LCC
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services at the University Stu
dent Health Center us other fee
paying University students,
Eyster said.
fclyster said the housing de
partment first discussed letting
full-time L(X: students live in
the dorms last spring The deci
sion was largely financial.
"Our returning resident pool
was down and we had every
reason to believe our occupan
cy would be lower," tfystor
said. "We like to keep our
rooms full, which keeps room
and board costs low ”
However, the tide had turned
by mid-August, h'yster said.
Fewer students canceled their
dorm room reservations than
the housing department hud
predicted.
Typically, about 45 percent
of the students who reserve
rooms cancel, said Ron
Tendick, housing department
director of business affairs and
family housing. This year, the
number of students who can
celed dropped to 37 percent.
The housing department re
sponded to the greater number
of students who needed dorm
rooms by leasing the former
Delta Zola sorority, Tendick
said About 38 students now
live in the former sorority,
which the housing department
calls Cottage House.
LCC and the University
didn’t finalize the contract un
til Oct. 7. Hut Fyster said the
housing department had verbal
ly accepted the six LCC stu
dents' applications before Aug
13, when the department real
ized there wore tcxi many stu
dents who needed rooms.
i think (the dorm
arrangement) Is
excellent I see
that the two
schools are getting
together,
— Jake Rahner,
LCC freshman
The housing department
stopped taking applications
from any student after Aug 13.
Eyster said.
Eystor said the housing de
partment didn't ( (insider going
back on its verbal promise of
rooms for the six LCC students
"We didn't displace any Uni
versity students," he said. "We
had a lot more folks than the
six LCC students to contend
with."
Linda Fosson. LCC's vice
president of student services,
said she is "thrilled” with the
contract LCC has no dorms it
self. She said the community
college should lie able to pro
vide students with affordable
housing.
"It was on a space-available
basis." she said "Naturally,
they have to fill the dorms with
University students firs!
LCC freshman lake Kuhner
said he originally was going to
attend the University. Tuition
costs forced him to attend LCC.
but ho decided he wanted to
live In the University dorms
"I stayed here because of the
convenience," he said. “I think
it's excellent. I see that the two
schools are getting together "
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art; more active than others their own age Only 6.5 percent
of smokers felt the same way.
Every term the Student Health ("enter will sponsor a four
week smoking cessation class that will follow the American
(ameer Society's FreshStart program, said Annie Dochruihl,
peer health advising coordinator
The classes are free for those who attend all four sessions
But students who miss one or more classes will bo charged
S10.
"Success rates are higher when people have to pay for it."
said Joanne Frank, health education director at the Slit.
It is too late to register for the fall term classes, but interest
ed students c an call 346-4456 after winter term begins to reg
ister for next term's classes
One-on-one health counseling is available now for any stu
dents who want emotional support or want to learn tech
niques for quitting smoking. Dochnal said
In addition to classes and counseling, smokers may be en
couraged to quit every time they visit the Student Health
("-enter Jolene Slomsen, an adult nurse practitioner at the
center, Is working to add "nicotine addiction” to students'
problem lists.
Problem lists are abbreviated versions of students medical
hislorios that Health Center nurse practitionors can glance at
while talking to pationts. Currently, problem lists note such
information as medication the student is taking, problems
with asthma and high blood prossure
The American Cancer Society recommends encouraging
people at each medical visit to quit. Siomsen said. If problem
lists included nicotine addiction, nurse practitioners would
know to mention it — oven if the student's visit were for a
sprained ankle, she said.
"This isn't to hit you over the head with a hammer each
time." Siomsen said. "It's just basically a reminder that this
Is a concorn. It’s a significant problem that warrants being
brought up at each visit."
The Student Health Center may be alerted to other health
problems as it evaluates the other survey results. Floischli
said
The survey will bo conducted every year to assess trends in
health issues on campus, he said
"( The Health Center) will be able to target its e(Torts bettor
and attempt to measure whether we've had an Impart on is
sues.” Floischli said.
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