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ISSUE 40
March. 1-8, 2007
[Past Issues]
 
FRONT PAGE  LOCAL NEWS

FRONT PAGE

CAMPUS NEWS:
CAMPUS NEWS:
   BUS
   RAIL
   ANTHROPOLOGY
   PHONE
   COACH
   KANDEL
  
 FEATURES:
   THEZINE
   DELABRUERE
 
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:
  BROWN
  PANZA

CANDIDATES:
   HUNTER
   PAUL

SPORTS:
    STEROIDS
   WHITE
   BONDS

BLOGS:
  SCOTT
  JIMI
 
VIDEO:
   POUR
   ROOMMATES

PROFS:
    LEY

PAST ISSUES

 
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS NATIONAL NEWS

Mother may lose custody of obese boy.
     Eight year old Connor McCreaddie of London who weighs more than three times the amount for his age, will be put in protective custody unless his mother improves his diet.
     Social service officials will meet with family members to discuss the health of the 218 pound boy. Nicola McKeown mother of Connor told ITV television "The worst case would be Connor getting taken into care. He is well cared for." An unidentified health official was quoted as telling The Sunday Times that taking custody of Connor would be a last resort, but said the family had repeatedly failed to attend appointments with nurses, nutritionists and social workers.
     Dr. Colin Waine, the director of the National Obesity Forum in Nottingham, England, called Connor's lifestyle "extremely dangerous, and a form of child abuse" adding he is at risk of developing diabetes in his early teens, and at the age of 20 could have cardiovascular and nervous system problems, leaving him at risk of dying by the time he's 30.
     "I'm not saying they can't care for him, but what they are doing is through the way they are treating him and feeding him, they are slowly killing him," he said
      ITV News crew film Connor's day-to-day life over the course of a month after his mother agreed to the documentary. It showed that Connor has difficulty dressing and washing himself, misses school regularly because of his poor health, and is targeted by bullies.
   

A new study says college students are increasingly narcissistic
This study, completed by five psychologists, is based on data from 1982.  The study called the "Narcissistic Personality Inventory" combined responses from 16,475 students nationwide
     "We need to stop endlessly repeating, 'You're special,' and having children repeat that back," said Jean Twenge, the lead author in the study.  "Kids are self-centered enough already."
     The study, presented on 2/28 in San Francisco, insists that young people are indeed narcissist.  According to the findings narcissists are, "more likely to have romantic relationships that are short-lived, at risk for infidelity, lack emotional warmth, exhibit game-playing, dishonesty, and have over-controlling and violent behaviors."
     Twenge is the author of "Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans are More Confident, Assertive, Entitled--and More Miserable Than Ever."  She proclaims that narcissists tend to lack empathy, react aggressively to criticism, and favor self-promotion over helping others.
     Last month UCLA released a study that said almost three-quarters of the freshmen class it surveyed felt being "well-off" financially was very important.  This is nearly a 15 percent increase since the survey was last given in 1980 and 33 percent increase since 1966.
     

PROFS INTO PEOPLE

Molly Jackson talks with Professor Doug Ley, who has taught history at FPC for 16 years.
HEALTH AWARENESS
     
      It's March madness. Students call it that for two reasons: college basketball. . . and midterms.  Stress can lead to all sorts of undesirable outcomes including physical illness and exhaustion, panic attacks, impotence, relationship problems, and, worst of all, suicide.

     To help deal with the stress we all face at this time of year, the University Stress Planning Group at UGA  gives tips on how you can reduce it. Click HERE to learn more.
 

BLOGS
     
    Scott's Blog: Filming: Rain or Shine! How to be a
    better filmmaker.

   Jimi's Blog: The Supreme Court to decide the fate of
   Free speech.
 

 
CAMPUS NEWS

Read about what's happening on campus:

Meet the Candidates

This semester the Exchange will be covering the candidates as they come to New Hampshire. 
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
VIDEOS
FEATURES

The Exchange's Features department expands its "celebrations of life,"
quick snapshots of what makes people special, to include full length features.

     Thuwaiba Thezine talks about home cooking and Southern
     hospitality

      Hilary DelaBruere describes someone making a difference in
      people's lives, Betsy Potter.
    

SPORTS STUFF
 
    Jason Gilbert explains why it is time to stop all the
    stories about steroids.

                        Who is Matt White?
    Quite possibly, baseball's first 
    billionaire --- that's who. Joe Fagella
    has the story.
                              
    Scott Farr provides the news on Barry Bonds' death threats.

 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
 
Pollutants change ‘he' frogs into ‘she' frogs

     Frogs that began life as male tadpoles were changed in an experiment into females with estrogen like pollutants similar to those found in the environment.
     The results that came from the test may be one of the reasons why a third of the world's frogs around the world are threatened by extinction.
     Two species of frogs were exposed to levels of estrogen similar to the kind detected in natural bodies of water in Europe, the United States and Canada.
     The percentage of females in both groups was under 50 percent before they used the estrogen. The tadpoles, when exposed to the concentrated hormone, even in the smallest doses were more than likely to become females. The frogs receiving the heaviest doses among the two groups were 95 percent in one and 100 percent in the other. The scientists who conducted the test were startled by this revelation.
     For more information on this story visit "Pollutants change 'he' frogs into 'she' frogs
 

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