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October 8, 2010 | Volume 206 | Number 33 | 40 cents | iowastatedaily.com | An independent newspaper serving Iowa State since 1890.
FRIDAY
Sex
Iowa State
Culture of hookups
Student dies due to vehicle accident
Faces inthe Crowd
Students lose sight of safety practices By Sarah.Clark iowastatedaily.com Hot, wet, dirty or rough; however you like it, you can find it on a college campus. The “hookup,” society’s new word for meeting and mating, is a developing act swarming college campuses. National studies have revealed that more than 70 percent of college students will hook up with a casual partner in some form before they graduate. Teresa Downing-Matibag, assistant professor of sociology, has also recently been involved with multiple studies revealing students’ behaviors and attitudes toward hooking up. Her studies revealed that students are often misinformed about the risks of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection during hookups. In Downing-Matibag’s study, none of the students who engaged in oral sex during a hookup protected themselves against orally transmitted STIs because they didn’t think it was necessary. “You [students] need to think about the fact that the person you are giving oral sex to on Friday night might have had unprotected vaginal intercourse with someone else last Saturday. You really don’t know how many sexual partners your hookup partners have had, or whether they used protection,” Downing-Matibag said. Downing-Matibag is also an adviser for Iowa State’s Relationships on Campus organization and the Intimate Relationships learning community. The two organizations work to teach students how to maintain healthy intimate relationships in the college atmosphere. Downing-Matibag’s studies revealed students are often unprepared to discuss the use of protection during their hookup encounters. Because hookups are not always planned, students are not prepared for the sexual intimacy that may arbitrarily arise. Furthermore, DowningMatibag said, when alcohol is added to the picture, students’ abilities
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What’s your definition of hooking up?
Rachel Steingas junior in mechanical engineering “Having a hot make out session, at the very least.”
By Kaitlin.York iowastatedaily.com Jonathan Arnold Brown, junior in computer engineering, died Thursday morning as a result of injuries sustained after being struck by a vehicle Saturday night. The vehicle was driven by Derek Haskin, senior in prebusiness, at approximately 10 p.m. Saturday after the ISU football game against Texas Tech. No speeding, reckless driving or alcohol was involved, said Mike Brennan, investigations commander for Ames Police. Brown was crossing South 16th Street near Mulberry Boulevard. Witnesses said he was walking on the south side of the street, according to a news release by ISU News Service. Brown was parked at the Ames Christian School, on South 16th Street. He was walking with two people be-
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Pollution
Sanitary sewer leak discovered in Squaw Creek Paul Wedemeyer senior in management information systems
Qing Wu, junior in accounting, and Chen Dangxing, freshman in statistics, walk around campus Thursday near the Memorial Union. They met at Iowa State and started dating a year ago. Karuna Ang/Iowa State Daily
“Hooking up is a good end to a good night.”
Advocates for Youth, ISU professor host workshop on sexual knowledge, behaviors By Taysha.Murtaugh iowastatedaily.com ISU students crammed into a conference room Thursday night at Martin Hall to talk about relationships and sex. “Is there any better way to spend a Thursday night than pizza, sex and relationships?” said Tom Klaus, program director of Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives at Advocates for Youth. Advocates for Youth is a
Washington, D.C.-based organization working to empower young people to make decisions for their own sexual health. Klaus teamed up with Teresa Downing-Matibag, assistant professor of sociology, to conduct a workshop promoting the quality of youth relationships and its impact on sexual health. “Not only does the quality of a personal relationships have a lot
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Alexandria Benson senior in electrical engineering “It’s going out of your way to do something random with somebody you hardly know.”
By Nyajuok.Deng iowastatedaily.com Erv Klaas was the first to notice something was amiss in the Squaw Creek. A volunteer for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Klaas takes water samples from two places on the Squaw Creek; where it’s crossed by Fourth Street and Duff Ave, to test for a variety of things, from water clarity to bacteria levels. In July, Klaas first reported a difference in the E. Coli levels reported between his two testing sites and immediately reported the increased bacteria levels to city officials. In August and September, Klaas recorded similar discrepancies between the two sites, and continued to report them to the city of Ames, which began checking storm sewers for any sort of drainage that might have occurred. September 23, Klaas sampled his sites and recorded approximately 11,700 E. Coli colonies per 100 mils at the spot near Duff, compared to his sampling from the spot near Fourth St., which yielded only 3,000 colonies per 100 mils. A reading of 235 would be enough to close a public beach, Klaas said, but since the creek is only classified as a secondary contact stream, it’s held to different standards. Saturday, the Skunk River Navy discovered a sanitary sewer leak in Squaw Creek during one of its cleaning events.
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LGBTAA
Philanthropy
Coming out stories rally community
Greek Run for the Roses benefits arthritis research
By Adam.Hayes iowastatedaily.com Coming out to friends and family can be difficult for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. Anna Howie, junior in linguistics and president of the LGBT Ally Alliance, identifies as pansexual, which, she said, “is similar to bisexuality, but without the gender binaries.” “Getting the courage up to tell people was definitely really hard, but the hardest part was trying to anticipate how people would react,” Howie said. Howie said she was in the closet as early as sixth grade. “I faked having crushes on people, just so no one would ever suspect me. It was definitely hard because I felt completely alone back in middle school,” she said. Once high school began, she still had no intentions of telling anyone about her sexual identity, until one of her friends asked her about “Are you a lesbian or bisexual?” the friend said.
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National coming out week events
By Lindsay.Calvert iowastatedaily.com
Friday: Patty Larkin performing at 8 p.m. at the M-Shop Monday: Coming Out 101: noon to 1 p.m. at LGBT Student Services Center, 1064 Student Services Building Will “highlight the coming out process and resources available to find pride and support at Iowa State.” Tuesday: OUT for Lunch: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pine Room, Memorial Union for students to talk about LGBT issues Wednesday: Movie night followed by group discussion: 6:30 p.m. at Marston Hall 207 Thursday: David Sedaris at 7:30 p.m. at CY Stephens Auditorium. Cost is $25 for ISU students. Oct. 15: Coming Out Rally: noon at the Parks Library Free Speech Zone Pride Dance: 8 p.m. to midnight at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. $5 LGBTAA members, $8 nonmembers
Kathy and Jeff Wellik of Story City never imagined their 4-year-old daughter, Kaylee, would be 1 of the 2,800 children in Iowa diagnosed with arthritis. Kaylee started complaining about her knees at age 3. Kathy Wellik said she always wanted to be carried; they thought it was jealousy toward her new baby sister. Kaylee’s parents took her to a walkin clinic for a swollen knee at age 4. The doctor thought she just twisted it while playing. Two weeks later, Kaylee became very sick. She woke up and could barely move, Kathy said. “They put her through every test in the world in the next five days,” Kathy said. Doctors first thought it was leukemia, but later diagnosed Kaylee with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. “I was in shock at first, obviously, but I was thankful it wasn’t cancer,” Kathy said. Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis is the most common type of arthritis in children under 16. It causes constant joint pain, swelling and stiffness. It can cause growth problems and affect internal
organs. Within 90 days of her diagnosis, Kaylee had 61 doctor appointments. She went through extensive physical, pool and ocWellick cupational therapy for the next 18 months. Her swollen knees were constantly hurting, leaving her unable to walk for six months. Her parents had to push her around in a stroller, physically put her in and remove her from the bathtub. “She had it in her fingers, wrists, ankles and elbows, basically all over her body,” Kathy said. Kaylee was only in remission for six months out of the 12 years she has had arthritis. She takes three daily oral medications, one weekly injection and one weekly oral medicine to help with the symptoms. There was a six-week period when her arthritis flared again. She had to be pushed to lunch at school on an office chair. “People don’t understand how it cannot be there one day and flare the next,” Kathy said. Kaylee is now a junior at Roland-
Run for the Roses When: Sunday Registration 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. 5K race 9 a.m. 10K race 10 a.m. Where: Ames Middle School Cost: Online $22, day of $25 Breakfast available during registration at 9:30 a.m.
Story High School. She has not let her arthritis stop her. She gives welcome kits including a backpack, notebook and a quilt to children who have recently been diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. She has traveled to Washington, D.C., twice to advocate arthritis research. Sharon Tatom Garcia, vice president of communication for the Arthritis Foundation, said arthritis costs the U.S. $128 billion dollars in direct and indirect costs each year. At Iowa State, members of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and Ames Area Running Club hold Run for the Roses, a 5K and 10K run, each year to raise money for arthritis research. Last year $10,000 was raised from the event.