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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1986)
SPRING CICRNING Spring cleaning you ask yourself. You don't even have what boom* would call an apart ment , let alone a house to spring clean. Well wait a minute. We're talking about the kind of spring cleaning that students con enjoy. Start by packing your dreary winter gear away and try to remember where you put your spring stuff. When you find It, take It out and try It on; walk around In It and prac tice because spring Is here I Sometimes It's difficult to make the tran sition from sedentary winter habits to the ac tivities that spring offers. We are all too used to stsylng Inside and keeping dry. Here are a few Ideas to get you started on your spring behavior. 1. Open the drapeal Let In some light; don't be afraid of what will be illu minated. If It haan't killed you yet, it probably won't. 2. With the longer days there's plenty of light to enable you to walk to a near by park In the late afternoon or to cycle to a friend's house. 3. During a spare hour, take your lunch over to the bridge and bike path along the Willamette river. It’a close and and pleasant break from the hectic campus atmosphere. These Ideas should get you warmed up for spring. But whatever you choose to do, remem ber that sunshine, friends and activities In the fresh air arc some of the best ways to dump that excess baggage that we've carried around all winter. Spring has sprung! Jennifer Cole Human Relat lona/Sexuallty Peer Health Advisor Health Habits Springtime on campus can conjure up plea sant pictures of flowers, kites and blue skies. But let'a talk about another side of campus life. A side that Includes such things as co caine, marijuana, hash, methumphetamlnea, PCP and alcohol. If your are trying to balance these two sides, maybe this Spring Is the time to re sales the use of drugs In your life. Spring cleaning could have new meaning for you. Peer Health Advisors are available to talk with you. There's no charge and all appointments are confidential. For an appoint ment call 686-4456. Pam Trapp Substance Abuse Peer Health Advlaor You uy hive ten aorv years In your body that you aren't even aware of. Eating well, exercising, getting enough rest, and reducing or eliminating behaviors that are detrimental to your health ar# all ways to Increase your longevity and make yourself feel cleaner, lighter and healthier. It's time to clean out the winter cobwebs! If you follow at least six or seven of these steps, you'll Increase your chances of a longer, healthier life that will at the same time Increase your dally well-being. 1. 2. J. 4. 5. 6. 7. Eat breakfast. 3 meals a day. Get a move on! Shut-eye. You need fuel to function throughout the day. Well-balanced meals are Im portant . Exercise that body- walk, run, dance, garden, bike... Cet 7 or 8 good hours sleep a night. Nap If necessary. No more fat city. Keeping your weight within normal range helps keep you healthy. (It also avoids anguish when you sea your eelf In e bathing suit.) Limit alcohol. Longer living people drink in moderation or not at all. "Klas Your Butt Goodbye". As tha American Lung Associ ation aays,"Nobody'a saying that quitting smoking la ea sy. But then neither is dying from smoking effects." Kate Schuyler Nutrition Peer Health Advisor When your mother told you to eat something green every day, I don't think she had M & M's in mind. ”