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By Linda K. Wertheimer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
IRVING, Texas — The young woman in
the prom dress scrubbed her clothes repeated
ly in the dorm laundry room, mumbling to
herself about finishing a master's thesis.
But the 18-year-old had neither a prom to
attend nor a master's thesis to write. She was
a University of Dallas freshman who had two
weeks left before finals.
She was experiencing freshman stress to
the extreme, a problem that's not new but get
ting more attention than ever.
Universities everywhere are taking steps to
identify and help troubled students and to
teach all students how to cope emotionally
and physically so the pressure of college
doesn't drive them out of school or into men
tal illness.
The University of Dallas in Irving this year
started training resident assistants to help stu
dents. Other universities have added coun
selors and nutritionists.
“A lot of colleges used to have the attitude
with students, Tf you don't do it, that's your
problem,’” said Karen Levin Cobum, an assis
tant vice chancellor for students at
Washington University in St. Louis and
author of “Letting Go: A Parents' Guide to
Today's College Experience.”
“Now, there's much more of an attitude,
'We've brought you here, and we know you
can succeed here, and we're going to give you
the support,' “ Cobum said.
The newest addition to prevent stress at
Washington University is an office on health
promotion and wellness. The medical school
runs lectures for students to show them what
happens when they don't get enough sleep. A
nutritionist warns about how too many cook
ies and pizza can affect the psyche, too.
“It's really the basics,” Cobum said. “One
major issue for college students is sleep dep
rivation. When you don’t get enough sleep,
you feel stressed.”
The University of Dallas last school year
Huy Ncuyen • KRT CAMP,:
University of Dallas resident assistant Suzanne Burgess, left, checks up on freshman Jen Morfiow:
their residence hall this month. Burgess recently received training to deal with stressed freshmen
referred more than 40 students, a record high,
for counseling. Most of them were among the
school's 300 freshmen; UD has about 1,200
undergraduates. Eight to 10 students went to
hospitals for psychiatric treatment.
In the past, three or four UD students
were hospitalized per year, said Fred Zuker,
the school's vice president and dean of stu
dent services. Many students came to school
with diagnosed mental illnesses, but others
simply succumbed to more stress than they
could handle.
Freshmen tend to be in the worst straits,
and college seniors, who worry about what’s
next after graduation, come in second on the
stress scale, Zuker said.
Christina Dammen, an 18-year-old
University of Dallas freshman from San
Francisco, is working six hours a week. After
about a month of college, she said she's
already stressed and short on sleep from jug
gling fun, work and classes. She goes to bed
about 2 or 3 a.m., and then must get up fori
8 a.m. class.
“There's a lot of reading, plus there
the fact that it's one big sleepover
Dammen said. “People are coming in!;
your room constantly.”
Colleges have long needed to do mores
respond to freshman stress, said Linda Sat
associate professor of education ai ik
University of California at Los Angeles. &
conducts an annual survey of freshmen -
recent study of 3,680 students from about v
colleges indicated that students' sense ofem>
tional well-being declined through the fresh
man year.
“Absolutely, we need to pay more attentior
to students' psychological well-being ®i
stress. Students tend not to turn to the campus
for help,” Sax said. “They tend not to use
advisers or counselors. They turn tote
friends. The effect of those friends can some
times be positive or negative.”
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By David Espo
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay
accused leading Democrats on
Wednesday of longing for the
“weak and indecisive foreign pol
icy of their Cold War past,” and
said votes on President Bush’s
call for $87 billion for Iraq would
mark a defining moment in the
war on terror.
“The Democrat leaders must
finally decide: Are they going to
be the party of Franklin
Roosevelt’s moral clarity, or the
party of Ted Kennedy’s extremist
appeasement,” the Texas
Republican said in a speech at the
Heritage Foundation.
“Our critics can try to change
the subject, but the debate will
come down to one question: Are
a
we at war or not? One choice,
one vote.”
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spokesman dismissed the
attacks. “Tom -
DeLay’s petu
lance goes up in
direct proportion
to the president’s
polling numbers
falling,” said Jim
Mulhall. “He
can get all frothy
but the reality
we’re seeing is
that the
American peo-
The debate will
come down to one
question: Are we at
war or not?
ing Bush’s stewardship of the war
on terror, when the president's
poll ratings are in decline and
when U.S. military deaths mount
almost daily.
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vert $20 billion
in requested
reconstruction
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loan repayable
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House majority leader
pie are becoming increasingly
concerned with the direction
this president is taking in world
affairs and here at home.”
DeLay made his remarks at a
time when Democrats have been
increasingly aggressive in attack-
most outspoken conservative in
the House GOP leadership,
offered a strong defense of the
president, and said Bush’s decla
ration of a war on terror has led to
the liberation of Afghanistan and
Iraq in the two years since terror-
advocates, the
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that in recent months Democratic
leaders who once supported Bus!
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with the president, but with tlv
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ror. Because of that shift, the dif
ferences between the two
political parties are now starkct
than they’ve been in at leash
generation.”
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war, and therefore do not beliew
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first place. ... Even if %
acknowledge that every presiden
tial primary forces the party
court their ideological has
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year have crossed a line andn
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tionist extreme.”
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How effective is DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection?
The efficacy of DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection depends on following the
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bleeding from your nipples
• kidney disease
• irregular or scanty menstrual periods
• high blood pressure
• migraine headaches
• asthma
• epilepsy (convulsions or seizures)
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• a history of depression
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This product is intended to prevent pregnancy. It does not protect against
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injection for its effect to wear off. Based on the results from a large study done in the United States,
for women who stop using DEPO-PROVEF<A in order to become pregnant it is expected that
about half of those who become pregnant will do so in about 10 months after their last injection;
about two thirds of those who become pregnant will do so in about 12 months; about 83% of
those who become pregnant will do so in about 15 months; and about 93% of those who become
pregnant will do so in about 18 months after their last injection. The length of time you use
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What are the risks of using DEPO-PROVERA Contraceptive Injection?
/ .Irregular Menstrual Bleeding
The side effect reported most frequently by women who use DEPO-PROVERA for
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DEPO-PROVERA, you might have one or more of the following changes: irregular or
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at all. Unusually heavy or continuous bleeding, however is not a usual effect of DEPO-PROVERA;
and if this happens, you should see your health-care provider right away. With continued use of
DEPO-PROVERA, bleeding usually decreases, and many women stop having periods completely.
In clinical studies of DEPO-PROVERA, 55% of the women studied reported no menstrual
bleeding (amenorrhea) after I year of use, and 68% of the women studied reported no menstrual
bleeding after 2 years of use. The reason that your periods stop is because DEPO-PROVERA
causes a resting state in your ovaries. When your ovaries do not release an egg monthly, the
regular monthly growth of the lining of your uterus does not occur and, therefore, the bleeding
that comes with your normal menstruation does not take place. When you stop using
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Use of DEPO-PROVERA may be associated with a decrease in the amount of mineral stored in
your bones. This could increase your risk of developing bone fractures. The rate of bone mineral
loss is greatest in the early years of DEPO-PROVERA use, but after that it begins to resemble the
normal rate of age-related bone mineral loss.
S.Cancer
Studies of women who have used different forms of contraception found that women who used
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breast, ovary, uterus, cervix, or liver However women under 35 years of age whose first exposure
to DEPO-PROVERA was within the previous 4 to 5 years may have a slightly increased risk of
developing breast cancer similar to that seen with oral contraceptives. You should discuss this with
your health-care provider
4.Unexpected Pregnancy
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While there have been reports of an increased risk of low birth weight and neonatal infant death
or other health problems in infants conceived close to the time of injection, such pregnancies are
uncommon. If you think you may have become pregnant while using DEPO-PROVERA for
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in the lung)
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speech, weakness, or numbness in an arm or leg (indicating a possible stroke)
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cramps, dizziness, weakness or fatigue, decreased sexual desire, leg cramps, nausea, vaginal
discharge or irritation, breast swelling and tenderness, bioafing, swelling of the hands or feet,
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/.Missed Periods
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that you may be pregnant, see your health-care provider
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