Page 6 University Daily Kansan, October 8, 1980
Hurrying found to cause heart illness
By LINDA ROSEWICZ Staff Reporter
The quick burger you grab for lunch every day might cause more than just a case of heartburn someday.
According to B.K. Houston, professor of psychology, people who are always rushing to get things done but cannot seem to find time to do them are more prone to early heart disease.
This special breed of people, called Type A by researchers, are twice as prone to heart attacks as those in the general population stress symptoms, including a racing heart beat or very high blood pressure, Houston said. These factors may contribute to arteriosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries.
TYPE A PEOPLE include those who always seem to be eating lunch on the run, cannot find the time to watch TV, can find slow-talking people irritating.
Houston has been researching the phenomenon by using KU students as subjects. The questionnaires that are the basis of his findings are designed to find out whether the person is competitive, likes challenging situations and leads a fast-naced life.
Some of the questions include,
"How rapidly do you eat?" and "Do you ever have trouble finding time to get your hair cut or styled?"
Houston has found that Type A college students tend to get higher grades because "they are more motivated to get better grades."
IN GENERAL. Type A people worry more about their jobs, often take work home with them and leave no breaks during workdays. Type Bs, on the other hand, take leisurely lunches and tend to enjoy their work more. Type As and Bs are not born, however. They are made.
"A Type B person can become a Type A person if you put him into a competitive job with high pressure
deadlines," Houston said. "The idea is that it takes many years of being aroused to clog up their arteries. Hardening of the arteries is progressive, but finally it has its effect."
Houston described a Type A person as one who was highly motivated, aggressive and competitive.
The Type A person was first labeled by two San Francisco cardiologists who noted similarities in their age, many of their younger patients.
HOUSTON SAID Type A people naturally sought out stressful situations because they felt uncomfortable otherwise.
Type A people may deny chest pains and other physical symptoms that signal them to slow down.
Fighting the Type A syndrome can be tough, but it is possible. Such people should take vacations, indulge in longer lunch periods and make fewer daily appointments, Houston said.
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For every high school athlete wooed by major universities, hundreds go unnoticed by recruiters. Bill Serra know this and tries to help.
Serra, 49, operates College Athletic Placement Services in Aspbury Park, NJ. For a $250 fee and a small percentage of the scholarship's cash value, CAPS will find homes for nearly 500 student athletes this year.
"I helped kids get to schools just for fun," Serra said. "CAPS was just a trial for fun the first year, but now we even have in-house commuters."
Serra said he started CAPS, the only business of its kind in the United States, in 1970. For years before, he had helped local athletes get scholarships.
SERRA SAID THAT his success rate was near 90 percent, and that most of the students he placed were not highly recruited in high school.
"A lot of the kids are from the great number of middle income Americans who do not qualify for federal aid," he said. "If they don't get a scholarship,
there is no way their parents can afford to send them to college."
"About 80 percent of the influx comes from New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania," he said, "but we have kids in all the Big Ten and Pac-10 conferences as well as the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Mid-America Conference."
Although most of his clients are from the East, Serst said, he has placed athletes from all over the country.
NOT ANY OF HIS top athletes land in Kansas, Seraa said, because most of them are from the East. If they have a bad season somewhere besides the Midwest, be alert.
"They usually think of Kansas in terms of tornadoes and the Wizard of Ox." Serra said. "We do have some cases where they are strong." Washburn and Fort Hays, however."
He said he did not think CAPS had placed anyone at the University of Kansas, at least not in major sports.
"We don't send too many blue-chippers in sports like football and basketball." he said.
One reason CAPS leans toward minor sports is because the National
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Collegiate Athletic Association, which governs men's sports at major universities, has frowned upon Serra's activities. By taking a percentage of the scholarship, the NCAA ruled, Serra is an agent representing the athlete.
WHEN SERRA places someone in an NCAA school, he must settle for a flat
He is not pleased with the NCAA ruling, but it has not hurt his business much. Serra said, because the NCAA is a big difference for women's schools and junior colleges.
"The NCAA likes to make people think, "Hey, we control it all," but there are 3,200 college in this country, and they belong to the NCAA." Serra said.
Much of his business is in women's sports.
"A lot of the gals in the East are being placed in field hockey and have gone on to star all over the country," he said. "WOMEN'S SPORTS are more fun to watch than men's, but the exception of basketball, there is not a lot of pressure to win.
Much of CAPS' business is done on a personal level, Serra said. Each athlete is given an interview of an hour to 90 minutes. Serra said he asked students in films, newspaper clippings and statistics to help him make a talent evaluation.
He has an office in Ohio, but it is used only for interviews. All the placements come out of New Jersey, where CAPS' computer is.
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