It's easy to dismiss as just a phase the drinks and smokes you have while 19 and "having fun." But according to a University of Arizona associate anthropology professor, Dr. Mimi Nichter, the detrimental habits that develop throughout college are alarmingly capable of turning into lasting problems, especially when the habits reinforce each other. Dr. Nichter and her colleagues wanted to "unpack" the issue of tobacco use in association with alcohol because, as she said, "It's only when you start to understand why people do something and how they talk about it that you can begin to address ...
As snow melts in most of the country, Arizona's winter clouds dissipate to reveal the state's famous clear skies and blazing sun. Layers of clothing around the University of Arizona campus are shed in turn -- and then some. Consequently, students flood the newly improved gym and cut portions. For those more extreme, the cleanses and detoxes commence. Though not meant for weight loss or continuous use, these techniques (usually requiring a diet of water and little else) are used to shed pounds across campus. One of the most popular is the Master Cleanse, also known as the "lemonade ...
Many say the years following high school, often spent at college, define who you are -- the lectures attended and ditched, things remembered and forgotten, the choices, mistakes and lessons that take us on a whirlwind journey and shape us into something like adults. The different paths that lay before us are many. In lecture halls nationwide, future lawyers, astronauts, writers, nurses, housewives, stockbrokers and teachers intermingle daily. Some of these paths are less frequented than others. My cousin, my childhood role model and dear friend, chose a route that few know of and fewer ...
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