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body, tuition hikes and raised require
ments for guaranteed admission.
"It's starting to have an impact,"
he said, adding that students have
consequently asked more about al
ternative schools.
Smith said students also seem con
cerned about possible cuts to courses,
as many see their older siblings taking
longer to graduate.
"It's getting more and more com
petitive to get that class that you
need," he said.
South Eugene senior Kai Davis,
who has already been accepted by
the University, said he plans to fol
low in his father's footsteps and be
come a Duck.
"My only real concern was which
school would let me work with dif
ferent subjects," he said, adding that
if the University doesn't fulfill his
needs, he plans to transfer to a dif
ferent school.
Sheldon High School counselor Tia
Dube said she thinks the same number
of students are applying to the Univer
sity as last year, but many more are also
applying to private schools.
"I really do feel like it's either U of
O, or if they go out of state, it might as
well be a private school," she said.
She said if students do decide to ap
ply to other Oregon University Sys
tem schools, it's usually for programs
the University doesn't offer.
Coos Bay's Marshfield High School
senior Nina Lee said her biggest con
cern was rising tuition.
"I planned to go to U of O, but now
I'm going to Lane Community College
instead," she said, adding that she will
eventually transfer to the University.
Smith said many students seem
more interested in attending commu
nity colleges for their first or second
years of school because of University
tuition increases.
"Every time it costs more we've had
more students asking about Lane
Community College," he said.
Junction City High School coun
selor Cheryl Duman said students
tend to worry most about tuition.
"They're more concerned about the
financial aspect versus classes cut,"
she said.
Guaranteed admission standards
are also a concern for some students.
"They're worried because it's been
so competitive," Duman added.
On the other hand, Fern Ridge's
Elmira High School counselor Eric
Wright said he believes raised GPA
standards are not too much to ask of
students, especially considering grade
inflation in American schools.
"I think asking students to achieve a
3.25 GPA in high school is a more than
reasonable request to show readiness to
succeed at a university of the University
of Oregon's caliber," he said.
Wright added that compared to
out-of-state tuition rates, the Univer
sity offers a "great deal." With its prox
imity for local students, its honors
college, and its research and athletics
notoriety, the University has a lot to
offer students, Wright said.
"1 think kids are still feeling U of O
is very accessible," he said.
Contact the higher education/
student life/student affairs reporter
atchelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.
REPORT
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"These numbers on the human and
financial costs of STDs in youth should
be a wake-up call for the nation," said
Joan Cates, lead investigator of the re
port. "We're not using the tools already
available to fight these infections, and
we're letting down our youth because
of it."
She added that the purpose of the
project was to "provide clarity and con
sensus about the scope and impact of
STDs in U.S. adolescents and young
adults ages 15 to 24."
The report stated that the United
States has the highest rate of STDs of
any industrialized nation, with 18.9
million new cases of STDs diagnosed
in the year 2000 among all age groups.
Half of those belonged to youth aged
15 to 24.
The study also found that pregnant
women can pass an STD on to a fetus
or to an infant. Immune systems of in
fants are still developing, so the infec
tions could be life threatening.
According to the report, females con
tract most STDs more easily than men
because of the anatomy of the female
reproductive tract.
University Health Center Nurse
Practitioner Colleen Jones said that fe
males may also show fewer symptoms
than men once an STD has been con
tracted. One example she gave is that
up to 80 percent of women show no
symptoms of chlamydia, while only 65
percent of men s’ no symptoms.
The report claimed that one reason
the rate of STDs among young adults
is growing is that more of them are
sexually active.
The report stated that nearly half of
U.S. high school students have sex
and about 14 percent of them have
had four or more partners. It also
claimed that almost all young people
will have had sex by the age of 25,
which makes up a quarter of the
country's sexually active population.
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• Nearly half of all new STD cases occur among youth ages 15-24.
• Half of new HIV infections occur among youth ages 15-24.
• One out of two sexually^ctive youth will acquire an STD by the age of 25.
• The United States has the highest STD rate of any industrialized country.
• Most STDs are more easily acquired by females than by males
because of the anatomy of the female reproductive tract.
• The lifetime medical costs of STDs acquired by youth aged 15-24
in the year 2000 will be at least $6.5 billion.
SOURCE: "Our Voices, Our Lives, Our
Futures: Youth and Sexually Transmitted Diseases,"
by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jones said it is vital to test for STDs
once young people begin having sex.
"One reason certain STDs are so
prevalent is most people don't know
they have them," she said.
One of the more common STDs
among young adults is genital herpes.
The report stated that 640,000 new cas
es of genital herpes were reported in the
year 2000 among those aged 15-24.
Jones agreed, adding that one of
the growing forms of herpes is the
oral/genital form. She said this num
ber is growing because more people
are choosing to engage in oral sex
rather than intercourse.
Herpes is easier to catch than other
STDs because most people don't have
any symptoms or have very subtle
symptoms, Jones said.
"People shouldn't just look for
painful sores," she said. "They should
look for tingling and intense itching in
one spot."
She added that there is a greater
chance that herpes will be noticed if
people are educated on the symptoms
of herpes.
Another prevalent STD among
young adults is the human papilloma
virus. The report stated that over 4.5
million new cases of HPV were report
ed in 2000.
HPV is especially troublesome
because it is difficult to test and
many people don't know what it is,
Jones said.
She added that both herpes and HFV
can be transmitted through skin-to-skin
contact during intercourse, so a male
condom won't always be enough to
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prevent transmitting the disease. Many
people do not realize that, she said.
"If you keep your excretions to your
self and you keep genital skin away
from another person's genital skin, you
can have great sex," Jones said. "You can
have mutually satisfying sexual activity
and have the risk be minimized."
She said another problem that peo
ple deal with is they aren't getting tested
for the right STDs or they aren't getting
tested after engaging in high-risk be
havior, such as unprotected sex.
She added that clear partner com
munication is vital to curb the
spread of STDs.
"In our population here at the Uni- *
versity, not everybody that needs to be
tested is coming in," Jones said. "Come
in and talk to a provider. We'll review
the options for testing, and some of it's
going to be based on their risk factors."
She added that when women go to
the health center for their yearly pap
smear, they are automatically tested for
chlamydia. However, there is no rou
tine for men to come in and get tested,
so they must take the initiative, she said.
Cates agreed, adding that communi
cation is vital.
"At the most basic level, we are not
communicating well enough to make
a difference," Cates said. "We need a
comprehensive national dialogue on
the issue."
Contact the crime/health/
safety reporter
at lisacatto@dailyemerald.com.
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