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VOLUME 118 ISSUE 20
HEALTH
Women advise vaccine Gardasil for HPV
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that 20 million people are currently infected with HPV and at least 50 percent of sexually active men and women will get some form of HPV in their lives. Eighty percent of women will contract it before the age of 80.
Kathy Guthy, nurse practitioner at Watkins, studied Gardasil before its release to the public. Kathy Rose-Mockry, program director advised students to involve family in important health decisions. Mai Do, Marketing Coordinator for Watkins, said HPV was scary because those infected may not know they have it.
Three healthcare professionals talked to women Tuesday about getting the vaccine Gardasil. Watkins Memorial Healthcare approved it last summer.
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STUDENT SENATE
Student Senate votes tonight on whether to spend about $4,000 from the reserve account on electronic voting devices for use in meetings.
The vote on the electronic voting devices, commonly known as clickers, comes in the wake of a dispute over the accuracy of vote tallies at a full Senate meeting two weeks ago.
The $4,000 to fund the clickers would come from the Student Senate reserve account, which consists of money from student fees.
Matthew Shaw, Heidelberg, Germany, sophomore, freshman/sophomore College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Senator and author of the legislation to fund the clickers, said the $4,000 required to fund the clickers would mostly be a one-time registration cost. Once the registration is paid, Student Senate would be able to use the clickers for as long as it wanted.
This is not the first time the legislation will
Shaw said, that one of the many goals of using the clickers was to ensure accurate voting.
"The number one benefit is that it creates a voting record," Shaw said. "Senators won't be able to say whatever they want about their voting record."
Last year, Shaw and Mason Heilman, Lawrence sophomore and residential senator, co-authored two bills, which were sponsored by Adam McGonigle. Wichita sophomore and chair of the Senate Executive Committee. One bill put in the Senate rules and regulations that senators needed to vote using the clickers, the other bill funded the clickers. The bill to change the legislation passed, the bill to fund the clickers did not.
Shaw said that he hopes the issue will be resolved tonight.
"It's ironic that a bill designed to increase the speed and efficiency of Senate is taking such a slow and inefficient path," Shaw said. "It's been in the system forever"
Shaw said that potential problems with the clickers have been accounted for within Senate, and the legislation ensures that senators can't vote on more than one clicker.
The clickers would be kept in the Student Senate office when full Senate was not in session. Senators would check out their assigned clicker at the beginning of meetings and check it back in at the end of meetings.
Curtis Hall, Geography lecturer, previously used the clickers in two courses he taught. He said he no longer used the clickers because
of problems with them.
Hall said that students had trouble registering with the system and were unable to be graded for quizzes they took using the clickers.
He also said that he didn't see a problem with Senate using the clickers and that there were benefits to using them in the classroom.
"The executive staff is looking for direction," McGonigle said. "We care not so much about whether or not we have clickers, but we care about getting this resolved and starting to focus on issues outside of our office."
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"You can attempt to teach a point and ask immediately for feedback," Hall said.
McGonigle said he anticipates that the clicker legislation will be resolved tonight.
Edited by Amelia Freidline
STUDY ABROAD
Each year many KU students venture to other countries as part of Study Abroad programs. Today's fair in the Kansas University has plenty of information for anyone interested in taking their college experience across the world.
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Fair provides new experiences
New study abroad programs in Rome, Toledo, Spain and Mexico will be debuted today at the Study Abroad fair.
The programs in Toledo and Rome will take place over Spring Break and the program in Mexico will take place over winter break.
Students can learn about these and other study abroad opportunities today from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Study Abroad Fair on the 4th floor of the Kansas Union.
For more information, visit http://www. studyadbroad.ku.edu/.
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Aaron Quisenberry, associate director of SILC, said 295 student organizations had already re-registered, which is a 30 percent increase from the number of groups registered at this time last year. All groups that don't re-register will automatically be dropped from the SILC database.
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Online registration less hassle for groups
All previously existing groups must re-register by Sept. 15. Before this year, groups had to fill out a form and get signatures from all their office members and their adviser. Now one officer can register the
Student organizations on campus can register with the Student Involvement and Leadership Center online for the first time this year.
Charter program offers finance students advantage
group online, and then an e-mail is sent to the rest of the officers for confirmation.
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The University of Kansas came one step closer to offering a Certified Financial Analyst program.
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The CFA partner program allows finance students to take three exams to become charterholders.
Students that choose to become charterholders have an advantage over students with only a degree in finance. Charterholders can choose jobs in investment companies, mutual bonds and consulting firms.
The finance industry experienced an increase in employment availability according to the Bureau Labor of Statistics. The increase is partly due to baby boomers retiring.
Students interested in taking part in the CFA program could receieve a scholarship for the first level exam.
Each CFA exam is 250 hours of study.
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