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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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