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state doo jedli * I tice :ss InlernalimJ - Officials * ports that lumityCortt upervisoroiij to help smi Battalion/Page 9 November 19, 1982 obless lack esteem: prof United Press International HOUSTON — A University louston psychologist be- maraeetiMrV that ’ even if President broken es; B an 1S correct in sa y in g un - odoo practfl 0 ^ 6111 Wlli soon be re ' ifuse counn joblessness will affect re- ifetl workers for a long time. told The [Aseph Madonia, an assistant d that th: rofessor in the UH Graduate wtioeatiMWol of Social Work, has re- ir, wantedtiiartlied the non-economic im- mersfroiril: acts of unemployment and said for her 4 e ptggest long-range ef fect is 1/^red self-esteem. •tedly ordeifili.. , ■ . , . . , the' denar« adonia sai( lnterviews with uez to hel« n % lo y ed men and five n I: jornen who had been employed intter tii 'i Hears in Los Angeles revealed er lor All ^ w F ied self-esteem, marital and mmunity fep Robert Mi[i firmed the J Irbv involifl and eggshell ts charges tkl iloyees tool J and that lrli|I aging raaill health problems as well as deple tion of financial resources. “Professional and white- collar workers suffer the most mental anguish upon losing their jobs,” Madonia said. “Once professionals have ex perienced a period of unem ployment, their self-esteem is re duced regardless of how suc cessful they are in obtaining work. “Re-tooling comes easier for blue-collar workers, but layoff from a company they’ve been with most of their lives is a sense of loss, as their identity is tied to their jobs and their routine sche dule is upset.” Madonia said almost all of the study participants reported hav ing felt discouraged about their capabilities. “Respondents used terms like ‘not contributing,’ ‘useless,’ ‘a fa ilure’ and ‘worthless’ to describe how they felt,” he said. Marriages already in trouble suffer “grave danger of resolu tion.” “Reduced income also causes people to withdraw from social activities, dubs, recreation groups and other stress- reducing activities which can affect their health,” Madonia said. “Twenty percent of those in terviewed reported more fre quent headaches, felt that being without work was harder on their health than working, had trouble falling asleep, worried and cried more often.” He said health problems can be complicated by financial in capacity to maintain health in surance. Madonia argues social service agencies should take the initia tive in helping the new jobless. “Since many of today’s unem ployed have never needed social agency services in the past; they’re not familiar with prog rams that can help them,” he said. “Agencies need to devise a system for locating and advising them about available services.” The psychologist said one ser vice needed is self-help groups. UT could still obtain Igor Stravinsky’s papers lechanisms still unknown Obesity hazard to heart mem \vaniJ| (I III). SpiujfBlUnited Press International into it. SheipALLAS — Obesity leads to r director tt-cjogged arteries and heart red instead. Rse through mechanisms sci- not comnifittisis are only beginning to dis- t lr. researchers say. ire you ikBpeaking at the American nnel policitsleait Association’s annual sci- arried out unit: session Wednesday, Dr. areanyvioiA/irgil Brown, professor at rtain," MaidIfcMi. Sinai School of Medicine ■lew York, said in general confirmed is an increase in cardiovas- he “umvillwlai disease as body weight agic dusfm pper in theiwMtliough obesity is consi- anibers. |red a secondary cause of heart mice was(jtipase, Dr. Scott M. Grundy, di- ■iguqlwasnnttprofithe Center for Human Tiissioners’cllutj’ition at the University of fits Health Science Center at fcjsaid it contributes to sev- deohditions which are consi- td primary causes, including blood pressure, high llesterol levels and diabetes. ral days in i is discovers Garry A. \fi g behind hisi she was itj plained tlui inty employ ut had nevai men’ chan I. irmed thej nvestigatio details; is mv back'sj dd. ern ^est s International The work elk e South than an of the lik niversity res® “Obesity should probably take its place with other big fac tors,” Grundy said. “I think it works in ways that are beyond the major risk factors. It also makes them worse. We pretty well know how high blood press ure, cholesterol and smoking contribute to heart disease, whereas obesity works through ways we have not discovered. “We have heard a lot about the relation of salt to high blood pressure, but if you look at the real causes of high blood press ure, obesity almost tops them all, and studies show that losing weight reduces high blood pressure. “Obesity brings out a tenden cy for diabetes. That’s another risk factor,” he said. Recent studies indicate obes ity may contribute to heart dis eases in ways not understood, he said. In one study, his research group discovered a metabolic abnormality in obese people. “We found that obese people produced too much of a danger ous lipoprotein called (low de nsity lipoprotein) LDL,” he said. Low density lipoprotein car ries cholesterol in the blood stream and researchers believe it is dangerous because it seems to deposit some of its cholesterol load in the arterial wall, produc ing hardening and narrowing of the inner walls of the arteries called atherosclerosis. Other studies have shown that high density lipoprotein seems to offer some protection from heart disease, perhaps by clearing cholesterol off the arte rial wall. Dr. William P. Castelli, dire ctor of the Framingham (Mass.) Heart Study, said his work in the longest running epidemiologic investigation in history supports FLY to PURGATORY SKI RESORT ilenn.aUni iology pi# i N. Weaver,! I ,ity manager' the stereottff worker as t' king ambilfo chers sakH specially iifl lanagersofftj relocatingil with MSC Travel Committee • January 9-14, 1983 Just $ 449 00 Come by room #216 MSC or call 845-1515 Only 5 spaces open. 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Theatre Arts Program Production the relationship between weight and heart disease. “What we can see in Framing ham is that you do better, the lighter group you are in on the weight scale and there is a linear rise in heart disease as weight goes up,” he said. “If you follow these (obese) people long enough, 14 years or 16 years, you find they have an increased risk of heart disease, even if they did not show an in crease in risk factors, such as high blood pressure.” Exercise seems to increase the level of the good kind of lipop rotein and could offer protec tion against heart disease, the re searchers said. They agreed the solution to obesity is diet and exercise. “That four-letter word called ‘diet’ and exercise are the answers,” Castelli said. United Press International AUSTIN — The University of Texas once again may be in the running to obtain the cele brated papers of composer Igor Stravinsky because the Universi ty of California at Los Angeles has withdrawn its $1.5 million bid. The papers, considered to be the greatest record of a 20th century composer, have been the object of a protracted battle between UT and UCLA. A court decision last spring turned the papers over to UCLA, despite a bid from UT's Humanities Research Center that was $500,000 more than the California institution’s offer. The Humanities Research Center had been negotiating for the papers for 12 years. Decherd Turner, director of the center, said UCLA's with drawal doesn’t mean the papers automatically will go to UT but it does improve the school’s chances. “By all rights of strength and preparation and devotion to the Stravinsky cause, UT deserved them years ago,” Turner said. Before final possession of the papers can be settled, Stravins ky’s heirs must first settle the estate of his widow, Vera, who died after the Manhattan judge awarded the composer’s manu script and other documents to UCLA. Stravinsky’s widow and his protege, Robert Craft, favored turning the papers over to UCLA but the composer’s chil dren from his first marriage preferred UT and appealed the judge’s ruling. An official with LJCLA said the death of Stravinsky’s widow and the appeal of the court rul ing created uncertainty about the future of the papers and hampered fund-raising efforts. The papers, which include the original score to Stravinsky’ “The Rite of Spring,” would k considered the single great 51 acquisition in the history of ne center, UT officials have saL AGGIELAND PICTWES (Jrs., Srs., Grad Studdts) being taken at Yearbook Associa^s 1700 Puryear 9 a.m.-5 p.m. More information 693-6756 FREE APARTMENT LOCATOR SERVICE • Apartments • Duplexes • Houses • Fourplexes • Townhouses Now leasing for summer and fall. Special sum mer rates now available. Walking & biking dis tance to T.A.M.U. HOMEFINDER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 696-1006 1055 S. Texas C.S. 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