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Thursday, February 22,1996
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
ON CAMPUS
KU Kempo Karate Club will meet at 4:30 p.m. today at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Mark Hurt at 842-4713.
KU Fencing Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at 215 Robinson Center. For more information, call John Hendrix at 864-1529.
Andrew Tsubaki will sponsor KU Ki-Alkido Club at 6 p.m. today at 207 Robinson Center. For more information, call Matt Stumpe at 864-6594.
KU Meditation Club will meet at 6 p.m. today at Alcove D in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Ravi Hirekat at 832-8789.
KU Champions Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Parlors in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Erik Lindsley at 841-4585.
Inter Varsity Graduate Christian Fellowship will sponsor a Bible Study at 7 tonight at the Oread Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Becky at 864-8039.
KU Democrats will sponsor a Religion and Politics Issues Forum at 7 tonight at the International Room in the Kansas Union. For more information, call Chris Sexton at 864-2229.
Native American Student Association will meet at 7 tonight at the auditorium in the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call Lori Hauxwell at 864-1799.
Ichthus Christian Outreach will meet at 7:30 tonight at the Frontier Room in the Burge Union. For more information, call Scott Nissen at 838-9719.
KU Cycling Club will meet at 8 tonight at 156 Robinson Center. For more information, call Kris Henkhaus at 864-8209.
Multicultural Resource Center will sponsor a multicultural peer educating team informational meeting at 8 tonight at the Multicultural Resource Center. For more information, call Gloria Flores at 864-4351.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's purse was stolen between 6 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday in 202 Bailey Hall. The purse was valued at $95.50, KU police reported.
A KU student's driver-side door was damaged and radar detector, compact disc player and compact disc player adapter kit were stolen between 11:15 p.m. Sunday and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in lot 123 south of Jayhawker Towers. The damage was estimated at $50, and the items were valued at $370, KU police reported.
A KU student's passenger-side door was damaged and stereo and compact discs were stolen between 10 p.m. Sunday and 8 p.m. Tuesday in lot 123 south of Jayhawker Towers. The damage was estimated at $100, and the items were valued at $110, KU police reported.
New oil might not be all it is fried up to be
Critics contend Olestra is too greasy to be good
By Jason Strait
Kansan staff writer
To appease an overweight country of fast-food eaters, fat-free foods that retain their greasy taste are on the way.
Fat-free snacks such as ice cream, cookies and brownies that are made with oil substitutes already are here. But with a new oil called Olestra, frying foods may take on a whole new meaning.
Olestra, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, will be the first fat-free oil that can be used for frying anything from chicken to potatoes.
Olestra is a sucrose polyester, a synthetic compound containing eight fatty acids that slip through the body without being absorbed, unlike regular fat. And though on the surface it seems like a greasy miracle, some say it comes with negative consequences.
Ann Chapman, dietician at Watkins Memorial Health Center , said that when Olestra had been passed by the FDA, it had created a controversy between its creators and health experts across the nation.
Supporters said Olestra had been extensively tested and had been proven safe. But many health experts disagreed and said it could cause a variety of health problems.
"It passes through the system without being absorbed," Chapman said. "But it may pull fat-soluble nutrients out of the system at the same time, and there is a potential for it to create cramping and loose stools in some people."
Where's the fat?
Some of the major fat replacers now being used:
- Simplesse — Made of egg whites and milk protein. Used in no-fat ice creams and yogurt.
Wonderslim - Made of water, dried plums, vegetable monoglycerides and diglycerides and citric acids. Used in some fruit pie and brownie products.
Benefat — Made of reduced-calorie fats by rearranging the short and long chain fatty acids of a variety of natural ingredients. Used in low-fat chocolate products.
Chapman said she expected Olestra and its food byproducts to reach the Lawrence market by next fall, which might not be such a blessing.
Chapman said one of the biggest problems that affected college students with fat-free products was a tendency to overheat. She said it had been common for college students to see the fat-free label and assume they could eat as much as they liked.
The oil may seem like a blessing for eaters on the run, but some college students, such as Sunny Alexander, Kansas City, Mo., junior, remain apprehensive.
"Snack-Well's are very popular," she said. "They buy a box and eat half of it in one sitting. They feel like they have free rein, but you're not going to manage your weight that way."
"I would be scared to use it, it sounds too good to be true," she said. "I would probably stick to my regular stuff, like Crisco."
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RAPE: Few victims report
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times rapes were mistakenly reported as battery or other violent crimes.
"We haven't a clear grasp on exactly the magnitude of frequency," she said. "We have a group that's not reported at all and a group that's not factually reported."
Hadle said that there was a two year statute of limitations to press charges in a rape case.
But she stressed that it was a good idea to file the initial report as soon as possible, because it could provide essential information even if the victim didn't plan on pressing charges.
"If the individual changes their mind we'll have the information," she said.
almost 25 percent of convicted rapists never go to prison. The ones who are convicted spend an average of 11 months in jail.
Sarah Jane Russell, director of Rape Victim-Survivor Service, 1419 Massachusetts St., said that one reason women didn't report rapes was that they feared reliving the rape in court. But Russell estimated that only 10 percent of reported rapes went to court.
According to the Department of Justice, more than half of all rape prosecutions are either dismissed before trial or result in acquittal. And
CLARIFICATION
"Once a case is reported it has to fit all the legal aspects." she said.
An editorial in yesterday's Kansas contained unclear information. Thirty-two percent of KU's freshmen did not leave the University of Kansas after the Fall 1996 semester. Many of these freshmen became sophomores at the University after the fall semester.
Russell said that first the report had to be made, then the district attorney had to review the case to make sure all of the information was documented and the case was provable.
And even if the case went to court, Russell said that there were no guarantees.
"We can't promise that there is always going to be a conviction," she said.
First Bank Kansas
FIRST BANK JUDGES
FIRST
KU Student Recreation Center Referendum
The New Rec Center will consist of ...
Your Vote Counts! The Facts are...
- Aerobic Studio, with appropriate flooring
- Indoor suspended, 4 lane walking and jogging track
- Large Combative Arts room
- Rock Climbing Wall
- Sports Club service-workroom, computer lab equipment storage
- computer lab, equipment storage
- Looker Rooms and Information Center
- First Aid/Wellness Office
- First Aid/Wellness Office
- All areas will be climate controlled and participant accessible
- 7 Basketball Courts
- 2 Lighted and Groomed Regulation Softball Fields
The affect to your fees will be...
*Increase by $30 per sem. starting fall '96 for design and engineering
Additional increase of $22 starting fall '97 per sem. to pay for the construction
*When the building opens in '99 the current $13 semester fee will be replaced by an operating fee of $38
*The total fee beginning in 1999 will be $90 per semester
$30
$22
+$38
$90