HIGHER EDUCATION The Michigan Daily - Thursday, March 25, 1999 - 5A Mass man bann d from all colleges Convictd sex offender found soliiting female undergrad near UConn canpus By Jtifer is The Paily Camps S1ORRS,Jonn. - A convicted sex eder who solicited female students on cmpus wis banned from all college caniuses ir the nation, a Superior Cout judge uled Tuesday. Jin Urban, 38, of Billerica, Mass., is fte after )osting $150,000 bail. Inder th conditions of the bail, Urhn was ordered to stay away fro all female college undergradu- ate. *rhe bod conditions are our efforts to assure the citizenry of. (the Ulversity of Connecticut) that they are sa:, and that Mr. Urban is not a threat tethem," said defense lawyer James Slick. Urban was arrested March 9 on vapons charges after a sock filled wth rocks, a brown lockblade knife, indcuffs with a chain, rope and vo condoms were found in his Thicle. <*n March 18, Urban was charged by lConn police with three counts of talking and two counts of disorderly ;onduct after he appeared at the police station to pick up his impounded vehi- cle. According to police, 57 female stu- dents have come forward to say that Urban asked them to baby-sit his chil- dren or watch his dogs. Some of the mnen said they accepted rides from 1 n. Police Chief Robert Hudd said he is grateful for the decision. On multiple occasions police asked the prosecuting attorney and bail commissioner for Urban to be banned from UConn, Hudd said. "I think that (the ban) is a good thing," said Kathleen Holgerson, director of the UConn Women's Center. *lt is an important recognition that it was not only our campus he was a threat to, but other campuses as well," she said. Liz Erhardt, UConn Undergraduate Student Government president, was also pleased with the judge's ruling, saying that it will give other universities an immediate reason to arrest Urban if he is found their campus. arisa Nadolny, UConn senior, said she was uncertain of how effec- tive the ban would be. She said Urban may try to alter his identity should he ever try to come back to UConn, and a ban should have been implemented from the beginning of the investigation. Urban was convicted in 1982 of raping a child, stalking and kidnap- ping. He was sentenced to life in idgewater State Hospital, a psy- atric institution in Mass., after he plead guilty to several incidents, including rape, attempted rape and assault of minors. Urban spent 15 years in Bridgewater and was released in 1998. He is scheduled to appear in court April 7. Preparing for the big night 3 presidents try to curb drinking WASHINGTON (AP) - Three uni- versity presidents told a national meet- ing of attorneys general yesterday that they were increasing their attempts to curb excessive student drinking. Michigan State University President Peter McPherson said it was time to redefine socially acceptable behavior among college students. McPherson said he wanted to make so-called cele- bration drinking, or excessive drinking on special occasions, as unacceptable in our culture as drunken driving. "I think we can do something about excessive drinking," McPherson told the National Association of Attorneys General at their annual spring meeting. "There has been a shift and society is beginning to be willing to do this." But he added, "It's going to take some time" Last year, there were 20 alcohol- related deaths of students nation- wide, said Indiana Attorney General Jeff Modisett. Michigan State stu- dent Bradley McCue died last fall after drinking 24 shots on his 21st birthday. "Nearly one half of all college stu- dents engage in high-risk binge drink- ing," Modisett said. Excessive drinking leads to lower grades, fights, destruc- tion of property and more sex crimes, he said. Last year, students at Michigan State rioted in protesting a decision to make Munn Field alcohol-free. "In the last few years, the level of attention given this problem by univer- sity presidents has accelerated," Penn State University President Graham Spanier said. "Alcohol is a factor in 40 percent of all academic problems and 28 percent of all drop outs,"Spanier said. The presidents were invited to speak because they are trying innovative pro- grams to combat alcohol abuse at their universities. William Jenkins, the chancellor of Louisiana State University, said LSU is sponsoring more alcohol-free events. "I wish I could tell you this is an over- whelming success," he said. "We are striving to do better." MSU is beefing up its message on alcohol abuse during student orien- tation, implementing a "safe ride" program for drunken students and tightening punishments for intoxi- cated students who commit crimes . off campus. At Penn State, campus personnel also are stepping up educational mes- sages, especially at freshman orienta- tion, and are encouraging some frater- nities and dorms to remain "alcohol- free." DHANI JONES/Daily LSA first-year student Falyne Fry, left, practices last night for Bronze Elegance, a fashion show planned for Saturday night, while another student tries to pick up the steps. Prmate, human sex dnves liked By Andrew Williams The Daily Free Press BOSTON - Rhesus monkeys like to have sex and so should human beings, according to a researcher at Yerkes Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta. Sexual desire in both rhesus monkeys and humans is caused by the estradiol hormone, a form of estrogen. This hormone allows each of the species to have sex at any time, rather than only during a certain time in the females' cycle, said Kim Wallen, an Emory professor of psychological biol- ogy. While studying rhesus monkeys during the last 15 years, Wallen has found female monkeys who are not around other females have sex with several different partners during their cycle, while females in close contact with other females have sex only while they are ovulating. Like humans, whose sex drives can be influenced by fac- tors such as salary raises, celebrations and children, mon- keys' sexual desire is influenced by social factors, researchers said. For example, peer pressure from the other females in the group discourage them to have sex. Wallen concluded that rhesus monkeys view sex as more than just procreation. They use it for enjoyment and even as a tool. "Because females can have sex at any time in their cycle, prostitution is pssible," Wallen said. The idea tha: hormones play a part in sexual desire has long been a coitroversy in the psychological biology field, but Wallen says that he hopes his studies change that belief and lead to greater understanding of human sexual desire. Wallen is now researching sexual desire in young Rhesus monkeys, andwhether they are taught by the adult monkeys to enjoy sex. "I really don't know much about the development of sexual desire; he said, "Though I am pretty confident that it is not taughi any more than liking chocolate ice cream is taught." Research dne with human subjects complements Wallen's work. A stud done in German discos compared the amount of skin showing through a female's outfit to the amount of estradiol preent in her saliva. The researcher found that as the amount of exposed skin increased, so did the amount of estradiol. Wallen i, in the process of studying the flow of these hormones o the brain and how that affects sexual desire. He hypothsizes that while testosterone, the male hor- mone that causes sexual desire, is constant in males, estradiol t intermittent in females, peaking once during ovulation Announcing the Michigan Daily's 199-1999 99 "Central Yup'ik Eskimo Past and Present: Traditional Art, Music, and Dance" 3 p.m. Sunday, March 28, 1999 Hale Auditorium {Tappan and Hill Streets in the Michigan Business School) This free lecture and performance will feature Chuna McIntyre and the Nunamta Yup'ik Eskimo Dancers. McIntyre is a Central Yup'ik multimedia artist who will present the dances, songs, stories, and lifeways of his ancestors. The program marks the release of a new CD, "The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks." The CD resulted from a collabo- ration between members of the Yup'ik community, the School of Information, and museums throughout North America. These museums featured "AgayulIiyararput (Our Way of Making Prayer)," a Yup'ik mask exhibit. 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