Wednesday, September 20, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section A · Page 3
Health fair helps educate about Watkins' services
Bv Melissa Davis
Alison Blakely, Topeka senior, puts electrodes on Elizabeth Sebranek. Columbus, Neb., senior, during the health fair yesterday afternoon at Watkins Health Center. Blakely was testing percentages of body fat and total body water. Photo by Christina Neff/KANSAN
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Students had the chance to tackle good health yesterday at Watkins Memorial Health Center's 13th annual health fair.
The fair offered students information about the many services Watkins offers, including labs, physical therapy and immunizations.
Students played games like sexual jeopardy, received free nutritional analysis and won various prizes.
Raeann Scharenberg, Lawrence senior, and a volunteer at the fair, said she thought the health fair was helpful but that more students should get involved.
"The majority of the people that come down here do it for a class, but since some booths deal with sex, it attracts other people," she said.
Other organizations were also on hand. Counseling and Psychological Services showed students how to make stress balls out of flour and a balloon.
Joyce Davidson, director of training at CAPS, said she thought that stress was a major underlying problem for Watkins patients. The stress balls could be useful for them, she said.
"We see a lot of cases of depression and relationship problems in which stress is involved," she said. "Stress just adds to it, intensifies problems."
Aside from informational booths, students also had a chance to win airline tickets, KU Fit memberships, T-shirts and free healthy snacks. Students had to visit nine or more tables to register for the drawings.
Jill Unger, Deerfield, Ill., sophomore, said she visited the fair to get extra credit for a class. She ended up enjoying the fair because it gave her a chance to find out about her general health, she said.
"I liked the fair because it let me know how my health was, in terms of my nutrition and blood pressure," she said. "It let me know where I stand."
Janis Ellis-Claypool, health educator at Watkins, said the fair attracted about 600 students each year.
The fair continues from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at Watkins and is free to students.
Edited by J. R. Mendoza
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TACKLE GOOD HEALTH
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