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HEALTH
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Whole grains: don't stop 'til you get enough
BY
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KATASHA
KUMAR AND
BEN SULLIVAN
kkumar@kansan.com and
bsullivan@kansan.com
The University of Kansas dining services already offer some whole grain products, but as whole grain products are becoming more popular, dining services are adding more food options to their menus.
David Arnett, manager of the Underground, says that KU dining services are trying to make the shift to whole grain products. The main idea is to offer healthier food options for students.
"We have wheat-wraps, wheat-bread options and
multi-grain options at Brellas. We also serve a grilled chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A that comes on a wheat bun," said Arnett.
Currently KU dining services throughout campus offer whole-grain options. Brellas is one University restaurant offering healthier food items and can be found at Oliver Hall, the Underground, Crimson Café and the Market.
healthier lifestyle.
Elizabeth Kocen, a junior, says KU dining services should offer more vegetables and wheat-based noodles to provide students with a
James Heryynk, a Ph.D. student in medical anthropology, conducted research on brown rice versus white rice and tried to push KU dining services to serve brown rice sushi instead of white rice sushi.
"Whole grains are one of the foods that you can never have enough of," Herynk said. "Whole grains contain antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and fiber not found in refined grains."
The difference between whole grains and the standard white grain is in the processing.
grain is in the kernel. "Whole grains include the kernel, which is the power-packed part of grain made up of the bran, endosperm, and germ," Herynk said.
Processing grain removes the bran, which is the outer layer that contains most of the fiber, and the germ, which contains many of the nutrients packed in the seed.
Herynk is concerned with the overall quality of foods offered on campus.
"The food options on campus mostly consist of fats, sugars, and empty carbs that convert rapidly to energy." Herynk said.
In response to people wanting more health conscious options, the Underground sold the brown rice sushi option and said it was not very successful. Then the Underground went back to the white rice sushi, Arnett said.
white rice Suzi has Sushi with brown rice is offered at other locations around town.
Underground's Nutritional Facts
Brellas Crunch Chicken
Brellas Crunch Chicken
Cheddar Wrap
Serving Size: 1 half
Calories: 388
Total Fat: 24 g
Cholesterol 106 mg
Sodium: 823 mg
Protein: 27 g
Source: myfitnesspal.com
Chick fil-a Chicken Sandwich
Serving Size: 1 sandwich
Calories: 430
Total Fat: 17 g
Cholesterol: 60 mg
Sodium: 1410 g
Protein: 30 g
Source: chick-fil-a.com
Sushi with Gusto California Roll.
Serving Size: 8 oz
Calories: 269.9
Total Fat: 3.9 g
Cholesterol: 3.6 mg
Sodium: 1377 mg
Protein: 5.9 g
- Source: union.ku.edu
such as the Dillons on 23rd and Naismith, which gets sushi from the same company. The option is available, but student interest is the key to the offer.
Arnett is on a committee made up of all the managers of different KU dining services on campus. The committee meets regularly and they decide what new items should be on the menus and are always looking for new items said Arnett.
Edited by Danielle Packer
Go to Kansan.com to watch a video feature on the whole grain options at The Underground, including interviews with manager David Arnett.
Fraternity puts faith first and membership second
CAMPUS
BY MIKE LAVIERI
mlavieri@kansan.com
Todd Dorsey says his fraternity focuses more on the quality of men than the quantity.
Brothers Under Christ, or "Bucks," is a small fraternity of 27 men that centers on Christ and being
a Christian.
The fraternity isn't as widely known as some of the Greek groups on campus.
This group isn't Greek but uses the letters: Beta Chloride.
Upsilon Chi (BYX).
Bucks isn't focusing on being a large group at the moment, said Todd Dorsey, a senior from Overland Park and co-founder of the OYK Kansas chapter.
Schools like Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas have more than 100 members. Dorsey said the Kansas chapter isn't dwelling on becoming one of the larger chapters. He wants the chapter to be on the same page. He wants to see fellowship among
the members and see them grow in unity.
"You never want to double in one year or one semester," Dorsey said. "It's really hard with the structure and logistics of having everything happen and happen well."
Since the fraternity started a year ago, Dorsey said there have been about eight new members per semester. He said that he wants about 40 to 45 members by its sixth semester. At the current growth rate, Buck will hit the number in its fifth semester.
itself sentient.
Dorsey said that there has been a difficulty getting the fraternity's name out there. An article that ran in the Lawrence Journal World said that BYX is an exclusive fraternity, which it is. Members have to be men and have to be Christian, but that is to continue on with the fraternity's purpose. Dorsey said that people from all walks of life are invited to their open parties.
Dorsey said that people have the perception that BYX thinks it is above everybody else, but Dorsey said this isn't the case. He said the fraternity is trying to establish relationships with other fraternities and sororites. BYX is having a dinner
with Tri-Delta on March 15, and they are also participating in intramurals.
murals.
With the recent events transpiring in the last few years and most recent months, BYX wants to be as upstanding men.
seem to upstart Jeremy Wynne, a sophomore from Topeka, said there is a very strict anti-hazing policy in place. He was a part of BYX's first pledge class and being initiated into the fraternity isn't about belittlement but about unity.
but about this.
“Our goal of pledgeship is to grow them in fellowship with each other, integrate them with the fraternity, make them feel welcome, included and then also teaching them how to be men,” Wynne said.
be men, Wynne said. The name Brothers Under Christ says it all, Wynne said. He acknowledges a difference between them and other fraternities in that Christ and being a Christian is the center of what the fraternity stands for.
of what the maternity nurse asks "We want to serve each other." Wynne said. "We want to try to make each other better and encourage each other rather than break each other down."
— Edited by Erin Wilbert
NATIONAL
President willing to bend on health care
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
WASHINGTON — Looking for some goodwill from the nation's governors, President Barack Obama said Monday that he's willing to bend a bit to help them deal with their budgetary problems stemming from health care costs- and the political heat rising from his 2010 law to expand health care.
Obama,addressinggovernorsin town for the National Governors Association, said he supports a move to let states design their
implement that plan. And we'll work with you to do it."
own health care systems starting in 2014 with waivers from provisions of his 2010 Affordable Care Act, so long as those state systems meet the law's goals. The existing law wouldn't allow state waivers until 2017.
"It will give you flexibility more quickly while still guaranteeing the American people reform," Obama told the governors. "If your state can create a plan that covers as many people as affordably and comprehensively as the Affordable Care Act does - without increasing the deficit-you can
The president vowed as well to work with a bipartisan panel of governors to find alternate ways to reduce Medicaid costs without hurting services to those who need it, if the governors can come up with recommendations that meet his qualifications. "If you can come up with more ways to reduce Medicaid costs while still providing quality care to those who need it, I will support those proposals as well."
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