Page 6 The Pendulum November 13, 1980
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Health Hints i J Jl
Anorexia nervosa may be deadly
Margaret Qaud is “Miss Winston” for car races all over the
country. The Elon College senior traveb for R. J. Reynolds.
Photo by R.N. Masser, Jr.
By Mildred B. Lynch
A few weeks ago this
column was addressed to
those who want to lose
weight. Diet and exercise
were stressed.
However, not everyone
who desires to lose weight
really needs to lose weight.
Anorexia nervosa is a
serious, and sometimes
deadly, disorder that may
result from a distorted image
of one’s body.
The October issue of MD
Magazine, in an article titled
‘‘Inner Mirror,” says that
anorexia is a “rejection of
adulthood and a refusal to
accept the inevitability of
becoming sexually mature.”
The article further ex
plains that early attitudes
toward, or expectations
about the body may be
traced to parental influence.
Negative messages, such as
parents’ reluctance to talk
about, or expressions of
distaste towards certain body
parts and body functions, or
the censoring of vocabulary
may cause irrational notions
and inaccuracy in making
Student enjoys Nascar racing
By Janet Spoon
Margaret Claud, a senior
at Elon College, represents
the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco
Company as “Miss Win
ston” at car races all over
the United States.
Miss Claud travels to ma
jor speedways throughout
the country including the
Daytona 500, the Talladega
in Alabama, and the World
600 in Charlotte.
As “Miss Winston,” she
presents trophies to the win
ner of the race, participates
in the victory lane cere
monies and works with the
media in their coverage of
Nascar Winston Cup racing.
Margaret was interviewed
for the job after she had
begun classes at the Marylin
Green Modeling Agency in
Greensboro last April and
was then recommended to
R.J. Reynolds.
Before every race “Miss
Winston” heads the parade
lap on the Winston Show
Car around the race track.
“Some race-car fans are
really crazy,” says Margaret.
In their excitement, “some
of them even begin taking
their clothes off at the
races,” she says.
During the races she meets
all the crew members and
hands out Winston ciga
rettes. Her picture at the
races has been in newspapers
all ovfT the country. She
even made the cover of
Stock Car Radng in Sep
tember and was in the Jidy
issue of Sports Diustrated.
“I really enjoy my job as
“Miss Winston” and the
opportunity to travel and
meet so many people,” Mar
garet says. She will be “Miss
Winston” again when ano
ther NASCAR racing season
begins in February.
judgements relating to the
body.
Another medical journal.
Practical Gastroenterology,
in its September 1980 issue
describes the behavior of an
anorectic person. People
who are overly anxious
about losing weight will
drastically reduce their food
intake thereby decreasing the
amount of needed energy
producing nutrients such as
carbohydrates and fats.
An anorectic person will
refuse to eat and may also
exercise. This will dan
gerously deplete the body’s
potassium level. If the per
son does eat, he or she will
induce vomiting to lose the
food and lose weight.
There are several diffi
culties in treating the condi
tion. If the person goes to a
physician, he or she may
deny their eating habits,
making it difficult for the
physician to diagnose it as
anorexia. The person may
also deny having an appetite
when in reality he does and
is simply avoiding contact
with food for fear of gaining
weight. Close observation
may reveal that the person is
actually hoarding candy
bars which may be eaten
when no one is around. Or
he may clip recipes and
save them; this in^cates a
preoccupation with food.
If forced to eat in public,
these persons may sit at the
table and play with the food
cutting it into small pieces
and rearranging it on the
table.
This condition occurs
more frequently among
young women and may ini.
tially manifest itself in a
disturbance in the menstrual
cycle. This may be the
symptom that causes one to
seek a physician.
Varying degrees of the
disorder range from one that
will spontaneously recover
without treatment to a con
dition that results in death
from complications of star
vation.
Medical treatment is
needed as soon as possible
to begin a weight restoration
program and to minister to
the psychological needs of
the sufferer.
If you or anyone you
know is anorectic, get them
to a physician, with the
facts, as soon as possible, or
report your suspicions to
someone who may be able to
persuade them to seek help.
Their life may be at stake.
Joyce leaving Elon College Jan. 1
ARA baked this cake to congratulate Representative Tim
McDoweU ,^,f^^.Staff. Photq.
David C. Joyce, assistant
dean of student affairs, has
resigned effective at the end
of this semester, to accept a
position as a counselor at
Hyde Health Clinic, in
Swan Quarter on the coast
of North Carolina.
“I would like for every
body to know that my
leaving does not mean that I
dislike the students or the
administration of Elon Col
lege. I am leaving because
my first love is counseling,
and that is what I really
want to get back to doing.”
Dean Joyce said that he is
doing counseling here , but
he spend most of his day not
doing what he is train^ to
do.
Dean Joyce came to Elon
in 1978 as a residence coun
selor for Harper Center
complex. He started the
synergy which incorporates
living and learning into a
unique experience. In 1979
Dean Joyce was promoted to
ii,W5,»J?rwnta.PPSiti«»i, His
duties include personal
counseling, and coordinating
work of residence counselors.
Leaving the big surburbs
of Elon, Dean Joyce and his
family will be living in a
rural area in Swan Quarter.
David will be leaving at
the end of the semester, so
he and Susan can complete
their teaching obligations. “I
feel that psychiatric coun
seling will be both an ex
perience and a challenge.
The program at Hyde Cen
ter,” said David, “is new
and I get the chance to
design and develop som^
thing that will work.”
At this time no rcplac^
ment has been named to the
assistant dean position.
English starts honor society
by Mari Behrend
Fred Chappell, professor
of English at UNC-G, spoke
at the first meeting of
the new English honor so
ciety, Sigma Tau Delta. The
program and induction of
members was held Nov. 11.
Mr. Chappell is the author
of four novels. Besides prev
ious volumes of Midquest,
he has also published a
group of poems. The World
Between The Eyes. Twice he
has won the Roanoke-Cho-
wan poetry prize.
The.,,..program beg^n
with a reception from 5-6
p.m. in the large lounge of
Long Student Center with
dinner and the induction
followed from 6-7 p.m. in
McEwen Dining H^l, sec
ond floor.
Student nominees inducted
were Paul Aiello, Mark At
kins, Joan Blanchard, Nancy
Crutchfield, Stephen Fishel,
Wendy Ford, Joy Hamilton,
Joan Jenkins, Mildred
Lunch, Sherri Nunn, Lydia
Tickle, Susan Troxler, Char
lotte Alford, and Alison
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