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Show UNIVERSITY PREVIEW• SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY• FALL 1996 9 Wellness Center aids many students The Wellness Cente r, composed of "fo ur h u ma nita ria ns, " is devoted to "Stude nts are w elcome to bring a friend or anyon e w ho makes t he m feel safe, se rving stude nts by prom oting th e total wellness concept, says Ha rman he says. Bonnikse n, coo rdina tor of the Drug and Alco ho l Educati on a nd Pre venti on " We pu ll lives back together whe n they have been s hat tered- or a t least Programs. brui sed," says Bo nniksen. " A lot of people also tal k to Ka y as we ll beca use And t h at it does-Bonniksen says tha t more than 6,000 students we re serviced sh e's readi ly accessible and k ind," he adds . " She does a lot mo re tha n by the center this past year. The Wellness Ce nter incorporates Student H ealth di spensing p ills-we do a lot of h eali ng t ha t isn 't medi cal. " Services, C li n ical Co unseling and Drug and Alcoh ol Educa tion a nd Prevention However, the Wellness Cente r perfo rm s a lo t of hea ling t hat is medica l as we ll. Progra ms. According to Messerl y, a registered nurse, St ude nt Hea lth Se rvices pe rform "Som e people just need so meon e to say ' hi,' or, 'you look nice today,' a nd we prima ry d iagnosis and treat m ent o f proble ms, along wi th fo llow-u p care. T here is ca n provide tha t," says Bo nniksen. Kay Messerl y, director of Stude nt Heal th a one-time $ lO c ha rge fo r th e first visit, to process a st udent's records. Servi ces adds, " Everyone needs Messe rl y ,ilso vis its c lassrooms reassurance- som eone to jus t say, alo ng with Du n fo rd an d Bo n n ikse n 'you' re O K."' to make presenta t ions o n prevent ion " Peopl e say t hat this is the bes t o f ra pe, AIDS a nd o t h e r pro blem s tim e of your li fe, but yo u ha ve to facing s tude nts. " We do ,1 lot of pe rfo rm acade m ica ll y, sociall y, t h ings tha t a ren 't p ub licized," ays fina n ciall y ... a nd smi le all t h e wa y," Bonni kse n. adds Messe rly. " It res ul ts in high T he Alco ho l and Drug Ed uc~nio n pressure." a n d Prevent ion Program;, rhe Ga ry Dun ford, di rector o f C linical newest iacer ni the Wel lness C e nt e r, Co un se ling, says he treats a lot of was ins talkd to counter rhe a lcohol students with high a nxiety a nd a nd drug pro b le m o n t he SU c,1111pus. depression as a result of all th e Accordi ng to Bo nn ikse n, iris a st resses fac ing college st ude nts. place where st u dents can get " However, help is available," he refe rence for se lf-h elp a n d other says. " We've seen stude nts helped co mmun ity o rgani za ti o ns, rather tre mendous ly th ro ugh t h e than a cou nsel ing progra m . " We can counseling serv ice. help peo ple come to dec is ion ~111d · Du nford, wh o received t he help the m work t h rough a dec is ion Outsta nding Staff Mem ber Awa rd m,1king p rocess," s,1 ys Bo nniksen. from the Univers it y for 199 1-92, He ad ds, " We don 't rnke th e adds tha t he h as visited with a pproa ch of 'you 're go ing to he a n stude nts abo ut problem s such as ugly, had pe rso n if you don' t ge t ea ting diso rders, sexu al, ph ysical hel p,' bu t from the we llness a nd eve n cu lt ab.use, as we ll as sta ndpo in t." multiple personalities, irrati onal " Most ly it's rea ll y fun ro sec fea rs and anx ie ty a nd de pression. st ude nts overcome pro ble ms a nd be The re is no cost fo r the fi rst lO su ccessful," sa ys D un ford . Messe rly v isi ts, but after that the re is a $ 10 add s, "Com men cement is always a c ha rge. " T h is starts over every wo nde rf u l day, to sec st ud ent th.it S U U's Welln ess Center is operated by (from left) Trudy /on es, Kay Messerly, Dr. quarte r, so a s tudent has 10 free you t hin k yo u had a ha nd in Gary Dunford and Harman Bonnil<sen. vis its a qua rter, " D unfo rd says. he lping." 11 11 Forensics a major force at SUU If you en joy spea king in public and discussing Indiv idual events, according to Wes t, a rc fo r cu rrent eve nts, t hen SUU's fo rensics program th ose t hat enjoy attention and don't mind pu blic m ay be fo r you. spea king. Some of the ca tegories for th is group Some incoming students may not eve n k no w are pla tform spea king, lim ited pre para tio n, a nd t hat SUV was big enough to have a debate team , interpretation of literature. but according to director of fore ns ics, Terry West, The team atte nds a bout 20 tournam e nts a yea r, the team is quite competit ive on a na tional level. according to West. lt also sponsors t wo ln fa ct, SUV student Gav in William s recentl y tourna me nts at SUV . The college tou rnamen t is earned all-Ameri can hon ors in .----- - - -- - - - - -·- - ~ in th e fa ll, and the Abe debate fo r th e second year in a Li nco ln high school row ; and t he team is affilia ted rourname nt is Februa ry. The with Delta Sigm a Ro and Ta u high sch ool to urn a ment Kappa Alpha, t wo n ational allows suu forensic stude nts to furt he r develop their sk ills foren sic hon or socie ti es. I' by judging th e events. In fo rensics, there are two Debate may not be fo r groups: debate a nd indiv idual event. In debate, forensic e veryon e, h owever. " You have stude nts compete with C EDA S 1 S, to be reall y devo ted to participate in t he acti vity. It (Cross Examination Debate Association) which is the takes a lot of time," said West. To help students pay fo r largest competition in school, since it ta kes so much America. They also participate in American OW. time, some of them are Forensics Association scholarshiped. individual events sponsored But for the ones that persist, tournaments, which requires the benefits are h elpful, said its competitors to qualify West. He thinks that forensics before attending. But for those freshmen not helps students improve research skills, critical ' quite ready for the fierce competition of the "big" thinking, confidence, current event knowledge tournaments, there is a novice national and organization. These are skills that could be tournament. used in any aspect of your life, said West. Director of Forensics Terry West says 'orensics helps Students improve h k•lJ researc critical thinking, Confidence, CUrrent t kn J d d even e ge an organization. I Gridders boast at least five home games in '96 Ne w SUV st udents ca n sha re the exci tement of N C AA foo tball t h is fal l, eve n befo re they go to t he ir first class. It's a new e ra fo r SUU o n t he gri diron wi t h new footba ll coach Rich Ellerson an d h is s rn ff instill ing a new spiri t a .. SUV moves bac k into t he in<le pe ndent ra n ks this year. 'Bird fa ns can loo k forw ard to the sa me kind of exciting ball Ellerson led with his renow ned D esert Swarm defense at the University of Arizona over the past few years. The Thunderbirds begin their season before school starts with a h ome game August 3 1 against N orthe rn Iowa Panth ers of the Gateway Confe rence. The next week, they may have another home game, which had not yet settled upon at press tim e. On Sept. 21 , the Saturday before school starts, SUU hos ts longtime ri va l We!>tL' rn State. T hose ea rl y-season ga mes sra n ,H 7 p.m. in the Coliseu m ol Sou thern Uta h. T he re a rc t hree home ga mes afte r school starts, begin ning wi t h Montana T ec h on Sept. 28 . Southwest T exas co mes into town Oct . 12 wh ile St. Mary's visits the Colise um on Nov. 2. All students n eed to do to atte nd those pre-fall ga m es is e nte r a t the m ain gate of t he Coliseum a t t h e west end of campus and show their receipt in dicat ing t hat they ha ve paid th eir tuition and fees. For the late r hom e games, admitta n ce can be gained by sh owi ng a student I.D. card which will be obtained during the first w eek of school on the first floor of the Administration Building. (See page 18). |