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4 News / Collegian
Wednesday, November 16, 1988
Campuses to observe national smokeout
By Suzanne Reed
Staff Writer
Tomorrow is the Great American Smoke-
out and TCJC, along with the American Cancer
Society and the American Heart Association, is
encouraging smokers to “Take a Breather.”
Purpose of 1988’s Smokeout is to discour-
age smoking for 24 hours and achieve the goal
of getting one out of every five smokers to give
up their smoking habit.
NE Campus health services and wellness
organization will have tables set up in the Stu-
dent Center Building offering literature, films
and information on the hazards of cigarette
smoking and chewing tobacco. Free buttons,
stickers and other promotional material will be
available.
“It is health promotion in the support of
wellness. What we want to do is give a positive
look at the advantages of quitting smoking,”
Flo Stanton, NE Campus nurse,-said.
“We want to support the people who want
to quit smoking and let them know it is a
wonderful effort,” she said.
NW Campus is planning various activities
including “soliciting individuals to adopt a
smoker,” Evette Brazzil, coordinator of NW
Campus Health Services, said.
“Adoption means helping a smoker quit
for a day,” she said.
Booths will be set up in the NW Campus
bookstore lobby offering information about the
dangers of tobacco.
“Posters will be displayed everywhere and
there will be treats for those giving an effort to
stop smoking,” Brazzil said.
South Campus is spending the entire month
of November “to put special emphasis on how
to quit smoking,” Charlsie Hanson, South
Campus coordinator of health services, said.
“We are supplying students with informa-
tive pamphlets and literature and displaying
posters everywhere on campus.
"We offered a Stop Smoking Program, but
there was not enough interest,” he said.
According to surveys of the American
Heart Association Center in Dallas, 1,562people
died of coronary heart disease in TarrantCounty
in 1986.
“Twenty-five to 30 percent were excess
deaths. That means 390-470 deaths were re-
lated to cigarette smoking,” Nancy Haase, rep-
resentative of Dallas’ American Heart Asso-
ciation, said.
“Not only is smoking cigarettes a threat, so
is chewing tobacco,” Stanton said.
“People who dip or chew tobacco have a
big risk of acquiring mouth cancer. In fact,
smokeless tobacco is a bigger problem on NE
Campus than cigarette smoking,” she said.
The American Cancer Society reports that
dipping and chewing cause diseases of the
mouth and cause teeth to become loose and fall
out.
Nicotine enters the blood through the gums;
and as with cigarette smoking, the heart beats
faster and blood vessels become smaller.
“Smoking or chewing any type of tobacco
is a threat to human life,” Stanton said.
“The bottom line is responsibility. People
are responsible for their own health, and to
smoke, dip or chew tobacco is injurious to their
health,” she said.
The main problem is addiction. To know
the dangers of something and still participate in
it is an addiction, she said.
“There are two types of smokers: the hard-
core smoker and the ‘I want to quit’ smoker.
The hard-core smokers are those who refuse to
even think about quitting. ‘I want to quit’
smokers are those who are willing to quit, but
are having trouble losing the habit,” she said.
To help smokers successfully quit smok-
ing tomorrow, the American Cancer Society
advises smokers to throw away all cigarettes,
hide all ashtrays, exercise, drink liquids and
keep busy.
Group
continues
activities
through
Decmeber
By William Stewart
Reporter
A South Campus service or-
ganization will remain active during
the current school year by raising
funds, enlisting new members and
conducting meetings.
South Campus’s Organization
for Human Awareness was asked by
an employee of the county to partici-
pate in the Quarters for the Homeless
program.
As a result, the group will col-
lect aluminum cans and sell them. A
collection box stands in front of the
South Campus Service Center for
Opportunities to Overcome Problems
(SCOOP) offices. Cans are accepted
until the end of year.
Funds accumulated through this
drive will be used to launder clothing
for the homeless so that they can
wear clean clothes to job interviews.
The South Campus group has
other fundraising plans. The group
joins Chairs for Children, a new
organization formed by UTA and
several area corporate sponsors, in
planning a can drive to raise funds for
underprivileged handicapped chil-
dren.
MargerettRoberts, secretary of
South Campus Organization for
Human Awareness, said money
earned by the group will be used to
provide wheelchairs and other types
of aid for underprivileged children.
Any left over money goes to build
playgrounds for the children.
Nicholas Trevino, the groups
president, said no date has been set
yet for the fundraiser.
The Organization for Human
Awareness does more than raise
funds. A membership drive with a
Thanksgiving Party is planned Mon-
day and T uesday, Nov. 21 -22, at 12:30
p.m. in room 2-A of the Student Union
Building (SCOOP offices). The two
groups are affiliated.
Any full- or part-time TCJC
student is invited to attend. Those
who plan to attend are asked to bring
a covered dish. Drinks will be pro-
vided.
Members of the group also take
part in rallies to make people aware
of the problems faced by the handi-
capped. They participated in the
Redistribution, Education and Advo-
cacy for Citizens with Handicaps
(REACH) • rally last month at Sun-
dance Square in Fort Worth.
Vernon Arrel, director of the
Texas Commission on Rehabilitation;
Bob Bolen, Fort Worth mayor, and
Pat Westbrook, director of the Texas
Commission on the Blind, spoke.
Purpose of the Organization for
Human Awareness is to increase
understanding and awareness of
handicapped people and their prob-
lems. Any person is welcome to join.
For further information, contact
SCOOP offices on any campus.
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Contest offers chance
at mathematics prize
The first phase in the TCJC
math league Competition for all
campuses is in the NE Campus-LRC-
215, Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2:45 p.m.
Winners could take home as much as
$ 1,075 in this year’s competition, Dr.
James Bolen, chairman of the NE
Campus mathematics department,
said.
Last day to enter the Dec. 4 test
is Wednesday, Nov. 30.
Winners for each of the three
tests on each campus will receive
$25.
All winning scores are entered
in a national competition sponsored
by the American Mathematical As-
sociation of Two Year Colleges.
Overall campus winners receive
$250, with $150 for Second Place
and $50 for Third Place.
District winners receive $750,
with $400 for Second Place and $300
for Third Place.
Second and third tests are Feb.
12 and March 12, respectively.
Review classes for those who
want practice are held Fridays at 1:30
p.m. in NE-ATB-221.
For information, call math fac-
ulty in charge of the contest: Dr.
Bolen, ext. 311 or Kathryn McClel-
lan, ext. 378, on NE Campus; Lillian
Wright, ext. 611 on NW Campus; or
Ara Sullenberger, ext. 4522 on South
Campus.
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