Tobacco Use Discouraged Jenna Winterberg Users at Fon Hays Than in the Regular Be Serving "Cold Turkey" Sandwid 1Es Managing Editor Population
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University Leader Archive. 733. https://scholars.fhsu.edu/university_leader/733 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Archives Online at FHSU Scholars Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in University Leader Archive by an authorized administrator of FHSU Scholars Repository. /\ ..,/,";,- rj~7·· :..,•rrr f ,- c ,......... ....·• ., • • ,, l L .., , . L • _ T r 1 L . '---. : '-. '- : 1., "- ,.. I .. r,..... r-1-'\A,, ..'r:1 •\ J • &ntbtr~ttp 1leabtr Tobacco use discouraged Jenna Winterberg users at Fon Hays than in the regular be serving "Cold Turkey" sandwid 1es Managing Editor population ... in conjunction with the event. In order 10 increase awareness and Seventy posters and numerous offer suppon for users who would stickers will be given away as prizes Thursday, individuals na tionwide like toquit. BACCHUS and GAMMA in the ash tray toss. The object is to will be participating in a tobacco use students will have table tents in the toss an ash tray into lhe wastebasket. in1ervention program, The Great Memorial Union and Residence Hall The action is a symbolic gcslure which American Smokeout. cafeterias. "shows either your support for not On the Fort Hays S1ate campus, BACCHUS and GAMMA usu- smoking or your commitment to 4ui t· representatives from both Boosting ally concerns themselves with alco· ting," Nugent said . Alcohol Consciousness Concerning ho! use, but since. according to "Adoption papers" will be avail- the Health of University Students Nugent. "85 to 95 percent of alcohol able for students who are "concerned (BACCHUS) and Greeks Ad vocat- abusers also smoke. compared with or an noyed by somebody's smoking ing the Mature :'vtanagement of Alco- about 20 to 30 percent of the general or spit tobacco use," Nugent said. h o I By sign- (GAMMA) in g the will be of- "In the United States, over 400,000 people pl edge. the fering their aJopte t: time and re- die every year as a result of tobacco use, p r t• rn is es sources in nottosmolce an effon to which is far more than die from the use of for the day. curb the The adopt· problem of alcohol, cocaine, heroine, HIV, suicide, ing student tobacco use promises to in a creative car crashes, murders, fires, drownings and do "what it way. the death penalty combined." take.~to help Accord· my friend ing to Jim le ave the Nugent. i.:o- Jim Nugent pad he - ordinator of Drug, Alcohol. Wellness hinJ ." ac - the Drug. Network Coordinator corJing tu Alcohol. the papers . Wellnes s In aJdi- Network at lion. T iger FHSU, "In the United States, over population,"the groups saw reason to by the Tale will he perform ing the skit 400.000 people die every year as a panicipate in the event. "'The Lun g Police."' result of tohacco use. whkh is far Brochures concerning the effects According lo :-.;ugcnt, the actors more than die from the use of akohol. of tobacco will be available, but less illustrate what the lu ngs e,i: pericnce WHERE IS EVERYONE? Mark Miller. lead singer of Sawyer Brown, sings in cocaine. heroine. HIV. suicide, car traditional intervention programs will when someone smokes. The prc ~en- Saturday night during a Gross Memorial Coliseum. This year· s concen attendance was crashes. murders. tires.drownings and also be implemented at the Memorial tati on will take place he1wccn 11 :45 approximately 2.200. This is down from the 1994 Mark Chestnut concert anendance of the death penalty combined. Union. a.m. and noon in the \km(lri al Union 3,000 and 1993 Sawyer Brown concert attendance of nearly 4,500. The lack of people may "Smoking is the numh(o:r one cause Accordi ng to Nugent. programs Cafeteria. have been due to the fact Sawyer Brown has been here four of the past five years. according of preven tahl e death and di~easc in offered for The Great American The Kelly Center i~ formi ng a new to Eric Tincher, University Activities Board director. Although attendance was lower, "the ~forth America." Smokeout include an ash tray toss, support group called "Qui tters" fo r crowd we had there was extremely enthusiastic," Tincher said. (University Leader photo by Though tobacco u~ i~ a prohlem adopt-a-smoker. a Tiger by the Tale those interested in breaking their to· Matt Hoemicke) nationwide. accordin g 10 Nu gent. perfonnanceandaspeeial menu item. bacco habit. ror more in fo nn..i tion. there are "35 pen.:ent more tobacco The Memorial Union Cafeteria will contact :Su~enl at 628-42 18. Fort Hays State resident hall representatives earn spirit award Kari Sparks MACURH" Oct. 27-29 at the Univer- to the group, said becau!">e of initial den t as~istant. also anrihutes the award dimiplive. We were jusl overall the ideas in groups. Staff Writer sity of Nonh Dakota in Grand Forks. confusion in housing when they ar- tu the posi1ive attitude the students school with 1he most spi rit." Rush "Each ~tudent de finit ely left wi th The FHSU group of resident hall rived. "circumstances did not go a~ displayed. "One of the things the said. one or two ideas ,he or he hoped to council members and resident assis- well as the (MACURH) committee judges said was that we were polite According to Grospitch. the con- implemr!nt here ... Gro, pitch said. Sixteen students representing Fon tants heat out 30 other universities in had wanted. when ii came to watching the other fe rence is a way for resident assistant!i Rus h said she plans to practice the Hays State at the annual conference the "small school" category because "It was nothing major. Keys we re schools do their cheer; and prcscnla· from other sc hools to exchange new tips c;he learned on how to communi- of the Midwest Association of Col - of "'the positi-.·e altitude and pride in lost. but our folks just understood and lions . in fo rmation and effec tive programs -:ate withi n a group lege and University Residence Halls the university that they 100k with went on. The committee was im- "We wore little hlack and gold to take back to their own campuses. " I learned a game which involves were presented recently with the them." Eric Grospitch. Wic~t Hall di- pressed with their attitude." Gro,;p11ch haL, and cheered for our ,;chool. We The programs dealt with di ve rsity throwing a hal l around It i~ a way lo "Small School Spirit" award. rector. said . said. aho rooted the olhcr ~choob on. (The is,ucs. pc~onal problem\ of student~ gel people to undcr~ta nd hnw c.; oop- Fifty universities att ended "Camp Grospitch. who ~ rved a~ advisor Amy Ru <; h, McMindes Ha ll re<;i- other group'>l were not ne1.:c,,aril) and ways to effective ly communicate eration is important in ,oh, 1ng i~~uc,." Ru ~h said. Brown Bag Lunch discussion places emphasis on diversity awareness Dina Ross cu,,;.ion Wednesday afternoon from Aho-.i lntegra1ion." Awarenc , , Program. The idea 1, 10 Accordin g to Martin. the fir<it di- Picken Hall 1, more l t'ntrall) l<x:atcd. Staff Write r 12:30 lo 1:3 0 in Picken 307. Debra Manin. a\<;ic;tant director attract more people to the d1 .,.; us,1 on, versity awareness program.a pres.en· ~lanin,,udthmc in nccd ofv..hee l- The luncheon will feature Lynnet and coordinator of ~·arccr coun,;cling similar to those rhe Women', Ct'nter t.ation of the movie Higher Learning. cha1 r accc\, wishing 10 ar tend need to Proctor. functional literacy coordina- <,e rvices. !i.a id everyone is encouraged offered la,t year "had a good turnout. " call the Kel ly Center at 628-440 I . and The Ke ll y Center al ron Hay, tor at the Developmental Service,;. of to hri ng lunch. "Last year. we had the ..., omen·, "We are working on a divernt:, rcque~t ,pcual a..: ..:omrnodation~ State invite~ the puhlic and the com- 1',orthwe~I Kanc; ac; _ She will pre,ent Brown Bag Lunch D,~ u,;,,; ions are center at Cu\tcr Ha ll. and ~ c did n't ncw\lert er. too," ,he ~ id. "We will move rhe program '" muni1y 10 a Brown Bag Lunch die;- the topic "What You Don't Kno.,,. part of the Ke ll y Center· , Diver,;, ity get the traffic _.. \.iartin "'3id . ~artin sard the Kelly Center ,n another nlace. 1f nece),,ary ... , he , aid International politics scaled down Students 'model' United Nations JeMica Sadowsky he ah le 10 ,cc 1ntema1innal politic\ on try when malcini decision< concern- Copy Editor a larger le,·el ing the ir country." Nelw n ltid. ''Thty -.,.·ill <,ee it more nn a world "The conference will provide IC' vcl rh;m a c; rare.