-----~ -- ~- ------ UNIVERSITY OF MnlNESOTA NEWS SERVICE, S-68 MORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAPOLIS, UnmESOTA 55455 TELEPHONE~ (612) 373-5193 JANUARY 4, 1979 UNIVERSITY OF ~1INNESOTA, TlfIN CITIES, CULTURAL EVENTS Jan. 7-13, 1979 Sun., Jan. 7---St. Paul Student Center: French poster show, Rouser Room gallery. 8 a.m.-IO p.m. Mon.-Fri.; noon-II p.m. Sat. and Sun. Through Jan. 31. Free. Sun., Jan. 7--Jaques Gallery: "Earth Imagery" by Richard Smith. Bell Museum of Natural History. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat.~ 1-5 p.m. Sun. Through ffarch 18. Free. Sun., Jan. 7---University Gallery: Armin Landeck prints, Gallery 305-7, throug~ Feb. 13; Egyptian Children's Tapestries, Gallery 405, through Feb. 4. Northrop Aud. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon., Wed. and Fri.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues. and Thurs.; 2-5 p.m. Sun. Free. Sun., Jan. 7--University Film Society: ;'Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (original 1956 version). Bell ~wseum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9 p.m. $1.75. Sun., Jan. 7---Film: ':Saturday Night Fever. ,; Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 8 p.m. $2, students $1.50. Mon., Jan. 8---Goldstein Gallery: ';Village Arts: Traditional Folk Crafts of !'!exico. n McNeal Hall. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon.-Fri. Through Jan. 19. Free. Mon., Jan. 8---Coffman Gallery: Batik exhibit by Bob H. Miller, Gallery I, through Jan. 12; photography by Will Agar, Gallery II, through Jan. 18. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Hon.-Frio Free. Tues., Jan. 9---Film: "Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed. II Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 12:15 and 7:30 p.m. Free. Wed., Jan. 10---University Film Society: rSlave of Lov~i(U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50. Thurs., Jan. ll--University Film Society: "Slave of Love" (U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50. Frio, Jan. l2---Film: :~The Turning Point. II Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2, s~udents $1.50. Frio, Jan. l2---University Film Society: "Slave of Love"(U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50. Fri., Jan. l2---lVhole Coffeehouse: Reginald Buckner and other jazz artists. Coffman Union. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. $3. Tickets on sale at the door, Wax Museums and HSA TOO. l Sat., Jan. 13---Film: ';The Turning Point. : Theater-lecture hall, Coffman Union. 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. $2, students $1.50. Sat., Jan. l3---University Film Society: ilSlave of Lovell(U.S.S.R., 1975). Bell Museum of Natural History aud. 7:30 and 9:15 p.m. $2.50. -m.~S- (AO;Bl.F2) ~~-~~-~~~-------------------__...J UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEWS SERVICE, S-68 UORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. HINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55455 JANUARY 5, 1979 !tEWS PEOPLE~ For further information contact ELIZABETH PETRANG~!-OL-<6l2) 373-7510 MEMO TO NEWS PEOPLE The University of 11innesota Board of Regents will decide at its nonthly meeting next week whether the University will sell $14 million in stock it holds in American corporations that do business in South Africa. The investments will be discussed during a special meeting of the committee of the whole at 9:30 a.m. Thursday (Jan. 11) in the regents' room, 238 Morrill Hall. President C. Peter Magrath will make his recommendation at that time. The Univer­ sity committee on social responsibility in investments has recommended divestiture after the companies have been given reasonable time to withdraw from South Africa. t~grath will also present the administration's recommendation for using Glen­ sheen, the 7.6 acre Duluth estate left to the University by the late Elisabeth Congdon. Glensheen will be discussed at the regular meeting of the committee of the whole at 8:30 a.m. Friday (Jan. 12) in the regents' room. At that same committee meeting, regents will meet with representatives from the Indian Affairs Intertribal Board who wish to discuss their concerns about Indian students at the University. Other topics to be discussed during the two days of meetings include a proposed policy on educational access and opportunity, a report on the activities of the University of J1innesota Foundation, and a discussion of the proposed vocational­ technical education building for the St. Paul campus. The schedule of meetings is as follows: Educational policy and long-range planning committee, 1:15 p.m. Thursday, regents' room; Student concerns committee, 1:15 p.m., 300 Morrill Hall; Faculty and staff affairs committee, 3:15 p.m. ,regents' room; Physical plant and investments committee, 3:15 p.m., 300 Morrill Hall; Committee of the whole, 8:30 a.m. Friday, regents' room; and Full board meeting, 10:30 a.m. Friday, regents' room. -UNS- (AO,l;Bl;CO) UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA HEHS SERVICEs S-68 HORRILL HALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. MINNEAFOLIS ~ tUmmSOTA 55455 JANUARY 5s 1979 llEHS PEOPLE: For further information contact PAUL SCHU?~s (612) 373-5193 TEENAGE PREGNANCY PROGRAl1 RECEIVES GRANT MOUEY (FOR II~lliDIATE P~LEASE) Project OPTI~rrn1, a support and education program for pregnant teenagers, has received grants totaling $34,000 from the Uinneapolis and Hennepin County Community Health Services to carry it into its second year. OPTn~s which stands for Outreach for Pregnant Teens in Minneapolia-University of 11innesotas is a service of the University's Childbearing/Chi1drearing Center. Last year, 135 pregnant school-aged girls participated in 18 programs on early and late pregnancy and parenting free of charge at various neighborhood sites in the Metropolitan area. The grants and matching University funds will allow the Center to sponsor some 25 programs during the coming year, said OPTIMUM Director Sister }1ary rieyer. Six programs are planned to begin at the end of January. For information on times and places call the Center at 373-8710 or 373-8609. -mJS- (AO,19 s22,23;BI,4,5) · ' UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA NEWS SDVICE. S-68 lIlnILL BALL 100 CHURCH ST. S.E. ' MINNEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA S54SS JANUARY 10. 1979 NEWS PEOPLE: For further information contact JUDY VICK. (612) 373-7515 LOCAL JAZZ ARTISTS TO PUSENT 'WHOLB' BENEFIT (FOR DtKBDI4TE RlLIASE) Lo~al jazz artists Reginald Buckner. Irv lli11i88l8, Frank Wharton, and Gene Ad....aad c:oa1stence wil! present a benefit concert for the Whole Coffeehouse at 2,tUi q ,UD1,.ets:l.cy oflUDneaota, TwiDCit1ea, at 7:30 p.m. Friday (Jan. 12). A $3 donation will be collected at the door of the coffeehouse 1n the basement of Coffaal1 Un,ion. Proceeels 11111 go to the. Whole program. Buckner, a pianist, is a faculty,lII8IIlber at the University. -UNS- (AO.~.29;Bl) - ~ ~~--------~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~~ --, Feature story from the (FOR n1HEDIATE RELEASE) University of 'Tinnesota i1ews Service, S-63 110rrill Rall 100 Church St. S.E. Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 Telephone: (612) 373-5193 January la, 1979 SOME GIRLS STL.RVE FOR FEAR OF GETTIiJG FAT By William Hoffman University News Service More people every year starve themselves because they think they are getting fat. These people suffer from a disease called anorexia n~rvosa. Anorexia means nloss of appetite," but it is a misnomer because anorexics suppress their appetites rather than lose them. tiore cases of anorexia nervosa are reported every year, according to Elke Eckert, assistant professor of psychiatry at Uuiversity of Minnesota Hospitals. She expects the number of reported cases to climb even higher as more doctors become aware of the clinical symptoms of the disease. Anorexia nervosa is among the more mysterious psychological diseases. The first case to appear in medical literature was recorded nearly 300 years ago, yet doctors still don't know exactly what causes it. But its symptoms are familiar to the staff of the University of Uinnesota anorexia treatment center, one of several such facilities in the country. Anorexics are preoccupied with food and diet. Usually they are not overweight, but they are deathly afraid of getting fat·--so afraid that they eat foods with littlt nutritional value or stop eating altogether. Some anorexics gorge themselves and then induce vomiting. Others exercise excessively or use laxatives or diuretics. In time they become severaly emaciated, and without treatment they may die. Some anorexics die despite treatment, and some who are diagnosed early and treated over many years never resume normal lives, Eckert said. ~fany anorexics think they are actually becoming fatter when they are starving themselves~ the thinner they grow, the fatter they think they are, and the more resistant they are to treatment. Some of them love to cook but hate to eat. Some are so preoccupied with food that they steal and hoard it but don't eat it. Another paradox of the disease is that its victims seem to have a lot going for them. ~iost are teenage girls from upper middle and upper class homes, and many are excellent students and are physically attractive. Only a small percentage of anorexics are male, and according to Eckert there has never been a reported case of a black anorexic. "These girls are overachievers. They want to be perfect. They look very young and many are very attractive and bright,fI Eckert said. 'But for some reason they (MORE) ANOREXIA NERVOSA -2- cannot conform and instead regress to puberty, both physically and psychologically. They begin to look even younger." Anorexics are "afraid of growing up'" but at the same time "show a need for attention and independence, a need to gain control of their lives, \" she said.