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The Battalion jdnesday • March 11, 1998 Bakin’ Bits atudeafo fo fat tfa tewaitty fade. By April Towery Staff writer St at ; atU- laudii [is In s Spring Break approaches with summer reptL\ not far behind, students are taking their inces jLbikinis and swim trunks out of the attic. >licie tese students are heading for local tanning I ;ds in high hopes of transforming from Casper crisper. | ; Annette Smith, owner of Aggie Land Tan, said lii' is week is the beginning of the peak tanning |hir ason. And tanning is not just for girls anymore, nts "I’d say we have about one guy for every five rls; who tans here,” Smith said. An* )ther crowd that will be visiting the tanning ids this month is the high schoolers wanting to F ase their swimsuit tan lines in order to look their ist in a prom dress. One of these girls is Bryan High senior Rebec- t Petty, who said she went to a tanning bed six or a Wen times before prom last year. ' “There’s a few girls that go year round, but al- 'ost everyone goes at the end of the year right ifore prom,” Petty said. But, in the past few years, tanning has caught naerica’s attention. Many health hazards, mis- mceptions and myths have become the topic of scussion in tanning beds across the country, i Smith read from an issue of California Tan (agazine that pointed out some of the miscon- jptions of tanning. ; “One girl went to a tanning bed for a week and nelled a burnt smell, and her doctor said her tsides were burned,” Smith said. “This is a myth. UV rays don’t penetrate to the third layer of skin. Wavelengths of tanning rays cannot im pact internal organs.” Allison Shepherd, a senior environmental de sign major, said she goes to a tanning bed at least twice a week, year round. “At first, my mom was concerned that it was unhealthy and that 1 would fry my ovaries,” she said. “When Christmastime rolled around and everyone looked like they had the flu, my mother had a change of heart. Before we go to Padre for Spring Break this year, Mom’s going to the tanning bed with me.” Smith said she prefers indoor tanning because the amount of time exposed to the rays can be regulated, whereas the day-to-day variation of in tensity of actual sunlight cannot. The maximum time allowed in most beds is 20 minutes. Smith said the time frames assigned de pend on the clients’ skin types. “You have to start very conservative, or you’ll burn,” she said. “And once you burn, you have to start all over again.” Shepherd said she tans to add color to her body and enhance her self-confidence. “When I’m not tan, 1 look so washed out,” she said. “I don’t recommend it for everyone, but I know it’s best for me to have a tan all the time, even in winter.” Smith said that people who have experi enced a bad sunburn before the age of 18 can increase the chances of developing skin cancer by 50 percent. Shepherd said she has never experienced skin problems. Smith said this is not a surprise con sidering the lack of statistics supporting a link be tween tanning beds and skin cancer. “There’s no evidence which substantiates that tanning causes melanoma,” Smith said. “One clinical study of more than 2,000 melanoma pa tients showed no link between sun exposure and melanoma.” Shepherd said people who tan just need to take the proper precautions. “Don’t stay in the bed too long, and don’t go too often,” she said. “When tanning is abused, it causes your skin to look orange or leathery. But if you do it right, it can have a very positive ef fect on the way you look and the way you feel about yourself.” Petty said tanning is not always the safest or most attractive option. “I think it is OK to do it to get some color, but I don’t think it makes you look very good if you do it all the time,” she said. ! ndus I geais Imre ■nei eople in the News verse group of actors awn to biography film JEW YORK (AP) — in the right to play Df his comedy idols, Carrey had to do Nothing rarely asked ears with his box-of- clout: audition. Vith actors such as in Spacey, Edward : ton, John Cusack Nicolas Cage in the ling to play the late ledian Andy Kaufman in the upcoming bi ography Man on the Moon, director Milos For man asked for audition tapes. Sources close to the casting said in the March 13 issue of Entertainment Weekly that Carrey sealed the deal with a stand-up routine that featured some of Kaufman’s best-known characters. They included Foreign Man — which evolved into his role on “Taxi,” the profes sional wrestler and a Las Vegas lounge lizard named Tony Clifton. Kaufman died of lung cancer in 1984 at age 35. Before deciding on Carrey, Forman also screened The Truman Show, the co median’s upcoming movie. Man on the Moon, which will co-star Kaufman’s friend Danny DeVito, is scheduled to be gin shooting in July. Lead singer of Hole receives court fees ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Courtney Love will get only a fraction of the legal fees she wanted from a central Rorida County where she was charged with battery. Love, lead singer of the band Flole and widow of Nir vana’s Kurt Cobain, was accused of slugging two fans show in Orlando. The charges were thrown out after a judge ruled that the two teen-age fans were not exposed to any more violence than could have been expected at a rock concert. An appeals court ruled that Or ange County must pay Love for some of her expenses. Love, also an actress who appeared in The People vs. Larry Flynt, had asked the county to reimburse her $27,543 she paid for a private investigator, expert wit nesses and other expenses. The county agreed to pay 7 percent of the request. “We offered $1,900, and she took it," said George Dorsett, assistant county at torney. The county was notified last week. A&M Jazz Band plays sounds of blue notes By Leah Templeton Staff writer T here are few people in the world who are musically talented, and those who have the ability should share it with the rest of us. Most students involved in music at this uni versity are either in the Fighting Texas Aggie Marching Band or the symphonic band. However, students now have an opportunity to join the Texas A&M Jazz Band. The Jazz Band is an ensemble of fifteen members who are looking to perform at campus events. The only problem is they do not quite have full instru mentation, and are looking for new members. Derrick Farrell, president of the Jazz Band and a sophomore genetics and biomedical sci ence major, said the band is open to students with any level of musical ability. “It’s a way to be in a full band,” he said. “We’re open to any skill level, but some experi ence is necessary.” Farrell also said the band is looking for peo ple to play trombones, trumpets, tenor and baritone sax and a bass player. “If the band expands more we can easily add on another and expand into two or three bands,” Parrel said. “One will hopefully be a bet ter band and we can hold auditions.” Jerry Robles, vice president of the Jazz Band and a sophomore chemical engineering major, said he thinks the new band will give students a chance to try something a little different. “The reason I wanted to get in the Jazz Band is because if the you played in high school or just enjoy playing, it provides a source,” he said. Robles said he believes “everyone should have a fine art,” and the Jazz Band provides something new for A&M since it is basically “the only game on campus.” Eric Watson, treasurer of the Jazz Band and a freshman engineering technologies major, said the purpose of the band is simple. “It’s a group of friends who play,” Watson said. “You’ll meet a lot of interesting people who share a common interest, which is music.” Watson said that in joining the Jazz Band students can “hopefully learn something about music.” The Jazz Band practices at First Baptist Church in Bryan on Thursdays, and if interest ed, please contact Derrick Farrell at 847-1539. is here! Melrose Apartments Now Pre-Leasing for the Fall 1998 Semester /nm'nm The Road To Stability Africa e n n i u m Private bedroom/bathroom suites, furnished or unfurnished 2, 3 or 4 bedroom/bathroom apartments. Individual leases. 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