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VOLUME 107 • ISSUE 30
ASUA pushes for Safe Zone training
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BY MAGGIE DRIVER
The Daily Wildcat ASUA’s administrative vice president is working on getting Safe Ride drivers Safe Zone certified. When Amanda Lester ran for administrative vice president of the Associated Students of the University of Arizona in the
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spring, one of her platforms was to encourage ASUA members to get Safe Zone certified, which led to the idea of having Safe Ride drivers certified. If a Safe Ride driver is certified, they can display their plaque in the car to show that it is a designated Safe Zone, Lester said. C. Michael Woodward, a graduate assistant for Ally Development with LGBTQ Affairs and coordinator of Safe Zone, said
the goal of the training is to help LGBTQ students on campus feel welcome. Woodward said in order to become certified, students can register online for workshops that are held each month. In the first workshop option, participants learn about definitions and general knowledge regarding the LGBTQ community, according to Woodward. The
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second workshop consists of students applying practical scenarios of how they can be an ally to other students; this includes real-life scenarios based on situations, such as how to stop discrimination when it is happening in the moment, Woodward said. Adam Klever, administrative
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Campus Health preps for flu season BY GABRIELLE FERNETY
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UA students have been spending fall with comfortable weather and pumpkin spice lattes, but an old enemy has made its return: the flu. Flu season has already started and may not be gone until spring. Dr. Sean Elliott, medical director of infection prevention for the UA Health Network, said flu cases start in early October and last through March or April. Elliott said the flu is common during colder months because it grows at a certain temperature. When the air gets drier in colder months, so do people’s noses and throats, which allows the virus to get in through the “dried out cracks” in those areas, Elliott added. “Part of it has to do with the temperature of your nasal cavities,” Elliott said. “The flu virus has a temperature it grows at, and during the winter months, it grows beautifully in the back of the throat.” Amy Direnfeld, an immunization nurse at UA Campus Health Service, said students should get the flu shot between now and the beginning of November. Campus Health Service provides the vaccine for students, staff and faculty. “You can simply walk in to ‘immunizations’ at any of the walkin hours with your CatCard and your health insurance card,” Direnfield said. “If you don’t have that, we’re happy to put it on your bursar’s.” There are different strains of the flu, meaning people can get it multiple times in one season, Elliott said.
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TIFFANY CONFUR, a sophomore studying Russian, competes in Jim Click’s Run ‘N’ Roll philanthropy event, which helps raise money for the UA Adaptive Athletics program. She received second place in the women’s category on the UA Mall Sunday.
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Try to get sleep; keep the body active. Have good total body health.
— Dr. Sean Elliott, UA Health Network medical director of infection prevention
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UA works with national program to relieve stress
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BY MICAH MONTIEL
The Daily Wildcat UA Campus Health Service has a new program designed to help relieve students’ stress through free back rubs at various events throughout the semester. Headed by Jordan Friedman, Stressbusters was first founded by a team at Columbia University 18 years ago. The program is currently active in 15 schools around the country, including Northern Arizona University. “Stress is the most healthrelated problem reported by college students,” said Lee Ann Hamilton, assistant director of Health Promotion & Preventive Services at Campus Health. “A significant amount of students that get even a five minute back rub feel less stressed, less overwhelmed and more relaxed. It’s simple, effective touch for
those who want and need some stress relief.” On Thursday evening, Friedman, creator of Stressbusters, came to the UA to kick off the program with the first event and to train volunteers on how to properly relieve the stress through back rubs at the Student Recreation Center. Students could take advantage of a free fiveminute back rub from one of 45 Stressbuster volunteers. “It was pretty relaxing,” said Drake Leifried, a pre-physiology freshman, after receiving a back rub. “It was a nice little surprise. I wasn’t expecting it when I came in here.” Volunteers were trained in 20 different back rub techniques, essential communication between Stressbuster staff and back rub recipients, how to set up Stressbuster events and why the
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UA GRADUATE William Bodman enjoys a free back rub from the Stressbusters on Thursday night at the Student Recreation Center.