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Clackamas Community College Wednesday, November 28, 1979 Vol. XIII, No. 9 McMurdo’s plans making many aware By James Rhoades Of The Print 9CK-A-BYE BABY — Student really gets into studying for finals week by “sleeping lit- Photo by Duffy Coffman. octor speaks on health i Sandy Carter it The Print Medical science doesn’t have [the answers yet, but people nchange their owrt health for e better, according to hmeron Bangs, M.D., an regon City internist. Bangs, speaking informally about 20 people at a Nov. 14 lens Resource Program minar, applied generous por ks of wit to the topic, “Take large of Your Own Health.” His own interest in health recedes his medical training. | 16, Bangs developed leumatoid arthritis, which, he lid, taught him his ilnerability to ill health. “A pod majority of people don’t [cept the fact that it can hap- |nto them,” he said. ■Eyes twinkling, Bangs said If his second strongest in- ■est is the “pursuit of lasure,” inherited from his jandfather, which makes him ■ermined to be sure that Imething is harmful “before I ■eitup!” •Stressing that attitude, he |nt over a list of subjects liich included goals and at-. ■ides in exercise and nutrition |d the changing role of ■th-care providers. ■On exercise, Bangs said, Bow much do you need? I fcen’t the slightest idea, ■orically, men and animals ■e always been lazy.” Stray fcand male lions sleep over Bhours a day, he said, in kling that man has no innate ■pulsion to exercise. I Heal exercise, he said, is ■orous and involves the whole body, at least three times a week, in a pleasant activity that increases aerobic fitness. He said rowing is best and golf is “equivalent to checkers.” Running may be ideal, he said, “so it’s comfortable and feels good and you can just barely carry on a conver sation.” Tongue in cheek, he added that anyone who runs more than six miles a day—as he used to—us “neurotic.” A standard physical exam prior to starting an exercise program is of no value, he said, startling his audience, but a stress test, such as he gives the Portland Trailblazers each year, is. “The way you live influences the way you feel,” Bangs said, questioning whether people feel good after they exercise, or whether people who feel good are the ones who exercise. “Physical health and mental enthusiasm go hand in hand.” In terms of health interest, Bangs said people fall into three categories; — “The ones thirsting for knowledge—you can’t keep them from it—who’ll do anything they can. ” —“The ones who don’t give a damn—you can talk tc them until you’re blue in the face—who are unaware or don’t care that they can in fluence their health.” —"“The vast majority, who are ‘inspirable’ —depending upon hdw convenient • it is —and want good health but don’t want to put out too much effort.” Claiming, “I’m willing to talk about anything; my limited knowledge of a subject has never stood in my way,” Bangs moved on to the subject of nutrition, a topic on which he said science knows even less than it does about exercise. Describing Americans as “rats in the pantry,” he at tributed the national obesity epidemic to simply “too many calories,” cautioning that “humans have no good mechanism to tell us when to stop eating.” He supported a moderate and alert dietary lifestyle which could flirt with junk foods and refined sugars, but enjoy variety and avoid ex cesses. “Eighty percent of the people I see in my office/’ he said, “would get well without me, but they don’t know it. If they* think they need me, they need me.” Asked about the increased use of physician’s assistants and nurse practitioners, Bangs acknowledged the trend as “giving . up some of our territory,” and saw it making up for the traditional tendency of doctors to treat “entities.” The new health-care professionals, he said, can put more stress on communication and interaction with the patient, “I have no dogmatic statements to make,” Bangs said in closing. “I believe you can influence your health and longevity, through weight control, exercise, not smoking, and regular blood pressure checks, and increase the quality as well as the quantity of your life.” “I- see the College as a college which is beginning to weave itself into the fabric of the community, and it is the texture of that fabric I am con cerned with,” said Kevin Mc Murdo, new College public in formation officer. McMurdo has been on the job for three weeks now, and has some plans for the Public Information Office. “There will be an increase in emphasis on understanding the media’s needs and responding to them,” said McMurdo. “I’m trying to personalize the news. That means a greater number of feature stories, which present the information that the College is a place where people can learn for,a lifetime.” A personalized news service is not the only thing McMurdo has planned for the PIO. “We are responsible for the community at large. We are trying to make them aware of what the College does. That’s fine and good. In addition, the College is nationally recognized for its community services,” said McMurdo. “If the com munity has a problem, we should be able to help. We are looking to inform the public about this.” “News service is the only one small facet of what I do. I am also concerned with percep tion, so people come out with the same impression of the College.” McMurdo feels that, with the College having a stable faculty and administration, and a healthy enrollment, “what is required is preventive medicine to keep the College healthy.” New director introduced Carol ■ Layden was in troduced as the new director of the Focus on Women program by former director, Bernie Nolan, at the Nov. 12 steering committee meeting at the College. Layden was formerly secretary to Marvin Weiss, dean of community education and community services, who left the College in September. Layden said she is planning next year’s Focus on Women program, and asked for suggestions. Vince Fitzgerald, director of the Men’s Resource Center, said his program “is attracting men at a new level of awareness,” and feels that both- Focus on Women and the Men’s Resource Center “should now operate under one umbrella.” The possibilities and problems of combining the two programs were discussed. Ken Ciazza from Clackamas County Mental Health, and a volunteer at the College, proposed that a joint effort would be most effec tive, countering Carol Peter- sonfe objection that “some women fold in leadership capacities when men are present.” Nolan adjourned the meeting, asking that more discussion on the proposed merger of the programs take place at the next meeting. What’s inside Look to The Print for interesting and newsworthy items on and around campus. This issue, read about the events in Iran and compare your feelings with those of the reporters. Get a glimpse into the personal life of our illustrious ASG president Don ' Porter. Catch up on all the sports news. 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