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Valentin D10NEE GLEATOrV Staff Writer February is American Heart Month and Health and Wellness Programs is planning a month full of activities for a healthier heart. According to the American Heart Association, more than two out of every five Americans dies of cardiovascular disease, and Valentine's is a special time to remember hearts. "I think that was the reasoning behind [the heart association] starting heart month in February," daid Margaret Sproule, a graduate assistant for the Health and Wellness Programs. "Heart disease is really a leading cause of death in South Carolina as well as the nation." National Heart Month directly tackles the problem of heart disease, WUSC's JOHN LYONS Features Editor IfyouVe been trying to find some good Latin American music, you can go ahead and turn off that "I Love Lucy" rerun and give Desi Arnez a rest because your college radio station has got you covered. Every Friday at 10 p.m., WUSCFM 90.5 delivers the sounds of Latin America for two straight hours. From salsa to merengue, Eco Latino offers Columbia music fans a solid block of music from countries like Colombia, Peru and Puerto Rico. The show's host, Sabrosura, is a USC sophomore and has been focusing an Latin music at the station since the spring of 1996. She said she tries to incorporate both traditional and contemporary Latin music into the show. Sabrosura, whose DJ name translates as the state of being good, said the name of the show came from a suggestion by her mother. "It took me a whole semester to think of a name, and finally my mom suggested something," she said. "She said it would be really nice if you named it Eco Latino because it's like the sounds of Latin America echoing into America. It's the sounds of the music of Latin America echoing into USC." The styles of music she focuses on during Eco Latino are salsa, merengue, vallenato, Latin rock and Latin house music. In addition to | Latin American music, Sabrosura | includes some Spanish music on the 1 show. The different styles of music she | plays, while all distinctly Latin | American or Spanish, are actually 1 very different. Sabrosura said salsa music covers | a wide variety of music ranging from 1 traditional to contemporary. She 1 e's nuts ? and people are encouraged to learn the major risk factors associated with it. "Heart disease is something that has a lot of contributing factors like genetics, diet, high blood pressure, inactivity and obesity," Sproule said. "There are lots of different factors that can roll together to enhance [the chances] of a heart attack." To get more college students involved, Health and Wellness Programs have Wellness Wednesdays, days which cover issues like heart disease. In conjunction with National Heart Month, there will be a table set up on the Russell House patio on Feb. 26 with information about the disease and ways to decrease the chances of having a heart attack. There will also be information on exercise, diet and ways to decrease "n a. n v\ said salsa is dance music that is slower than other styles of dance but has more complicated steps. "I try to satisfy the older crowd with the salsa music," she said. "Salsa music can be old and it can be new. It's very versatile. I can please different crowds with the different styles of salsa I play." Merengue, on the other hand, is dance music with a faster beat than salsa, but with a simpler, two-step dance that accompanies it. Both merengue and salsa make extensive use of horns in the music. Salsa mainly uses trumpet and trombone, while merengue uses trumpet and saxophone. A third style of traditional Latin music, vallenato, is also featured on the show. Sabrosura said vallenato is the most traditional music she plays and that it focuses mainly on themes of love. "It is more of a romantic music," i?Coi X VI jgjlt Saturday 9am - 5p Admission $5.00 |3 SAVE ON NEW AN It HARDWARE, SOFI P.O. Box 295 | Riverdale, GA 30074 1 4Spring t kj]i m r' All packages are per person, triple or quad occuf W airport transfers, hotel accommodations, hotel tax , ! ' Fees. $6 50 US Customs Fees and Mexico departuri subject to change, availability and cancellation charge El focus or stress. The American heart Association, in fact, recommends that people get 30 to 60 minutes of exercise 3 or 4 times per week to maintain cardiovascular fitness. Of course, even smaller amounts of activity can be helpful. "We're trying to let college students and the campus know that heart disease is a problem and that ifs not too early to start trying to prevent it," Sproule said. Although heart disease is not infectious, it is part of an increasing number of lifestyle diseases which are mgjor causes of death in the U.S. While some risk factors, including heredity, gender, and increasing age cannot be controlled, cholesterol and physical activity levels can be (hanged. she said. "It's more love-oriented. Its much slower than the other music I play, and it talks mostly about relationships." In addition to these traditional styles of music, Eco Latino features contemporary Latin rock bands and Latin house music. The show occasionally incorporates other types of traditional Latin and Spanish music like tengo or pasodobles, but these styles of music aren't emphasized very often. Snhrnanrn anirl flip rpaann afip limits the show to certain styles is that there are so many different categories of Latin music that she wouldn't be able to incorporate them all. There are so many different types of music," she said. "For example, Cumbia is a type of music. In Colombia it means one thing, and in Mexico it means a completely different thing. And there are all kinds of music found in the different countries of Latin America. There's no way I can really go into all these different types of music." olumbia Are nputer SI SWAP-BUY-SELL miary 15 and 16,19 LMIL TEMPI )6 Jamil Road Columbia, S< Exit #106-A at 1-26 m Sundi Admission D USED COMPUTER SYSTEM "WARE, SHAREWARE, CD'S AI Computer Show Ireak '97 > ^ I " 3nts a Real Hotel & Suites $659 tinental Plaza Cancun 695 Las Perlas* 719 iclusive (All meals, All Drinks, All Tips lm riott CasaMagna 749 a Real Hotel & Suites 649 inental Plaza Cancun 679 Las Perlas' 685 iclusive (All meals, All Drinks, All Tips lm ninH PnaiMnnnfi 7QR i iuii baaciiviayiia #uu )ancy and include lowest roundtrip airfare on Delta and Aero and are for new bookings only. Add $3.00 passenger facility e tax of up to $13.37 Programs are valid February 16 thru M. s. Certain blackout dales may apply Weekend, holiday and p i heart In addition to the table on the patio on Feb. 26, the Health and Wellness Center will also provide informational flyers at the Grand Marketplace, emphasizing the ABCs of how to take care of your heart. Also, they offer CPR classes an March 4 and April 8 for anyone interested 1 1 i 1. ! in learning more anout neart disease and how to help someone who may have had a heart attack. The classes are open to faculty, staff and students. According to Sproule, National Heart Month is important to young and old alike because the information learned can be the source of a longer, healthier life. "It shouldn't be just a one month event," she said. For more information, contact your local American Heart Association or call 1-800-AHA-USA1. Nonetheless, Eco Latino provides a wider scope of Latin music than Columbia listeners can find anywhere else. Sabrosura said she has had a positive response from listeners, and her audience seems to be very diverse. She said the listeners she has talked to come from different 1 1 1_ 1 i. J.T 11 DacK.grounus, uui mey an seem lu appreciate the show. She said the endearing quality about Latin music is the zest for life that is communicated in the music. "The first thing about the music that comes to mind is that ifs spider," she said. "I don't want to say that music from other countries is not happy, but Latin music is very moveable. It's very energetic, and the music is always changing. "I think that in the music you can hear the love of life; the love that comes from hispanic people," she said. "Because most hispanics have a passion for life." And if you'd like to catch a glimpse at this passion for life, check out Eco Latino with Sabrosura every Friday from 10 p.m. until midnight. 10 w1^ ||| n o ay 10am - 4pm $4.00 (Sunday Only) S, PERIPHERALS, 1 sfD ACCESSORIES alp| 770-907-6025 Op^l 5nts 7nts Based On $765 $ 865 Quads 819 945 Triple 865 1005 Quads eluded) ana imc n sua iuij budua SmKinNBURO^ I 749 849 Quads 805 929 Triple 829 975 Quads eluded) 89^ 1055^Quad^ mexico from Charleston or Greenville/Spartanburg, H charge (San Diego only), $7 45 Federal Inspection I arch 31, 1997, and may vary by departure date, are teak season surcharges may apply WorldTc lover re STAFF REPORTS One of the world's greatest (and most notorious) lovers will pay Theatre USC a visit for Valentine's Day. Don Juan Comes Back From the War is playing at USC's Drayton Hall through Feb. 22. The legendary Don has long been a popular character =====^== on stage and screen. I In Don Juan I Comes Back from the I War, playwright I Odon von Horvath, I author of Tales From I the Vienna Woods, I brings the legend to I the 20th century, ifl Don Juan returns from soldiering in I World War I to a I German city in which I he is the only man. I The war to end all I wars has brought the I rv ? u:i I?: I jL/uii a pmioiiuci mg ways to an end as I well. However, in ( searching for an old love he had abandoned before c*"t 1 , , , War pose. The p the war, he r r continually encounters women from < his past. The great seducer must 1 now fend off their advances and discover, along with the audience, 1 how difficult it is to escape the fate of being Don Juan. 1 Director David Wiles has drawn < deeply from USC's talent pool of i Master of Fine Arfs candidates who i comprise half of the cast. The < RSPE hiBOl Become A Pla AND EARN UP TO $1 Who Needs Plasma? Hemophiliacs, burn victims, trai patients are people who receive plasma of donors like you. 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