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Show Take Note: 5 Monday, April 9,2007 The Interior Design senior exhibit starts today in the Tippetts Exhibition Hall from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 797-1769 features@statesman.usu.edu f REBEKAH BjftADWAY Copy Editor/' With all-the dangers 8ia negative^publicity of alcohol consumption, it may be hard to believe it can lead to both health and social improvements [ for some. According to several studies, elaborated on in a Scientific American magazine special edition • article, drinking moderate amounts of alcohol can have cardiovascular benefits, reducing the risk of heart attack and other health problems. "(In these studies,) people who drank moderately... had less heart disease than even those who didn't drink at all," said Matt Flint, a professor in the department of health, physical education and recreation. "Drink to Your Health?" written by Arthur Klatsky, states that the only established risk of moderate drinking is that it might lead to heavy drinking for some, which has more risks, but probable benefits of mode r a t e drinking include D*fc..«^ ^, • -.-.'.- Statesman photo illustration decreased risks of coroSTUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT THERE are benefits to drinking alcohol moderately. While there are some health and social benefits to drinking one alcoholic beverage per day, there are no benefits to nary heart disease, ischbinge drinking, which is drinking several drinks in one night to get drunk. '! emic stroke and gallstones. v Decreased risks for come from what people report of . blindness and diabetes can also not binge drinking. themselves, not experiments. "That's the key is the whole be added to the list, according 1 moderately, ' Flint said. And the studies don't recomto Phillip Waite, an assistant 1 mend people who abstain hditi According to Hint, moder professor in the department of drinking to start, Flint said. • ate drinking is one drink a day health, physical education and for women and one to two for "You don't know who's going recreation. men. One drink consists of a 12- to become an alcoholic," he said: The reason alcohol may help beer, a glass of wine, or 1 "What most of these articles are is because it can prevent athero- ounce BY BRITTNY GOODSELL JONES Coburm: My girlfriend, and my 1/2 ounces spirits. saying if you already drink alcosclerosis, the buildup of plaque Staff Writer two best friends. One of my friends hol and you fit into the populaFlint also said one potential in the arteries, Waite said. is in New Jersey, the other one is problem with the studies is that tion where you might get heart Utah Statesman: What are you He said atherosclerosis is the in Alaska and my girlfriend is in they're retrospective, not clinical disease, then make sure you doing? underlying cause of strokes and Detroit. trials. Waite agreed, saying retheart disease. rospective studies are subjectto* Mike Coburm: I'm US: What was your But the health benefits only •ALCOHOL some weaknesses because they reading stuff for my first job? come from drinking moderately, see page 7 environmental semion nar class. Coburm: I was a referee for indoor US: What's your Rondom Campus Profiles soccer. major? Mike Coburm US: If you have a Coburm: I'm a Eagle River, Alaska personal motto about doctoral student in life, what is it? Graduate sociology. Sociology Coburn: Don't let the US: Did you get bastards get ya down. I walked in the kitchen doors the Kent Concert Hall. It was "Yes, big, fat Mrs. Stephens broke your master's from at work last week to see a new Halloween night so some people the desk." We all felt really stupid here? US: Top three movies you can watch waiter carrying around plates of decided to dress up, including the after that. over and over again? hamburgers, steak and chicken. man behind me who wore nothCoburm: No, from the University of So where are all these stories He immediately looked like ing but red tights and a cape. I going? Well, what I want to say Wyoming. Coburm: Team America World someone I had met before. Where think he was Nacho Libre. is we should all be more careful Police, umm another one I like. was he from? High school? A US: Where are you from? This costume not only exposed when we open our mouths. Once The Singles. It's an older one, 1991. Alaskan sociology student wants to be his dog for a day taught It would be nice sometimes if the cat did have my tongue recent class? Was he the to the world his sense creepy neighbor I had a of humor, but also Manette Newbold couple years ago that I his rather large stomonly saw twice because ach that he was obvihe played Halo 24 hours ously not embarrassed a day? about. No, he was none of Turning to my these people. friend, I thought I was When I told him he really sneaky as I told looked familiar he gave her to check out the me a disgusted look and guy's bare, blubbery Simply put told me ne had worked belly behind us. As she mnewbold@cc.usu.edu at the restaurant for a began to look in both year. My face turned red directions, Nacho Libre and it suddenly came spoke up and told her I back to me. All the times he was talking about him. had handed me sides of ranch I had to sit for another two and mayo and most importantly, hours in front of that man and my tables' entrees. He had been had to walk right in front of him a cook. The only thing different when we were leaving the concert about him this night was he was hall. It was like the nightmare that wearing a different shirt. wouldn't end. Awkward. In fact, that memory reminds How do you recover from a me of the time in fifth grade when situation like that? It was almost my teacher sat on one of the desks as bad as the time I accidentally and it broke for obvious reasons. hugged the Logan Police Sergeant. She was too big to be sitting on Something like that you just can't a desk so small. When all of us take back. 11-year-olds were laughing about About five months ago I went it in the hall at recess, she just to the dance show "Thriller" in happened to walk by and say, something is said, it's said for good. I've recently decided that there are times when we should not say or do anything (such as uh, hugging) to people we don't know. Except, I did know the disguised cook. And Mrs. Stephens. But that is beside the point. Maybe it is just best if we adopt Thumper's theory, "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all." Then we won't end up embarrassing ourselves - or the people we are talking about for that matter. Because I'm telling you, there is no way to recover, Tnere is no way to take it back. You end up just telling people how you have humiliated yourself once again, and sadly, too many times, those people that get offended don't forget. 1 would also like to give a few extra words of advice. First of all, you don't need to tell people they look familiar because they probably are. And if you're the one • W A T C H YOUR TONGUE see page 6 Coburm: Urn, I'm originally from Eagle River, Alaska but I lived in Laramie, Wyoming for a while. • CAUGHT see page 6 US: Why did you come to USU? Coburm: I liked several schools and just when I came down here to visit and they showed me around the campus offered me some pretty good money so I decided to come. The program seemed really nice. US: What do you like the most about USU? Coburm: Probably just the environment, probably just the surrounding environment and all the outdoor activities. US: What do you dislike about USU? Coburm: Uh, well there's no bars around here. US: If you could have dinner with any three people in the world, who would it be? Jamie Cranefjamiecrane@ccusu.edu M I K E COBURM, A GRADUATE STUDENT I N SOCIOLOGY/ said the thing he doesn't like about Logan is its lack of bars. |
