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Issue 59, Volume 121
Event advocates smoke-free lifestyle ‘Smokeout’ educates students on Pedestrian Manuela Haddad Contributor What if there was one day every year when people quit smoking? This idea follows what the Safety Environment and Education Center was aiming for yesterday when it held its first annual “Great American Smokeout” on Pedestrian Walkway. The event was used to remind people of the risks involved with tobacco use and to encourage them to quit smoking on that day, if even only for that day. Siera Seward, senior in psychology, noted that the event probably wouldn’t get people to completely quit smoking but that it would encourage them to try. “I wouldn’t say that it would completely halt everything … but I think it really does help make a first step,” she said. Millions of Americans have a regular habit of smoking. It’s not uncommon to see students walking around campus with a cigarette in their hands. However, tobacco use has many negative consequences, and according to the UTK campus events website, it “remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the U.S.” The S.E.E. Center made an effort to remind students of these risks by passing out “quit smoking” packets and displaying facts about
smoking on their booth. “One of the things we want to do is educate students of the effects smoking has on their body,” said Rosa Thomas, a coordinator for the S.E.E. Center. “When a person smokes cigarettes, that smoke goes through their whole body and their lungs. Cigarette smoking leads to so many health problems.” Chloe Ashley, a first year graduate student in public health, thinks people should try to quit smoking, and booths like the one the S.E.E. Center has set up can help, but it’s ultimately up to the smoker to make the decision to quit. “I think you should quit while you’re ahead … I think it’s more of a personal choice to stop,” she said. Rosa understands that there are appealing reasons to start smoking. “I think a lot of women start smoking because they see it as a way to lose weight,” she said. “They feel if they keep a cigarette in their mouth, they’re keeping food out.” Seward mentioned that both internal and external factors can drive people to start smoking. “I think it’s due to a lot of stress, and also environmental factors — with friends, they think it’s the cool thing to do,” she said. Thomas also mentioned another lesser known but equally dangerous method of tobacco intake: hookah. A hookah is like a large pipe with an attached hose that is used to smoke tobacco. “A lot of people have been going to the hookah lounge, and they don’t think it’s dan-
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A student smokes hookah in the Humanities Amphitheatre on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011.
gerous,” she said, citing two hookah lounges near campus that are popular with some students. Thomas noted that smoking hookah for an hour is the equivalent of smoking 200 cigarettes. Another danger involved with hookah use is the possibility of contracting a disease, such as mono or bronchitis, from a sick person who has used the same hookah previously. An American Cancer Society brochure
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included in the packets the S.E.E. Center was handing out mentioned several benefits of quitting smoking: after 12 hours of not smoking, the carbon monoxide level in a person’s blood drops to normal; one year after quitting, the excess risk of heart disease becomes half that of someone who still smokes; and 15 years after quitting, the risk of heart disease is the same as that of a non-smoker.
Professor speaks on history, importance of photojournalism Samantha Smoak Staff Writer
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Sororities lip sync and choreograph for the “24th Annual Battle of the Bands” in the University Center Auditorium on Wednesday.
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David Cobb Assistant News Editor According to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), 15,000 children and 15,000 adults each year, or 80 people per day, are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the United States. To combat the disease, Delta Tau Delta fraternity held its “Battle of the Bands” philanthropy event Wednesday night in the UC auditorium. Ticket sales went to benefit the
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JDRF which the fraternity adopted last year, according to Connor Dugosh, a sophomore in philosophy and the fraternity’s philanthropy chair. “I thought that a concert-like experience could generate a lot of energy and competition among participants,” said Dugosh, about his idea for the event. Nine sororities performed with acts ranging from renditions of ‘N Sync to the Spice Girls. Mackenzie Evens, junior in public administration and Phi Mu’s philanthropy and Lip Sync chair, said it was the most fun philanthropy event she had participated in. “There were less rules in this than “Lip Sync,” which meant less pressure
and more fun for us,” she said. But according to Jake Smith, sophomore in journalism and electronic media and brother of Delta Tau Delta, Alpha Chi Omega’s winning routine had plenty of synchronization. “I think what gave Alpha Chi Omega the win,” Smith said, “was the overall coordination of their routine and the effort they showed in the spirit portion of the competition.” Results were based on the judges’ score sheets, which included categories for performance, costumes and crowd spirit. According to Dugosh, the competition was extremely close. See BOTB on Page 3
Since October 2010, the popular photo-sharing site, Instagram, has grown to 80 million users who have shared nearly four billion photos, according to Instagram’s official blog. With the advent of the cell phone camera, everyone has become a photographer. Robert Heller, a professor in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media at UT, will be presenting a lecture at the Science Forum today on the history of photojournalism. Dr. Mark Littmann, who oversees the UT Science Forum, invited Heller to speak because his enthusiasm inspires students. “(Professor Heller) is ... beloved by his students because he is a great artist with astonishing insight that he shares with his students,” said Littmann. “He is a remarkable speaker and listener, and ... he cares about his students.” Littmann also believes that an audience beyond Heller’s students will enjoy hearing the lecture. “I love to hear him speak and I knew that (the) UT
Science Forum audiences would too, and … photojournalism involves technology as well as art, and is therefore appropriate for the UT Science Forum,” he said. Heller’s passion for photography and photojournalism stems from his childhood, where he recalls the magic that came out of the dark room his father had in their home. He went on to earn his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in photojournalism from Syracuse University. He now teaches photojournalism and graphic design at UT and is the resident expert in visual communication. Heller’s lecture will preview what he teaches in his photojournalism classes. The lecture will focus on an overview of photojournalism, as indicated in the title of the lecture, “A Brief Yet Incomplete History of Photojournalism.” “It’s not meant to be a complete look at the history, it’s relatively short, but what I’ve done is gathered some highlights from the history of photojournalism that I find particularly interesting,” said Heller. See PHOTO on Page 3
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