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Tucson offers sex health variety Student By Bethany Barnes ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT More than 2,000 women between the ages of 18 and 24 became pregnant in 2005, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of that number, 521 chose to abort, 1,321 gave birth and 293 experienced fetal losses. Most college students fall within
that age range, so it’s a potential issue UA students face. In Tucson, there are only five centers available to students dealing with pregnancy or other sexual health issues. Campus Health Service offers many of the same services for students most pregnancy centers provide. Health insurance is not needed to use Campus Health, and students only need to be
registered for one credit hour to take advantage of the services. The Women’s Health Clinic at Campus Health Service offers testing a STDs and pregnancy, birth control pills and emergency contraception. Students can also take advantage of Campus Health Service’s Counseling and Psychological Services. “Students can be directed to the Women’s Health Clinic at Campus
Health, Planned Parenthood, a county health clinic, a private physician or a women’s clinic for testing and guidance,” said Terri West, an administrative associate at Campus Health Service. “Early diagnosis is valuable and encouraged. If the student is pregnant and decides to keep the baby, she should begin PREGNANCY, page 5
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New research finds heartbreak leads to physical aches By Jazmine Woodberry ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT Emotional distress sometimes occurs in tandem with physical pain, according to a recent study by a group of researchers at the UA. The group found that the area in the brain that controls physical pain is also the center
for emotional pain. Richard Lane, a psychiatrist and a UA professor of psychiatry, headed the study, along with Carolyn Fort, a senior research specialist with the Department of Psychiatry. They studied the link between emotional trauma and physical pain, such as chest pains. Arizona Pain Research group,
based out of the Pharmacology department, is in a partnership with the UA and Tucson medical professionals, said Janet Stark, editor at the public affairs office of the Arizona Health Sciences Center. The researchers were among the first to publish their study on emotional pain and its physical manifestations.
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“Social pain and actual pain activates some of the same brain areas,” Lane said. The study focused on one-minute brain scans measuring heart rate variability during emotional stimulation. These scans showed the flow of pain
Several Associated Students of the University of Arizona senators made it to their weekly meeting after returning from a busy day lobbying at the state capitol. ASUA President Chris Nagata spent the day in Phoenix, along with Sens. Katherine Weingartner, Hilary Davidson, Leo Yamaguchi and Executive Vice President Emily Fritze. All three state universities participated in the annual event known as Lobby Day. More than 100 student representatives were there to talk to state lawmakers. The Arizona Students’ Association was also there lobbying for three initiatives: a common coursenumbering bill, a work-study bill and a voter access bill. The common course bill met with unanimous support in the State Senate, and is now headed to the House, Nagata said. If passed, the bill would mandate a state standard for numbering courses, preventing students from having to repeat courses that don’t transfer. The work-study bill, if passed, will open up more employment and financial aid opportunities for students. The voter-access bill is designed to give students the same opportunities faculty and other university employees receive on voting days. If passed, students would be excused from class to vote, without getting penalized. Weingartner said she enjoyed meeting the legislators and touring the capital at her first Lobby Day. “It was really nice to meet the person who represents me,” she said. “A lot of them have wonderful diverse personalities and they love students.” In the wake of the poor economic climate, Nagata announced that ASUA has partnered with ASA to host a free financial aid workshop today from 5 to 6 p.m. and again from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Manuel T. Pacheco Integrated Learning Center Room 125. The workshop will inform students about several available financial aid opportunities. “We really want to make sure we’re giving students as much access and information as possible,” Nagata said. During the workshop, students will learn how to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. They will also receive information about applying for other loans and grant money. ASUA and ASA plan to host several similar workshops throughout the semester. A presentation hosted by Lon
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Everyone has a story: Thomas Fleming
By Laura Donovan ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
The Arizona Daily Wildcat’s new weekly segment “Everyone has a story” aims to tell the story of an interesting person on the UA campus. This week, we’ve interviewed UA professor and associate astronomer Thomas Fleming who teaches the Astronomy 203 and Natural Sciences 102, The Physical Universe, courses. Most people don’t know their dream career at 12 years old, but Fleming did. In 1961, Fleming gazed at the television set as John Glenn went into space. It was then that Fleming knew he wanted to work in astronomy. “When I young, Carl Sagan went on the Johnny Carson show and I remember thinking,‘God, this is so cool.You’re relying on science, on what can be proven, and not on wild speculation,’” Fleming said.“I also
saw that the universe is much more interesting and bizarre than people’s fantasies and imaginations.” Sagan was a famous American astronomer, astrophysicist and author with Hollywood connections, who presented the 1980 television series“Cosmos: A Personal Voyage,” and wrote popular science books such as “Contact,” which became a major motion picture in 1997. Fleming may have known his dream job in middle school, but that didn’t stop him from being a normal kid. “I knew that if I wanted to pursue astronomy, I would play football and practice singing in high school and junior high school while I still could,”he said. Fleming played football in high school in Canton, Ohio, where he was born and raised. Fleming got a 4.0 GPA and sang in musicals such as“The Music Man.” He wanted to go to Cornell University
because Sagan taught there, so he decided to apply there and Ohio State University for his undergraduate studies. Fleming ended up studying physics at Cornell on a full scholarship. “I was really excited to go where Carl Sagan was,” Fleming said. “But when I arrived at Cornell in 1978, I learned that Sagan was living in Los Angeles.” Fleming did eventually get to meet Sagan during his junior year of college. As an undergraduate, Fleming never lost sight of his passion for music. He sang in the Cornell Glee club and Cornell Chamber of Singers. He sang at Carnegie Hall twice, and once at the Kennedy Center. In 1982, Fleming came to the UA and became a teaching assistant for about four years. He did an observational thesis with the telescopes at the university and won an STORY, page 5
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Thomas Fleming, UA associate astronomer and 1988 Ph.D. alumnus, tells his story at his office in the Steward Observatory Wednesday.
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