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Study says arm length
linked to marital bliss
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United Press International
FORT COLLINS, Colo. —
Two researchers who studied
170 married couples have come
to a rather startling conclusion
— arm length is important to
marital bliss.
The scientists say couples
with similarly sized forearms en
joy better chances for domestic
harmony than partners whose
arms don’t match.
The best candidate for a
Suicide
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things to start happening to him
— like insomnia, loss of appetite
and falling grades.”
Birch suggested several warn
ing signals to watch for in deter
mining if a student is seriously
contemplating suicide.
“Contrary to the old wive’s
tale, people who talk about it are
the people who do it,” he said.
“In roughly three-quarters of
the cases, people will broadcast
ahead of time to someone that
they’re going to commit suicide.
“It’s not unusual for college
students to come in and talk ab
out hurting themselves. But,
there are three questions you
can ask a person that will give
you a quick idea of how serious
he is and those questions are
how, when and where.”
Asking a person how or
where he plans to kill himself
may be a probability indicator
because a specific answer can
show that some obvious plan
ning has occurred, he said.
If a person starts putting time
limits on a situation, that could
be another indication of serious
suicidal thoughts.
“There’s a difference in the
student who says, ‘If my re
lationship with my girlfriend
doesn’t clear up in about two
weeks, I just can’t take it any
more,’ as opposed to the student
who doesn’t specify a time
frame,” he said.
Should the person give any
concrete answers, there could be
a serious problem and he should
get professional help as soon as
possible.
Birch said the PCS works with
the Department of Student
Affairs to give seminars to help
train resident advisers about
stress signals and dealing with
emotionally depressed students.
Each resident adviser, as well
as each faculty member, receives
a pamphlet containing informa
tion abc
tion about stress, the PCS and
how to properly refer a student.
“The big thing for the resi
dence hall adviser is to take the
time to be aware of the people
on the floor,” he said.
“There are signs; you see
people who are generally very
outgoing and suddenly, they
aren’t. The RA needs to know to
be able to take the time and
know what changes in behavior
to look for and know how to
properly refer the student.
“If there’s ever a crisis or
emergency, get the student to
the health center. That’s the
logistical, number one thing, be
cause the health center can call
us. If it’s a crisis, which usually
means a threat to life, they’re
there to get the medical atten
tion to preserve life.
“For emergencies and crises, I
have a person on duty every
morning and afternoon who has
no appointments, who is simply
there waiting to respond to a cri
sis. And then at night, the senior
staff is on call for emergencies.”
The counselors at the PCS
work with suicidal students by
looking at alternatives and help
ing the student to put his prob
lems into perspective. Together,
the student and counselor work
to find the cause of the stress
and some way of alleviating it.
“Some students come in
already with some emotional
problems and then you heap all
this academic stress on top of it
and the demands that the Uni
versity makes on performance
here, and you’re sitting with a
boiling pot of problems you can
almost predict is going to ex
plode,” he said.
Birch said sometimes it’s bet
ter for the student to withdraw
from the University, seek pro
fessional help elsewhere and, af
ter finding a way to deal with the
problem, return to school.
“There isn’t any college de
gree I know of that’s worth kill
ing yourself for,” he said.
Texas image sells British candy
United Press International
DALLAS — A British candy
manufacturer is selling the Old
West image to market a candy
bar named after the Lone Star
state.
“The cowboy image has al
ways been popular in England,
particularly Wild West films,”
said Peter Tuss, marketing assis
tant for the Rowntree, MacKin-
tosh Co. of York, England,
which manufactures the Texan
candy bar.
Tuss is trying to sell his pro
duct with the Old West image.
“The advertising campaign is
one based on the Wild West in
America, hence the name Tex
an. When we think of the Wild
West, we think of Texas and the
desert and things like that.”
Picture the tough and fear
less cowboy being tied to the
stake by wild Indians, who give
him one last request before
adding another scalp to their
collection.
Instead of asking for a
cigarette or shot of whiskey, he
asks for a Texan.
But the cowboy takes so long
to chew it, the Indians get bored
and ride off in the sunset.
It may not be the ending to
tonight’s late show, but it is the
advertisment Britons see for the
Texan candy bar.
The candy bar sells for 15
pence (about 30 cents), and has
been on the market in Britain
since 1975. The British eat ab
out 700 tons a year of the 3-inch-
long chocolate nougat bar that
comes in an orange wrapper
with a picture of a cowboy and
an American flag.
The candy bar is not available
in the United States.
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consisting of a long-armed man
and a short-armed woman, they
said, cautioning their findings
are preliminary and uncorrobo
rated.
Genetic researchers Maria
Pennock Watkins and Arlen
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co couples who were married
seven years ago, 52 of whom
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