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Katherine Logan, from Kansas City, graduate student and member of the Ecumenical Christian Ministries student leadership team, leads an international cooking class on Monday night in the ECM kitchen. Logan taught a group of more than 20 how to make southern Indian food including jasmine rice and rice pudding.
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vegetable korma and rice pudding with raisins were the four dishes prepared by the new international cooking class, A-Broad Cuisine.
A-Broad Cuisine, hosted by Ecumenical Christian Ministries, held its second cooking session last night in the ECM building and focused this week's class on traditional Indian food. The class is held every other week on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. and there are five more to look forward to this semester.
Rebecca Lo, senior from Coffeyville, heard about the class from friends.
"I really love Indian food so I thought it would be interesting to check it out," Lo said.
Chelsea Mertz, a senior from Topeka and one of the coordinators of A-Broad Cuisine, said the class is set up on a first-come, first-serve basis. Students can sign up in the ECM or e-mail an RSVP to Mertz at chelsaye@gmail.com the week prior to the class.
"We ask for a five dollar donation for each class that helps with the food costs," Mertz said. "It's quite a deal for all the food you get. Plus, after we make everything, we sit down to dinner and enjoy it all."
Mertz said they break up the class into about four smaller groups and each group takes one recipe, either an appetizer, entrée, side dish or dessert. Guest cooks lead each session and teach according to their specialties, she said.
Teresa Bruno, a junior from Mexico, said she thinks she will have to come back for
the next session.
"I got some new ideas," Bruno said. "It was very nice to have contact with the food and see everyone cooking together."
After being approached last semester to coordinate the class by Thad Holcombe, advisor and pastor at the ECM, Mertz and
Ashley Davis, a junior from Wakarusa and co-coordinator of A-Broad Cuisine, developed the ideas for the class over winter break. They chose themes, guest cooks and class dates.
"For each class we pick out recipes about a week ahead of time," Mertz said. "The weekend before the class we start tinkering with the recipes and we do the grocery shopping on Sunday afternoon."
"We ask for a five dollar donation for each class .. It's quite a deal for all the food you get."
Nancy Xaio Liang, a junior from China, said she went to the class to further her cooking skills.
Sunday evening they make up the plan for how the class will run; who will teach the appetizer, the entree, the side dish and the dessert, Mertz said. The food is vegetarian and they make sure to provide vegan versions of the recipes so everyone has an option to eat.
"Since I'm living off campus next semester I thought it would be good to learn more about cooking." Liang said. "I also think Indian food is always delicious."
Katherine Logan, a graduate student from Kansas City, taught last night's class. Mertz said Logan has been experimenting with different types of Indian food for a while. Throughout the class Logan explained what ingredients each recipe incorporated and helped each group to prepare its dish.
CHELSEA MERTZ senior from Topeka
After an hour and a half of cook-
At the end of the meal everyone did the dishes in a synchronized
manner; one person washed, one dried, and the rest put everything away.
Davis said next session, on March 8, they will make traditional Irish cuisine since it falls so close to St. Patrick's Day.
Krista Gampper, a senior from Iowa, said she got to do a little bit of everything in the kitchen. Her favorite part was stuffing the eggplants.
"I've tried cooking eggplants by myself and they turned out horribly." Gampper said. "I'm excited to be a part of an eggplant that goes well"
Edited by Anna Archibald
These recipes were prepared Monday night at the ECM's international cooking class:
Southern Indian Jasmine Rice
Ingredients:
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup Jasmine
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
**Directions:**
Directions:
1. In a medium saucepan, rinse the rice with cold water.
2. Drain the rice, then add 2 cups of fresh, cold water plus the salt and pepper.
3. Bring the water to a boil over high heat and allow it to boil uncovered for 1 minute. Then, turn the heat to low and cover.
4. Cook until most of the water is absorbed and the grains are tender, 15-20 minutes. Take the rice off the heat and let it rest, covered, 5-10 minutes Fluff with a fork.
Southern Indian Rice Pudding with Raisins
45 min | 10 min prep | SERVES 4
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup brown rice, rinsed
- 1 1/4 cups rice milk
- 1/3 cup raisins
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- 1/3 cup brown rice syrup or maple syrup
- 1/2 t. cinnamon
- 1/4 t. ground ginger
2. Add the rice, cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 35 minutes or until all of the water has been absorbed.
1. In a medium saucepan, bring the water to a boil.
1/8 t. ground nutmeg Directions:
3. Add the remaining ingredients, stir well to combine, and continue to cook the mixture over low heat until all of the liquid has been absorbed.
4. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and place the pudding in the refrigerator to chill. Top individual servings with a little additional cinnamon before serving, if desired.
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"My boyfriend Aaron and I went to a free health day at the Health Care Access Clinic to get free HIV testing because it was something I'd never done before," Bolton said.
Patty Quintan, director of nursing at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said one in four individuals who are tested for STIs test positively and that testing for chlamydia and gonorrhea are now routine in gynecologist visits because they are the most common STIs. She also said chlamydia and HPV are the two most common STIs on campus.
"It's so easy to spread," she said, adding that different viruses and illnesses, such as chlamydia and HPV can spread "like a grass fire."
Quinlan said it was important for anyone who has been sexually active to get STI testing, especially when someone's partner changes or if they have more than one partner.
Alyssa said this was the first time she had been tested for all STIs and STDs.
"I had thought about how if I had herpes, my entire life would change and my relationships with other people would be completely different," Alyssa said. "I try really hard to keep myself healthy and be conscious of my body. To think that all the hard work I had put into being a healthy person could be taken away from me - because of what someone else did - made me feel completely helpless."
Alyssa said she wasn't going to get the testing done at first, but the possibility that she might have herpes lingered in the back of her mind even though she didn't have any symptoms.
Quinlan said one reason Douglas county had a higher
number of positive STI cases was because college towns have large populations, making them the highest populated counties in Kansas. She said it was also due, in part, to the universities having health services that are reaching out to discover positive cases so people can get treatment and prevent spreading.
She said the higher numbers may not reflect the sexual habit of college students.
Not long after Alyssa had been tested, she got a call back with her test results.
"They called me while I was in class and I had a message from the nurse saying 'Alyssa, this is so and so at the hospital and we have your labs back and could you please give us a call at this number," she said. "It was so ominous."
"I did cry because I had done everything right and now I have proof of it," she said. "You trust someone and then they can put you in danger with what they do."
It wasn't until she called the nurse back and listened to the nurse "cheerily" assure her over and over again that her test results came back completely clean, that Alyssa was satisfied.
Bolton agreed that putting your trust in someone can be tricky in such instances.
"It's an instance of never being too careful," Bolton said. "I know Aaron and I aren't fucking around on each other, but I think it's still a smart idea to always have current, accurate information regarding one's body."
Watkins, along with other clinics such as LMH and the Lawrence Health Care Access Clinic, 1920 Moodie Road, offer STI and STD testing.
"We strongly encourage
PRICES FOR STD/STI TESTING AT WATKINS MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER
Chlamydia: $45.70
Gonorrhea: $45.70
Herpes: $31.40
Syphilis: $15
HIV: $25.10
*Prices are subject to change. Call Watkins STI Lab at (785) 864-9507 or check current pricing.
STITESTS STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES PERFORMED IN 2009
Hepatitis B: 97
Syphilis: 426
HIV 1: 593
Herpes/Ili: 225
Chlamydia/Gonorrhea:
1,794
STDs vs. STIs
STD: Sexually transmitted disease with visible physical symptoms.
STI: Sexually transmitted infection that may or may not have noticeable symptoms.
- Derek Coppedge,
Kansas Bureau of
Disease Control and Prevention
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students to know that sexual health is as important as all other aspects of healthy living like diet and exercise," Quinlan said. "Prices should not prevent someone from seeking medical care."
Edited by Kristen Liszewski
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Petition seeks less soot
The Center for Biological Diversity called for regulations to be implemented under the Clean Water Act.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An environmental group petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday to reduce soot, saying it accelerates melting of glaciers and sea ice.
"Black carbon, or soot, is not only dangerous to breathe but also a potent global warming
pollutant that is greatly accelerating the melt of Arctic sea ice and glaciers around the world," attorney Matt Vespa said.
Soot darkens the atmosphere absorbs heat and raises air temperatures. On snow and ice, it absorbs heat and increases melting, the center said.
It also can contribute to warming by reducing the reflectivity of snow and ice — replacing a white surface, which bounces solar energy away from the Earth, with a dark one.
EPA spokesman Tony Brown
Vespa said the petition was the first to explicitly seek protection of water in its solid form.
in Seattle said he had not seen the petition and the agency had no immediate comment.
Soot hangs in the atmosphere only about a month and is not distributed globally, unlike greenhouse gases, which last decades. As a result, reducing soot would have a quicker payoff for the climate, Vespa said.
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Shoe prints used to charge men with church arson
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TYLER, Texas — Investigators used security videotapes and shoe prints to help them link two men to two church fires in Texas, according to arrest warrant affidavits released Monday.
Jason Robert Bourque, 19,
and Daniel George McAllister,
21, were arrested and charged
Sunday with a single felony arson
in the torching of the Dover
Baptist Church near Tyler
in rural Smith County.
If convicted, Bourque and McAllister could face life in prison.
The affidavits, prepared by Texas Rangers Sgt. Brent Davis and presented to the court Monday, link the suspects to the Feb. 8 Dover Baptist fire and another the same day at the Clear Spring Missionary Baptist Church in nearby Linda. The churches are among
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Bourque and McAllister appear on video shot by security cameras at convenience stores near the churches, according to the affidavit.
11 that have burned in Texas this year in suspected arson attacks.
Former mayor discusses career
Willie Brown, former mayor of San Francisco, will speak tonight at 7:30 at the Dole Institute of Politics. Brown will discuss his political career, which includes serving as San Francisco's first African American mayor for eight
— Kirsten Kwon
a tip that Bourque had been involved in the church fires, and they visited his home where they found a pair of muddy shoes inside the garage. The shoes matched prints found at the scene of several of the church blazes, including the Dover Baptist fire, he said.
years and being one of only four black members of the California Assembly in the 1960s. Today, he continues to be a well-known American Democrat.The event is free to the public and is sponsored by the Black Student Union.
Davis said investigators received
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