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Studving in the sun
Many classes moved outside Friday when the temperature reached 73 degrees. Weekend temperatures were in the 60s, but the National Weather Service predict that high temperatures this week will dip back down to the 40s.
University Daily Kansan / Monday, February 29, 1988
Cholesterol test is accessible
By James Buckman
Kansan staff writer
Students can have their cholesterol levels checked this spring faster and easier than ever before.
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Charles Yockey, chief of staff at Watkins, said students could walk in and have their cholesterol level tested without having to see a doctor first.
He said the test was something every student should seriously consider.
"If your cholesterol level is high, you have a serious problem at this age," he said. "You have premature heart disease written all over your health history if you don't take care of it."
The tests are paid for by student health fees, and do not cost additional money. Yockey said that earlier this month Watkins ended its policy requiring students to see a physician before they had the cholesterol test.
"We weren't reaching enough people through that mechanism," Yockey said. "If you didn't come down here because of some medical problem, you wouldn't
have a serum cholesterol drawn."
Without the test, students who otherwise seem healthy could be ignoring a serious health risk that could contribute to heart disease and heart attacks later in life, be said.
Paul Reith, an endocrinologist at Watkins, said cholesterol was a fatty substance that could be deposited in the lining of the arteries, helping form deposits called atherosclerotic plaques.
"Those deposits can eventually close off blood vessels and starve tissues, causing strokes in the brain, heart attacks in the heart and loss of circulation in the feet," he said.
Yockey said that cholesterol problems usually were genetic. Some people are less able than others to reduce cholesterol levels in their bloodstream, he said.
Yockey said the testing process only took about five minutes and only required a blood sample. In a week to 10 days after the test, the results would be mailed to the student.
Fans flock to Milkmen
By Jeff Suggs
Kansan staff writer
It's two hours before showtime and Dead Milkmen bassist Dave Blood is wandering around the Jaybowl looking to play a couple of video games.
His band has traveled about 200 miles a day, five days straight, to play shows. Blood is tired.
But two hours later, there's no sign of that fatigue as Blood, lead singer Rodney Anonymous, guitarist-vocalist Joe Jack Talcum and drummer Dean Clean, step on stage to thrill fans in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Fans thronged the ballroom Saturday night to receive the Dead Milkmen, the jokers of punk. Opening for the four-man Philadelphia-based band were Yo La Tengo from New Jersey and a local band. Foodhead.
The audience went wild when the Dead Milkmen started with "The Pit," from "Bucky Fellini," their latest album. People were slam dancing and singing along to such audience favorites as "Rastabilly." "Serrated Edge," "Beach Party Vietnam" and "Instant Club Hit (You'll Dance to Anthing)."
The audience also screamed in approval as lead singer Anonymous made fun of fundamentalist Christians, teen music edits Tiffany and Debbie Gibson and the heavy metal group Motley Crue.
many in the audience were impressed with the on-stage shenanigans of the Milkmen.
"Ive seen them before, and I like them a lot," said Dave Oliver, Engwood, Colo., sophomore. "They're different than any other band."
Scott Hedrick, Lawrence sophomore, said, "They're very original. They manage to insult everybody. They're funny and very entertaining. They seem to have a very good time with their shows."
Blood said he never dreamed that a lot of people, critics and fans alike.
"Our music was so simple and so weird, I was surprised anyone would like it," he said.
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