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HEALTH
BETTER OPTIONS FOR BAD SITUATIONS // BEST DRINKS TO MINIMIZE HANGOVERS
> If you're going to do it. be smart.
Cruisin for a boozin: If you play, you pay. To minimize a hangover, limit your drinks and steer clear of sugar.
Andrew Chavez loves to go out and drink with his friends, but he usually hates the way he feels the next day. "Having a hangover is the worst. It makes everything I do the next day so much harder," says Chavez, Ulysses, Kan., junior.
Chavez isn't the only one who suffers from hangovers. A 2006 study from National College Health Assessment revealed that 24 percent of KU students reported using alcohol between 10 and 29 days a month. Luckily, there are certain drinks that can help students ward off an
unwanted hangover.
Kara Schwerdt, a bartender at 23rd Street Brewery, 3512 Clinton Parkway, says drinks with minimal amounts of sugar are your best bet to avoid a hangover. Sugar dehydrates the body and makes it difficult to tell how much alcohol you are consuming. Schwerdt recommends drinking a vodka soda. "The key is to limit how many you drink," she says. The body can only metabolize one standard drink per hour.
Rachael Cooley, a bartender at Teller's, 746 Massachusetts St., suggests sticking to clear alcohol and drinks that contain vitamin B12. "Alcohol absorbs your body's vitamin B12 as you are drinking, so when you have a hangover you also have a vitamin B12 deficiency," Cooley says. She says a Tequila Sunrise is high in vitamin B12 and will help minimize your chances of a hangover.
JACQUE WEBER
GOOD FOR YOU BAD FOR YOU // DREAMING
> Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Jenna Brunswick often struggles to stay awake during school. She says she blames her tiredness on dreaming. "I have a lot of crazy nightmares and they always wake me up during the night," says Brunswick, Kansas City, Mo., junior.
Dreams affect how our bodies function. Denise Sooter, clinical director at PM Sleep Lab in Derby, Kan., says getting the right amount of dreamsleepisimportant. "Excessive dreaming can cause fatigue, but fragmented sleep, usually caused by nightmares, can leave you feeling depressed."
Nighty night: Dreams can be beneficial when they don't occur in non-REM sleep, which is fragmented and produces nightmares.
Dreaming occurs in both rapid-eye movement (REM) and non-REM stages of sleep throughout the night.
Cory Allnutt, supervisor of the Sleep Disorders Center in Olathe, Kan., says dreams during REM sleep are built around a plot, but dreams during non-REM sleep are more like Deja Vu. Dreaming about losing your keys would be an example of a dream during non-REM sleep, Allnutt says. A nightmare would occur during REM sleep.
Although nightmare-type dreams can negatively affect our day, they are a necessary part of life. "Dreaming is restorative and allows us to get rid of stress and emotions," Allnutt says. "If you didn't dream, all of those negative things would build up."
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There will be a costume contest before the concert for all who dare to dress up like the symphony itself. Neely himself will be wearing five or six different costumes throughout the performance to match each musical piece he will be conducting.
ply can't. Neely will be conducting the second Halloween Bash tonight at the Lied Center. Presented by the School of Music and featuring the University Symphony Orchestra, the Halloween Bash will feature songs to get anybody's heartbeat racing for the approaching Halloween weekend.
SEE COSTUMES ON PAGE 3A
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Scott Sheu, a senior from Manhattan, looks through racks of clothing Saturday morning in the lobby of Murphy Hall. The Theatre Department, which is hosting a costume contest today, had a costume sale in preparation for the event.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO BE FOR HALLOWEEN AND HOW MUCH ARE YOU WILLING TO SPEND?
COURTNEY SLONE
Derby junior
Strawberry Shortcake
"I wouldn't spend more than $35.
It's ridiculous unless you're going to wear it for five more years."
MEG PATRZYKONT
Kansas City junior
Marylin Monroe
"I think that if you spend $200 on
an outfit, that is ridiculous."
JULIA GUARD
Lawrence senior
Modern Ghost
"I'm not into dropping $50 on a costume. It seems a little freshman."
GREG SCHLEIFMAN Arlington senior Miller High Life guy "$25 is the highest I'd pay, it's not like it's your wedding."
KATELYN MITALSKI
Shawnee junior
Smurf
"I went to Fun and Games,
bought a bottle of body paint for
$16, that's all I'll need for years."
NATE KANEY
Minnetonka, Minn., junior
First night: Sheik
Second night: MILF Hunter
"I spent $40 dollars for both, it's
definitely worth it for a once-a-
year deal."
year deal."
DAVID COHEN
Chicago junior
Allen from "The Hangover"
"I was Billy Mays last year. It's cheap and I wanted to utilize the beard again."
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for Stewart, Colbert marches
Individual students and a group of KU Young Democrats will be at the National Mall tomorrow for the "Rally to Restore Sanity"and the "March to Keep Fear Alive."
INDEX
The Jayhawks have lost by an aggregate score of 159-24 in three Big 12 games. They'll look to a third-string quarterback in an effort to stop the bleeding Saturday in Armes against the Iowa State Cyclones.
Kansas looks for first league win Saturday
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