UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday. April 12. 1996
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Pap smears can guard against cervical cancer
Test may detect abnormalities
By Teresa Veazey Kansan staff writer
Having sex at an early age can influence a woman's chances of developing cervical cancer.
That's the message from a panel of doctors and researchers who' discussed cervical cancer and the importance of Pap smears last week at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.
Patricia Braly, chief of gynecologic oncology at Louisiana State University and chairwoman of the panel,
said the best detection for cervical cancer, which is cancer of the cervix, was a Pap smear. The test detects human papillomavirus, or HPV, which is a primary cause of cervical cancer.
"In theory, it should be a preventable cancer," Braly said. "When a woman has abnormalities, that's what a Pap smear is supposed to pick up."
Sexual intercourse at an earlier age increases the risk because the amount of exposure increases as well, said Henry Buck, Watkins Memorial Health Center gynecologist. Additionally, women who never have sex have almost zero risk for cervical cancer.
"We are seeing patients after they've become sexually active,"
Buck said. "They may have had two to three partners at that point."
Although Pap smears have been designed to detect abnormalities, Buck said that this cancer couldn't be completely eradicated if all women had Pap smears.
"It creates a situation where the woman believes if she has a Pap smear every year, she won't get cervical cancer," he said. "Pap smears aren't perfect."
Although some tests weren't always 100 percent correct, Buck said that a vast majority of the time, the Pap smear was effective in picking up precancerous changes.
"Just because a test isn't perfect doesn't mean it isn't close to perfect," said Barry Kramer, associate director of cancer prevention and
control at the National Cancer Institute, part of the institutes of health. "This is a life-saving test."
Because an estimated 80 percent of college women are sexually active, Braly said the best ways to protect against HPV was the use of condoms or delaying sexual activity.
He said that college women who are sexually active should have a Pap smear every year.
The majority of women who don't get Pap smears are at the highest risk for cervical cancer.
Examinations at Watkins, which include a Pap smear and breast examination, are covered by the student health fee. The lab fee for a Pap smear and Chlamydia test is $25.
Where cervical cancer strikes
Taking a preventive Pap smear test each year can help insure early detection of cervical cancer, a disease affecting a woman's cervix. The disease can be caused by having sex at an early age.
VISION: Montgomery wins
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Kim Cocks, Dan Hare and Ken Martin, members of this year's Student Senate administration, crept through the packed crowd of Vision coalition members just before the presidential and vicepresidential winners were announced.
When Montgomery and Johnson's names were announced, coalition members chanted "Vision," as Cocks showered the pair in champagne.
But despite the excitement of the crowd after the announcement, Vision coalition member Kevin Lafferty stood silently in front of the same radio an hour earlier.
Lafferty, Valley Center junior, lost his campaign for an Engineering seat.
"I'm a little bit disappointed," Lafferty said. "It all comes to those two guys running for president and vice president. As long as those two guys win, I'm happy."
"I'm excited," Cook said. "But at the same time, we've taken some hits. The people that lost, I didn't think would lose."
The Voice coalition swept all 14 graduate student seats, surprising Vision coalition members.
About 9:30 last night, Ward Cook, Vision coalition member and Shawnee Mission sophomore, said he had mixed feelings about the early election results, even though he had won reelection as a Nunemaker senator.
At about 10:15 p.m., just before the presidential announcement was made, Montgomery said he was nervous because of the early election returns.
"It's kind of coming down the wire," Montgomery said. "There's nothing I can do about it. The decision has already been made, and may the best man win."
ELECTION RESULTS, CONT.
Business:
Nan Mullen 100 *           Brian Karney 65
Jamie Hunter 120 *         Jason Engkjer 30
Fine Arts:
Jessica Keith 61 Justin Love 81 *
Susan Mayden 58 Trey Hohman 78 *
Architecture:
Allyson Keaton 40
John Schwaler 36
Law:
Ron Prichard 21
Chris Braun 23
Graduate:
Pat Mazumdair 59
Jeremy Desch 54
Tim Weaver 50
Mike Smoots 72 *
Kari Keating 84 *
Jason Angilan 90 *
Dave Stras 103 *
Girish Ballolla 113 *
Matt McClory 95 *
Sara Collas 113 *
Rick Chang 105 *
Jon Ramirez 102 *
Denise Rogers 105 *
Chris Cannon 97 *
Frank Vigil 92 *
Steve Finney 105 *
Jim Green 91 *
Aimee Ziegler 119 *
Derek Beck 92 *
Independent Candidates Architecture:
Chris Basala 17
Engineering:
Neil C. Hague 54
John Colbert 87
Off Campus:
Michael O'Neill 492
- denotes winner
denotes a tie that will be determined by a coin toss
next week
- Vision won 30 seats, and there were 3 ties for the coalition.
- Voice won 34 seats, and there was 1 tie for the coalition.
Shareware becoming popular
Users can make copies of software for a fee
By R. Adam Ward
Kansan staff writer
Shareware are computer programs that are written to be shared with the public at a nominal or moderate charge, said the Wichita senior. Designers sometimes create time limitations on how long the programs work.
Internet accounts can be used for a lot more than just e-mailing or browsing the World Wide Web.
Students are also using the Internet to download programs called shareware.
The most popular shareware programs are Internet applications, Veatch said.
David Veatch, Computer Center employee said he saw more than 100 people a day downloading shareware at the Computer Center.
Steed Bell, the coordinator for the Burge Union Technology Center, said disks with the programs were available at grocery stores for about $5. This money usually is paid to the distributor to pay for the disk. A way that programmers attempt to make money on the deal is by including a message that asks the computer user to send money to them if the user likes the program.
But now most shareware is distributed on the Internet, Bell said.
Daniel Stein, Ashland sophomore, said he made extensive use of shareware.
"That's the only way I can get new software for my Commodore Amiga," he said.
One draw back to using shareware is it is usually more limited than commercial software, Stein said. The programmers usually create the programs because they cannot find any other program that does the same thing. The programmers don't even bother registering it because in ten minutes something better comes along.
Despite Stein's skepticism, he said he occasionally did send the suggested registration fee to the programmers.
"I only do it if it is a really good commercial-quality program,"he said.
The easiest way to get shareware from the Internet is to find a program designer's home page, where they usually post their programs, he said. Users simply click on the name of the program to download it to their computer.
Wesley Huber, assistant director for Academic Computing, said the computer center didn't have very much shareware designed by KU students.
But one student who does design shareware is John Paden, Baldwin sophomore. Paden said he creates shareware programs for the Unified Network Informal for Technology in Education Project at the University. Paden helps to develop shareware, which allows professors to search
Shareware sites
The following web pages contain information on how to access shareware.
PC Shareware
Winsock-L Listing
http://papa.indstate.edu:8888/ftp/
main.html
Windows95.Com
http://www.windows95.com/
MAC Shareware
The Father of Shareware
http://www.velodrome.com/umac.html
The MAC Software Catalog
http://pubweb.nexor.co.uk/public/
mac/archive/welcome.html
■Miscellaneous Shareware
Shareware.Com
http://www.shareware.com/
Shareware Links
http://www.sdinter.net/~rdeck/
numerous databases for lecture material.
Ron Aus, director of the project, said there were about six students who were working on some specific aspect of the shareware programs they create.
Aust thinks a lot of shareware is being created on campus, which is a continuation of the growing movement towards people publishing in open forums, he said.
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