Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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new owriprs I How much did it cost to buy IK-State? For Pepsi-Cola, the price tag was $50,000 per year. Pep si entered an agreement with K-State in 1999. According to the proposal, Pepsi agreed to donate at least $50,000 (including $20,000 in free products) per year for 1 years. However, not everyone on campus was happy with the deal. Iris Kalkofen, senior in animal sciences and industry, preferred Coca-Cola. I like Coke a lot better than Pepsi, Kalkofen said. A lot of time, I drink more Coke than water She said she wished K-State would have signed a deal with Coke, instead of with Pepsi. I understand that we ' re a Pepsi school, but it sucks that you can ' t find a Coke anywhere on campus, she said. Not only was K-State a Pepsi campus, but it was also known for its affiliation with Nike products. In September, K-State entered a partnership with Nike. As part of the six-year contract, Nike provided clothing, shoes, equipment and accessories to all 1 6 varsity athletic teams, Tim Weiser, athletic director, said in a press release. For athletes, it meant they began using Nike products exclusively. Allison Banks, senior in secondary education and manager of the women ' s basketball team, said she received a lot of Nike products. All of our warm-ups and sweats are Nike, she said. We I JgjJ have at least two pairs of Nike shoes — one to wear on campus, like to class, and the other for games and on the road. Una Guebert, manager at the K-State Super Store and the Cats Closet, said they sold predominately Nike products. People had brand recognition with Nike products and customers often bought Nike because of its quality, Guebert said. People know that Nike is good quality and it wears well, she said. From a merchant ' s perspective, having K-State in agreement with Nike was good for business, she said. We ' ll be able to get a better variety of products, Guebert said. The name sells itself. People know the name, and that ' s fun and they ' re excited about it. J

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What HPV really meant for the average student: I here are more ihan X W W types ol H P V, some of wicli can eause cervical cancer It is estimated tli.it many people get III ' X ' within their first U W J V CcXl O of becoming sexually active. Every year in the U.S. about 10,000 women get cervical cancer and 5 Vy Vy die from it. An average of X J women die each day from the disease, 1 LUX doses during a period of ol A. months. About yj , lllllllCJll people contract HPV each year. . people in the U.S. are infected with HPV at any one time. Lafene ' s The vaccine is given in About 20 million, $135 per dose. price for the vaccine is 4» X w w L 1 VJ.VJOt and $405 for the full series. Sources: www.cdc.gov, www.fda.gov amd literature published by Merck Co.. 2006 In early September, Lafene Health Center offered female students the opportunity to protect themselves against the second most common cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Merck pharmaceutical company hadn ' t found the cure for cancer, but it had created a vaccine designed exclusively for women that came close, and Lafene had its share of d oses on hand. The vaccine, known as Gardasil, protectED women against four of the most dangerous types of human papillomavirus, which cause 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of genital warts. There are very few things that come along that have this great an impact, Carol Kennedy, Lafene ' s director of health promotion, said. It ' s a great thing that can positively impact the health of female college students, and we have it. Each year in the United States, about 6 million people get HPV, and at least 50 percent of sexually active people will get HPV at some time in their lives.. Kennedy also said 80 percent of college students nationwide are sexually active. Offering the vaccine on campus became even more important because HPV is most common in young women and men in their late teens and early 20s. By the beginning of October Kennedy said she was not sure if even one student had begun the three-dose series of the vaccine because not many people knew about it yet. Cost deterred the students from getting vaccinated, too. Students had to pay $135 per dose ($405 for the three-dose series), and not all insurance companies covered the vaccine. However, Kennedy said the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the monetary cost. My role is to educate about HPV and its prevalence and try to get the potential recipient of the vaccine to understand that getting the vaccine could prevent hundreds of dollars worth of medical care for healthcare costs related to HPV infection, Kennedy said. However, once the product is more established, I could foresee the cost coming down. Until then, Lafene, and women ' s groups and sexual education groups on campus, stressed that college women should get the vaccine and be sexually healthy in general. Members of Sexual Health Awareness Prevention Education incorporated discussions of the vaccine into some of the presentations they gave to students. I hope people get vaccinated to protect themselves, if they feel they are at risk, said Lindsay Hicks, president of S.H.A.PE. and senior in psychology. Whether or not they choose to be vaccinated, I hope women, and men, keep themselves protected from this and other STDs by getting tested regularly and using condoms. Susan Allen, director of K-State ' s Women ' s Center, said college students need to take care of themselves as young adults. College students need to educate themselves about issues impacting their health, Allen said. How students choose to care or not care for themselves at this age will have consequences their whole lives. Our grandmothers taught us, ' an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, ' and that is still true. 25