Rowland to speak on Bulimia
By Shelley Ball
Of The Print
Award-winning television
journalist Cynthia Rowland
will speak about her personal
struggle with Bulimiarexia, a
life-threatening
eating
disorder, on campus Jan. 10 at
7:30 p.m. in the Com-
munityCenter Mall.
Bulimiarexia causes its vic
tims, mostly young women, to
engage in massive food binges,
after which they feel guilty and
vomit it up. Bulimia victims
are also known to take diaretic
or laxative pills, in order to
combat what is thought to be
their obsessive fear of gaining
weight.
Rowland was plagued with
the disorder for 12 years
before she was cured. She has
since written a book about her
experience with Bulimia, the
recently-released “The
Monster Within” and is the
executive director for the
Bulimia Foundation of
America.
Student Programs Specialist
Dave Buckley was involved in
planning Rowland’s visit to
the college. Through talking
with Rowland and reading her
book, Buckley said he thinks
Rowland’s lecture will pro
bably have more of an impact
more at the root of the pro
blem,” he said.
Buckley also said he is
aware that the problem exists
on campus, although he
doesn’t know how widespread
it may be. He added he was
surprised to find out that
Bulimia has been treated as a
fad, on at least one college
campus,an aquaintance of
Rowland’s was reported to
have said. “That’s what kind
of hit me-that something like
that can be started as a fad,”
Buckley said.
because it does not talk about
Bulimia in general terms, as
has been done in the past.
“She (Rowland) really gets
The lecture will be free and
a question and answer period
is expected to follow. Buckley
said he hopes the lecture will
be well attended.
Cynthia Rowland
Nancy
Macklin,
psychoterapist, will be instruc
ting the seminar. Macklin
owns her own practice in
Portland, named Northwest
Treatment Service, where she
counsels troubled clients.
Macklin sets up a diet and ex
ercise program for her P.M.S.
clients and also teaches them
how to chart the onset of their
P.M.S. symptoms. Macklin
first became interested in
P.M.S. when she was inform
ed her sister was suffering
from a severe case of the
disorder.
“It’s not so much the symp
toms or the characteristics of
P.M.S. as much as it is the
timing,” Macklin said. “40
percent of women (of
menstrating age) suffer from
P.M.S. in varying degrees,”
she added.
, A cure has not actually been
discovered, but exercise and
proper diet helps relieve
P.M.S. Doctors have perform
ed complete hysterectomies
and prescribed valium as
treatments for P.M.S.
The Campus Children’s
Center, located on Clackamas
Community College’s campus
in the Orchard Center, will be
hosting an open house next
Wednesday, Dec. 12, to show
off their new facilities.
Debbie McFeron, a worker
in the infant/toddler section
of the program said with
refreshments and special
childcare provided, parents
will be able to talk with
teachers and workers relatively
bother-free.
Children's Center
P.M.S. dangers recognized Open house slated
Pre-Menstrual Syndrome
(P.M.S.) has affected women
of menstrating age for cen
turies, yet until recently it has
not been recognized.
Clackamas Community
College’s
Focus
on
Women/Focus on Men is
holding a seminar on P.M.S.
Dec. 6th from 7-10 p.m. in
the Small Dining Room of the
Community Center cafeteria.
The seminar will provide cur
rent research on P.M.S., how
to find out if one has it and
how to choose a physician.
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The center offers care for
children just months old all
the way up to 10 years or
more, McFeron said. She ex
plained the infant/toddler sec
tion has a four-children-to-
one-worker ratio, and the
older children’s ratio is 10-to-
one, although the actual ratio
is usually much less than that.
She said helpers from around
the community come in to be
with the kids on a regular
basis, but they are not counted
in the ratio.
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