Volume 93
the Prairie
Issue XI
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
BWA raises awareness for diabetes Students part of a growing number affected Ore Osikoya Staff Writer
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The Black Women’s Association stands in front of their table in the JBK.
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he Black Women’s Association sponsored diabetes awareness on the WTAMU campus last week. They set up tables in the JBK Commons to pass out �lyers and sugar-free candy in order to raise awareness about diabetes among students. The ladies of Black Women’s Association said they believe it is necessary to educate people on the risks and seriousness of diabetes. Man y people do not know about the perils and threats this diseases carries with it; therefore, the need to increase awareness among people, especially the younger generation. “So many college students are getting diabetes and they need to be aware of
things before they get the disease and by bringing awareness to diabetes, we possibly can save a student,” Lyntoria Davis, a member of the Diabetes Awareness Committee said. The United States has seen a 35 percent increase in diabetes since 1995 and the number of people under age 20 who have diabetes has gone up. Presently, approximately 186,000 people under the age of 20 in the United States are living with diabetes. Diabetes may have a genetic component that is hereditary. Shannel Pickens, member of the diabetes committee said that The BWA feels it is important to encourage people to get tested and know if they are borderline diabetic.
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WT media intergrates to create a new organization Buffsity creating app to highlight success, skill of mass comm department
DAVID MERAZ Staff Writer
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uffsity, a group made up of WTAMU media organizations, is creating an app that will redefine media integration at the University. “Buffsity is an innovative and collaborative group of students that have come together representing different WT media outlets,” Dr. Leigh Browning, director of broadcast media, said. After the Amarillo Addy Awards ceremony in Feb., Dr. Browning suggested a facelift for the station. She wanted to do something new: something that had never been done before. The more she thought about it, the more she began to think that it was a project she wanted to see happen with more than just the radio
Buffsity students meet to discuss future steps for the group.
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station. She envisioned something bigger that would ultimately include a student-driven group with students from all WT media. “What we need is to come together as student media and get a media app,” Browning said. “So we just decided to test and approach a collaboration and innovation across multiple
platforms.” Students met for the first time in Sept. to discuss plans for a mobile application. Dr. Browning, Dr. Cain, the Prairie adviser and Kim Bruce, the Eternal Flame adviser will be assisting the students as they make decisions regarding the app. “At the first few meetings students were confused, they were frustrated, they were overwhelmed but they knew they were excited,” Browning said. “Now they trust that we are not going to tell them what to do and they trust that we are going to catch them if they fall, and they trust they we are not going to let them do something that will not deliver results.”
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