THE
Column
Fans Have
the Right to
Boos It Up
By Ralph Vacchiano
■ The Daly Orange
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Ifa hard to behave, but many of
tHryfr Ng. irti*ng ,rt,u** —
very acandofthe word "boo."
I mean, they're really terrified
ffw^l ynf »Htir martm
Whenever a crowd yells <W> in
«*h
tote, that athlete it uaually
fWBOW w s winning, quivtnng
baby, devoid of all aMtaapeet
Normally, after an athtote ha>
baan booad bj the home1 town
crowd htU mqt •omttfiing un,
“Ohhhhh, I dcn\ know why they’re
booing me. Jaaeaaea guys, fm toy
ing my hardeeL I doot know wbat
they expect from me. Tin human,
you know. I have feeling! too."
Whine, whine, moan, cry.
For all the athletee who have
whined like that, tot roe tell you
why they boo you. And more
impend— /Ttrhfir me listen
here, too — tot me tell you why
booing is showed. Athletes in pro
feaekmal eporte and coltofB
"money* eporte ere paid big
money to do a job.
Darryl Strawberry to paid to
hit home runs fcr the Dodgers,
Joe Montana ia paid to throw
touchdowna far the 49am,
Michael Jordan u pud to won
for the Built. Fans pay big money
to m thoM athletes do their jobs.
If the athletes can't do their
jobs corroctHy, the fans don't get
their money1! worth and have a
right to voice their displeasure.
Thia meant that if Michael
Jordan acoree 125 point! in a
game, but miwm a three-pointer
at the burner, fane have a right to
boo. Ofoouree, intelligent fens
wouldn't think of booing in a situ
ation like that—and granted,
fans aren't always intelligent —
but they have a right to boo.
Athletes at Syracuse U. are
paid doee to $18,000 per year,
phie plenty of extrae. Ihatk
tuition, room and board, aD
meek, and traveling expenaee all
over the place.
Certainly they are not norma)
college students. So they, too, can
be booed. And if there ie an ath
lete who doesn't like this, I will be
happy to take hi! or her place.
Medical Godsend?
Experimental drugs being studied at Stanford U. could
lx- just what the doctor ordered to nd us of the AIDS epi
demic hv helping the bodv restore white blood cells
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EATING HABITS
Where the Boys Are
Although the pros say the men’s room is a place for
ladies, colleges don't seem to be agreeing, as several schools
are shutting women reporters out of men’s locker rooms
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More Dippers, Draggers Dying
A Tern Tech student
drops a pinch of dip
into his mouth. An
increasing number ol
chewing and smoking
students are devel
ing oral cancer, as
the nation.
JAWS P SCHAHtH TM| UK'VtRSTY DAilY UXASTfcCHU
By Steven Phillips
■ The University Daily
Texas Tech U.
p-|"«he risk of college-age students developing
mouth cancer continues to increase as more
_I_ young people begin chewing tobacco and smok
ing, said Davor Vugrin. professor of medicine at the
Texas Tech Health Science Center
In Texas, the Amencan Cancer Society estimated
1,600 new cases of mouth cancer were diagnosed and
425 people died from oral cancer in 1990
Nationally, the ACS estimated 30,000 more people
were diagnosed with oral cancer, and that 8,350 peo
ple died from it.
Oral cancer can invade the tongue, lip, mouth and
throat singularly or together, Vugrin said, adding
that it is increasing in younger people and is directly
related to chewing tobacco
“In the past, oral cancer occurred from people older
than 50, but people in their 20s are now falling vic
tim," Vugrin said.
“It used to be unheard of for a 20-year-old to have
oral cancer," he continued.
Vugrin credits the increased use of tobacco prod
ucts, specifically chewing tobacco, to the use of highly
See DYING. Page 19
On the Shelves this Year?
By Michelle Roberts
• Stale Press
Arizona State U.
A Chicago-based pharmaceutical com
pany hopes men will not be the only ones
w alkmg through shopping aisles looking
for prophylactics before the year is over
A new condom designed for women will
provide yet another protection option in
the fight against sexually transmitted
diseases and unwanted pregnancies
Developed by a Wisconsin pharmecutical
company in Chicago, the Reality condom cur
rently is awaiting FDA approval and is
expected to arrive on drugstore shelves in
about 1(1 months
Plans call for the female condom to Ik
available w here male condoms are sold
Estimated cost $1 75 to $2 each
The new method of birth control and
.STD protection is made of a soft, loose
fitting polyurethane sheath It is approx
imateh two inches wide, is pre-lubncat
ed and has a flexible ring at each end
The closed-ended ring is inserted to fit
against the cervix, similar to a
diaphragm The other ring fits on the
outside of the vagina. The condom is a
“barrier” method of protection and will
Ik- available without a required fitting'
from a health care professional.
(ifficiah said the female condom's clin
ical development is completed, and FDA
approval is hinging on a pregnancy rate
studs The l’ of Arizona is currently tak
ing part in an international study of
pregnancy rates among Reality users
The clinical study by Kealits's manu
facturers revealed that the probability of
exposure to seminal fluid when using
Reality is 3 percent; probability with a
traditional male condom is 11.5 percent
So far, officials said there haven't been
any pregnancies during the testings, but
study participants' reactions to the
female condom have been mixed
The largest portion of complaints from
those involved in the clinical testings
come from males, said Janet Dickerson,
a research nurse at UA
‘The female condom is not uncomfort
able 1 for the women . but men have com
plained that they can feel the ring that
hangs outside the body," she said
Dickerson added that ‘aesthetically,"
the female condom will take some get
tang used to for both partners.
GEORGSm OOUGLAS S1*TE PRESS ARI’OHA STATE u
Studies show the female condom is a more
effective birth control device than the male
condom
NCAA COACHES:
ET PLAYERS
0 FOR THE
GREEK
I
By Bob Pockrass
■ Indiana Daily Studant
Indiana U.
The money available to college bas
ketball players makes it hard for
undergraduate athletes not to go pro
fessional, admitted some coaches dur
ing an NCAA panel discussion.
*1 would like all my players to stay
four years,' said Minnesota coach Clem
Haskins. "I'd like all of them to gradu- I
ate But 1 think it’s unfair to ask a
young man to stay in school when he
has an opportunity to make $1 million
plus a year.’
Tlie Big Tto lost two juniors from last
season: Illinois’ Marcus Liberty and
Michigan's Sean Higgins. Liberty was
drafted 41st and Higgins was the last
player taken in the two-round draft.
‘Obviously, I didn't have a great deal
of impact on Sean Higgins’ decision,"
Michigan coach Steve Fisher said.
“You go to college to get an education,
but you also go to college to get the job
that will make you the most money
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