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Wednesday, April 5, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Less than 12 inches from the bed (nightstand) 40%
Within 1 foot to 3 feet from the bed 26%
Within 3 feet to 5 feet from the bed 17%
Within 5 feet to 20 feet from the bed 7%
More than 20 feet from the bed 7%
Source: Sheik/Ramses Condom Culture Survey
Noah Musser/KANSAN
Survey says condoms are new kind of culture
By Robert Allen Kansan staff writer
Condoms, once a taboo subject, are fast becoming a part of Americana.
The makers of Sheik and Ramses condoms recently released a survey called the 1995 Sheik/Ramses Condom Culture Survey. What's interesting is the addition of the word 'culture.'
"That implies that condoms have manifested themselves in such a way that they create a culture," said Renee Speicher, coordinator for the center for peer health promotion at Watkins Memorial Health Center. "That's important because that statement assumes that condoms have integrated themselves into our society."
The survey interviewed 250 condom users between ages 18 and 34 in several large cities across the United States, including Chicago, Los Angeles and
new York. The survey can't be considered an accurate reflection of the population, Speicher said. But the survey raises some interesting points.
"I'd say a lot of males carry it in their wallet," said Andy Carter, Topeka senior. "That's pretty close."
But Speicher said that wallets were not an ideal place to carry condoms for a long period of time.
percent are carried in bras.
According to the survey, 45 percent of the respondents said that they always used condoms during sex, and 38 percent used them at least half of the time.
That probably isn't true among college students, Speicher said.
"Otherwise, I would be out of a job," she said.
"About 37 percent of our dome are occupied."
The survey also measured how close condoms
Also, 37 percent of condoms are carried in walters, and 15 percent are carried in purses and
"There is heat from the body, and latex is broken down from heat," she said.
are kept to the bed. Forty percent said they kept condoms fewer than 12 inches from the bed, in a place such as a nightstand. Eight percent said they kept condoms more than 20 feet from the bed.
"The closer to the bedside, the better," Speicher said. "If you have to get up to get them, it's a deterrent." Mollie Grindel, Kansas City, Kan., junior, found the 20-feet-answer a little hard to believe.
"It seems like if they aren't right by the bedside, they've
"It seems like if they aren't right by the bedside, they've got to go to the store," she
Rhonda Gray, Kansas City, Kan., senior, said that if people had planned a night for sex, the condoms might be nearer.
said. "It's not like they are going to be in the kitchen or something."
"I've known guys to have a condom under the pillow," she said. "That's really cheesy, but close."
Speicher said that people should be wary of the results of a survey such as this one.
"Any survey that looks at this kind of thing should make a concerted effort to make a valid survey." she said.
Where do you carry your condoms?
Source: Sheik/Ramses Condom Culture Survey
Noah Musser/KANSAN
Media asks for gag order reversal in murder case
JUNCTION CITY — A newspaper and a television station have asked a judge to reverse his order barring release of information about a capital murder case to the media.
The Associated Press
The order, issued March 28 by District Judge Larry Bengtson, applies to one of three teen-age defendants in the shooting deaths of a mother and son at a Pizza Hut where the two worked.
Bengtson scheduled a hearing today in Geary County District Court on a motion by Montgomery Publications Inc., parent company of The Daily Union and television station KTMJ, seeking reversal of the order.
Bengston's order, issued at the request of attorneys for 18-year-old Chris Everitt of Junction City, states: "All court personnel, counsel and law enforcement officers are restrained, under pain of contempt, from discussing the factual allegations of this case with any representatives of the press."
Everitt could be sentenced to death if convicted of capital murder in the deaths of Edeltrad Moore, 55, and Oscar Moore, 26. Their bodies were found the morning of March 21 in the back of the Pizza Hut.
Everitt also is charged with two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.
The other two defendants — 18-year-old Chano Young of Junction City and a 14-year-old boy — are each charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of aggravated kidnapping and one count of conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.
Public defenders Ralph J. DeZago and Maritza Segarra, representing Everitt, cited massive, highly prejudicial publicity in seeking the gag
order.
Mark Edwards, attorney for Montgomery Publications, said issuance of a gag order was a form of prior restraint that is invalid under the First Amendment.
'Magic Bus of graphics displayed at Lied today
Edwards' motion cited the U.S. Supreme Court's 1976 ruling in Nebraska Press Association v. Stuart, unanimously striking down gag orders imposed on the media by a trial judge in a homicide case.
Kansan staff report
Silicon Graphics, Inc., a manufacturer of visual computing systems, is bringing its "Magic Bus" to the Lied Center today between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The Magic Bus is a touring display of the company's latest technology and graphics. Silicon Graphics, Inc., developed the computers that created realistic-looking dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" and allowed Tom Hanks to shake hands with deceased presidents in "Forrest Gump."
Bill would make injury to pregnant woman a crime
The Associated Press
TOPEKA—Running a stop sign, hitting a car carrying a pregnant woman and causing her to lose her baby would be a misdemeanor — not a felony — under a compromise reached yesterday on a bill making it a crime to cause a miscarriage.
A conference committee made up of three House and three Senate members of the Legislature's Judiciary committees reached an agreement that would lower the penalty for causing a miscarriage during the commission of a misdemeanor.
The compromise bill will go to the House and the Senate when they reconvene tomorrow.
If both chambers approve the proposal, it still would need Gov. Bill Graves' signature to become law.
Attention 1995 Graduates!
Don't get lost in cyberspace when you graduate.
StavWired
through the KU Alumni Association your contact to more than 45,000 alumni members worldwide.
To help establish your link, the Association provides a free six-month membership for all new graduates. Your benefits begin April 1 and last through September 30.
Here's a checklist to help keep you on task:
Meet alumni staff on Wescoe Beach April 5 and 6.
Attend the Class of '95 Graduate Gatherings sponsored by the Student Alumni Association April 11,12 and 13. (RSVP form in Commencement packet) Come to enjoy free burgers and 50¢ draws (with ID).
Tour the Alumni Association April 25, 26 or 27. Call 864-4760.
Give the Alumni Association your post Commencement address and job information so we can stay connected.
Sign up for your complimentary Learned Club membership at the Alumni Center.
Attend Commencement Breakfast May 14.(RSVP form in Commencement packet)
Remember to stay wired to the Hill through the Alumni Association, 864-4760.
Put a 'Hawk in your pocket. Call INTRUST Card Center for an application,1-800-222-7458.
And if you sign up for a bank card at the Graduate Gatherings April 11, 12, or 13, you receive a free Jayhawk license plate frame.
INTRUST CARD CENTER
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