, has known Sutherland for years and has seen him perform.
"He is phenomenal," she said. "I like him because he really interacts with the audience."
For the past 18 years, Sutherland has traveled across the country performing at college campuses nationwide.
Locally, he's performed at the Lied Center and also in Hays, Hutchinson, Kansas City and elsewhere. He hasn't become famous on a national scale, and that's OK with him.
The 41-year-old knows his audience: college students. His comedy is "all about family." He focuses on
"You limit yourself when you work that way," he said.
Sutherland grew up in St. Louis. As a college student, he majored in English and history.
clean comedic material that is not offensive.
"I always wanted to be a writer." Sutherland said.
One fall night in 1985 he squeezed into the back of an auditorium to watch a certain comedian perform. On stage was Jerry Seinfeld. "To be fair."
He has since performed on MTV, A&E and CMT most recently. Sutherland said he had no interest in a career in Los Angeles or New York. He prefers the Midwest where he can live in anonymity.
"Football is a stupid game."
"I am very content with where i am in my career," he said.
Sutherland has family in Olathe
"He is phenomenal. I like him because he really interacts with the audience."
SUSAN HOFFMAN Assistant Director, Union Programs
Seinfeld told the crowd that night. The crowd laughed. Those five words changed Sutherland's life.
His performance on his first night on stage was good enough to land him a spot on HBO's "Comic Relief."
He left the auditorium and went home and packed. He went to perform at the Funny Bone, a local club.
They offered him a job — not as a comedian, but as a waiter. But he also got a tryout — his chance to be on stage. He took the job but never had to serve a table.
"I love the KU campus," he said.
family in Olathe and is familiar with the University. He said he always enjoyed coming back.
stage with Sutherland.
Those attending Saturday's event can expect to possibly go on
He might show them a dance move or two. But he said he would use a positive message, jokingly serious as he gives students advice on life.
Sutherland said one of his best jokes was when he explained that moms have the toughest job in the world and just how quickly a dad could come home, get upset and go to bed: "Hi, honey, I'm home. Dang it! Good night!"
Edited by Amelia Freidline
CRIME
Police search for suspect after officer is killed
CUTLER BAY, Fla. — A gunman killed a police officer and injured three others during a traffic stop Thursday, triggering a manhunt in a suburban Miami neighborhood, officials said.
Miami-Dade County Mayor
The University of Kansas Department of Theatre and Film University Theatre & Theatre for Young People Present
Authorities were looking for Shawn Sherwin Labeet, 25. Labeet was last seen in neighboring Broward County in a black Pontiac, O'Brien said. Another man may have been involved in the shooting, she said.
TV footage showed several officers briefly surrounding a house, guns drawn, before moving on.
Lewis Carroll's
THROUGH THE
LOOKING
GLASS
9:45 a.m.
Saturday
September 22, 2007
2:30 p.m.
Sunday
September 23, 2007
William Inge
Memorial Theatre
Murphy Hall
1530 Naismith Drive
AND
WHAT ALICE
FOUND THERE
Adapted by Rosemary Nursey-Bray
Associated Press
The officers were conducting burglary surveillance when they stopped the man because he was driving a car erratically, said O'Brien. The man opened fire with a high-powered weapon and fled. It was not immediately clear whether the officers returned fire.
General admission tickets are on sale in the KU ticket offices, University Theatre, 864-3982. Lied Center, 864-ARS, and SUA Office, 864-7499, and online at universitytheatre.com. Tickets are $10 for public, $5 for all students, and $9 for senior citizens and KU faculty and staff. All major credit cards are accepted for phone and online orders.
The University Theatre is partially funded by the KU Student Senate Actee Fund; funding is also provided by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts. a federal agency
Through the looking Glass will be staged for the students in grades 4, 5, and 6 of area schools Lawrence Schools, 1.00 p.m. September 19, 17, 28, 21, 9:45 a.m. September 27, 28
Rural Schools 1.00 p.m. September 19, 9:45 a.m. September 26
Carlos Alvarez confirmed that an officer died. The three survivors were in serious condition, police spokeswoman Linda O'Brien said.
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