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Show Services are free at Wellness Center Messerly, and of those 30 students, about By KAMI EGAN half of them pay fees whic h are usua.lly JOURNAL FOCUS EDl~OR under $10, said Messerly. The other half pay nothing. The Wellness Center, located in the Other ser vices offered at the Wellness Sharwan Smith Center, is a place where Cente r include clinical counseling, alcohol health service providers consult with and drug programs, and campus recreation. students for quality health services for little "The Clinical or no c harge, Counseling Cente r according to Kay was established to Messerly, director of help students deal health services. with more serious life "We are a provider experiences," for the diagnosis, according to the treatment, and pamphlet. First time prescription of illnesses sessions w ith and injury for psychologist Gar y students," said t· Dunford arc free and Messerly. those who wish to According to a make an appointment pamphlet released hy may do so by calling the Wellness Center or visiting the which outlines health Wcilness Center. ser vices provided hy Students who seek the individuals at the the advice of center, "Health ser vices counselors in alcohol are available to all SUU and drug abuse issues students. Consultation can talk to Craig with a nurse J Forman in the practitioner, registered ~ Wellness Center. nurse, or specialist is ~ Physical fitness and free." Students who v nutrition arc also seek to talk with the ~ important to health . professionals at the !!:.There are various Wellness Ceme r should Kay Messerly, director of Hefllth Services, checks the blood pressure of SUU student programs on campus call for an dedicated to physical Evan Allred, freshman biology major from Smith Valley, Nev. Many health services appointment. at the Wellness Center, including a blood pressure check, are provided free of charge fitness and the "Mondays are ver y maintenance of a for the students. · long and busy because sound body. we arc closed on the Individuals inte rested in fitness programs nothing for most health ser vices." weekend,n and patients usually build up, may contact Ken Nielson at 586-7774. Although Messerly is the only full-time said Messerly. However, a health professional And stude nts should consider that good nurse at the Wellness Cente r, registered will likely he able to help any available day. nutrition is conducive to good health."The there arc other registe red nurses and nurse The Wellness Center is open Mon. 9 a.m.-3 practitioners, as w ell as a dermatologist who best way for students to cat nutritiously is tc p.m., Tues. 3 p.m.-5 p.m., follow the Food Guide Pyramid. Nutrition come to the Wellness Cente r at subsequent Wed. 4 p.m .-6 p .m., Thurs. 8 a.m.-10 p.m., helps keep the body in good repair, shape, times. "Their hours vary because they work and Fri. 9 a.m.-11 a.m. and mainte nance. With good nutrition, at the hospital as well as the Wellness "We try to cover all hours so that stude nts e verything works better within the body," will have some option in the midst of classes Center," said Messerly. said Messerly. Below, a version of the An average of 30 students go to the and other obligations," said Messerly. pyramid is provided for student infor mation. Many services are free of charge (see chart Wellness Cente r every day, according to below). These include allergy injections, consultations, medication samples, and blood pressure c hecks. There is a first-time hea.lth record fee of $10 "which sets up the student's chart, puts the student into the computer, and arranges the stude nt's files," said Messerly. "After that, students pay j The Food Guide Pyramid Student health service fees Consultation (nurse Pil~t<d.<W:!il ~~~t~bn rse) Health education Medication samples (w Use of cold gel packs/va Use of crutches/splints Bicillin injection Dressings Ear Irrigation Hepatitis A/ B iJQmunization HIV test Mono spot test Physical exam for work, team, Pregnancy test Rapid strep test Tetanus/ diphtheria immunizat Urinalysis Wart treatment No Charge No Ch arge No Charge No Charge No Charge No Charge No Charge $1 7 $2- $10 $10 Price varies $20 $10 $10 $10 $10 $10 $8 $10 According to Kay Messerly, director of health services, the best way for a student to keep a consiste nt and healthy diet is to follow the sp ecifications laid out by the Food Guide Pyramid, developed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The Food Guide Pyramid has been adapte d by the CSPI from its origina.l version to be more specific. The chart below is one asp eci of the pyramid which, a.lthough not e ntire, offers the student a c ursory view of the path to a balanced diet: • The best diets are ric h in whole grains, beans, and fresh vegetables and fruit. Healthy diets also include moderate portions of dairy (milk, cottage cheese, yogurt) and low-fat aninw products (skinless chicken, turlc.cy, or • Make the food types specified within the food pyramid the backbone of your diet. Make sure they're low in fat, sodium, and sugar. (two to rour For further scrv1nas> details pn the Food Guide Fruits Pyramid, ( IWO IO lour ICfflnp) ...... --.*-.................... .-.. fish). c.t,c IO II IICtVlnp) • Porlr illUI bNJU • V~tabk p/14. • T"'*q salflllO#di SUUans candid about health available to students who want to work out on weights, bikes ·and stair steppers. Kristin Merryweather, a Many students on campus find sophomore business major from the time amid busy schedules to South Jordan, Utah, works at the do something active. Physical Fitness Center. She said the fitness seems important to most cente r is open from 6 a.m. to students as well as trying to eat 9:30 p.m. and accommodates hea.lthiJy. around 150 students per day. "I Daniel Hansen , a freshman work from 2 p .m. to 6 p.m., sports medicine major from that's the busiest time of day," Gunnison, Utah. said , "I work she said. out ever y day with the track Sarah Steed, a sophomore art team. We run probably three major from Sa.It Lake City, a.lso miles a day in sprints. work_s at the Fitness Cente r. The "I love all sports. It's Fitness Center pass is $70 a important to be physically fit for semester, or just $50 if the every one of them or you won't stude nt has enrolled in PE 1700 be able to perform at the level which gives 0.5 c redits. Steed that you like.ff said that this semester 600 Hansen said he eats well students opted to take the class because "you're supposed to eat well. Personally I'm trying to get for credit. Other students around campus better at that. lf you don't eat have their own ways of keeping the right foods your body physically active. doesn't recuperate right and it Junior art major, Kyle Vincent, has a hard time the next day. I from Parowan, Utah, said, " I o don't drink pop and I've taken recently have started playing ~ candy out of my diet now. Lots racquetball in the mornings. I go of proteins and carbohydrates, to the wonderful racquttball > things like that, thirigs that are courts in the PE Building and real good for you, vegetables, there I become physically fit. It they replace your body with the Lee Pace, senior chemistry major from Parowan, maintains h is health by lifting dumbbells at invigorates your mind and vitamins you need." the student fitness center, located in the Sharwan Smith Center. Many students choose to werk releases endorphins co make The Fitness Center, located in out in the fitness center to keep their bodies healthy. A pass to the center costs $70 a semester, or (you) feel better." the Sharwan Smith Center just $50 if the student has enrolled in PE 1700 which gives 0.5 credits. About his diet, Vincent said , "I across from the SUUSA offices, is By JAIME STENSRUD JOURNAL STAFF WRITER S a I Clinical counseling provided here they enjoy. He said that a way to combat depression is to start having fun again . "Keep a schedule, eat balanced meals, exercise regularly, get outside, laugh a little, get e nough sleep, don't sleep too much and ·do the things you e njoy," Tracy.Jensen, a senior communication major from North Ogden, Dunford said, "our conscious and our subconscious e nters her class five minutes ~cfore it starts and lets out a scream. ,..,_._...,...,,.. need to be in sync." Jensen said that despite her light load of 13 credits, she has "Don 't take life too seriously, he said, don't sweat major stress. She said it is not a matter of credit hours but the small stuff, and it's alJ sma.11 stuff," Dunford all the other obligations in her life. With worlc, said. dance rehearsal, family problems, c hurch After three years of being a resident adviser callings and balancing a social life, and coping with the death of he r own she said he r schedule is too full and boyfriend, Beth Sandoz, a senior she has lost all control. communJcation major from Mountain . Pass Gary Dunford, director of clinical Calif., said that she has been depressed and counseling, caJled Jensen 's. way of seen others suffering from it. relieving stress a primaJ scream. He said "I think that we a.lJ become depressed at that st ress and depression a re major one time or another," she said. "There are . problems for college students. Students, various degrees of It, and everyone's often far from home, must face financia.l, experie nces are unique. I don't think it's social, career and class problems. Dunford a bad thing to become emotionally said that colJege life is a time of great change down at tim¢s. It becom es self for most students. He also said that change destructive when we are in the pit of both positive and negative Hsues cause stress. despair and refuse to make the effort Dunford said that stress often leads to .____....,~, to climb out. It's hard, and there's depression, especially w hen we fed that not much that can be said to make nothing we do makes a difference. Depression, things better. Time has helped me according to Dunford, is often the way students a lot so have friends, family, and choose to explain the negative things that happen God." to them. He called depression the common cold of In addition to clinical menut illness. It is normal, he said, to exper ience: counseling, SUU students have discouragemen t or mild depression. However, when other resources to help them depression leads to missing da.sses or assign.men.t s, through stress and depression. Brad Wind, disruption in sleeping or eating patterns or social ~ ~(ot<\ a massage therapist in the Wellness Center, offers problems such as withdrawing from friends, then o~~ his services at $10 for a 15 minute massage. Dunford suggested that serious action should be taken Dunford also said that dq>rcssion and stress are greatly MBeing depressed," Dunford said, Mis like having blin<krs affected by the power of the mind. For further information, on. We forget that we have options, but we always do. about the min-body connection. visit the SUU Wcllncss Center Even when doors close, somewhere a window opens: website at www.suu.edu/ssjwcllncss. Dunford said that often dcprcsscd people stop doinB the thinp By MYLYNN DAVIS and LISA DAWN PERRY JOURNAL STA FF WRITERS only have one serving of some things. I won't go back and take three like I normally do. I eat a lot of instant rice and noodle things, a lot of pasta. But no Ramen, I haven't bought any Ramen yet." Vincent said h is roommates' idea of physical fitness differs. "They have very strong fingers from playing video games. Other than that I don't know." Kendra Christiansen, a junior botany major from Phoenix, Ariz. said, "It's hard, I don't have a lot of time. But I go to the Spirit Fitness Center three times a week and then I have k-arate. When I can, I run." Christiansen said she e njoys keeping fit. "First of all, you feel better about yourself when you've worked out. You can ease a lot of pressure. For myself, when I don't work out 1 have a lot of anxiety built up and that's just an outlet to relieve a lot of pressures and stress and (then) everything else in my life goes well," she said. Students on campus find a variety of ways to keep fit, such as running, p laying sports, dancing, and aerobics classes. Although the college diet is . sometimes rough, many students take measures to cat well. Steps for handling sleep disorders Sleep disorders can be a proble m among college students who are experiencing c hanges, challenges, and worries. Although sleep disorders can be distressing, there are certain steps one can take to dispel the pattern, according to the Clinical Counseling Center website: 1. Go to bed at a regular time and don't nap during the day. 2. Get up at a regular time even If you went to bed late the night before. 3. If you smoke or drink alcohol don't do it at least two hours before bedtime. 4. ·Exercise regularly but not close to bedtime. 5. If you can't sleep get up and do something you don't really like to do like mopping floors. You may discover that you would rather sleep than mop floors. But If you still can't get to sleep you hav~ done something useful and your roommates will love you. If you lay in bed thinking about not sleepi ng you tend to make the bed a battleground of worrying about performing badly at school, being ornery, being depressed, etc. Don't try too h_ard to sleep or you may be developing negative conditioning. Fear of not sleeping can become a se.lf-fulfilling prophecy. You can't sleep for worr ying about not sleeping which causes you to · worry more and not sleep more. You get the idea. 6. Do what you can to make the bedroom more conducive to sleep. Too much noise, light, and/or heat can make a big difference. Darker and quieter are better. 7. Find some rituals that help make you sleepy like reading your psyc hology book or listening to music that is relaxing. 8 . Before going to bed list the worries you have on a piece of paper. Put the paper on the table to be considered at a more appropriate time when you can do something about your problems. 9. Check your medications to see if they could be a contributing factor to insomnia. 10. Fragrances such as vanilla, lavender and green apple have been found to be helpful in bringing on sleep. 11. Foods with the amino acid tryptophar,, which your body conver ts to serotonin, can make falling asleep easier. Try peanuts, bananas or milk and cookies. 12. Counseling can help. The individuals.in the Clinical Counseling Center w->uld be pleased to talk to you about relaxation techniques and help you solve some of the contributing problems thu arc of concern. For further lnformatton about sleep disorders, visit the atnlcal CounseUng Center website at www.suu.edu/ss/weJJness/ sleep.hlml. . I. |