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RHA auctions 'legal prostitutes'
The Residential Housing Association raised almost $2,300 for the American Heart Association, despite being two months late
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After a two-month delay, students finally got to put up their hard-earned money for a hard-working man or woman at the Residential Housing Association's Date Auction. After all, the auction was advertised on Facebook as "the closest thing to legal prostitution.
Webster makes HPV vaccine available
The inoculation protects against four strains of the human papilloma virus, which has the potential to cause cervical cancer
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Health Services plans to begin administering the vaccine Gardasil in fall 2007 which will prevent cervical cancer caused by the sexually transmitted disease human papilloma virus. Students would have to pay full price for the vaccine. HPV is the catch-all term for more than 100 different human papilloma viruses contracted through sexual activity.
Holding back infection
Talking about STDs aids prevention, says sex educator
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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, some 19 million people will be diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in 2007. Half of them will be between the ages of 15 and 24. Although STDs are extremely prevalent, steps can be taken to prevent STDs, like practicing abstinence or educating yourself.
'South American Sketches' raises money for scholarships
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Suzy Shepard approached the stage April 9 to say a few words about the scholarship she established. The scholarship fund, she said, was now serves as the fifth child in her will So after she dies, children can continue to receive the benefits of the scholarship.
Film festival tackles human rights issues
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Aids. Torture. Sweatshops. Racism. War. There's a lot going wrong in the world, but Webster's Amnesty International chapter is trying to change that, one film at a time with The First Annual Human Rights Film Festival. The group opened the festival April 3 with the topic of violence against women.
Laughter doesn't stop after Webbies
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"I am probably going to say stuff that will offend some people," comedian Vince Morris said at the beginning of the set. "If you are offended, you misunderstood. If you laugh, you got the joke." Morris performed a free, stand-up comedy routine for approximately 60 people who stayed after the Webbies ceremony and cocktail party April 9.
Costumed chameleons descend upon St. Louis
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It's surprising the costumers didn't arrive by chariot, rocket ship or time travel machine. Costume Con 25 was held March 30 through April 2 at The Viking Conference Center at10709 Watson Road. The annual convention is devoted to the hobby of making, wearing and celebrating costuming.
Movie Review: 'La Febbre'
'The Fever' fizzles, not sizzles
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3 out of 5 stars According to "La Febbre (The Fever)," life in Italy moves slowly. Men in their 30s live leisurely in their mothers' homes. People are hired for jobs four years after they apply for them and any project involving the Italian bureaucracy moves along at a snail's pace.
Movie Review: 'Romanzo Criminale'
The kids aren't all right in 'Crime Novel'
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4 out of 5 stars Kids from suburbia have never been as terrifying as they are in "Romanzo Criminale (Crime Novel)." The movie begins when some adolescent boys steal a car, but by the end of the movie the body count is unfathomable due to the same troublemakers.
Movie Review: "Into Great Silence"
Monks' solitude has messages for all humanity
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5 out of 5 stars Heading into a film like Philip Groning's "Into Great Silence" could be seen as something of a task. The film is a 162-minute documentary that contains no narration, almost no dialogue and only wants to observe the lives of Carthusian monks as well as observing the passing of time.
