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page 8 daily nebraskan Wednesday, november 28, 1979 V Pressure builds for students at the end of the semester By Lori Merryman A bottomless pot of coffee, a chain of cigarettes or No dose tablets-as the end of the semester nears the pressure is on. The pressures of school combined with personal prob lems create unwanted stress for students. Both the Counseling Center in Seaton Hall and the Mental Health Center at the University Health Center have full-time professional staffs to help students through crisis and emotional problems. Being a student can be pretty stressful, said John Children's heart desease topic of Wednesday talk Coronary disease in children will be the topic of a talk Wednesday night in the Nebraska Union by a University of Michigan professor. Dr. Thomas Gilliam is one of a limited number of scientists studying coronary development in children. , He will speak at 7:30 p m. in the' Union's Small Audi torium on the topic "Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factor Reduction in Children." His tllk is free and open to the public. His appearance is sponsored by the UNL School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. $ T I MIHA0AHri ilwio lAlilLniil kl iMEWjlDISLElET ololw t To oil s s -p u "ofs s sTt i B E a i MlUlS T Y " C A j WJ.iP i jii i A a 1 hTo 2 1111 L2 EELl" 11111 2il-iiIilSl - R E E''s "Z 0 0 H H 0 T 0S0TAjsSEATsE All Illll'iUMj d1osUdrya1dLI ide as Breckenridge, associate director of the Counseling Center. "A lot of students find themselves having difficulty meet ing what they and others expect of them. The Counseling Center has eight professional staff members to help students with their problems. , About half of the students using the services have educational and career concerns, Breckenridge said. The Mental Health Center is staffed with two psychia trists, a psychologist, a psychiatric social worker and an intern in psychology. The Mental Health Center helps students with any type of emotional illness, said Shirley Pflug, full-time psychiatrist for the Mental Health Center. The staff has a 24 hour on -call schedule, so someone is available for counseling at all times. , BOTH PFLUG and Breckenridge said that although the end of the semester creates stress, mid-terms seem to create more problems. The influx of students taper off the last couple weeks of school, Pflug said. Big papers create even more stressful situations for students, she' said, be cause students put the work off and it is all due a"t once. Pflug attributed end of the semester blues to some outside pressure. "Students are feeling the pressures of inflation, just as their parents are. More students are finding they have to work," Pflug said. - Another element of stress is finding if jobs will be avail able, she said. Holidays can also hurt because many students face problems at home, and try to carry the burden with their studies when they return to school, she said. Many students have a great difficulty concentrating, Breckenridge said. "Their, problems are related to stress, but they can help themselves if they think about what it is to concentrate," he said. DURING THE pressures of the remaining weeks, late nights and little sleep can take away from the ability to effectively concentrate. The best way to cope with stress is to follow the basic ; common sense guidelines of adequate amounts of sleep, good nutrition and exercise, Breckenridge said. When everything else has failed, and tomorrow's test is now only 1 2 hours away instead of 24, the all-night effort tried by many students 'is not such a good idea, he said. V-" TXOqX1yy . 1 i I I 1 1 1 J All-nighters put stress on the body and increase the outside pressures, Breckenridge said. Therefore the prob lem keeps building-. At this point many students come to the Counseling Center. 'it is far better to practice preventive measures," he said. Breckenridge compared a student studying to a car on ice. "While driving on ice, if you go slow you'll be all right, he said" "but if you accelerate when its slick, you're going to skid and maybe crash." Like the person driving the car, "the student should be thinking of what can I do now," Breckenridge said. Students now are experiencing the "how did I ever get in this situation, and what am I doing here" attitudes." Breckenridge said the life of a student is a cycle. As the semester ends there will be stress followed by relief, and next semester the process will start again . Next semester will bring new classes, new relationships and new problems, he added. - Services are here to provide assistance to the students, Pflug said. "We're here and we're willing. If students need somebody to talk to they know they have a resource." (Altera EWtootI . Fr ivkm tfflre gcimig gds frhaglhi. If you're heading into rough country, pick you the best in fit. styling and durability, the boot that'll stay sturdy and comfortable They're the perfect outdoor boots for tough no matter what. Golden Retriever gives terrain ...and tough customers' " - ) .. - . . ; -vwo - " 1 """"" ' 987 6" Waterproof Insulated Shoe $86" 351 1 983 9" Waterproof Insulated Boot BOSSSNIAN GATEWAY SHOPPING CENTER LINCOLN CROSSROADS, OMAHA High blood pressure dangers can develop m. young adults High blood pressure can cause blindness, heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure,- also known as hypertension, begins to develop in teens and young adults, a. national hypertension researcher says. Dr. Frank Finnerky of Washington D.C., said high blood pressure has no symptoms. Furthermore, he said the cause of high blood pressure is unknown. " Dr. Jeannene Boosinger said hyper tension is a leading cause of heart problems. She said the leading cause of disease-related deaths are heart problems. Boosinger is head of hypertension research at the Uni versity of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing. ' . ..-Boosinger said people near the" age of 20 should have their blood pressure checked yearly. She said high blood pres sure can remain undetected for a decade. Barb Pearson, coordinator of the Nebraska State Health Department's hyper tension program, said the first symptom of high blood pressure is often some-, thing serious. But, she ss'd, for 93 per cent of people with high bh od pressure t ie cause is unknown. Finnerky said there is more rVjc 6f high blood pressure in people who have family histories of hypertension . He said - high cholesterol levels, obesity, high silt levels and nicotine are contributing factors to high blood pressure. If the pressuie is even a little .high, smoking will increase the problem 12 times, he said. - 'Another "common cause of hyperten sion is use of birth-control pills. However, hypertension is more prevalent in males than in females.' He also said hypertension is more common, in blacks. Pearson said high blood pressure weakens the heart. It makes the heart work harder than normal, which causes it to en large. When the heart expands, it becomes weak and wears out faster, she said. Blood pressure can be tested at public screenings, shopping centers and at the State Fair, as well as at physician's offices. Finnerky suggested that people with a tendency toward hypertension avoid smok ing and birth-control pills, lose weight and eat small amounts of salt and cholesterol. o COT y iTi THERE'S-AM vALTECSMATTDVE! tl 3,12 & 18 month programs sKV AC r usiness ministration LINCOLN Classes Forming January 17th, 1980. 474-5315 SCHOOL OF COMMERCE 4
