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workshops The following workshops are avail able, free of charge, to currently enrolled U of 0 students. Watch for ads in the Oregon Daily Emerald for more info. NUTRITION MADE SIMPLE Carson Dining Hall Lobby This four-part workshop will approach nutrition from a number of perspectives, sort out fact from fiction, it will cover the following topics: • Nutrition Basics: Feb. 1st 5-6pm • vegging out Feb. 8th 5-6pm • Shedding Excess Weight Feb. 22nd 5-6pm • Eating Disorders on Campus: March 1st 5-6pm VEGETARIAN COOKING WORKSHOP Mondays, 5:00-6:30 p.m. February 12-March 5 Cafeteria, University Health Center Prepare nutritious, quick and tasty au tumn vegetarian dishes. Tips for shop ping, ingredient selection and saving time will be highlighted. Come hungry rj. and ready to cook. J/ To register for or to learn fj more about these work 1-7 shops, check out the Uni ty versity Health Center's NEW | Web site at http://healthed.uoregon.edu. You can also call M6 ^ia56 or stop by the Peer Health Education Office on the first floor of the University Health Center. Winter 2001 Health information Tables at the lee Center Wednesdays, 3:00 - 5:00p.m. January 17: Healthy Vegetarian January 31: safer Sex Seasonal Affective Depression February 14: Legitimate Exercise February 28: Eating Disorders Awareness & Prevention March 14: National Nutrition Month r Who Pays for Macho Drinking When masculinity mixes with alcohol, the results can be severe. Choose a safer, healthier lifestyle by avoiding the social pressures to drink. By Daniel Self The masculine ideal of the typical college man: Attractive, intelligent, articulate, and of course— he drinks. The world of the typical male college student is a blur of classes, work, romantic en deavors, and social events. We live in a stressful environment that tends to promote drinking as a social activity and as a way to relieve the stress as sociated with a busy college schedule. In our socie ty drinking is seen as a masculine activity, even part of the definition of being a “real man.” According to Health Center statistics, men tend to out-drink women not only in terms of the amount of alcohol that they consume, but in most areas of what we might call “problem drinking”— frequent intoxication, dependence, and alco holism. Most college students who do drink (just over half drink at least once a month) do so in a social manner, however men are far more likely to drink as an attempt to relieve stress or simply to get drunk. Specific reference statistics and articles ( related to these problem-drinking trends are avail able through the Health Education Program. There are, of course, other reasons why men drink. We drink to feel like we belong. Often, this is the case in the Greek systems. Fraternities are organizations focusing on social brotherhood, and the trademarks of many Greek houses are their unique social events. Many of these social events provide readily available alcohol, and foster a de sire to be like the rest of one’s peers—confident and sociable. Drinking always has consequences, whether they involve immediate physical response (intoxi cation), law related (MIP’s and DUII’s), or long term health hazards such as liver disease. Every one knows that they shouldn’t drink and drive, and still the macho drive within some men makes them insist that they are sober enough to drive. This is part of the reason why over sixty percent of fatal traffic accidents involving young people are alcohol related. Male alcoholics often black out and lose memory because they drink frequently. Men who black out often tend to be less inhibited and more aggressive, which can lead to sexual as sault, a serious problem for men and women asso « dated with male drinking behavior. “It is not binge drinking that makes a rapist or an abuser,” says Lara Mosidete, Sexual Assault Prevention and Education Coordinator for the Women’s Center. She ads “Drinking can act as a perpetrator’s scapegoat rather than a correlating factor. It is essential to hold perpetrators responsi ble for their actions whether or not alcohol is in volved.” In 85 % of sexual assault cases, the at tacker knows the victim. This can lead to a false sense of security for females. Also disturbing is that roughly 85 % percent of sexual assault cases involves alcohol in some way. If you or someone you know blacks out when they drink, drinks alone, and drinks very often or too heavily, they need help. Asking for help is not seen as a manly thing to do. Ask yourself if it is worth putting away your macho pride to save your health, your relationships, your academic stand ing, or a friend form alcohol abuse. Please don’t hesitate to contact the following organizations for more information or support: The UO Counseling Center (541) 346-3227 Alcoholics Anonymous: http://www.aa.org, (541) 342-4113. What To Do When The Weather Sucks Just because it’s raining, doesn't meanyou can't go outside and get happg. There are plenty of fun, outdoor winter activities if you're willing togetyourfeetwet By Basil Fedorchenko Do you find yourself indoors more and more as the rain continues to come down? Is watching re-runs of the Dukes of Hazards getting old? Are these factors leading you to have a case of the blues? Then consider this: a recent study conducted by Duke University, and published in the New York Times, made a correla tion between exercise and depres sion (a.k.a.. “The Blues”). It stated that consistent exercise in half hour duration can decrease levels of de pression. It also stated that if the ex ercise was kept up, symptoms didn’t return in most cases (New York Times, Oct 10,2000). Lucky for you, Oregon offers a very diverse range of outdoor activi ties which will provide exercise and fun that can help you chase ’dem blues away. The first and most accessible ac tivity which one can do in the winter is bike riding. Eugene offers bike lanes to go almost anywhere, from a simple trip to the mall, to something more elaborate such as a ride to the coast. And don’t let the rain stop you from getting out there, as fenders and some rain gear will keep you dry and happy. Just make sure to wear a hel met, as metal surfaces such as man hole covers are notorious for being very slick when wet, and can lead to some pretty nasty crashes (I speak from experience). If you need more information about any aspect ofbik ing in the winter don’t hesitate to stop by any of the bike shops in \ town. They will tell you all about the gear you may need as well as great rides. But biking is by no ^ means the only thing one can do during the winter months. An alternative is to I head to one of the many | mountains around Eugene. These include the legendary mountains such as Mt. Hood or Mt. Bachelor, both about a three hour drive, or to the small and locally op erated areas such as Willamette Pass, only and hour’s drive. All of these areas offer diverse ac tivities ranging from ski ing and snowboarding to snowshoeing and cross country skiing. Skiing and snowboarding are ex pensive, with lift tickets run ning $43 per day at Mt. Hood and Mt. Bachelor, and $31 at Willamette Pass. The snowshoeing and cross country skiing are less expensive al ternatives which can be done in the fresh air of the mountains. Rentals leaving to the moun tains every Saturday from Bergs Ski shop, and every Friday through the Outdoor program. If traveling for recreation in win ter is not your style, then try some of the various activities at the Student Recreation Center, located on cam pus. Activities here include weight training, rock climbing, indoor bas ketball, tennis, swimming, or run for show shoes and cross country skis are just $8 at Willamette Pass, and a day’s access to the trails is only $6. These activities are not only less expen sive than going downhill, but will also give you a high er rate of exercise, and some peace and quiet. II ning on the indoor track. There is also a plethora of outdoor facilities, like a soccer field and track. If, on the other hand, you want to get as far away from everything as possible the Outdoor Program offers a variety of trips to exotic winter locations, or warm places South of the border, you can find out more at OP office on the bottom floor of the EMU, or by call ing 346-4365. The Outdoor Program also offers many resources for get ting outdoors, ranging from plan ning a trip to transportation. Some of my personal favorite ac tivities include, getting a bunch of friends together and heading to the mountains for some snowboarding. Or if the long ride doesn’t appeal to me that day, then simply going for a bike ride up Coberg Rd. to purchase my groceries, or taking my bike on one of the many “river paths” locat ed around the Willamette River. So don’t let the rain force you in doors to be depressed during the winter months, as there is a large va riety of activities to be done outside, even while the rain drops keep falling. All it takes to enjoy the out doors in the winter is some basic rain gear and a sense of adventure. The outdoor options in the win ter are by no means limited to what is described above, and any such activi ty, as long as it includes movement, should lift your spirits. Stop looking at the rain as something that will lim it your exposure to the outdoors and start looking at it as just another part Winter 2001 Peer Health Educators Peer Advisors: Basil Fedorchenko, Em% May, Anna Orton, Dan Self, Haseena Vaswani, Liz Vollmer-Buhl, Shoshana Ungerleider. Photos: Annie DochnaW Adviser: Christopher Hines WdlNow is published each term, except summer, for UO students by the Health Education Department of the Health Center, 13th and Agate Streets, University of Oregon, http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu I Health I I FPEP The Health Hi-Ughts, Winter 2001 ■ The University Health center is partici Ipating In a federal program FPEP, Family Planning Expansion Project. This program (allows the Health Center to provide men and women FREE family planning services, . birth control and reproductive health care. For more information on how to quali fy for this program, stop by the Health Cen Iter or call 346-2770 or check our website at http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu I Paid Advertising
