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Volume 43, Issue 9
Seasonal
depression
worsens in
winter
By Melissa Dean
Staff Writer
Seasonal depression causes
many hardships for people diag
nosed with it, but there are meth
ods of prevention, according to
health professionals.
“During certain times of the year
an individual feels more depressed
than they do any other time of the
year ” said Eric Pyeritz, director of
Heath Services. “I don’t know
many people ■ that feel depressed
seasonally during the summertime,
it is usually during the wintertime.
seems to be correlated with the
shortening of the days.”
The people that most commonly
have seasonal depression are those
who were bom in the South and
move to the North, according to
Pyeritz.
The days are longer in the
South than in the North during the
wintertime, and if you grew up
with that, then there may be some
( adaptation to those months. But
[then when you move up North
people mn into problems during
[that time of year,” Pyeritz said.
' With Asheville having mild win
ters and usually good weather all
year-round, seasonal depression is
not as prevalent here, according to
Pyeritz.
“For some reason, here in
Asheville, I have not seen as many
cases as I used to see, but it is
always something that you need to
keep in the back of your minds,”
Pyeritz said. “People are more
conducive to getting outside and so
we see much less seasonal depres
sion here than you would up
North.”
Residents in places like Alaska,
that have darkness for over half of
the year, are very susceptible to
seasonal depression.
“People go crazy up in Alaska
during the dark months,” Pyeritz
said. “There is an increase in alco
hol abuse, in spousal abuse,
depression and suicide, all of these
increase in not only Alaska, but
any of the regions that you have
one hour of twilight a day. That is
very tough on the body.”
Even though many people move
to Alaska to live the “Alaskan
dream” outdoors, about 95 percent
of them actually end up living
indoors, according to Robbie
Lebovic, Alaskan resident.
Symptoms are generally identi
cal to the traditional depression
except that it does not occur year
round.
“Symptoms of seasonal depres
sion can include lack of energy,
lack of enjoyment, increase or
decrease in sleep, lack of motiva
tion and just generally feeling
sad,” Pyeritz said.
. The easiest way to avoid this
type of depression is to try to be
outside as much as possible, how
ever there are other alternatives,
according to Pyeritz.
“Getting enough exercise seems
to be a way to help symptoms
because generally, if you are exer
cising you are going outside,”
Pyeritz said. “Also, eating well and
getting the right nutrition is impor
tant. If these very basic things do
tiot seem to help then you can go
on two other types of therapy.
“One is medications, the same
fype of medications that you would
use for depression. Another is light
therapy, exposure to full spectrum
light. It is basically a light that you
set up on your desk, usually best
Erst thing in the morning, and just
the exposure from the full spec-
hum light for 30 minutes.”
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November 3, 2005
Anti-war vigil
honors 2,000
dead in Iraq
Members
hosted by
of the Asheville
MoveOn.org, a
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area gathered at Pack Square on Oct. 26 to attend an anti-war vigil. The vigil,
national political action committee, marked 2,000 dead U.S. soliders in Iraq.
By Rebecca Taylor
Staff Writer
An anti-war vigil held in Pack
Square on Oct. 26 marked the
death of 2,000 soldiers in Iraq and
sparked an emotionally-charged
debate from the local community.
“I think this war is totally wrong
and disgusting,” said Kim Kubicke
of Asheville. “So many lives are
being wasted. It’s important to
keep people conscious of all of the
actual human beings that are
dying.”
About 100 people from the
Asheville area attended the vigil
held by MoveOn.org, a political
action committee, to protest the
War in Iraq. The protestors lit can
dles, waved peace signs and held
signs with slogans like, “Was it
worth it? Hell no!”
“We are here to honor the dead,”
said Traey Schmidt, of
MoveOn.org. “We are also asking
for a plan of withdrawal from Iraq
with a timeline and a plan. Right
now it’s just indefinite, which
means indefinite death.”
This vigil emphasizes the ongo
ing debate surrounding the War in
Iraq. It is time for America to with
draw troops, according to Ken
Imiter of Weaverville.
“I think it’s time for us to get
out,’’ Imiter said. “I think it’s more
about oil and money and power.
To send our people to persecute
the Iraqis for the selfish ends of a
few is a crime.”
While people held vigils in all 50
states and D.C. to honor the fallen
soldiers, members of the commu
nity who gathered in Pack Square
hope their protests will begin to
m^e a difference, according to
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out. I think it’s more about oil
and money and power.
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Schmidt.
“I found that if I focus on the
likelihood of things, it's just
depressing,” Schmidt said. “1 try
to focus on my own individual
actions and hope that enough of
my peers will do the same.”
There is hope for change to hap
pen, but only with the active p;ir-
ticipation of people throughout the
entire country, according to
Kubicke.
“I think people need to get more
active in our country, it’s getting to
be kind of a scary place,” Kubicke
said. “Our rights are being jeop
ardized and we should be partici
pating in public demonstrations for
as many causes as we ean.”
The numerous deaths in Iraq are
causing people to entertain con
cerns for the honesty of the current
administration, according to Mark
Sawyer of Hendersonville.
“Two thousand Americans are
dead and the thing that upsets me
the most is the total lack of authen
ticity and tmth and honesty about
any of this,” Sawyer said.
Media coverage impacts the per
ceptions people have concerning
the war and the number of soldiers
dying every day, aecording to
Kubicke.
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Construction of new building
closes on-campus parking lots
By Leah Shellberg
Staff Writer
Contractors scheduled the
start of construction on the new
science building for Nov. 7,
resulting in changes in the park
ing and traffic patterns on
University Heights.
Yuri Koslen, transportation
planner for Campus Operations,
explained why the parking
changes occurred.
“This is a building that will
affect (traffic) on campus the
most of any of the new build
ings,” Koslen said. “We are try
ing to take every precaution we
can to make sure signage and
paths are created for people to
move around the site. We real
ize that due to the rushed start of
this project that we won’t have
as much complete as we would
like to have complete on
Monday.”
Due to the blueprint of the
new building, and the needed
area for construction vehicles
and supplies. Campus
Operations rerouted University
Heights through commuter
parking lot seven, which is the
horseshoe-shaped lot near the
campus main entrance. Lot
seven will become both
University Heights as well as
designated faculty and staff
parking.
Staff parking is also in lot 11,
which is near Owen Hall and
the Carol Belk Theater.
Commuter students gain park
ing in the deck below the
Dining Hall, and lower lot
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This project is going to
give us modern laborato
ries for the chemistry and
biology departments
campus.
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Stephen Baxley
associate vice ehancellor
for campus operations
below it (lot one), which is off
of Founders Drive.
Campus Operations directed
resident students to utilize the
lower gravel lots near the print
ing services off of Campus
Drive.
Though the changes may be an
inconvenience to some, the new
building will offer new ameni
ties to campus that the current
academic buildings do not.
Stephen Baxley, associate
vice chancellor for campus
operations, explained the
specifics that the new building
has to offer.
“This project is going to give
us modem laboratories for the
chemistry and biology depart
ments on campus,” Baxley said.
“It also gives us a facility for the
multimedia department, which
is our fastest growing major on
campus.”
Koslen also said he wants to
be sure students, staff and facul
ty can give their opinions and
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Bulldogs win second consecutive
regular-season championship
Women^s soccer
team earns No. 1
seed in Big South
Women's Soccer
Championship
By Jason Lilly
Staff Writer
For the second consecutive sea
son, the UNCA women’s soccer
team captured the Big South regu
lar season championship and
earned the top seed in the confer
ence tournament when seeond
place team High Point dropped its
match to Birmingham-Southern on
Oct. 29.
“It was a big boost going into the
tournament knowing that we’re
number one and people should be
afraid of us,” said Robyn Busha,
freshman forward.
The Bulldogs finished the regu
lar season with a 6-2-0 record
against Big South opponents.
Their only blemishes came from
an overtime loss to Charleston
Southern and a 2-0 defeat at High
Point.
“We knew we had gotten at least
a share of the title, but if High
Point had won that night, then we
would have gotten second seed
because of the head to head
(tiebreaker) because High Point
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Women’s soccer team (6-2-0) became the first Big South Conference
team to win back-to-back season championships since the 20(M)-01 sea
son. This places the Bulldogs in the No. 1 seed for the conference tour
nament, which begins Nov. 7. The women face the Winthrop Eagles (3-
5-0) in the first round of the tournament.
beat us,” said Ashleigh Carter, jun
ior midfielder.
The Big South proved a very
competitive conference this sea
son, as six teams finished with at
least as many wins as losses. On
any given day, any team can beat
any other, according to Busha.
“We’re very confident going into
the tournament, but with our con
ference it’s always pretty even,”
Busha said.
Despite returning 10 starters to a
team that finished undefeated in
conference play last year, the
Bulldogs began the season with a
second-place ranking in the Big
South preseason poll behind 2004
tournament champion,
Birmingham-Southern.
High Point knocked UNCA from
the conference tournament the past
two years and held them scoreless
in this season’s match-up.
“I think the loss against High
Point put a bit of a fire in (hem,”
said Michele Cornish, head coach.
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