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ation, Hope said. The sessions present
an opportunity for dysthymics to prac
tice their skills interacting with oth
ers;
Psychologists have not determined
whether a dysthymic becomes de
pressed because of problems related
to interacting with others or whether
' the depression itself causes them dif
ficulty in interacting with others, Hope
said. , -
“By helping people get out and
make changes in their lifestyle, their
self-esteem goes up and they get in
terested in other things,” she said.
Hope said group treatment would
focus on learning day-to-day coping
mechanisms so that participants could
deal better with the big issues that
must be addressed.
“A student may be miserable be
cause they go to work and school,
come home and watch TV, and don’t
have anything else in their life,” she
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need when they walk on campus,"
Basham said.
The card has its limits, but the edge
of campus is not one of them.
The Seminole Access Card is ac
cepted at about 100 off-campus busi
nesses, where students can use it to get
anything from gasoline to pizza to a
haircut, he said.
A statewide bank and a grocery
store chain also accept the card, re
sulting in 500 to600 locations through
out Florida where students can use it,
he said.
Florida Slate also receives the in
terest the accounts earn and directs it
back into the Access Center, Basham
said. The program will be self-sup
porting in two years, he said.
Basham said the administration
was pleased with the card, as were the
students using it.
“We’re getting a real good reac
tion from the students," Basham said.
Pleasing students would be UNL’s
’ ultimate goal, but a credit card might
work better, said Daryl Swanson, di
rector of the Nebraska Unions.
Swanson was on the committee that
established UNL’s current student ID
card.
Swanson said he initially had been
leaning toward a debit card, but he
changed his mind.
He said students would be more
interested in a credit card because
they would not have to pre-pay.
Swanson said UNL would have no
problem collecting payment, although
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Stress, depression and other condi
tions broughton by SADcan be treated
by simple changes in one’s lifestyle,
Breckenridge said.
Students should try to get seven to
eight hours of sleep at night, eat healthy
meals, cut down on caffeine and alco
hol intake and exercise regularly, he
said.
said.
Hope said the treatment would at
tempt to help people in that situation.
“If astudent feels like they’re down
and depressed a lot, if they seem to
have more bad days than good days
and this has been going on for a while,
it’s probably worth talking to some
one,” she said.
Another part of the study is a com
parison of people suffering from
dysthymia with those suffering from
social phobia.
Social phobia is common among
college students, Hope said, because
it involves issues such as dating, pub
lic speaking and assertiveness.
Hope expects to learn more about
depression and anxiety by comparing
.the two conditions, she said.
“When you really look at people
who have clinically severe depres
sion or anxiety, there is a lot of over
lap,” she said.
The study will continue to accept
new subjects through January 1994.
Hope plans to study 100 participants
by the conclusion of the study.
many universities choose the debit
card system because it eliminated the
prospect of chasing down overdue
accounts.
But Swanson cited the University
Bookstore’s credit program as an in
dication that students could handle
credit.
However, he said, safeguards
would accompany a wider-ranging
credit card. A credit limit could be
established, possibly at $300, which
would prevent students from rampant
spending at the university’s expense,
he said.
Also, system operators could enact
a block on certain accounts if pay
ment was overdue. A hold could be
placed on a student’s grades until the
payment was made, Swanson said.
This type of monetary capability
probably will be added to the student
ID card, Swanson said, but no starting
date has been set.
While students might have a uni
versity credit system in the future,
UNL’s employees can buy on credit
now.
The faculty/staff ID card program,
started last fall, offers employees the
University Services Card Option.
The credit option allows faculty
and staff to charge purchases at many
locations on campus, including the
Office of Campus Recreation, the
Nebraska Unions (except for the food
court), the University Bookstore, the
University Health Center and Resi
dence Hall Dining Services.
There is no service charge for the
card, and employees can pay the fol
lowing month or have the bill de
ducted from their paychecks. .
“A body will handle so much, but
it’s cumulative, and there comes a
point where it can’t handle anymore.
That’s when you have problems,” he
said.
Severe cases of SAD may require
counseling and possibly medication.
Breckenridge said the majority of
cases are mild cftough to be treated
without professional help.
“If you really want to feel better,
simply lead a healthy lifestyle,” he
said.
I-POLICE REPORT-1
Beginning midnight Friday
4:03 p.m.—Window broken, 480
N. 16th St, $15.
4:16 p.m, — Parson causing dis
turbance, had warrant for arrest,
transported lo Lancaster County
Jail, Nebraska Union.
5:22 p.m.—Hit-and-run accident,
remote parking lot at 14th and New
Hampshire streets, $400.
10:43 p.m. — Athlete collapsed,
transported to Lincoln General
Hospital, Devaney Sports Center.
Beginning midnight Saturday
1:39 a.m. — Purse stolen, Abel/
Sandoz Residence Hall, $80.
2:29 a.m.—Third-degree assault,
Nebraska Union.
2:52 a.m.—Fire extinguisher dam
aged, Harper Hall, $20.
3:30 a.m. — Bulletin board dam
aged, Abel/Sandoz Residence Hall,
$80.
9:47 a.m.—Hubcaps stolen,park
ing lot at 19th and R streets, $200.
11:47 a.m. — Window broken,
4001 Holdrege St., Alpha Gamma
Sigma fraternity, $100.
5:43 p.m. — Car keyed, parking
lot at Harpcr-Schramm-Smith,
$360.
5:47 pjn. — Purse stolen, parking
lot at Abel Hall, $35.
Beginning midnight Sunday
1:22 p.m. — Person assaulted, re
fused medical attention, Nebraska
Union.
1:40 p.m. — Non-injury accident,
13th and P streets, $50.
2:47 p.m. — Car window broken,
420 University Terrace, Tau Kappa
Epsilon fraternity, $50.
4:59 p.m.—Rear window broken,
parking lot at Harper-Schramm
Smith, $150.
8:25 p.m. — Items stolen from
room, Schramm Hall, $150.
11:00 p.m. — Purse stolen, Ne
braska Union, $45.
11:47 p.m. — Car door dented,
parking lot between 12th and 13th
streets between Q and R streets,
$50.
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of people on campus.
“Education is one of the best meth
ods to encourage sexual health and
responsibility.”
Condoms are not the only way to
prevent STDs, and the Condom Re
source Center does not want to limit
its information to condoms only,
Tetreault said. She said abstinence
was always presented as an option
because it’s the safest and most effec
tive way to prevent STDs.
But, based on the statistics,
Tetreault said people were not choos
ing abstinence. So, the next best thing
was to provide accurate information
for safe sex and encourage its use.
Tetreault said there were three
points to condom education: show
people why they should bcconccmed,
encourage individuals to change their
behavior and teach them how to pro
tect themselves and others.
UNL’s National Condom Week
includes a booth in the Nebraska Union
today and Wednesday. Tetreault said
the booth would have educational
material on HIV, abstinence, how to
use a condom and how to talk to one’s
painner.1
She said the booth would be run by
the university’s peer sexuality educa
tion staff members so that people
could ask questions. Also, sexual edu
cation trivia questions could be an
swered by an interactive computer at
the booth.
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