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4 If you have cold, nee condoms c just have broken finge go to tY Thomsc Studei Health Cente It's there f( YOl flu DIONNE GLERTI Staff Writ T. he Thomson Studer Health Center serves a vei important purpose for hot USC students and facult The well-trained sta provides high quality heall Jil i.1^. I care arm urn assurance uu each facet of the cento develops to fit the changir needs of health care. In far the history of the cento gives evidence of how muc has changed since the lal 19th century, when form student health care first developed und< university support. In 1883, President McBiyde create a "makeshift infirmary" on the secon floor of Stuart's Hall. However, thei was a a crisis of growing infection such as typhoid fever, measles, an mumps on campus before moder phimhing and adequate sewage farilitie according to Hollis' "The University < South Carolina." Since the president realized ths more had to be done to meet th demands of affected students, the boar of trustees created a new permanei infirmary on the south side of Collef Street in 1888. It was the only ne building erected on the campus durir the years between the Civil War an the beginning of the 20th Century. According to Bill Hill, the directo of the health center, the new infirmai presented a more efficient method < treating individuals who were affecte with the diseases. It was not until 1907 when Ann I Jeter presented the university with gift of $15,000 dollars for the erectio of an infirmary in the honor of he Tips f( As I took mainframe technics support calls Monday morning for USC Computer Services Division, a disturbing trend begah to emerge. Callers would usually start out b; saying something like, "Hi, I have hal a million e-mails in my inbox, and thi system says there isn't enough memor to delete them. Can you help me?" OK, so no one really had half a miDi? But several people did have message! numbering in the two and three hundreds Upon seeing how many users wen being deluged by e-mail, I decided i column about e-mail management migh be wise. When I lode at email inbaxes, mailing lists are often the No. 1 cause of problems Mailing lists are discussion groups Let's GetCookin' : full Recipes provided (ac by the Health and ?v Wellness Center Wl1 ( *NONj II _ I , i I|hH ^B^B I I I I I I I I ? a )r Hi T Le m it I )r ill I! er 8885 11 nephew, Wallace Thomsor 1 j /"I Til* j graduate. L/ompietea 1 h Wallace Thomson Infirmai y. on the southeast cornei ff Greene streets, and pro\ h first time, adequate facilil at the growth of student he* sr The truly modern 3 ig Student Health Service b ?, when Dr. Isas Hirata bee sr The service moved from h Wallace Thomson Infir te present facility in May of j sd grown to become one of ar nationally accredited cc centers, d The Student Health id comprised of three organ e Thomson Student Health is Health and Wellness Pr d The Counseling ar n Development Center. Whi] s,- health center provides basi if such as shots and routine < the Health and Wellnes it provides a Drop-in Cen l e staffed by Peer Health E< Ed are part of Open Door, a it student organization. Students can simph w consultation and written such concerns as weight con td and stress management. I also get their blood pressi )r fat measured in the Dro 7 The Office of Sexu if Programs and Service d incorporated into the p consults with sexual ass: * The Counseling a a Development Center mal n a wide range of mental he !r including psychologica )r tra; 1 about specific topics where s e-mail each other with inf< % opinions. Some active lii thousands of members a y hundreds of messages in ? f Active lists are what cr e the Monday morning pre y helping people with. Usei active lists that generate k l oi e-mail each day and 1 3 Thanksgiving Break, i. By the time they ret 3 inboxes were either too M i through or so full they e' t delete messages from ther "So all-knowing compu I do I prevent this from happe asking. Well, you have sei 3 if you feel your e-mail situati locolate Cheese Pie )kg instant chocolate pudding b. cottage cheese (or part skim r sugar sd. vanilla extract } water envelope unflavored gelatin jraham cracker crust (or Grap ist, below) Sprinkle gelatin in 1/4 cup of the >n stir over low heat (or microw. -30 seconds) until dissolved. In blender, blend cheese, sue lilla extract. Add gelatin and ren iter. Pour into baked crust until crus I. Chill. Meanwhile, make instant f xxjrding to directions for "pie") ar er cheese layer in pie shell. Tip I be cheese and pudding left ov El l ' l ' ' l m -Hivl III-. II I i^i n n ii mn i i, a university counseling, and psychotherapy, n 1908, The The Women's Care Clinic has seen y was located the most impressive changes. Although of Bull and the clinic offers basic gynecological ided, for the services, there's been a new service ties to ensure added called colpofcopy. This service dth. provides examinations of the pelvic area, fears of the as well as the procedures and. treatments egan in 1972 associated with it. Due to the high rate ame director. 0f WOmen with pelvic inflammatory the original disease, the service was warranted mary to the according to Bill HiD, the Health Center's L973, and has director. In order to keep up with the the only 80 demand, "the Women's Center increased illege health ^>g staff by one female physician last _ . spring," he said. Services are An examination costs $30, but prices izations. the eisewhere can reach as high as $250. t Center, lhe other services of the Women's Care ?ipams> ^ Clinic include routine examinations, I tv, umSIj STD treatments and some miner surgery. e, e,^ne As far as statistics go, the Student c . . ' Health Center is impressive. The examinations, _ ,. ^ ^ s Programs Counselmg Center sees about 5,000ter which is 6'000 Pe?Ple a year-is staffed by iucators who psychologists, psychiatrists, a social 115-year-old worker and supervised psychology interns. The Health and Wellness y drop in for Programs sees as many as 12,000-13,000 materials on students a year. They may come for itml, nutrition, various reasons, including dietician's Students can visits, open door visits, and other needs, are and body lhe Thomson Student Health Center p-in Center, has a proud history. The center has tried lal Assault to accommodate the changing health js has been care needs of students and take pride rogram and in being able to make them healthier ault victims, and more productive, n H Human "We are here for our students and res available we want to encourage [them] to see our alth services, programs as their medical assistants," 1 and social Hall said. shing and list members out of hand: )rmationand Digests. Most mailing lists, 3ts can have especially the active ones, allow you to nd generate receive list posts in digest i day. form. A digest is one e-mail H eated most of message that contains all of iblems I was the list posts for a day or other s had joined set period of time, irge amounts The advantage of a digest ^Hb|i then left for is that instead of getting 30 messages from a list during urned, their the day, you get one long to easily sort message giving you all 30 TEGHNl ven couldn't posts. It is much easier for ^arc ^ n. you to manage one long iter guy, how message, and it won't clog up your system, stiing?," you're If you are interested in getting a /eral options digest for a list you are on, refer to the on has gotten welcome message you received when Grape Nuts Pie Crust 11 da: 11/2 C Grape Nuts cereal 11A ricotta) 2 oz. frozen concentrated apple juice 21 1/2 tsp. cinnamon 8c Combine ingredients and press into 9-inch pie pan. Bake at 425 degrees for 12 to 15 dir< e Nuts minutes. Add your favorite filling. spi lay avefor Even-A-College^tudeirt-Can-Make- jjjj ItLasagna 1/2 jar and I naining 16 oz. skim ricotta cheese J 8 oz. shredded mozzarella if d t is half 1/4 C egg substitute xidding id pour 10 oz. frozen spinach, thawed and drained Co : There (save juice) , 1/4 er 1C spinach juice and water bei rc. \ Ji ^SjppSi^^P mK&?&$F^ ' *** *?BI >: li ::-:;|W|M ^/t r^ 1^ * Peter Wallace, a freshman sports administration mi Center nurse Brett Wilcenski. I tossing sta you joined the list for instructions. If only the messages you: don't have a welcome message, contact To find out if youi the list owner for help. mirrored or if newsgr Npwsffrnnne tnnira ovist. rnnsiil B You may not need to be on a messages. If inform mailing list at all. Many laige contact list owners c mailing lists are mirrored by newsgroups and see if i Usenet newsgroups. This are present, means what is posted to the Plan ahead. If list is also posted to a going to be away froi newsgroup. Even if your an extended period 01 mailing lists aren't mirrored, to avoid a problem. WABBLE there may be newsgroups that For lists that mij Fountain deal with similar topics. inbox, consider puttii The advantage here form or even unsubscr is disk space and time. No longer will You will be glad that; your inbox be cluttered with list messages get back and find 30 n each day. Instead, you can browse you instead of300. i newsgroups at your leisure and view back, don't be a pack 5p salt Chicken Tortilla Wedge; sh of pepper I tsp. oregano 4 6-inch flour tortillas 5 oz. jars spaghetti sauce 1 q shredded cooked chick* >z. package lasagna noodles 1/2 c frozen com, thawed 1 T chopped cilantro (option Cook noodles according to package 11/2 C reduced fat cheddai actions. 1/2 C medium salsa Combine ricotta, mozzarella, egg, 1/4 c chopped red pepper nach and spices. Make the following ers in a 13x9x2 inch pan: Heat oven to 350 degrees sauce on cookie sheet. Bake 5 to I noodles until lightly browned. Sprinkle! ! cheese mixture of the cheese on each tortilli Repeat all three and end with sauce Mix chicken and salsa; Sprinkle parmesan or mozzarella on top, cheese on each tortilla, lesired. Top with com, red pepper cheese. Pour spinach juice/water around edges. Bake 7 to 10 minutes or 1 ver securely with foil. Bake for one to 1 heated and cheese is melte hours at 350 degrees. Cool 15 minutes Sprinkle with cilantro. Cul fore serving. Wednesday, November 29,1995 % - ; V'::. . ; . : v. . ! ;: y%?'st y, :: I||k : , i gpL *l J^HbxF^to* % **w *%Bm |h .^fr jm Sm&:y ^^HK^mL jJH HH . . hhh flHk wHgH HP fl|^H% 1H^ HF llSi , IB B B| B J /v; S ^ B V KARA 8T0VALL The Gamecock ijor, gets a shot in the arm from Student Health lie e-mail feel are interesting, messages you don't need. mailing lists are I think I will take this opportunity oups with similar to shamelessly plug my own mailing list It your welcome for this column, T-BABBLE, once again, ation isn't there, Instructions for joining follow this >r simply browse paragraph. Subscribers to T-BABBLE any relevant topics get to read my words of wisdom each week by e-mail. Best of all, I only send you know you are out one message a week so it s an easy n your e-mail for list to... uh... digest, f time, take steps Marc LaFountain, a journalism senior, jht overflow your can be e-mailed at lafb1mtcun-mcux@9c.edu. ig them in digest To subscribe to an electronic version of ibing temporarily. this column, send e-mail to you did when you listserv@univscvm.csd.sc.edu with "SUB lessagesawaiting T-BABBLE YourFirstName Vnd once you get YourLastName* in the body of the rat. Throw away message. 5 Mexican Chicken and Rice 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut 30 into 1 inch pieces ,v 1 jar (15 oz.) chunky salsa cheese 1 1/2 C "minute" brown rice 1 T chopped green onion 1 T chili powder 1 Toil . Place tortilas 3/4 C water 7 minutes or 1 C low-fat Cheddar cheese 2 tablespoons Red pepper strips a. , spoon over Coat chicken with chili powder. Heat and remanna oil in sk'"et over med'um-high heat- Adcl chicken; stir-fry for 4 minutes or untfl chicken jntil thoroughly is tender. Add salsa and water; bring to a d. full boil. Stir in rice. Reduce heat; cover : into quarters, and simmer for 5 minutes. Top with cheese. Let stand 5 minutes.