THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
both chita four Sloop
hits
years.
6A
WWW.KANSAN.COM
r/KANSAN
am-lead-
ocated in the settlement of When it a game
lined out, body," Van so we got." tonight at
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2005
an
VOL. 115 ISSUE 146
Athletes use to self improve
Panel discusses steroid problems
BY JASON SHAAD
jshaad@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
A panel of two sportswriters and a former professional football player expressed concern about youth's use of steroids during a discussion last night.
It was part of a discussion called "Doping and Professional Sports" at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.
John Hadl, Bill James and Bill
Althaus spoke to nearly 50 people about their concerns with steroid use in professional sports, but none of them had any effective ways to keep athletes from using them.
While steroid use is illegal unless prescribed by a doctor, the way athletes use the drug differs from the way society uses other drugs, said James, a writer on baseball history and statistics.
$ ^{48} $In baseball the drug problem is the opposite of the drug problem in the rest of society, which is about pleasure-seeking and an instant payoff and instant
See page 1B for more on the steroid panel
re w ard," James said. "In baseball the drug is about motivation and an effort to make yourself better."
All three panelists said that steroid use on the professional level encouraged steroid use in youth sports.
"What is so bad about steroid use with young people is that they think it is a quick fix," said Althaus, a sportswriter and columnist for The Examiner in
Independence, Mo. "But if you can't hit a fast ball or if you can't hit a curve ball, then steroids aren't going to help you succeed."
James said the problem with professional athletes using steroids was that it was wrong to set an example to do something that was dangerous.
that was dangerous.
Hadi, former NFL and KU All-American football player, attested to this danger. While he played in the NFL during the 1960s and 1970s, Hadl said he saw several players use steroids.
SEE IMPROVE ON PAGE 5A
Brian Lewis/KANSAN
John Hadl, a former professional quarterback in the '60s, fields questions from the audience regarding steroid issue last night in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. The audience asked questions such as "Are steroids an 'edge' or cheating?" and "What action should Congress take?"
Illustration by Austin Gilmore
A winter vacation to Vail, Colo., for snowboarding and relaxation ended in disaster for 2004 graduate Mvrinda Warner.
An accident on the slopes left Warner with a broken arm. As a dependent on her parents' health insurance policy,
Students are often uneducated about health insurance. They don't know what their policies cover, or they don't realize that coverage through a parent's or guardian's policy will eventually expire.
Warner assumed the policy would cover the costs. She was wrong. The accident left her with a $2,800 hospital bill.
Students are often uneducated about health insurance. They don't know what their policies cover, or they don't realize that coverage through a parent's or guardian's policy will eventually
expire. It's not that students aren't worried about health insurance, they simply cannot afford it.
"It made me cry," she said.
Like Warner, students don't discover the information until it's too late.
A 2003 Sigma Research study found that more than half of 425 college siz
The risk of financial loss should motivate people to be insured, said Mary Beth Fruton, Blue Cross Blue Shield public relations specialist in Topeka. Despite the risk, she said the trend was that young people were not buying health insurance.
dents surveyed were covered through a parent's or guardian's policy. About 20 percent had a health plan through a university or employer. Six out of 10 said that having a health insurance plan was extremely important in post-college employment.
Weighing the Costs
The price of not having health insurance is evident to Sarah Stacy, Germantown, Md., senior and member of The University Daily Kansan editorial board. Her aunt avoided going to the doctor despite recurring health problems
Today, her aunt is $40,000 in debt from medical bills and still has serious health problems.
Stacy's parents also never had health insurance. For six to eight months during her senior year of high school, Stacy was eligible for coverage through Medicaid. A car accident put Stacy in the hospital for several days. Medicaid paid her bill.
Checklist for insurance coverage
The cost of health insurance depends on how much coverage you want. Age, health and whether a person smokes can also affect how much coverage with cost.
What are the premiums?
Know what services your policy will pay for, and what services it will not. Some insurance plans have a list of medical providers they will cover.
What are the benefits and exclusions?
SEE PAY ON PAGE 4A
Along with premiums, insurance companies often require a co-payment or deductible.
What additional payments are required?
Sources: Mary Beth Fruton, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas Rochelle Tramp,
State Farm Insurance. ce
GREEK LIFE
Chapters earn recognition
Despite changes to award process five chapters gain honors
BY ERIC SORRENTINO
escorrentino@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
The chapter excellence award is the most prestigious award for a fraternity or sorority at the University of Kansas.
Five chapters won the award this weekend at the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Association awards ceremony, but it should have been more, said Laura Bauer, program director for fraternity and sorority life.
"There are just a lot of chapters out there doing good things, but because they don't fill out an application, they don't get recognized for it," Bauer said.
In order to get recognized at the awards ceremony this past Sunday at the Lied Center, chapters had to fill out an application. Many chapters did not fill one out because of its length, so the IFC and PHA made it shorter this year. Bauer said.
That still did not attract as many chapters as Bauer hoped.
Graves said that some chapters might have been discouraged and did not apply for an award because they knew they weren't as qualified as others.
Other chapters did not apply because of when the ceremony was held. Before this year, the ceremony was held at the end of February, but it was moved to this Sunday to emphasize chapter accomplishments at the end of the school year.
"I looked through the application and it was like 40 pages," Tom Graves, Phi Kappa Tau member and Overland Park sophomore, said. "In spending two to three hours filling out the application, we could have been doing other things more valuable to the chapter."
Having the ceremony in May made spring officers confused in the application process, Shelley Hellman, Sigma Kappa president and Denver junior, said.
Chapters elect officers in the fall, but they do not take office until January.
When it was in December, officers who established themselves at their positions were able to fill out applications. Sigma Kappa did not fill out applications this year, but had in the past, Hellman said.
AWARDS
2005 University of Kansas IFC/PNA Award Recipients:
Chapter excellence awards:
♦ Chi Omega
♦ Delta Chi
- Delta Chr
* Delta Delta Delta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Delta Gamma
Outstanding Senior Award Recipients:
IFC:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Wes Osbourn, Delta
Christopher Kaufman
Wes Osbourn, Delta Upsilon
- William Santoro, Phi Kappa Psi
- Clint Jones, Kappa
Signa
- Nicholas Lawler, Theta Chi
PHA:
Gamma
Kelley Briant, Delta Gamma
- Anna Clovis, Alpha Chi Omega
♦ Lauren Dorweiler, Delta Delta Delta
Delta Delta
♦ Stephanie LeClaire,
Delta Delta Delta
♦ Amy Sullivan, Kappa Delta
Source: Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life
The ceremony still attracted 1,300 to 1,500 people,Bauer said. The Lied Center holds about 1,800 people.
This year brought another change to the ceremony. The IFC and PNA established a rubric for the 59 judges that were on hand Sunday Before that, judges looked at applications, but had no way of breaking chapter accomplishments down into categories.
"In previous years, we had
SEE RECOGNITION ON PAGE 5A
All contents, unless stated otherwise,
© 2005 The University Daily Kansan
Tongue in Beak
Emergency leave policy
Tongue in Cheek Ever wonder about the practical uses of a robot goat? Or what a little girl does with $10 million? Tongue in beak answers all of your burning questions ... and desires. Well, maybe not desires. But it's funny! PAGE 8A
A student who missed her finals because of a relative's death learned that professors, not the administration, decide the consequences. PAGE 2A
Online poll
Baseball struts its stuff
Hoglund Ballpark has a new scoreboard to match the size of coach Ritch Price's ambitions for the baseball program. The new board may help attract top baseball talent to Kansas. PAGE 2B
Have you ever used the lost and found at any
kansan.com
EXCLUSIVE
on campus location?
Let us know by
←
voting in the online KUlpture poll.