4The Daily Tar Heel Tuesday, October 14, 1986
Stealth experts give ffiree atdlvice
in community medical project
By JESSICA BROOKS
.. Staff Writer
The good life is free and this year
it started Oct. 7:
Project Good Life is a community
: health-enhancement program spon
sored by N.C. Memorial Hospital
and the UNC School of Medicine.
Approximately once a month in the
clinic auditorium at N.C. Memorial
Hospital, physical therapists, psychi-
atrists, professors and doctors will
' give free advice in areas ranging from
' "First Aid for Babysitters" to "Cop
' ing with Holiday Stress" to MOh, My
Aching Back."
Kathy Neal, coordinator of Pro-
. ject Good Life, said, "You know, it's
funny how we come up with the
- topics for our discussions." Some
; come formally through survey sug
gestions. Others, however, are quite
-informal.
"All it took to come up with this
' topic (preventing back pain) was for
my sweetie to be in bed for a few
weeks with a back problem," Neal
'said.
The first program, "Oh, My
Aching Back," was held from 7 to
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9 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the clinic
auditorium. For those in the
audience with bad backs, there was
a 15-minute break. During this time,
health shacks such as carrot and
celery sticks, apples, sunflower seeds
and raisins and fruit juice were
served. v
After a short introduction by Neal,
Amy Bell, a licensed physical ther
apist at N.C. Memorial Hospital,
explained the basic anatomy of the
back.
Next, Meg Wittman, also a
licensed physical therapist, advo
cated good posture. "Most back
problems are caused by bad pos
ture," Wittman said. "These prob
lems can usually be corrected with
attention."
Adjusting car mirrors accordingly,
using a towel roll for back support
while sitting, and sleeping in an
appropriate position can help pre
vent back problems. "Even a simple
stretch after sitting for a long period
of time can help to insure against
back pain," Wittman said.
Physical therapist Nick Demilio
demonstrated possible exercises to
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THE UNIVERSITY OF
CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
David Allen
Laha Blackburn
Charles Cooley
Amy Dorsett
Phil Gillespie
Melanie Gradv
Martha Gulley
Dana Handy
Ron Harris
Suzanne Hooper
Karen Hoover
Maurice James
Courtney Kemp
Scott King
Jim Mason
Cheryl Nichol
Jerry Robertson
James Rogers
Timothy Seven
Greg Sowers
Brent Styles
Kathy Thompson
Patrick Vaughn
Will Whitley
Danny Wiles
Hunter Williams
Chris Wolfe
prevent back pain. Demilio also
spoke on body mechanics and on
how everyday movement relates to
back problems.
"Something as simple as brushing
your teeth or shaving may be harm
ful to the back," Demilio said. These
activities involve a continuous lean
forward, which straightens the low
curve of the spine. According to
Demilio, this straightening can be
avoided with higher sinks and
adjustable bathroom mirrors.
"An important thing to
remember, he said, "is that when
doing work such as gardening, where
a lot of bending is involved, make
sure to stand up and stretch every
once in a while.
This year Project Good Life, now
in its seventh season, will offer six
different discussion topics. These
topics include babysitting first aid,
coping with holiday stress, losing the
holiday bulge and dealing with
allergies.
Although attendance has not been
as good as expected, Neal said there
were more than 100 people at last
years preconception program. "A
lot of people are planning babies out
there, she said.
Unfortunately, many people do
not know about the advantages of
Project Good Life. In the past,
advertising has been slight. This year,
however, Neal plans to spend a larger
portion of the project's state funding
on public service announcements,
general advertisements and fliers.
Neal said that more than 600 fliers
were sent prior to the first program.
With more advertising, Neal
hopes the interest in Project Good
Life will increase. "It is such a
beneficial program, she said. "Peo
ple really need to know about it.
People at the first program said
they were helped by the workshop.
One woman had come in hopes of
preventing future back problems. "I
come from a family of bad backs,"
she said. "I'm trying to avoid it.
Another woman had already
made plans to come again to other
Good Life programs. "I will defi
nitely be here for the allergies
program," she said. "Mine are
awful."
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Average number of voters register
By SUSAN JENSEN
Staff Writer
Voter registration in Chapel
Hill and Orange County peaked
last month with the 1986 congres
sional elections less than four
weeks away.
"Registration has been about
normal for what we call an off
year election year," said Bobby
Strickland, supervisor of elec
tions at the Orange County Board
of Elections.
Since July 1, there have been
2,522 new registrations, bringing
the total for the county to 48, 197,
Strickland said.
It seems to be proportional to
the rapid population growth in
the area, she said.
Voter registration during a
presidential election year would
be double the amount of regis
tration in off-year election years,
she said.
Most registered voters in
Orange County are affiliated with
the Democratic party, she said,
and although it is not possible to
Graham
example, there were public outcries
concerning campus visits by Ber
trand Russell, a British philosopher
who was an avowed socialist, and
Langston Hughes, a black poet. But
Graham steadfastly maintained his
commitment to academic freedom,
Ashby said.
"America is in no danger from
fascism, communism or any other
ism, just so long as she remains true
to those principles for which the
American revolution was fought;
mainly, freedom of opinion, freedom
of speech, freedom of assembly and
equal opportunity for all the people
of this country," Graham said in
responding to those incidents.
While president of the Chapel Hill
campus, Graham showed an interest
in the students just as when he was
a teacher in Raleigh and professor
at UNC. "Dr. Frank," as his students
called him, invited students into the
president's house on Franklin Street
for Sunday night discussions. "(Gra
ham) surrounded himself with stu
dents," King said. "He kept his finger
on the pulse of the students."
As an administrator, Graham
"was the kind of fellow that lost his
hat everytime he'd sit down," King
said. "He wasn't your typical Har
vard Business School administrator.
He was very informal. He admin
istered from the heart rather than
the head," King said.
But Graham's concerns were not
isolated to the institutional problems
of public education. While president
of UNC, he served on the Consumers
Advisory Board of Franklin D.
FOOTBA
While you're at the Smith Center this
week picking up your football tickets,
be sure to get your tickets to the Blue
White basketball game.
Student tickets are now available for the Blue-White basketball
games, which will be played after the Maryland and Virginia
football games on November 1st and November 15th. Both these
games will be played in the air-conditioned Smith Center and the
halftimes will be only five minutes (so you can get out in time for the
rest of your Saturday evening plans.)
HOW TO GET YOUR TICKETS:
Present your student I.D. and athletic pass at the Smith Center Box
Office between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM. Students may also purchase
guest tickets at $5.00 in addition to their complimentary student
tickets.
BLOCK SEATING AVAILABLE
Student groups of 20 or more are welcome to send a represen
tative to the Ticket Office with the group's athletic passes for block
seating.
predict the actual winners in
elections, the county usually votes
democratic.
Precincts in Chapel Hill and
northern Hillsborough usually
show the highest registration
turnout of Orange County dis
tricts at elections, with the west
ern Hillsborough precinct in the
lead, Strickland said.
Several precincts in Chapel Hill
where old, established residents
live have registration rates 5-10
percent higher than other areas,
she said.
Because Chapel Hill is so
densely populated compared to
the rest of the county, Chapel Hill
and Carrboro precincts always
have heavy turn-out during elec
tions, she said.
Student Congress worked with
the Board of Elections to increase
registration this year by setting up
tables in the Pit and Student
Union.
The University makes up one
of the largest communities in the
Fourth District voting area,
Roosevelt's New Deal, and in 1934,
chaired the Advisory Council on
Economic Security. He continued
his commitment to social reform as
president of the Southern Confer
ence for Human Welfare.
After World War II, Graham was
on the United Nations Committee
of Good Offices that negotiated
peace between the Netherlands and
Indonesia.
The origin of. Graham's compas
sion derived from his Presbyterian
upbringing, more so "than any
education he got," King said. "He
was a deeply religious man."
Those beliefs were certainly chal
lenged when on March 6, 1949, U.S.
Senator J. Melville Broughton died
and N.C. Gov. Kerr Scott appointed
Graham to complete the term.
Graham announced that he would
run for the seat in the 1950 election.
His party challenger in the prim
ary runoff was Willis Smith. The race
became notorious for the smear
tactics Smith used, typified by a
cartoon that labeled Graham a
communist. Graham lost.
Recovering from the defeat, Gra
ham in 1951 joined the United
Nations as an impartial negotiator
between India and Pakistan, who
were fighting over territorial rights
to the border town of Kashmir;
however, he was unsuccessful. Per
haps showing some of the frustration
from that situation, Graham said in
a 1959 letter to a friend: "My friends
in North Carolina, New York and
in the U.S. Senate have told me that
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Strickland said.
But the board has no way to
determine demographically
which groups of eligible voters
display the highest registration
rate, Strickland said.
"We don't keep them segre
gated," she said. "The board does
not keep a census of the different
groups which register each year."
Chapel Hill has 16 voting
districts. Deadline for registration
for the Nov. 4 election was Oct.
6.
Registration continues at the
Municipal Building in Chapel
Hill, Carrboro Town Hall, the
Chapel Hill Public Library and
the Orange County Public
Library in Hillsborough.
Residents must be 18 years old
and have lived in the precinct for
30 days in order to be eligible to
register in that precinct, Strick
land said.
Registration records are used
to keep tax records and to solicit
citizens for jury duty, she said.
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communist or a front for commu
nists, but that some opponents in
several fields wish to discredit me
and others with false charges because
of stands for civil liberties of the
individual ... My main concern is
not with those attacks but with the
fact that I have done so little."
Graham spent 16 years with the
United Nations before returning to
Chapel Hill in 1967 following the
death of his wife, Marian, where he
remained until his death in 1972. On
their graves is written: "They had
faith in youth and youth responded
with their best."
So on Frank Porter Graham's
100th birthday, how does one sum
up his meaning and importance to
this university, to the state, nation
and world. Perhaps the advice of
N.C. novelist John Ehle is best
heeded: "Any simple analysis on
Frank Graham will be challenged on
statement."
King said Graham was an
"authentic genius" and "the greatest
man North Carolina has produced
this century. There isn't anybody on
the current scene with whom he
could be compared."
Former UNC chancellor William .
Aycock said during Sunday's Uni
versity Day ceremony: "If there be
such a thing as immortality, Frank
Porter Graham's life is the stuff from
which it is made."
Those are fitting tributes to UNC's
"priceless gem." One thing is for sure:
Because of Graham's zest, commit
ment and vision, North Carolinians
can all stand a little taller.
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