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4 Thursday, November 21,1996 Nicotine improves young smokers’ short-term memories, study shows ■ But researchers say cigarettes’ health risks outweigh the good news. BY HOLLY HART STAFF WRITER On a day designed to remind people of the consequences of smoking, student smokers can take solace in anew study stating that young smokers’ short-term memories are slightly better than those of non-smokers. In a study released two days before the Great American Smokeout, researchers Dilbert ACCORDING TO THE 1 ARE YOU GETTING THAT ADS, THIS BRAND J GJELRD "SMOKERS' OF CIGARETTE LOILL § I COGNITIVE BE LIKE FOUNTAIN | | DISSONANCE" BIKING PAST A g | YET? fAAN, THIS SPARKLING WATERFALL. | 1 | FOUNTAIN T~"? V * ' 1 <T~? 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The study added that the improve ments were slight. “I’m very suspicious of this study,” said Ahron Leichtman, executive direc tor of Citizens for a Tobacco-Free Soci ety. “I don’t think it’s valid because it only studied 24 people, and they were all young.” John Banzhaf, executive director of Action on Smoking and Health, said he agreed with Leichtman. “I hope anyone who reads it will real thoroughly 5 Smith and— (pistol) 6 Eggs 7 Scottish wear 8 Musical John 9 Lustrous 10 “ ever need...” 11 Arbitrary order 12 All (attentive) 18 Barrel maker 19 Comic character, Fudd 21 Protection: var. 24 Mountain range in Wyoming 26 Gatherings for men 27 Pith helmet 28 Mechanical worker 30 Part of a table setting 31 M. Zola 32 Certain gambler 35 Dams 38 Tailor: Lat. 39 Signature on a check 41 Famous skater 1 [2 [3 |4 MO5 |6 [7 [8 110 111 112 Wm i4 T 6 9i/ 18 19 20 21 1H22 ■023 ■^■^■H 26 27 po 31 32 33 ■■34 35 W 36 37 ' ■■3 B ■■39 40 ■■4 l ■■42 43 [44 ■■4s 46 ■■47 aand 50 51 52 55 56 57 58 ■B s"® 5 "® - ~ 60 lu 1 1 i 65 M 1 •4 nights on Royal Caribbean Sovereign of the Seas •Price includes all meals and taxes NUMBER COST PER IN ROOM PERSON 4 $367.50 3 $432.50 2 $527.50 ize that this is a preliminary study based on a small group of people,” Banzhaf said. UNC senior Chris Black said he was also suspicious of the study. “I don’t know that memory has any thing to do with smoking,” said Black, a psychology major whose hometown is Wharton, N.J. “I have a strong short-term memory, but I had one before I started smoking,” he said. Black said the study didn’t affect his decision to continue smoking two packs a day but added that the results could influence others. “It’s an incentive to smoke,” he said. © 1996 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved. 42 Rectangular column 44 Swallowed hard 46 Former U.S. coins 48 “...turn one’s back —” (H. Ellis) Itinerary for March 10-March 14 DAY PORTS OF CALL ARRIVE DEPART Mon Miami s:oopm Tues Key West 8:00am 3:oopm Wed Nouau 9:3oam Thurs Nassau 3:3oam Coco Cay 8:00am s:oopm Fr) Miami 9:ooam NEWS Leichtman said he feared the positive spin the study put on smoking. “There are impressionable young people out there who might thinkthey’lldobetterona test because of this,” he said. Banzhaf said he hoped people would not be foolish enough to start smoking because of the study. "Nobody in his right mind should go out and start smoking just to get a small increase in short-term memory, ” Banzhaf said. J aime Pineda, who authored the study, said he didn’t intend to overshadow the negative aspects of smoking, such as can cer, emphysema, heart disease and im potence. “This in no way supports an argument that people should go out and smoke,” Pineda said. Jr 1 DTH/JON GARDINER Grace Chu, a senior business major, takes part in an interview earlier this week via computer. UNC students were able to interview using teleconferencing during University Career Services' Virtual Job Fair this week. 50 Made haste 51 Spectral 52 Part of a church 53 Farm structure 55 Basso Pinza 56 Williams and Lewis 58 Hallucinogenic New technology connects students, employers at UNC’s Virtual Job Fair BY TRAVIS MILLER STAFF WRITER Anew technology showcased at UNC’s first Virtual Job Fair this week enabled job hunters to have live, video interviews with as many as 40 possible employers. View Net, which the University pur chased in April 1995, allows desktop interviews with companies that own or have access to this same equipment. “The purpose of the virtual job fair was to promote the awareness of this technology among employers,” said Marcia Harris, director of University Career Services. This form of long-distance interview ing is meant to facilitate the interviewing process for UNC students, Harris said. “The whole idea behind our purchas ing View Net is to expand the opportu nity to our students to interact with em ployers at remote locations, ” Harris said. The technology is beneficial for com panies because it saves travel expenses, Are you a vZjsft burger & fries... I|| or fresh, ripe fruit? fSmoothieville Where the good stuff lives. IJ Low-Fat, Low Cal, // All-Natural Smoothies m'm Call ahead for pick up! 969-0004 s ! ' M m 630 Weaver Dairy Rd at Cedar Falls Courtyard “ (Between Carol Woods & East Chapel Hill high) # # Flours: M-Th 10-9, Frl 10-10, Sat 9-10, sun 11-8 “I've always been absent minded. I think smoking helps you calm down and more able to remember things ” KEVIN CARTER UNC Sophomore Sophomore Kevin Carter said he thought the study pro vided smokers with a reason to keep smoking. “There are so many negatives about smoking, and this is a positive that coun teracts some of those,” he said. Carter said he smoked half a pack a said Nathan Harwell, a second-year graduate student in information science who interviewed through View Net. The equipment also enables compa nies to interview in a more cost-effective way at universities where there are few interviewees, Harwell said. Harris said View Net allowed job hunt ers to have what feels like a face-to-face interview. The computer monitor contains an animated image of the two people in volved in the interview. The sound is clear and the image quality is good, Harwell said. The location of the interviews in Hanes Hall could make the interview process more comfortable for students, Harwell said. “You don’t have that pressure of being in someone else’s environment.” The job fair was held in conjunction with 20 other colleges and universities in the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Southeastern Conference. The network of colleges and universi ties was important because not all corn Elje Baily Ear Heel day to relax and believed the results of the study. “I’ve always been absent minded,” said Carter, a biology major from Concord. “I think smoking helps you calm down and more able to remember things,” he said. This increase in short-term memory might be linked to nicotine, Pineda said Wednesday. Pineda conducted the study in an ef fort to discover the precise effects of nico tine on the brain. Leichtman said the effects of nicotine were already established, and the study was conducted for other reasons. “Coming two days before the Great American Smokeout, one wonders if this study was motivated by the tobacco in dustry.” “The whole idea behind our purchasing View Net is to expand the opportunity to our students to interact with employers at remote locations. ” MARCIA HARRIS Director of University Career Services panies have View Net, said Julie Pendergraph, a recruiting coordinator at University Career Services. She said an Atlanta-based company could get on View Net at Georgia Institute of Tech nology to interview a person using View Net at UNC. Harwell said this technology was in dicative of upcoming trends in interview ing. “I think that this kind of videoconferencing will become more commonly used in the future.”
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