"It's sii .u i eptahlc in college to lie on .1 diet, Sharpe
S.IVS.
\ml that's part ol the problem. Dieting is so .inept
able that people watch their friends starving to death
and don’t sac anything.
“I think that people pick up on other people s eating
disorders hut thcv’rc atraid to sac am thing.' Sharpe
sacs “|I attng disorders) might he less ol a problem it
people said something to their friends, instead ol
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Fear of the freshman 15 can drive students to starve themselves.
applauding them t( >r eating .1 salat I tilth ni idling nil it
“Don’t he alranl to ask sonieone it diet te got a
problem. Don’t lie aeeusatort. he really open
I veil though she’s in recover), Sharpe sals she still
has rough tunes. She knows the dangers ot eating ths
orders, but sometimes those dangers are outweighed
lit other things the pressure to he ultra dun and
succeed at school, the tear ot being aw.it from home,
and the minors of college weight gam In tight the
illness, Sharpe regularlt talks to a professional conn
selor
"I si night out a counselor, she sat s ” \ lot ot pet >ple
don’t know what to do ”
RUTTY RKTROl
Profit trtl! tame up to you and >./>. 'll hat, nun. you it
not Jnnlemg f let me get you a hen It 1 It he pen prt :i>
tu the extreme
sophomore Nathan (livelier, a tratermit brother
at ( ahtorma l ot IVnnst It ama
There’s no shortage of campaigning against Immi/c on
campus including peer adviser programs, conn
seling center outreach and resident adviser efforts
1 he national organ 1/ation B \( .( Hk S/Ci \\1M \
activelt promotes alcohol res|>onsihilitt at more than
~(M) campuses, and this tear marks the l(hh anmter
sarv ot National ( ollegtate Mcohol Xwarcness Week,
held evert October.
But tor Candt Kinch, a senior at the I ot V irgitua,
drinking is a part ot college she isn t trying to give up.
no matter how main warnings are thrown at her. \nd
she’s not alone.
“For most people, it’s |ust a part ot college. Kinch
says. “So nunt things that involve alcohol here are
traditions. Football games are a lug drunkfest.
Randy llateson, a counselor at James Madison l in
V irginia, sats the campus environment fosters alcohol
abuse. I sc of marijuana and 1 SI), he says, also are on
the rise
lor some college students, belonging to .1 (.reel
organization can be .» factor I 1st stmimer, Southern
Illinois l researchers found that, national.%, Iraterni
t\ house residents drink. J I ’ tunes more than other
college men Vml women in sororities drink more
than twice as much as their non (.reek peers I hr
studs also indicated fretpicllt hinge drinking among
( .reeks
\s a result, Iraternits and sororits memhers also
hase reported more alcohol related problems, such as
substance-induced blackouts and fights, in the last
sear Scvcntv percent of (.recks and (( percent of
other students reported missing .lasses as a result of
dt inking and drugs \nd a re. cut suits es of students at
~N colleges showed a direct correlation hetss cell liras s
drinking and poor grades
l or < livelier, these numbers are moir than empts
statistics II. recalls parties where Ins Iraternits broth
ers made him consume a Im.iiIc of vodka Hut no one
thinks iU>ut wellness during a chugging contest
"It s that constant ( hug' ( hug' ( hug " he sass
"I sen if I don't want to drink at a parts, I feel so out
of place ssitliout a beer in ms hand It's lust hard to fit
in."
\s llascson points out. alcohol abuse can lead to
other problems I he leading cause of death tor I to
4 sear olds is alcohol related 1.11 .lashes \nd. lit
sass, alcohol is a leading factor in unprotected scs
\ccordmg to a recent studs bs I he State ( ouncil
on Higher I ducatioti, aliout Js percent of \ irguila s
college students said flies had sec that tiles later
regretted because thes were under tin influence of
alt 1 ihol
\t l \ V kilith sass her friends look out tor each
other sshen thes drink at parties but she sass, "Non
always hear about a lot of people hooking up I think
it's a real problem, and I have uescr heard of a random
hookup that ssas not regretted
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Knowing tho rtoJu doosn t nocooMrity Kotor students from oortying.
AIDS AND STDs
three of my friends hu e gotten grrA pregnant, and not
/u>t me gnt Hut they don't ::urry about III)S and they
iiml't until somebody uares the living ihit out of them
ahull it
I< ><: Pagan, a senior .n I ongvvood ( 1dlegc
In this mlornution age, rec kless behavior un t lie
blamed on lunorjiue ( ollege students know AIDS
is spread through the exchange of InkIiIv fluids. He
know sharing needles and having unprotected sex are
riskc 1 he disc losure of Magic Johnson s illness terri
tied us So vein do we take chances
In a recent Roper < ollege I rac k survey, 4K percent
of college students listed \II)S as the most un|>ort.int
issue fac ing \ineric a todav Net in a random survey of
2,013 undergraduates at the l of Maryland, l)r
Karen Kotloff found that only half of heterosexuals
always, in almost always, use minimus ( >1 ga\ stu
delits, Ui.K [K-ru nt repm teil using miniums alw av s m
aliinist alwavs, anil JM ’ |>erient sa\ the\ ih-ui use
them
" I here's a sense ot mvulnei ihiht\, uni a imspcncp
non i >1 who is. ami w ho isn't, mtei teil with 111 \ sa\ s
\mlrea Wilson, health eiluealion sjiei i-ilisi at the
\meinan ( ollege I iealth \ssoctatiun. "I II ncser tor
gel the gul who i .line up to me allei a presenlaliou
ami sanl, I ilon’t have to worn about \I|)S, I mm
11.11e Ikws trout u'imkI families
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Mi Condom Kindi out hor want during a U of Arizona «*«nt
Iii |line, tin' ( enters fur Disc.ise (.untrul rc|mrted
Jll lo 4 sen <>liIs nuke up aliout 10 percent uf lull
blown \II>S eases 1 he ( I)( eslmutes that one in
S(K> college students has I 11\ , the virus that leads to
\II)S
Hut sometimes the disease diiesn I hast' an impar l
on students liecausc the\ ami I confronted with it up
t lose \ person can Ik- I 11 \ jwisim e for up to 10 \ ears
w llhoul Iiemg sit k. and some edui alm s sju t ulate ih it
the length of the incubation perns! makes \11)S less
real to students
“Students are not going to be symptomatic in col
lege You're not going to set your tru inls coming
down with lull blow n \l I )S on campus," \\ ilson sat s
David Williams, a senior at tin l of Maryland,
says, “I iiersoitallv difti't know anvbody who has WDS
ll people knew people who had \ll IS, they d be ton
cernetl aliout it
In the shallow of MI IS. other sexually transmuted
diseases have received less attention since the mid
’SIIs Hut diseases like chlamydia, gonorrhea and gent
tal wails still present a serious threat
\ct ordmg to the ( I)( , incidents of genual warts
and genital herpes are on the rise, anti .?!) to .’4 year
olds make up the biggest percentage of both gonor
rhea anil syphilis cases.
Nurse practitioner \ndrea Mu/a Bustos at the l of
Illinois' family health center sa\s students t an he naive
about S I I )s, “ \ lot of girls think it they 're monoga
moils, then they're safe," she says “But it doesn t
always work out lhat wav
\ngie Windheim, a senior at the l of Oregon,
says, "It’s scary how little people think about S I I )s
Most people worn about getting pregnant and
\II)S '
STRESSING OUT
I ftrea a lot I limi t really ileal with my siren that .. ell,
though l'ie tneil relaxation teehnii/ues, hut I always en,l
up leinnn it imistirne me m /ust zsining out in front of the
TV
Vngie W’milheim, a senior at the l of l )regon
As life m the ’’Mfs liecomes more complex, counseling
tenters have to deal with more mental health and
stress related issues.
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