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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
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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
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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,"
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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.
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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."
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In addition to the table on the
patio on Feb. 26, the Health and
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"It shouldn't be just a one month
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For more information, contact
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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.
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talked to come from different
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"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."
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