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2011 campus news University ﬁghts eating disorders Student Health Services and the Texas A&M Student Counseling Service sponsor an Eating Disorders Awareness Week this week. Activities include a panel discussion on eating disorders at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Room 281 of the Student Recreation Center and a “Don’t Fight Your Genes” jeans drive. Donations will be accepted Wednesday in the John J. Koldus Student Services Building and Friday in the Wehner Building.

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Albrecht best candidate, Tucker close second T

exas A&M is lucky to have two candidates who stand head and shoulders above the rest running to be Aggieland’s next student body president. Hilary Albrecht and Chris Tucker have all the right things necessary to be a successful student body leader. Albrecht, a junior political science major, is the candidate with the most experience, most knowledge and she is most poised to make an impact next year. After working closely with other student leaders and administrators through her position as speaker of the student senate, Albrecht is capable of accomplishing a great amount for

students. body president. Albrecht will focus on the issues most important to students, Tucker, a senior university studies such as academics, student services and major and member of the Corp of Cadets, has taken a different route to- communication. For far too long there have been ward candidacy. Tucker has excelled empty promises from student in leadership positions in nearly body presidents that never every organization he has Experience is become more than votejoined. He is also extremely the deciding garnering, feel-good easy to approach and will factor in The lines during campaign fight for students’ interBattalion’s season. Albrecht is a ests above his own. A&M endorsement. candidate who will break would be in good hands the mold and continue with Tucker. talking to and fighting Albrecht receives the enfor students after the votes are dorsement because she is the candicounted. date who is most prepared to be the Albrecht compiled a timeline for most effective as our next student her team’s goals, and the open com-

munication she has displayed this year through her current position will provide the accountability to these goals that other campaigns and past presidents have lacked. Her involvement in the student government association, college of liberal arts, Memorial Student Center and Greeklife provides her with much needed range of understanding. Student body presidents have to understand the needs and desires of a diverse student body of 50,000 plus, and Albrecht is ready for that responsibility. The Battalion recommends Hilary Albrecht for 2011-2012 student body president without reservation.

EDITORIALBOARD

The Battalion’s editorial opinion is determined by its Board of Opinion, with the editor in chief having final responsibility. Matt Woolbright Editor in Chief junior sociology major

Megan Ryan Managing Editor senior English major

Taylor Wolken junior economics major

Jill Beathard senior English major

Connie Thompson junior communication major

A fire broke out Monday afternoon in Zachry. Classes in the building were canceled for the remainder of the day.

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Yell leader proﬁles Proﬁles on the yell leader candidates will be in Wednesday’s paper. Check it out to learn more about each candidate.

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MSC OPAS presents Mamma Mia! at 7:30 p.m. today in Rudder Auditorium. To purchase tickets call 979-845-1234 or log on to www. MSCOPAS.org.

sports | 4 Nothing stops Natasha Senior hurdler Natasha Ruddock, from Jamaica, has overcome a serious knee injury and is in the process of rewriting the A&M record books for Head Coach Pat Henry’s nationally ranked team.

Jeremy Northum — THE BATTALION

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Fire in Zachry causes concern Christine Perrenot

The Battalion Fire sparked in the Zachry Engineering Center on Monday. Spence Street filled with emergency and rescue crews. “I could smell that the smoke was from something electrical,” said Robert Battleson, a senior electrical engineering major in the building at the time of the fire. The fire alarm sounded and many students left, leaving belongings inside the classrooms. “Smoke filled the classroom and

when we came outside at 2:10, there was smoke on the side of the roof,” said Renee Eimer, a senior electrical engineering major. After evacuating the building, onlookers saw black smoke and flames from the top of the southeast corner of the building. The fire was reported on the third and fourth floors. Eleven fire vehicles were on the scene. Eight of the vehicles responded from College Station and three came from Bryan. “Nobody will tell us officially what is going on,” said Jeana Goodson, aca-

demic adviser and Zachry evacuation team member. Students and onlookers waited for reports of what had happened. “At approximately 2:15 we received word of a fire in Zachry building with smoke in the southeast stairwell,” said Sgt. H. Allan Baron of the University Police Department. The number of students and faculty in the building at the time of the fire is unknown. There were no reported injuries to people in the building or firefighters.

“I was on the burning side of the building and saw firefighters axing on the roof and putting holes in it to put water in and vent the smoke,” said Matt Foster, a senior electrical engineering major who was on the second floor studying. University police informed onlookers and students the building would not open for the remainder of the day. “The fire was located in a chase pipe See Fire on page 2

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Special to The Battalion Texas A&M, a leader in academic excellence and innovation, has solidified its role in the commitment to bettering the overall health of society with progress made by Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health. “From water-treatment programs to HIV initiatives and workplace safety, public health professionals are incrementally changing the way the world functions, incorporating wellness

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Students in the Texas A&M School of Rural Public Health are conducting research to better the health of society. principles and improving, or even saving lives,” said Kathryn Bennett, a public health graduate student. “Public health is thus incredibly important because it addresses these primary determinants of health: genetics, lifestyle, environment and availability of health care.” However, those in favor of recognizing the See Health on page 6

“Our message to the legislature is that Texas A&M is efficient, effective and a great The 82nd Legislature is in value; and we have a significant session assessing and deciding impact on the state of Texas,” solutions to the many challenges facing Texas, namely the Loftin said. According to Comptrolgeneral revenue shortage resultler Susan Combs, the general ing in budget cuts for numerous revenue, which is expected to state agencies, such as higher peak at $77.3 billion after a $4.3 education. President R. Bowen billion deficit and an $800 milLoftin petitioned the Senate Filion transfer to the Rainy Day nancial Committee on behalf of Texas A&M Wednesday. See Budget on page 5

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The Battalion The pulses of dancing music flooded the A&M United Methodist Church Family Life Center, Saturday. Classes of excited men and women, University students and middleaged couples learned to bust classic ballroom moves in the third Brazos Ballroom Blitz sponsored by the Texas A&M Ballroom Dance Association. Susan Quiring, of Susan’s Ballroom Dance, said dancing is a wonderful relationship builder. “There’s only one leader on a dance floor,” Quiring said, as she clapped one of her longtime students, Brandon Sosa, on the shoulder. “The guy is the only one who leads. It builds trust.” TAMBDA and Susan’s Ballroom Dance started the daylong workshop three years ago to provide dance lessons to Brazos Valley citizens in all different genres of dance, from the rumba to the cha-cha to country waltz. “The Ballroom Blitz is a community-wide event to teach the Brazos community how to dance,” said Brittany Ali, a senior sociology major and president of TAMBDA. “Susan approached us with the idea, and we get people of all ages.” Quiring, who teaches dance lessons for TAMBDA on Tuesday nights at the Unitarian Universalist Church, said she was sitting around brainstorming one day and decided the community needed a day of dance. The Blitz had three different dance styles taught every hour. All-day participants received the chance to learn up to five different dances. At 7 p.m., they all had the opportunity to show off their newly acquired skills at the evening dance. “Tango and the cha-cha are two of my favorite dances — I like Latin dances,” Ali said. “Tango is a smooth dance, not Latin, contrary to popular belief.” Another TAMBDA member, Josh Kelfer, a junior biology major, said he joined the dance association because women like men who can dance. “It’s never a disadvantage,” Kelfer said. “You get to dance with a lot of different women.”

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Ali said she has different spiels for convincing students to join the association. “If it’s a guy, we use our ratio: there are usually two guys to every girl,” Ali said, as Josh chuckled beside her. “It’s also good exercise; we’ve gone to health expos to show how dancing can keep you healthy.” Kelfer said The Village Café in Bryan offers salsa dancing on Saturday nights. He also said you can use country western dances such as the country waltz and the polka at frequented college clubs such as Hurricane Harry’s or The Texas Hall of Fame. “We usually go to Austin or Houston to use what we have learned from Susan,” said Natalie Smith, who attended the Ballroom Blitz with her fiancé. “We have been students with Susan for about two years.” Smith and Sosa started dance lessons together two years ago as friends. After becoming dance partners, they began to date. Smith and Sosa said they want their wedding party to learn a dance for the wedding in March. “Our first dance as a married couple will be the cha-cha,” Sosa said. Smith and Sosa said they love the cha-cha because the energy and rhythm are fun and lively. “I would say for a guy, it’s a really big deal to lead a woman on a dance floor. It’s impressive,” Sosa said. Quiring said most men do not like to dance for a combination of three reasons: the first being that the woman he dances with is heavy as lead; the second is that his dance partner has “noodle arms,” which make her impossible to lead on a dance floor; and the third, that she wants to lead and drags him around the floor. “We start off simply. We teach them to walk one foot in front of the other,” Quiring said. “Almost all women love to dance, and almost all men love women. Women die for men who can dance.” Quiring said even if a man can only execute five steps, as long as he can execute them well, a woman will be impressed. “A man who can do five steps well is much more impressive than a man who can do 30 steps poorly,” Quiring said.

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Seniors Kyle Jones, chemistry major, and Stephanie Hendrickson, environmental studies major, dance the cha-cha at Brazos Ballroom Blitz. The ballroom dance workshop was sponsored by Susan’s Ballroom Dance and the Texas A&M Ballroom Dance Association. Quiring gives private lessons to many brides and grooms wanting to learn a traditional dance for their wedding. She said, however, dancing is not limited to couples. “I would never have started dancing if I was required to be part of a couple,” Quiring said. Smith said Quiring rotates class members so every person

had to wait for an emergency escort to take them into the building once it was declared safe. “The cause and exact point of nature of the fire is still being investigated,” Baron said. The damage to the building at the time of the fire was unclear.

gets the chance to dance, and so everyone can dance with different people. “It’s not an awkward thing,” Smith said. “It’s not like you’re standing in the corner waiting for someone to choose you to dance.” They will marry and dance their favorite cha-cha at their wedding reception March 26.

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Mustafa A. Sharif will speak about modernday genocide in Darfur at 6:30 p.m. today at the MSC Forsyth Center Galleries in Downtown Bryan. The lecture accompanies the exhibit “When They Came To Take My Father,” photography of Holocaust survivors, presented in partnership with the Texas A&M Hillel Center.

The International Film Series will present Sangre de Mi Sangre, winner of the grand prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Koldus, Room 227. The ﬁlm depicts the life of Pedro, a recent immigrant in New York City, during his difﬁcult search for his unknown father.

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Maggies and Aggie Men’s Club will have the annual Giving to Light Others’ Way (G.L.O.W.) 5K to raise money for the organizations’ philanthropies at 8 p.m. Friday, beginning in Lot 50 on campus. Preregistration cost is $10 and can be paid at the promotional tables in the Commons, Wehner and Koldus this week.

A capella concert

A capella groups from Texas A&M, including HardChord DynaMix, The Femmatas and Apotheosis, will perform with groups from other universities at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in Rudder Auditorium. Tickets will be $5 at the door and are sold through the MSC Box Ofﬁce.

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Take a chance on ‘Mamma Mia!’ Broadway musical of ABBA songs to come to campus

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The Battalion With all the addictive intrigue of daytime television’s “Who’s my baby’s daddy?” talk shows and the catchy tunes of famed Swedish pop group ABBA, it should come as no surprise that the musical Mamma Mia! has proven infectiously popular over the past 12 years. Having already charmed its way into the hearts of more than 45 million audience members around the world, the top-selling Broadway musical will make its Aggieland debut with MSC OPAS at 7:30 tonight in Rudder Theatre. “One of the best parts of Mamma Mia! definitely has to be the story line. It’s extremely funny and heart-warming,” said Maha Kaissi, a junior biomedical sciences major and professed ABBA fan. “Mamma Mia! has something to offer everyone, no matter what age you are. Even my 7-year-old sister loves it.” The set-up for the show seems like something more akin to the long-awaited conclusion of a predictable chick flick: protagonist Sophie is going to marry the man of her dreams, amid the timeless romance of a Greek isle, no less. Yet this blushing bride finds herself flustered over a much bigger dilemma than the usual bridesmaid drama and seating arrangement catastrophe. She might know the man who will meet her at the altar, but which of her mother Donna’s three lovers of yesteryear will rightfully escort her down the aisle? So the hunt for our leading lady’s biological Daddy Warbucks begins. It might sound like something one would catch on a late night pseudoStudent RUSH reality game show, but Mamma Mia! tickets can adds the musical flair of ’70s Europop be purchased to the scene. with the “[The songs] may sound a little presentation different from the original tracks, but of a student ID that’s just because [ABBA memfor $25 today bers and co-writers of Mamma Mia!] at the MSC Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus Box Ofﬁce. didn’t have the original musical arrangements written down,” said Michael Roberts McKee, who plays Eddie, best man to Sophie’s fiancé in the production. “So what they did is listen to the songs over and over and over again so they could write down the musical compositions in standard sheet music form.” McKee said the musical has a cross-generational appeal because it attracts both older audience members who were fans of ABBA’s music in the ’70s, as well as younger onlookers who were introduced to classics such as “Dancing Queen” and “Take a Chance on Me” by parents. “I’ve always been a really big fan of ABBA since my parents are huge fans as well. I grew up listening to their songs, so when I found out about Mamma Mia!, I was ecstatic,” Kaissi said. The 2008 film adaptation of Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep and Amanda Seyfried as the famous mother-daughter duo, brought the stage show to the silver screen — and to mass audiences across the nation. In fact, it became the highest grossing musical movie of all time, grossing $600 million worldwide during a time when other Broadway darlings like Hairspray, Phantom of the Opera and Rent had already taken center-stage at the cineplex. “I feel like the movie helps to provide better exposure for

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The finale of Mamma Mia! is a trio of unannounced ABBA hits, during which audience members are encouraged to sing, dance and clap along with the cast. the musical. Many people haven’t had the opportunity to see musicals on stage, so a movie really reaches out and increases their fan base,” said Laura Duffie, director of operations for MSC OPAS and a junior wildlife and fisheries sciences major. McKee said he had been a part of the cast for a few seasons and had noticed a huge growth in the show’s audiences, particularly the younger audience segment, after the film’s release. And if you dig deep enough into the abyss of elementary school memories, you might just remember the ’90s ABBA tribute group A-Teens, who also hailed from Stockholm, and released The ABBA Generation, an entire album of ABBA covers with a modern electronica, synthesized pop feel. “I remember listening to ABBA and A-Teens growing up,” Duffie said. “All of the fun and catchy music really complements the musical well. The songs fuel the energy and plot for the entire show.” McKee said his favorite song to perform was the production’s finale, which is actually an unannounced trio of songs that allows “the actors to have a little dance party with the audience.” “I love ABBA’s music. They’re classics and always seem to have the ability to make any day brighter. I feel like the musical adds a lot to the songs because it adds a storyline to accompany

the lyrics,” Kaissi said. “Mamma Mia! also puts a new spin on some of the songs that you maybe wouldn’t have interpreted that way, like ‘Voulez-Vous.’” A word people often use to describe the musical is “fun.” Simply “fun.” It seems a lengthier adjective would be incongruent with the show’s easy-go-lucky tone and discothequeworthy musical score. “It’s an easy fun time, and I think it brings people who might not otherwise go to the theater to come because they are fans of the music. They might not want to see a darker show or a Shakespeare play, but they’ll see this because it’s more lighthearted,” McKee said. “It’s a nice escape from exams, stress, all that … a great chance to escape for a few hours and get to sing and dance and clap with the cast.” This Scandinavian pop invasion of a Mediterranean paradise — quite the geographical juxtaposition of theatrical elements — has, according to McKee, far outlived the average lifespan of a Broadway show. “It’s been running a long time, even with the economic downturn,” he said. “It’s survived, which is a great thing, and it really says something about the appeal of the show. Its international success says a lot.”

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womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball | A&M takes on Texas Tech for the final time this season at 7 p.m. today at Reed Arena.

baseball | The Aggies look to build on their season-opening sweep when Prairie View A&M visits at 6:35 p.m. today.

softball | The Aggies welcome in Texas State for a midweek matchup at 6 p.m. today at the Aggie Softball Complex.

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Leaping over adversity

Ruddock overcomes knee injury to excel Adrian Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Hanlon III The Battalion

atasha Ruddock, senior Aggie hurdler, has a polite and soft-spoken personality that masks her tenacity as a world-class hurdler and fierce determination to return to top form from a potentially career-threatening injury. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I definitely want to win the NCAAs, both indoor and outdoor this year,â&#x20AC;? Ruddock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And later on down the road, I want to make my Jamaican world-championship team. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always been my dream. And to know my idol Melaine Walker is the world champion gives me confidence that I can do it like her.â&#x20AC;? Ruddock developed her competitive drive at St. Jago High School in St. Catherine, Jamaica, where she had the class-four Jamaican record in the long jump. Ruddock said she loved the long jump because she excelled in the event and refused to be out-jumped. Her high school coach used her drive to introduce Ruddock to the hurdles by threatening to keep her out of the long jump if she did not compete in the hurdles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had the record for classfour in Jamaica, so the long jump was special,â&#x20AC;? Ruddock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He started punishing me with the hurdles, and then I started winning so I figured, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Hey, I better stick with this.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Ruddockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career as a hurdler took off from there. Ruddock exploded on the scene after placing high in world competition before she was 18, and went on to a junior college nation title while attending Essex County College. She was heavily recruited but

only visited three universities in order to maintain her grades as a deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s list student. Ruddock visited LSU, South Carolina and Texas A&M, but had always considered LSU her dream school. In Jamaica, she heard of the success of LSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s track team under the direction of then-Head Coach Pat Henry, who seemingly brought back hardware from the NCAA Championships year after year. Upon her visit to College Station, Ruddock said she enjoyed the sense of family among the athletes and quickly adapted to the Aggie way of life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were elated when she decided to come here,â&#x20AC;? sprinter coach Vince Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She put a narrated photo slideshow on Facebook that was extremely Aggieloyal. We learned something about her there, that we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know the depth of when we recruited her.â&#x20AC;? Anderson admitted the difficulty of getting to know a person during a recruiting process, but described Ruddock as â&#x20AC;&#x153;kind-heartedâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;quietnaturedâ&#x20AC;? throughout the recruiting process. He said those qualities were confirmed once she stepped on campus, and he started coaching her. In her first season as an Aggie this past year, Ruddock posted six of the top 10 times on A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-time list. As she

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Senior Natasha Ruddock won her first race since suffering a severe knee injury Jan. 22 against LSU. continued to speed toward the 60-meter individual title, Ruddock and her coaches believed she could break all expectations until the regional meet in Austin. Ruddock was warming up for her event, going through her normal routine with intense concentration. She started practicing her approaches when she had a misstep and felt pain in her left knee. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I still donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know how it happened; my leg just went down and it kept giving out on me,â&#x20AC;? Ruddock said. The heart-broken athlete would soon find out the injury could stop her from reaching her pinnacle, as an MRI showed a torn ACL and meniscus. She prepared to enter uncharted waters as she had never undergone surgery. She said she felt nervous and wondered if she would return to full form

after surgery, but relied on her family and teammates for support and encouragement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was scared and talking to my mom on the phone and she started praying and crying,â&#x20AC;? Ruddock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was on the phone with my brother, sister and mom and we were all praying and crying. I even YouTubeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d and Googled the surgery and asked â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;is this really what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to go through?â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? The surgery was successful and Ruddock enjoyed visits from family, friends and coaches while in the hospital. Henry and Anderson visited to comfort her and encourage her on the road to recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just wanted to see her smiling face,â&#x20AC;? Henry said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She may not have wanted to see my smiling face, but I needed to know she was OK.â&#x20AC;? Ruddock began a ruthless

pursuit of full recovery with help from trainer Matt Key, as she did pool workouts, lifting and coordination drills to regain strength and balance in her knee. She ran for the first time since the injury in mid-October; only four months after having surgery. She said she was excited to be jogging and hopping again, and it built her confidence to start practicing hurdles again only a month later. Ruddock continued training and regaining confidence in the stability of her knee, and won her first race since the injury at the dual meet against LSU on Jan. 22. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even at the meet, I was nervous because in the warm-up I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the approach right, but in the race, I just went,â&#x20AC;? Ruddock said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In my mind I knew I just had to go. I know Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m physically ready, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just up to me to trust my legs some

more. I have to get my full confidence back and trust myself.â&#x20AC;? Despite a plague of injuries, Ruddock is pursuing her dreams with cautious preparation and concentrated tenacity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very ferocious competitor when she hurdles and warms up,â&#x20AC;? Anderson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very focused and very dialed-in. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a quality we really love in an athlete; someone who can really concentrate on the task at hand.â&#x20AC;? Ruddock will continue to focus on the task at hand to ensure she reaches her goals of competing for a national title and making the Jamaican Olympic team. She said she considers the injury as a sign that she can overcome diversity to make her dreams come true. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I take it as a sign that God has a plan for me and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m going to take it one step at a time,â&#x20AC;? Ruddock said.

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ing oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health. Gains in life expectancy and decreases in the mortality rate are two Continued from page 1 of the best indicators of health status. value of public health are not negating Texas A&Mâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s School of Rural Public Health is working on just that. the importance of clinical medicine. Dr. Joseph Sharkey, professor in the Dr. Craig Blakely, dean of the School department of social and behavioral of Rural Public Health, said the school health, is researching issues related to has great working relationships with nutrition and health disparities. This other institutions in the Texas A&M research focuses on challenges regardHealth Science Center. Blakely said ing food choices such as food access, this communication fosters a greater including proximity to stores, lack of sense of good health now that those in clinical medicine are advocating for public transportation, as well as financial resources In some areas, the closest the prevention of health issues. food resource is a convenience store, a The purpose of public health is to implement better quality of life for all fuel station or a dollar store. These are major types of venues for people; not to simply rely on medicacheaper food, canned food â&#x20AC;&#x201D; basition or surgery as a means for regaining cally, food that Sharkey said does not oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s health, but to find ways one can promote good health in an individual. prevent illness. Environmental influences also play a Blakely said there are fewer costs and a bigger impact with public health. large role in public health . Sharkey said educating an individual For example, cleaning up the environment or relinquishing bad habits, such and expecting them to do better is no as smoking, go a long way in improv- longer a viable option. Additional factors must come into play. If a citizen

lives a long distance from a store, lacks refrigeration capabilities or lives in an area of crime, finding quality food can be a significant hardship and thus a hurdle to obtaining good health. Sharkey said working closely with the community is far more effective than simply entering an area, collecting data, then leaving. Along with faculty and students from the School of Rural Public Health, he has undertaken several projects within the communities of south Texas. One was a Christmas project in which children from rural communities were asked what they wanted for Christmas, and faculty members and students each sponsored a child. Sharkey said community involvement is crucial in the promotion of public health. Most families in this area are hesitant to accept outsiders who want to get involved in their daily lives. However, with projects such as the Christmas event, members of the community are far more responsive and more goals can be reached, Shar-

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