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with food, water retention, absence of
menstrual periods, swollen glands, heart
burn and sore throat.
Those demonstrating any combination
of these signs are encouraged to meet with
a counselor in a confidential setting to dis
cuss eating patterns in need of change,
said Judy Sonnenburg, University psy
chologist and eating disorders specialist.
“When talking to a person with disor
dered eating, support is the most impor
tant aspect,” Sonnenburg said. “Women
are often ashamed of their problem, and
working to establish realistic goals is cru
cial.”
In addition, the affected person has to
realize the disordered eating pattern and
tell someone, as well as decide he or she
needs help to overcome the pattern, Dr.
Donna Scurlock said. Often a friend in
whom the person has confided will ac
company him or her to the counseling
center for help.
Because women are at different levels
when they seek counseling, setting goals
with a counselor is important to their per
sonal success in the long process of over
coming a disorder, Sonnenburg said.
Aligning goals, refuting negative thoughts
— which often surface in the journal writ
ing — and learning to like themselves with
Haws are three general steps people follow
to accept themselves and stop the cycle of
bingeing, fasting and drastically altering
their lives in attempts to gain control.
However, counselors and doctors alike
agree that a comprehensive approach to
overcoming disordered eating is necessary
in order to instill coping skills in the per
son with disordered eating.
“Dealing with food and nutrition issues
is important, but if other issues are not ad
dressed, the person won’t get better,” Nu
tritionist Kristen Olmos said. “Disordered
eating isn’t like a cold — it doesn’t go
away on its own.”
Those who seek counseling help can be
set up in a group approach or in individ
ual counseling. But a network of help is
available on campus, including a quarterly
Eating Awareness Workshop for those
comfortable in a group setting that empha
sizes a “team approach” to overcome dis
ordered eating. The Eating Disorder Group
is for students diagnosed with eating dis
orders and is typically composed of peo
ple who have a persistent struggle with
eating and who may experience chronic
disordered eating symptoms. The latter
group is more of an interpersonal process,
focusing on changing members’ lives to no
longer be governed by the control of food.
But the groups and counselors alike em
phasize a comprehensive approach and a
commitment for change by the person
with the disordered eating.
“Overcoming eating disorders is a real
process,” Scurlock said. “There are no
overnight successes.”
Amid calls for reform, Republicans winning money-raising race
By CONNIE CASS
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Sure, Bob
Dole trails in the presidential
polls. But the Republican Party al
ready can claim victory in at least
one crucial ’96 contest — the
ever-accelerating money race.
The GOP’s flagship committee
brought in an eye-popping $92.5
million over the last three
months, out-raising the Democ
rats two-to-one, according to elec
tion finance reports released Sun
day.
Since the election cycle began
in January 1995, the Republican
National Committee has raked in
$239 million, mostly in contribu
tions from individuals or corpora
tions.
Although they lag behind the
GOP, the Democrats are breaking
their own records. The Democrat
ic National Committee took in
$46.5 million last quarter and re
ported receipts of $177 million
since the start of last year.
Campaign financing has be
come a hot issue in the presiden
tial race — particularly “soft mon
ey’’ donations to the political
parties that commonly reach six
figures or more.
On Sunday, Dole, whose presi
dential campaign has benefited
from GOP funding, called for
abolishing the use of such “soft
money’’ in the future and en
dorsed other campaign financing
reforms.
“If we’re going to preserve the
American people’s confidence in
the system, we need to return
campaign finance to the front
burner,” Dole said in Nashua,
N.H. The Republican nominee
has seized on hundreds of thou
sands of contributions to the De
mocrats from an Indonesian con
glomerate to attack President
Clinton’s ethics.
Clinton also has called for cam
paign financing reform, and his
campaign aides said Dole had
come late to the issue.
Even as candidates talk of fur
ther restricting contributions, re
ports to the Federal Election Com
mission show the Democrats have
doubled their fund-raising over
the 1993-94 season, when the na
tional party brought in $83.1 mil
lion. And the Republicans also
are on track to double the $133.5
million in receipts they reported
in 1993-94.
Much of the money raised by
the national parties is farmed out
to the states. Some also goes
straight to the presidential and
congressional candidates, and
millions is spent on TV advertis
ing.
Going into the final month of
campaigning, the Republican Na
tional Committee reported $3.8
million in cash on hand and no
debt. It's Democratic counterpart,
in contrast, had only about
$100,000 left when its $4.7 mil
lion in debt was balanced against
$4.8 million in cash.
But millions more is rolling
into both parties this month to fi
nance the final rush of spending
before the Nov. 5 elections.
The parties detailed their re
ceipts and expenditures through
Sept. 30 in reports to the Federal
Election Commission.
In its latest report, filed Sun
day, the RNC reported $29 mil
lion in receipts for September. In
addition to direct RNC fund-rais
ing from individuals, political ac
tion committees, corporations
and unions, the receipts include
transfers from other branches of
the party.
The RNC raised $16.5 million
from individual donors and
$26,500 from political action
committees last month.
And the Republicans trounced
the Democrats even in soft money
donations from corporations,
unions and wealthy individuals
— the fund-raising area where De
mocrats have been most competi
tive.
The RNC reported receipts of
$5.9 million in soft money last
month and $30.1 million for the
quarter. The DNC, which only
files quarterly reports, took in
$22.6 million over the same three
month period.
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