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Arts & Life
Thursday, March 25,2010
Amber Arnold, Arts & Life Editor
ntdailylife@gmail.com
Sorority hosts Easter egg hunt, collects books
By Katie Grivna
Senior Staff Writer
The sorority courtyard will be
dotted with pastel- and neon-
colored plastic eggs this Sunday
at the UNT chapter of Kappa
Kappa Gamma's annual Easter
egg hunt.
The hunt begins at ] p.m.
March 28th in the sorority
courtyard behind the Kappa
Kappa Gamma house, located
at 923 W. Prairie St.
"We want to give the gift of
reading to children," said Blaire
Zahn, a hospitality management
sophomore and president of the
sorority's UNT chapter.
Families with children of
any age are asked to bring a
children's book in good condi-
tion for admission, which will
benefit the sorority's national
philanthropy, Reading is
Fundamental.
Activities for the children
include a petting zoo, face
painting, decorating the side-
walk with chalk, arts and crafts,
and visiting with a life-size
Easter bunny in addition to the
Easter egg hunt itself.
"It's really a safe environment
for the kids to come and have
fun," Zahn said.
While it is difficult to get
families to come to UNT
because they are wary of college
campuses, the Easter egg hunt
ü
Photo Courtesy of MCT
The UNT chapter of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority will host its annual Easter egg hunt from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. March 28 at the sorority courtyard. Children of all
ages are welcome to attend. The event is free for participants who donate a children's book.
has a positive atmosphere, she
said.
"We try to emphasize that
it is a good place to come and
bring your children for a good
afternoon," Zahn said.
One of her favorite things
about the event is watching
the kids in the petting zoo,
she said.
"Theyloveit," she said. "They
will run around and play with
all the little baby chickens and
bunnies and stuff. It's always
really fun to see them having
fun."
Jessica Johnson, an educa-
tion senior and philanthropy
chairman of the sorority
chapter, said she hopes UNT
students attend the event and
come back in the future with
their children.
"Hopefully it is a long-
lasting thing that people will
remember," she said.
Lastyear, the Easter egg hunt
was during a school day and
about 100 children attended,
collecting more than 100 books
for the sorority's philanthropy,
Johnson said.
This year, the UNT Kappa
Kappa Gamma members sent
flyers to Denton elementary
schools encouraging children
to attend the Easter egg hunt
and dónale more books than
last year, she said.
She is looking forward to
interacting with the children,
Johnson said.
"A child's mind is just so inter-
esting and seeing what they
come up with and how they talk
to you; it's just really fun to be
around," she said.
Mackenzie Michel, a jour-
nalism junior and public rela-
tions chairman for the sorority
said the Easter egg hunt allows
the UNT chapter of Kappa
Kappa Gamma to give back to
the community and talk to the
children about the sorority.
"They're going to have a lot of
fun and they're going to leave
with a positive image of the
sorority and the Pan-Hellenic
community in their mind, so
that's always a plus," she said.
For more information, visit
www.untkkg.org.
Study: Condom companies lack size options
ByAlexCalams
Staff Writer
Poor condom size selection
can lead to many problems for
the sexually active, according
to a new study of heterosexuals
from scientists at the University
of Indiana.
Dr. William Yarber, senior
researcher at the Kinsey
Institute for Research in Sex,
Gender and Reproduction,
described the investigation as
"worth a Nobel Prize."
Yarber is one of the lead scien-
tists who conducted the research.
"Basically the study illus-
trates the fact that in the past I
think condom manufacturers
have not offered enough choices
in size," Yarber said. "They pretty
much based the sizes on the
assumption that all men's erec-
tions are the same. Most are in
a general range, but as many of
our subjects have expressed, that
assumption is simply not true."
According to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention,
"laboratory studies have demon-
strated that latex condoms
provide an essentially imper-
meable barrier to particles
the size of STD pathogens."
The CDC puts its faith in the
condom, and condom compa-
nies display a 99 percent effec-
tiveness statement on pack-
aging.
However, Yarber said there are
other factors that come into play.
Yarber's study suggests
that improper size is a
factor that can significantly
reduce condom efficiency.
Of the 436 men Yarber evalu-
ated, 44.7 percent reported that
improperly sized condoms led to
a number of problems, including
breakage, slippage, and diffi-
culty reaching orgasm for them-
selves and their female partners.
During the study, Yarber and
his colleagues discovered that
when men experience these
problems they are also more
likely to remove the poorly
fitting condom before sexual
intercourse ends.
This is when problems with
sexually transmitted diseases
become a more serious risk.
"I'm working on a study that
helps explain why men don't
apply condoms at the beginning
of sex and why they take them
off before sex is over," Yarber
said. "I'm also working on inter-
ventions — that is, educational
programs involving experi-
menting with techniques we
have developed that should help
men be more comfortable with
condoms."
Sikha Naik, a counseling
and development graduate
student who works at the
Student Health and Wellness
Center, said that the college
atmosphere brings forth new
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that make clear-cut decisions
difficult for students to make.
"We do sex education
programs for classrooms and
the dormitories," Naik said. "I've
had students tell me 'I know
all this,' but I think it's really
important to be re-educated.
The college experience intro-
duces a lot of new things for
students like drinking and
peer pressure to have sex that
can influence their decisions."
Naik said students can visit
the Student Health and Wellness
Center in Chestnut Hall to get
brochures and pamphlets about
sexual intercourse and condom
use.
Free condoms are available
upon request in Naik's office
on the third floor of Chestnut
Hall.
The center also encourages
students seeking guidance to
visit the Counseling Center or
the International Admissions
and Advising Center, as well.
Joshua Williamson, a
UNT alumnus, said some-
times condom sizes can
be frustrating for men.
"Maybe the sizes can be more
clearly labeled," Williamson said.
" Sometimes it can be confusing."
Yarber offered suggestions
for young men struggling with
selecting the right condom.
"We try to make sure prac-
titioners and educators get this
information, but they aren't
responsible for making the
condoms," Yarber said. "What
they can tell men and their part-
ners is to find a condom that
would be beneficial for them —
just try them all and see which
feels best."
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Improper sizes in condoms can reduce their efficiency or cause men to remove them during intercourse.
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