Alcohol may counter
benefits from calcium
By Fattie Greene
Staff Repotter__
Drinking more than two beers,
glasses of wine or mixed drinks a
day takes away the benefits of cal
cium in people’s diet, according to
a new study by a California profes
sor.
Michael Criqui, professor of
medicine and community and
family medicine at the University
of Califomia-San Diego School of
Medicine in La Jolla, said labora
tory studies indicate that calcium
is absorbed poorly when accompa
nied with heavy alcohol drinking.
Criqui and a colleague con
ducted the study, which was
fm.ifad by the National Heart,
Lung and Blood Institute.
It was based on data from 7,011
men of Japanese descent. When
the study began, in 1965, the men
were living on the Hawaiian island
of Oahu.
Criqut said several large popu
lation studies have shown that
persons who habitually take in
more calcium through their diets
may have lower blood pressure,
although the correlation between
the two remains controversial.
With more than two alcoholic
drinks aday, a person’sblood pres
sure goes up and lower benefits
from calcium occur, Criqui said.
He said calcium is important for
the growth of bones in the early
years, the maintenance of bones in
later life and other numerous, but
small, bodily functions.
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He said ASUN shouldn’t protest
the regents’ actions because they
aren’t in the position to change the le
gality of the issue.
If the regents were unable to work
with Roskens, McShane said, it was
their duty to dismiss him.
According to media reports,
McShane said, there have been sev
eral issues in the past that have caused
conflicts between the regents and
Roskens.
If regents had no confidence in
Roskcns’ leadership abilities
McShane said, “would you expec
them to let him run the university?’
AS UN also passed a bill urgin
regents “to uphold the academi
principles of open debate and publi
accountability whenever legally fea
sible in its meetings and policy deci
sions.”
Thomlison said the resolution an
the bill should send a “positive mes
sage” to the regents from the UNi
student body.
Self-help group assists
alcoholics' adult children
By Michelle Cheney
Staff Reporter
Alcoholics’ adult children who
suffer from low self-esteem, are un
able to trust others and have trouble
making friends can enroll in a self
help group sponsored by the Univer
sity Health Center.
Most adult children of alcoholics
experience these problems, said
CynthiaJSenchuk, a graduate student
in clinical psychology and facilitator
of the group. The program helps the
participants work through these and
any other problems they may wish to
discuss, she said.
Every Tuesday night, adult chil
dren of alcoholics can join together to
discuss how they deal with their par
ents’ disease, Scnchuk said.
She said the participants deter
mine the subject material for the
night, and she and co-facilitator Dave
Provorse help guide the discussion.
Senchuk said this is the fifth year
the program has been at the Univer
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln. She said
alcoholism touches many lives and
the children of alcoholics can.have
problems that last into adulthood.
The support group meets Tuesday
nights in 225 Burnett Hall. She said
the meetings will continue until dead
week. The group is free to UNL stu
dents and costs $3 for non-students.
Although the first meeting has
been held, new members may join
until Oct. 3 by attending a meeting.
Nobody can enroll after that date,
she said, so that members can build a
trusting environment without the in
trusion of strangers.
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