Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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Gaining Knowledge Alan came home from school, his mother had been drinking. She picked a fight and he argued back. Then she started beating him with a broom. Trying to fend off his mother he dialed his dad s work number. When his dad heard all the commotion, he yelled into the receiver, don't worry she won't remember this in the morning. In an effort to help students become more knowledgeable about alcohol and its effects. The National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week held during the week of Oct. 16-22, focused on safe drinking. Programs were organized that contained ideas on Alcohol and Cocaine, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Women and Alcohol, Helping Someone Who Doesn’t Want Help. and When is Alcohol a Problem?” Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACOA'S) focused on children whose parents were alcoholics. Information sheets were handed out. The sheets talked about support groups on and off campus, additional reading material and characteristics of ACOA'S. Some characteristics of ACOA'S were they guessed at what normal is. they had difficulty following a project through from beginning to end, they lied when it would be just as easy to tell the truth, they judged themselves without mercy, they had difficulty with intimate relationships, they overreacted to changes over which they had no control, they constantly sought approval and affirmation, they usually felt different from other people, they were either super responsible or super irresponsible and they were extremely loyal even if the loyalty was undeserved. Helping someone who doesn't want help focused on intervention. It was said that people won't get help until they hit the bottom. Intervention created a higher bottom, so the person hit the bottom sooner. The Alcohol Awareness Week was sponsored by the OSCJ Student Health Center, the Office of the Dean of Students and the Office of Housing and Residence Programs. In the past, OSG has won several awards of merit for their programming during the National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week. —Cindy Stoorr Alicdndi Awareness KcM M John Copp, a prominent speaker at an Alcohol Awareness rfcscussion. makes students and the community aware of ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics). University Health professor David Phelps explains the characteristics of adult chidrcn of alcoholics ALCOHOL AWARENESS 25

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Randy Hetde works on strengthening his leg in the Physical Therapy department of the Student Health Center. Student Health Center physical therapist Cari Gleason applies a cold spray solution to Patrick Dolan's sore musdes Knth RvtU Full Time Care A hospital on campus? Well, almost. If you’ve ever had an injury, been ill or had a bad allergy attack here at Oregon State you have, no doubt, been to the Student Health Center in the Plageman Infirmary Building. The Student Health Center provided many of the same services a hospital does. The center was open seven days a week. 24 hours a day, while school was in session and was available to all registered Oregon State students. Each term the Student Health Center was bombarded with unhealthy students. Whether it was stress in the fall from back to school blues, the winter cold and flu season, or the spring allergy season, the health center facilitated everyone. According to Cheryl Graham, health educator, nearly 60 percent of students used the facilities each term. The Health Center offered many different services from general medicine, urgent care, allergy-immunizations and treatment, recreational sports medicine, gynecology and sexual health, mental health, infirmary. pharmacy, physical therapy, x-rays, nutritional education and after-hours care. There were eight doctors and 12 nurses employed by the health center and there was at least one physician and two nurses on duty at all times to handle any sort of health problem. It's great to have low-cost, quality medical attention, especially when home and your own doctor aren't nearby, said Jenn Jillson. junior in sociology. Among the various clinics within the Student Health Center was the Mental Health Clinic. Two clinical psychologists and one psychiatric social worker were employed by the center. College life was full of stress and the Mental Health Clinic helped students to deal with that stress. The pharmacy was run by the College of Pharmacy and would fill your prescription in the Student Health Center. The health center was accredited and each clinic within the center was highly qualified to take care of each student. Whatever your health need was. the Student Health Center could provide low cost, high-quality health care. —Brlh Hannan 24 HEALTH CENTER

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26 MILITARY LECTURE