THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2008
NEWS
3A
CAMPUS
Relay helps cancer research
BY CALEB SOMMERVILLE
csommervillekansan.com
The American Cancer Society is sponsoring the annual Relay for Life to help raise awareness and money for cancer research.
The society will recruit teams until the event starts on May 2.
Stacie Schroeder, community manager-development for the American Cancer Society, said the teams were trying to raise more money to meet the $80,000 goal.
According to the Relay's Web site, there are 291 participants and 36 teams at the University of Kansas so far.
The Web site also said that the teams had raised about $7,984. Schroeder said that they were working on getting survivors to
speak at the event.
Laura Kelly, a Stage 3 non-Hodgkins T-cell Lymphoma survivor, will be the speaker at the opening ceremony on May 2. She was diagnosed with cancer when she was 14, but will be cancer-free for four years this August.
"It's a cause that's close to my heart." Kelly said.
Kelly, a Lenexa sophomore, first got involved with the American Cancer Society and the Relay for Life when she was going through chemotherapy her sophomore year of high school.
She participated in the Relay her sophomore year, not really knowing what to expect. The event ended up being life-changing.
"It was one of the most moving experiences ever," Kelly said.
After that, she was the survivor chairwoman for the Relay her junior year, and co-chairwoman of the whole event at her high school her senior year.
"I thought this would a fun opportunity," Kelly said.
Last year, she helped recruit people to participate, but was not able to serve on the committee this year because of school and work conflicts. Kelly still wanted to participate, though.
Cancer survivors and other people who want to help can participate in the Relay by signing up at http://events.cancer.org/rflikuks.
The Relay will begin at 6 p.m. on May 2 at Memorial Stadium.
Edited by Patrick De Oliveira
WORLD
Falling dollar value, global oil supply contribute to raised price of crude oil
VIENNA, Austria — Oil prices rose to new heights Tuesday, surging to almost $114 a barrel after the U.S. dollar fell and worries mounted about the global oil supply.
A report from the International Energy Agency said Russian oil production dropped this year for the first time in a decade. Crude oil shipments along one U.S.pipeline were said to be moving below capacity. And Italy's ENI reported a 5,000 barrel per day reduction in production at one of its facilities in Nigeria.
Light, sweet crude for May delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange rose as high as $113.66 a barrel by afternoon in Europe
before backing off. That was $1.45 above the previous record set last week.
The contract closed at a record settlement price of $111.76 a barrel on Monday.
The recent run above $100 a barrel has been largely attributed to a steadily depreciating U.S. currency because a weakening dollar prompts investors to seek a safe haven in hard commodities such as oil and gold.
"We've seen another swing down in the U.S. dollar so I think we saw short term traders go back into oil as a hedge against the falling dollar," said Mark Pervan, senior commodity strategist at the ANZ Bank in Melbourne, Australia.
Stephen Schork, in his Schork Report, described the rush into
oil on the falling dollar as an automatic reflex.
"Traders on the Nymex saw the dollar take another tumble, so they did what they have been conditioned to do when the dollar falls, i.e. they bought crude oil," he wrote.
Monday's news from the U.S. banking company Wachovia Corp. supported oil prices by making the U.S.dollar less attractive, said Victor Shum, an energy analyst with Purvin & Gertz in Singapore.
Wachovia, the fourth largest bank in the U.S., reported a hefty first-quarter loss and cut its dividend, and said it was forced to seek a $7 billion cash injection to make up for a poorly timed expansion of its mortgage business.
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Bill combats ultra-thin image
ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — In image-conscious France, it may soon be a crime to glamorize the ultra-thin. A new French bill cracks down on Web sites that advise anorexics on how to starve — and could be used to hit fashion industry heavyweights, too.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The groundbreaking bill, adopted Tuesday by Parliament's lower house, recommends fines of up to $71,000 and three-year prison sentences for offenders who encourage "extreme thinness." It goes to the Senate in the coming weeks.
Critics said the bill is too vague about whom it is targeting and doesn't even clearly define "extreme thinness."
If passed, the law would be the strongest of its kind anywhere, fashion industry experts said. It is the latest measure proposed after the 2006 anorexia-linked death of Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston prompted efforts throughout the fashion industry to address the health repercussions of ultra-thin models.
Doctors and psychologists treating patients with anorexia nervosa - a disorder characterized by an extreme fear of becoming overweight - welcomed the French effort, but said anorexia's link with media images remains hazy.
Brazilian model Ana Carolina Reston participates in a fashion show in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, in April 2005. The French parliament's lower house adopted a groundbreaking bill Tuesday that would make it illegal for anyone — including fashion magazines, advertisers and Web sites — to publicly incite extreme thinness. Reston, a 21-year-old anorexic model who weighed only 88 pounds, died Nov. 14, 2006, of generalized infection.
The bill's author, conservative French lawmaker Valery Boyer, said she wanted to encourage discussion about women's health and body image. Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot said Web sites that encourage young girls to starve should not be protected by freedom of expression.
For the bill's backers, the message behind the measure is important enough.
So-called "pro-ana" — for proanorexia — sites and blogs have
flourished in the United States and beyond, often hosted by adolescents sharing stories of how they deprive their bodies of nourishment.
French lawmakers and fashion industry members signed a nonbinding charter last week on promoting healthier body images.
In 2007, Spain banned from catwalks models whose body mass-to-height ratio is below 18.
Bill author Boyer said such measures did not go far enough.
Her bill has focused attention on pro-anorexia Web sites that give advice on how to eat an apple a day — and nothing else.
THIS WEEK ON CAMPUS April 16, 2008 funded by: SENATE STUDENT
Who: Alpha Gamma Delta
What: Alpha Gam Slam (volleyball tournament)
When: April 19th 12-4pm
Why: To raise money for the Alpha Gamma Delta Foundation which helps fund
Juvenille Diabetes Research
Where: Robinson gymnasium (1301 Sunnyside)
Cost: $5 per person with a minimum of six on a team.
Prizes: Yes
Questions? Let me (Rachael Fallin) know:
roo2006@ku.edu or (913) 244-4560
Get Caught Reading!!! It Pays to be Informed
Get Caught Reading a newspaper April 14th-18th and you will be entered into a drawing for a $200 Best Buy Gift card. Thanks! - The Collegeiate Readership Program
EVENT: "RAGS TO RICHES"
CHARITY BALL
PURPOSE: Fundraiser event for the Lawrence Humane Society. All you have to bring are a donation of old towels & rags! Monetary donations are accepted. INFO: This event is open to ANYONE! NSCS members bring your friends! This is for a good cause. Music, food & swing dance lessons will be provided. It will give students a chance to go to a
DATE: Saturday, April 19
TIME: 7pm-9:45pm
LOCATION: Gridiron Room
at the Burge Union
HOSTED BY: National Society of
Collegiate Scholars &
KU Honor Society
formal event, dress up, have fun & dance the night away.
BOCO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS BOARD OF CLASS OFFICERS
GRADUATING CLASS OF 2009- YOUR SENIOR DUES HELP TO PAY FOR THE SENIOR CLASS GIFT, SENIOR MOTTO, AND SENIOR BANNER, SO MAKE SURE TO CHECK THESE DUES OFF UNDER OPTIONAL CAMPUS FEES.
Be A Part of Center for Community Outreach!
CCO is seeking motivated service-orientated people for the following paid positions Co-Director·Communications Director·Financial Director· Technology Director
CLASS DUES CAN BE FOUND UNDER THE LIST OF OPTIONAL CAMPUS FEES. THESE CLASS DUES HELP TO FUND THE BOARD OF CLASS OFFICERS, WHICH DISTRIBUTES THE H.O.P.E.,C.L.A.S.S. AND CAMPANILE AWARDS AT KU AND HELPS TO FINANCE MAJOR CAMPUS EVENTS.
27 Volunteer Coordinating Positions are also open for our 14 volunteer programs. Applications are available at www.ku.edu/~cco or outside 405 Kansas Union. Co-director Applications are due April 7th (Recommendations due April 11) All other applications due April 21st
Sunday April 20th
5-7pm @ Abe & Jakes
5$ for all you can eat buffet
Proceeds donated to Habitat for Humanity
My Big Fat Greek Dinner
Register at: kunothingbutnets@gmail.com
ATTENTION STUDENTS!!! DON'T FORGET TO PAY YOUR CLASS DUES DURING ENROLLMENT.
DANCE N' DODGE
Nothing But Nets
DODGEBALL TOURNMENT!
SPRING FUN!
PRIZES!
SAVE LIVES!
Sat April 26th, 2008
Robinson 12-4pm
Refreshments Served
$6/Person $36/Team
Sigma Phi Epsilon Softball Tournament
April 19th and 20th.
All proceeds will be donated to the
Ali Kemp Educational Foundation.
$100 per team /15 people max
per team
Please contact Fran Scheuerman at 913.940.4236
or scheuerm@ku.edu
Saturday, April 19th Earth Day Parade & Celebration
11:00AM: Parade down Mass. St (hosted by the KU Environs) 11:30-4:00: Celebration in South Park
Free Admission!
Activities:
Live music, informational booths, food vendors, and much more!
Come party, play, and participate in this purely fun festival!