See the Giant Penis (in it’s entirety) at the Sexual Health Expo
Friday, February 29 ~ 11am to 4pm ~ Exley Lobby
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This curry can be made as hot as you like it by adding more or less cayenne pepper. The curry powder only gives the curry flavor and does not add to the “heat” of the food. And the number of servings can be adjusted easily, depending on how much of each ingredient you add!

Skinless, boneless chicken
Cayenne pepper, to taste
Curry powder, to taste
Garlic, to taste
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
Various vegetables - carrots, mushrooms, greens, etc.
Butter or margarine
Cooked rice

Clean and cut the chicken into bite size pieces. Saute chicken in some butter or margarine, chopped onions and garlic. After chicken is cooked, about 5 minutes, add the broth. Add vegetables, cayenne pepper and curry powder. Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are tender and ready to eat. Serve over rice.

Sexual Health Expo Keynote Address:

“Pissing on our Parade:

The Agony and Ecstasy of Contemporary Sexualities”

Dr. Maureen Sullivan
Visiting Professor of Sociology and FGSS

Thursday, February 28th

6:30 pm in Pac 002

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The Sexual Health Expo is tomorrow…
Friday, February 29 
11am to 4pm in Exley!
Tons of student groups will be tabling, many with fundraisers, so bring $$$!
And we have a bunch of workshops for you as well…check it out:

11:00am - Exley 137
Yes/No/Maybe: Defining Your Sexual Boundaries - Presented by Lisa Currie, WesWELL
Do you know what you are and are not willing to do? Once you know what your boundaries are, you can more clearly communicate it to a potential partner and be able to enjoy consensual sexual activity more!  

12:00pm - Exley 141
HPV & the Gardasil Vaccine - Presented by Laina Logvinenko, Peer Health Advocate
Want to know all about the most prevalent sexually transmitted infection, the one that can result in cervical cancer and genital warts…but the one that actually has a vaccine to prevent it? This is the program for you! 

1:00pm - Exley 137
BDSM Q & A - Presented by WesKink
A discussion of the ins and outs, ups and downs, and tops and bottoms of Bondage, Discipline, Dominance, Submission, Sadism and Masochism. Come with questions or with knowledge to share; whether you’re an experienced player or have only ever been tied up in your fantasies, anyone with interest is welcome.  

2:00pm - Exley 141
The Moaning Workshop - Presented by Emily Evnen
To moan or not to moan, that is the question! In this workshop, we’ll talk about the politics of moaning, myths surrounding moaning and finish up by doing some fun vocalizations!  

3:00pm - Exley 137
Sex Sign Workshop! - Presented by Sign House
Learn to ask for what you want and to pick up cuties without saying a word! We will teach various words and phrases relating to sex, body parts, sexual acts and more in sign language.  

4:00pm - Exley 141
WesSex - Presented by the Peer Health Advocates
The Peer Health Advocates will share a ton of information on how to protect yourself and your partner(s) from sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy, and how to create safer and healthier sexual relationships.

Click here for the complete Sexual Health Expo schedule

From the Chronicle of Higher Education…
By Libby Sander

If a man who carries a urinal in one hand and solicits high-fives with the other isn’t enough to get college students thinking about germs, then officials at the University of Central Florida are out of luck.

A spirited campaign to promote “hand hygiene” is under way at the Orlando campus, and the urinal toter, known as UCF 5th Guy, is its front line.

Like their counterparts at many other institutions, health officials at Central Florida want students to think about the germs that lurk on their hands. And then clean them, preferably with one of 32 strategically placed hand sanitizers on the campus.

Waterless hand sanitizers like Purell, Germstar, and AeroFirst, once the province of medical examination rooms, are becoming fixtures on college campuses. Dispensers are appearing in dining halls, next to elevators, at entrances to computer labs and recreational centers, and anyplace else students are likely to share their germs.

“Pathogens are getting stronger,” says Ruth Stoltzfus, director of the wellness and health center at Goshen College, in Indiana. “We spread pathogens in ways that we weren’t aware of before.”

Students, of course, will still sneeze, cough, kiss, and otherwise spread germs with abandon. Officials just want them to reach for a zap of hand gel in between.

At Central Florida, a Web site instructs students what to do if they encounter 5th Guy, whose moniker comes from a statistic that one in five men do not wash their hands after leaving a public restroom.

“Do your best not to touch him,” say the instructions. “Or, better yet, if you happen to have some hand sanitizer, feel free to offer it to him.”

Maybe too few students have listened: 5th Guy himself, a theater student named David Cohn, took a hiatus from his $10-an-hour duties earlier this month, laid up with a cold.

Gimmicks like 5th Guy, a spinoff of a statewide health campaign in Florida, are key to getting students to think about hygiene, says Michael Deichen, medical director of Central Florida’s health services. Simply installing dispensers of AeroFirst around campus would probably not compel students to use them, he says.

Mr. Cohn, 21, hands out bottles of hand sanitizer and tissues and otherwise goads his fellow students into practicing good hygiene. “I put the goodies in the urinal and I make people grab them,” he says. “It’s obviously not a real urinal,” he adds quickly. “That would be disgusting.”

Health officials emphasize that old-fashioned hand washing is the best way to stay clean. “We have a clean-hand station in every restroom,” John Hughes, coordinator of student health services at Sul Ross State University in Texas, says in an e-mail message. “It’s called a sink, hopefully with running water and soap.” They acknowledge that generations of college students turned out just fine without the antimicrobial benefits of Purell. Some also cite evidence that widespread use of hand sanitizers could create “superbugs” that are resistant to antibacterial cleaners.

Still, hand sanitizers can be convenient. “Most people are not going to specifically go into a restroom just to wash their hands,” says Joyce Walter, director of health services at Wesleyan University, in Connecticut, where health officials are in their second year of promoting Purell use.

A recent study by researchers at Boston College’s William F. Connell School of Nursing took another age group noted for its germs — second- and third-graders — and put the two hand-cleaning methods to the test. They compared the absenteeism rates of children who used alcohol-based hand sanitizers and those who used soap and water, and concluded that there was no significant difference. Teachers and school nurses, however, said they preferred the hand sanitizers over soap and water.

Some college health officials said the Purell units offered a psychological edge more than anything.

“We put the dispensers up because we like thinking they help,” Mary Rick, director of the health center at Spring Arbor University, in Michigan, says in an e-mail message. “We are in huge denial.”

A couple of years ago, an outbreak of a stomach flu so nasty that students began calling it simply “The Gastro” ran its nauseous course on Wesleyan’s Connecticut campus. Soon enough, health officials and students formed a hygiene campaign. They called it “Infection Control” and promptly got money to install Purell dispensers, at $55 apiece, in eight computer labs on the campus.

Use of the dispensers has not been quite what they had hoped, not even at the health center, where a parade of ill students traipses in each day, right past the Purell dispenser mounted next to the front desk.“Hardly anybody uses it,” says Ms. Walter, the health center director, with more than a touch of incredulity.

Are college students really dirty enough to justify all the excitement?

“They’re pigs,” says Ms. Rick, of Spring Arbor. “Just stand in the bathroom and you can’t even count how many don’t wash their hands after leaving a stall. That’s just the girls. Just think what the guys are like.”

http://chronicle.com
Section: Short Subjects, Volume 54, Issue 25, Page A1

 UPDATE: Check out the Wesleyan Infection Control website, created by the Student Health Advisory Committee

From a WebMD Feature from “Prevention” Magazine by Nancy Kalish…

Scientists know that positive people are happier, period. Tapping into your bright side is easier than you’d guess.

Joie de vivre. We all know people whose engagement with life can only be described as joyful. Fittingly, nature rewards these happy-go-lucky types: Being optimistic in middle age increases life span by at least 7.5 years–even after accounting for age, gender, socioeconomic status, and physical health, according to a large Yale University survey. What’s behind their hardiness: They minimize the destructive effects of stress.

“Of course, optimists get stressed,” says David Snowdon, a professor of neurology at the University of Kentucky who studies aging. “But they automatically turn the response off much more quickly and return to a positive mental and physical state.” Here are four habits that longevity experts say are at the heart of a sunny disposition–and that you can adopt, too. read full article…

“Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” - Edward Stanley

We received another great Wescipe from David Baranger ‘10, this one for Vegetarian Chili.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 medium onion, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon ground cumin
2 tablespoons dried oregano
1 tablespoon salt
2 stalks celery, chopped
2 green bell peppers, chopped
2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 (4 ounce) cans chopped green chile peppers, drained
2 (12 ounce) packages vegetarian burger crumbles
3 (28 ounce) cans whole peeled tomatoes, crushed
1/4 cup chili powder
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can garbanzo beans, drained
1 (15 ounce) can black beans
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn

Directions

Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the onion, and season with bay leaves, cumin, oregano, and salt. Cook and stir until onion is tender, then mix in the celery, green bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, garlic, and green chile peppers. When vegetables are heated through, mix in the vegetarian burger crumbles. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and simmer 5 minutes.

Mix the tomatoes into the pot. Season chili with chili powder and pepper. Stir in the kidney beans, garbanzo beans, and black beans. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer 45 minutes. Stir in the corn, and continue cooking 5 minutes before serving.

Makes 8 servings

Originally from allrecipes.com

Six Ways to Lead a Meaningful Life in the Middle of a Busy Schedule

Over scheduling is a nationwide epidemic. From preschoolers to CEOs, we are constantly running from one activity to the next. This busy and sometimes frantic lifestyle affects all aspects of life and many people feel the strain caused by overloaded to-do lists.

According to the authors of “Yes, You Can… Find More Meaning in Your Life”, Jack Jonathan and Sheelagh Manheim, PhD, over scheduling can create a narrow focus that prevents you from experiencing meaning in your life. These two regular contributors to www.YesYouCanOnline.info offer ways to step off the treadmill of busyness and reaffirm what is good in your life.

Jonathan and Manheim suggest finding a balance in five fundamental areas of life: positive attitude, good physical health, personal relationships, financial well-being and a passion for knowledge.

“Anyone looking to streamline their schedule can use these essentials as guidelines to help balance the way they spend their time,” said Jonathan. “Paying attention to each basic area of life may help a person to feel more at peace.”

Jonathan and Manheim offer the following six ideas to help bring a feeling of meaning into a busy life. 

• Foster a Positive Attitude. Begin your day with a sense of wonder. Ask yourself, “What is in store for me today?” Then set achievable goals for the day. Remain open to other possibilities so challenges that come up will not feel overwhelming. Do at least one thing each day that creates in you a sense of happiness, delight, accomplishment or wonder. 
  
• Nurture Your Body. Sometimes basic physical needs are set aside because of busy schedules. It is ideal to schedule time for exercise and recreation. “But, you can also nurture your body by simply paying attention,” Jonathan advises. “Why not pause a minute between activities, look out of the window, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.” Manheim advises looking forward to your lunch break, choosing foods that really appeal to you, and then savoring your meal in the presence of friends.
  
• Honor Your Personal Relationships. Friendships often suffer from neglect when life gets too busy. Even if you can’t fit in a weekend getaway or a night out, you can still find time to foster meaningful relationships. Connect over lunch, make regular phone calls, keep in touch frequently with meaningful e-mails or better yet, send a note or a card. Whenever you are able to contact your friend be sure to truly relax and give your friend your whole attention. Let time stand still for those precious moments you do have together. 
  
• Pay Regular Attention to Your Finances. The only person you can count on for your financial well-being is you. Set aside a regular time each month to pay bills and review your financial situation. Jim Stowers, founder of American Century Investments, recommends that when you review your spending, you ask yourself, “Am I getting my money’s worth?” Do you spend your money in a way that brings meaning to your life? You will find that careful financial planning will set you free to enjoy your life more.
  
• Cultivate Your Curiosity. Having a passion for knowledge is one of our greatest innate gifts. It does not require a great deal of time – only the curiosity to ask what? or why? and then spend a few minutes to search for an answer. Learning something new goes beyond book learning. It can involve simply paying attention to what is going on in your own neighborhood. The more we know about the little piece of turf we inhabit, the more meaningful our life becomes because we step outside ourselves. 
  
• Value Your Time. Jim Stowers, co-author along with Jack Jonathan, of the soon-to-be published “Yes, You Can… Reach Your Goals and Achieve Your Dreams,” comments, “Time is often taken for granted. Yet, properly used, time becomes a key multiplier that can be leveraged by effort and determination to help you achieve your dreams.” When you set aside small amounts of time to be truly present to your attitude, physical well being, friendships, finances and curiosity, you can increase your joy in life.  

For more ways to lead a meaningful life in the middle of a busy schedule, visit www.YesYouCanOnline.info.  

Courtesy of ARAcontent

“Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t.” - Erica Jong