Pop culture challenged culture Pop society into RMs assimilate update Caffeine in weighs Council Advisory Student a car? have Don’t alternatives of plenty are There act Balancing parent employee, A student, Tough defense and defense Tough on offense struggles PAGE PAGE PAGE PAGE 2 PAGE 11 16 15 18 universe.byu.edu Brigham Young University September 25 – October 1, 2012 Provo, Utah Serving the Brigham Young University Community Photo illustration by Brad Davis and Chris Bunker College students have a long to-do list that causes stress in their daily lives. The 2009 College Senior Survey found that 33.1 percent of graduating seniors are overwhelmed. Stop, look and listen for signs of stress leave in summer?” recognizes stress before we do, and it lowest score in the 25 years the survey Her mind was involved in her inter- shows physically and cognitively. has been running. nal discussion for the earlier part of the Many college students make their day. She said it was hard to focus on any- The larger view stress worse by not taking care of them- Experts say not getting BY AUBREY STEENHOEK thing; she was stressed about making Stress in college years is a continu- selves physically. Experts say not get- the right choice and she couldn’t seem ally rising trend in the United States ting enough sleep, eating junk food, enough sleep, eating As Megan Chipman focused on sub- to get her mind off of it. due to the changing environment, work, not exercising and overbooking are all junk food, not exercising mitting her mission papers, she walked According to experts in the fi eld, school, relationships and other major ways students increase stress. from the Tanner Building to the library. the onset of stress most commonly life decisions. Findings from the 2009 College Senior and overbooking are Her thoughts were, “If I go on a mis- comes from transition periods in life. According to a Cooperative Institu- Survey said that 33.1 percent of graduat- sion, should I put my papers in now? College students are in a period of tional Research Program survey, more ing seniors said they “frequently” felt all ways students Should I wait to put my papers in to see constant change, explaining the high than 200,000 freshmen students rated overwhelmed by all they had to do. if I can get an internship this summer? levels of stress. Stressful events cause their mental health, and only 59.1 per- Daniel Huestis, a BYU student, increase stress. Should I switch my schedule this semes- negative thought patterns that make cent of students reported their mental ter so I can fi t in an internship so I can events worse than they are. The body health as above average. This is the See STRESS on Page 3 The sacrifices and demands of a BYU nursing student Students in the bus for her 7 a.m. shift at the Primary a different focus and from the second Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake semester until graduation students get nursing program City. Hansen is a nursing student in hands-on experience in hospital set- her fourth semester at BYU, and time tings with real patients. are required to go is something she does not have a lot of. Along with taking classes, nursing What started as a childhood interest students are expected to complete six to above and beyond developed into her soon-to-be career. 12 hours of hands-on work in the hos- Hansen, 21, from Riverton, Salt Lake pital per week. However, students are County, grew up in the medical fi eld, as not guaranteed a spot in Provo hospitals her father was a surgeon. Her love for and often have to commute. the nursing fi eld developed after she Data from the 2010–2011 school year went to Haiti with her mother. It was report that 368 students were in the BY MADILYN COLE then she learned that nursing could undergraduate nursing program. The open the door for her to help and serve average GPA of these students was a At 4:45 a.m., Sadee Hansen hears the people in all sorts of places. 3.79. The College of Nursing has a 100 buzzing of her alarm clock. As much as The undergraduate nursing pro- percent pass rate on the American Photo by Madilyn Cole she wants to pull the covers over her gram at BYU is a three-year program Sadee Hansen, a BYU nursing student, practices drawing blood. face, she has to get up or she’ll miss her after admittance. Each semester has See NURSE on Page 3 2 The Universe, September 25 – October 1, 2012 UNIVERSE ONLINE Continue reading these stories and more at universe.byu.edu. Photo by Sarah Hill Photo by Jamison Metzger The Brigham City Utah temple was dedicated The Y-Serve logo is prominent in the WILK. Sunday and marks the LDS church’s 139th temple. President Packer presides over New study shows people have Brigham City Temple dedication more time when they give it away A new study has shown that when people President Boyd K. Packer, president of the donate their time to others they fi nd more time Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, presided over in their schedules and live longer than those the cornerstone ceremony for the Brigham who do not serve. City Temple and dedicated the temple in three Cassie Mogilner, assistant professor of mar- sessions. keting at the Wharton School at the University These temple dedication sessions were broad- of Pennsylvania, told The Harvard Business cast to LDS stake centers all across Utah to Review about the benefi ts serving can have on members of the Church holding special temple someone’s well-being. recommends for the occasion. AP Photo/Mohammad Hannon Story continued at unvr.se/QQtz0I 10,000 people poured into a boulevard of Benghazi, demanding that militias disband. Story continued at unvr.se/ShvQkb WEATHER TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY BYU students react to Nursing students go global Mechanical engineering Before students in the nursing program walk 77 79 79 protests in Middle East is “a splash” Following last week’s attack, protests broke across the stage and the bright lights to receive Skipping rocks and shooting rubber balls out out throughout the Middle East and Northern their hard-earned diplomas, they will all have of air compressed cannons, BYU’s Splash Lab Africa. Protesters targeted U.S. embassies in had exposure to areas of the world that are not is nothing short of interesting when it comes to Cairo and Sana, Yemen, as well as many other as bright and happy, where their tools and skills their projects and research. Partly Cloudy Sunny Sunny countries throughout the region. were appreciated and needed to help save lives. The Splash Lab is not your average lab on 48 50 50 Thousands of miles away from the unrest, The global health and human diversity course campus. Everything from rock skipping to ping BYU students said the attacks disheartened required for all nursing students, provides stu- pong balls bouncing in puddles are studied, PRECIPITATION them . dents an opportunity to learn more about the along with many other natural phenomena that September 2012: 0.34” world around them, and helps them to understand 2012: 7.18” deal with water and other liquids. Story continued at http://unvr.se/P6vfCQ the impact culture has on health. Story continued at http://unvr.se/PQOtvJ Story continued at http://unvr.se/P6sQrU Caffeine update — police and council weigh in soda in an effort to raise aware- event on campus. The students wanting to voice their concerns connection to administration,” “He (the representative) didn’t ness of a petition to request complied and moved to a site off is to meet with a representa- Klemme said. want to be associated with that By CRYSTAL MYLER caffeine on campus. Police of BYU property. tive of the Student Advisory Klemme also briefl y discussed type of approach,” Klemme said. informed the students that Lt. Arnold Lemmon of the Uni- Council, a subsidiary of the the caffeine issue from the coun- Overall, Klemme said the inci- In a recent demonstration on without proper authorization, versity Police commented on the BYUSA. According to Christina cil’s viewpoint. The goal of the dent was not the best approach to campus, students handed out they were not allowed to hold the situation, stating that the reason Westover, the vice president of council is to raise awareness of the situation. police responded to the situation SAC, the council consists of 40 an issue with the administration “The approach taken by stu- was students were promoting students who meet with admin- and that awareness has been dents in general could have products on campus. istrators one or two times a achieved through other means. been carried out a little more elo- “We did not view it as a pro- week. “What I can say is that people quently,” Klemme said. “There test,” Lemmon said. “In order to “The council acts as a bridge who are aware of the issue are were a lot of things that were red promote or sell any product, you between students and the admin- working on the issue,” Klemme fl ags, and it wasn’t just the caf- need approval from the dean of istration,” Westover said. said. feine issue.” student life. I don’t know if (the Adrian Klemme, assistant At the beginning of the semes- Klemme stressed the impor- drinks) were caffeinated or not. director of student leadership ter, a student representative pro- tance for students to use their That was not the issue.” and adviser of SAC, said that posed looking into the caffeine resources on campus.