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iddlefielD Golf course Tee time 942-8730 No tee times 484-1927 STUDENT SPECIAL GOLF 9 HOLES $8 SECOND 9 HOLES $4 Stu<ients Onty. Must show ID. (Monday ■ Friday) MAN’S WORLD For that off-campus quality Find us under Barbers For appointments in the Yellow Pages call 342-7664 966 Oak Gossett C*m Buffct 1525 Franklin Blvd. Eugene, OR 97402 541-343-2828 11:30am-9:00pm Daily Next to Campus ALL YOU CAN EAT (every night $7.99 includes drink and ice cream) come eat buffet-style or order to go 24 Szechwan and Mandarin dishes to choose from Today is the Great American Smoke-Out Celebrate Smoke-Free dir-. Check out today's euents Houember 18: Cigarette butt contest 12-2pm. IHU lobby Guess the number of cigarette butts picked up outside of Knight library in one hour. Guess correctly and min a $100 HO Bookstore gift certificate. Houember 18 Quit smoking for 24 hours. Catch a demonstration and get some useful information in the EMU lobby. noon-2pm. look out for Ciggy Buttz around campus. Free HRT fall and uiinter term through Health Ed. Office Call 346-4456 for an appointment. Sponsored by the Oniuersity Health Center. Campus Health fiction on Tobacco, and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center O UNIVERSITY OF OREGON http://healthcenter.uoregon.edu appointments: 346-2770 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER. Tim Bobosky | Photographer Jon Davies, psychologist at the University Counseling and Testing Center, discusses problems men face that decrease their longevity, and the upcoming Men's Civil War Relay. John Lin, the Men's Center Coordinator, listens with seven others. Relay: Risky behaviors shorten life spans Continued from page 1 of cooperation” to share the impor tance of men’s health. A typical man lives seven years less than a typical woman, a discrepancy caused by risky behavior rather than genetics, Davies said. He said men are more likely to engage in risky activi ties, such as speeding and using alco hol and drugs, and are less likely to seek help for problems, leading to ill ness and shorter life spans. “Men think they’re pretty healthy, when in fact they’re more risky and less healthy than women,” he said. Testicular cancer will also be a focus of the discussion. The disease is the most common form of cancer in men 15 to 40 years old, according to the Na tional Institutes of Health. Between 6,000 and 8,000 men are diagnosed r with testicular cancer each year. “These are all areas that can kill or do harm to men in particular,” he said. To promote healthier choices, the team will wear T-shirts that say “real men vs. realistic men,” Davies said, adding that “realistic men are men who seek health when necessary. ” Davies said the Men’s Center also aims to help men seek out healthy be haviors. He said about 90 percent of University Student Conduct Code vio lations are committed by males, while only about one-third of Counseling and Testing Center clients are male. “So what we know is men are out there and struggle with issues, but are not coming in for help,” he said. Miller said the event will also em phasize fitness “by its very nature.” The team includes team captain freshman Anne Riley, as well as fresh men Stephen Navarro, Laura Bocko, Sarah Shoop and Craig Harford. Davies said women are a vital part of men’s health because men often rely on them for advice and support, but he added that promoting men’s health includes helping men to rely more on each other. “Women shouldn’t have to bear all the burden of taking care of men,” Davies said. Miller said the Men’s Center has al ways had a policy of opening its events to everyone. Harford said he hopes more teams from the University will become in volved in the future, adding that several teams from OSU will compete this year. parkerhowell @ dailyemerald. com 1 EXCITE ATOMS WITH A CONCENTRATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY. (OR NUKE IT, DEPENDING ON YOUR MAJOR.) CCSC Brands, L.P. 2004
