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Newspaper Page Text2 Tuesday. September 28, 2010 | The Red a Black DRUGS: Label reading curbs complications ► From Paso 1 taking Tylenol or other painkillers after drinking is that both alcohol and the medication need to be metabolized in the liver.” said Deanna Walters, alcohol and other drug prevention coordina tor of the University Health Center. The alcohol and medi cation compete for the liver to break them down, and the interaction between the alcohol and the Tylenol produces a toxic byproduct, which damages the liver. Tylenol’s label has a dis claimer advising users to consult with a physician if they consume more than three drinks per day. “It’s very possible for someone drinking heavily the night before to still be metabolizing alcohol the next day, which would then interact with the medication they take dur ing that time,” Walters said. It takes the body approximately one hour to metabolize a standard drink of alcohol, and Walters said many people underestimate the amount of alcohol they consume. When deciding to pop a Tylenol for a hangover, the liver may still be breaking down the alcohol from the night before. Erin Wille, a health promotion major from Warner Robbins, said she takes Tylenol once a week or every two weeks after a night of partying. “I take Tylenol just because I buy Tylenol instead of Advil," Wille said. “Usually, it helps regulate the headaches.” Wille said she has not experienced any adverse effects from taking the medication. “I don’t think anybody really thinks that taking Tylenol can lead to liver failure," Wille said. “People usually take it for simple headaches. I guess we all need to really read more about what the health issues are on the labels.” Randall Tackett, a University pharmacy pro fessor, said he’s aware of students taking Tylenol before, after and even during drinking in order to prevent the effects of a hangover. “The perception is ‘l’m going to drink very heavi ly and I know I’m going to have a hangover, so I’m HEY RAT. TO Wtt YOU TO ME£T i WHY'S \ KCAOS£ S£AN WORKS OUT | W£K , HELPS \ WHOA MY NEW FRI£ND,SEAN. i HIS EVERY DAY ANP THW • IN A HC WHOA ■ r I SHIRT I WC£OS IUTTM FLIMSIEST • RESTAURANT/ t(UT J WHOA. \ | OFF. 9 jOf EXCOSCS TO REMOVE HIS ! v VV-L_Y ** \ ' \ KEEP ON Tiiend Crafted Jewelry, Acceeories, Oncmse, Heads, Supplies Sc Jewelry 9ndmctkm r.A g Wgf 4r ACROSS 1 Head topper 4 King Kong's kin 8 Poultry buy er's selection 13 Encourage 14 Several or a few. but not all 15 Turn new leaf; reform 16 Tidy 17 Under garment 18 Thanks. 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What It does is it probably puts you at a higher risk for liver damage.” Tackett said students should not consume more than two to three drinks per day, with at least an hour between each drink. But for college stu dents who party and tail gate, that is not a com mon reality. Tackett said on certain occasions, some students have as many as six drinks per day, and he said binge drinking is defined as four drinks for females and five drinks for males. When a student then takes an over-the-counter pain reliever, they increase their chance for liver fail ure. “In one sense, I think students don’t believe it because they think since they’re young, their liver is good,” Tackett said. "People just don’t think anything will happen to them.” Aside from Tylenol, other over-the-counter medications that contain acetaminophen include Midol, Excedrin and Benadryl. Walters and Tackett both emphasized that though taking other medications such as Advil and ibuprofen may be safer than Tylenol, they can also have adverse effects in the presence of alcohol. Other over-the counter drugs may cause anything from nausea and vomiting to gastrointesti nal bleeding. “There’s nothing we have that will sober you up faster,” Tackett said. “You just have to wait for your body to metabolize the alcohol. When you use drugs for treating a hang over, you’re basically treating a symptom." Tackett said students often perceive Tylenol and similar drugs as safe, so they tend to overlook the possible effects they might have. He said liver failure and death are not something students think can occur from a medica tion they can get without a prescription. “Generally, with high enough dosages, what you're looking at is liver transplant," Tackett said. “You just don’t think an over-the-counter medica tion that everyone uses can harm you.” The Daily Puzzle mp~ i r - 5 t~ “im* - • io |ii 1 12 1 1 I I "T “ j j I _ j,, 2\ mtz ] J 1 _ n "TB , “■B*” 37 I I j _j I 1 _ I Huj I _ jng [i H Ha<a | v ~ w ~~IBP WF I I ~ !■;* ansns 66 Evangelist Roberts 67 Hotels 68 Encounters 69 Juicy & ready to be picked 70 Coloring agent DOWN 1 Despicable one 2 Fine-grained quartz 3 Actor Lawford 4 St Francis ol_ 5 Game played with mallets 8 Islamic ruler 7 Flower pari 6 "Let's get golngr 9 Pennsyl vania or Fifth: abbr 10 Everlasting 11 Killer whale 12 Tack 13 Take apart 20 Indian prince 21 Hard to chew 25 Scorch ONLINE Police Documents CRIME NOTEBOOK Downtown pizza run leads to arrest University student Stanley Reed Hoover, 23, was arrested and charged with driving an unregistered blue Lincoln Continental on a suspended license on Saturday at 5:33 p.m. The real tragedy of that evening, however, may be that he never had a chance to eat the meal he had just picked up from Little Italy. The traffic stop that eventually led to Hoover’s arrest was ini tiated after the arresting officer noticed Hoover was driving the vehicle east on Broad Street at Hickory Street with tags that expired on July 10, according to the University Police report. When asked for his driver’s license, Hoover reportedly appeared “very nervous and was shaking” and told the officer he had forgotten it, but told the officer his name and date of birth. A check of Hoover’s information revealed his license had been sus pended for a DUI and he was only permitted to drive to work, school and for medical reasons, according to the report. Since Hoover had already told the arrest ing officer he was on his way home from Little Italy and the officer noted a bag of food on the passenger’s lap, he was placed under arrest. Tractor batteries go missing Arrest warrants were issued for Joshua Micah Hembree in reference to a theft case that occurred on Aug. 16, according to the University Police daily crime log. According to the police report, several tractor batteries were reported stolen some time between Aug. 16 and Sept. 16 from the Instrument Shop on Whitehall Road. The shop is controlled by the University’s Enterprise Information Technology Services department. —compiled bjj Jacob Demmitt ceke 37 Space agey. 40 Permanent place? 44 Limerick or ode 46 Ascends 48 Threefold 50 Interior style and furnish ings 52 Legitimate 53 Blackish 27 Boast 28 Ambulance’s : warning 30 Review e manuscript ■ 31 Collections 32 "...and giving ■ up the chimney he...' . 33 Four and five 34 Locomotive 35 Crumbly NEWS Living wage slow to progress Workers want more By DREW HOOKS The Red & Black In the steamy dish room of Bolton Dining Commons, Annie Adams and Kathy Saylors yell over the monot onous noise of the whirring grinder and the spraying dish washer. Adams, a part-time Bolton worker since 2003, does not want to become a full-time employee because they take out too much money from her paycheck for benefits, she said. Despite this, Adams and Saylors both desire some sort of health care plan. Many of the low-wage workers at the University desire a change for better conditions, wages and ben efits. “What’s not fair *0 us is that we don’t have health care,” Adams said. “We work as much as full-time, and we don’t get insurance. They get all of the benefits. I don’t think that’s right. We work hard.” Saylors, who has been a temporary worker at Bolton since 2005, agreed. “We’re being treated dif ferently,” she said. “When we go to St. Mary’s we have to pay up-front out of our pocket.” Saylors said she has applied to become a full time employee many times but has not received the position. “I don’t get why people have been here for so long and are still part-time,” she said. “No one has come up to us and asked us if we wanted to be full-time.” The system of part-time employees working the same amount of time as full-time employees was documented by the University in 2007 by the Ad Hoc Committee for the Pay and Benefits of Low Wage Employees. The committee researched the situation of low-wage workers and gave recommendations to the University for changes that should be implemented. Some of the changes that were recommended include: raising the mini mum hiring rate to $24,000 a year by Jan. I, 2010 or no later than Jan. 1, 2012; working with the Board of Regents to create a tiered insurance system based on salary; providing health insurance for non-student, temporary workers who work more than 20 hours a week over a three month period; and creating a sys tem where temporary employees can move into Delta Zeta's tinnual Wingbash ■ • j DELTA ZETA GIVES YOU WINGS September 28ih 6-Bpm $5 pci ticket m advance front a DZ. or $lO at the door Benefitting the Turtle C/onf choo M too JAPANEftKOKIAN (SKfli IXPWESF ' ‘nrTiMrßniia'sNßimNir ’ I GET ONE FREE! , 1 EXPIRES 103L2010. 1 | NOT VALID ON DELIVERY. | J ” OPENIHI*4AM MON-SAT ” EASTSIDE WESTSIDE 1055 GAINES SCHOOL RD 1021 PARKWAY BLVD #ll7 706.543.8888 706353.8889 Delivery available to dorms and greek houses. WE HAVE FREE WI-FI! 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Ritter said even though progress has been made since 2006 concerning wage increases for the low-wage employees the minimum hiring rate is $21,000 for regular, benefits-eligible employees, which increased incrementally from $17,500 in 2006 the increases were put on hold because of the economic situation. “In the last few years, because of the budget reductions, we haven’t been able to increase for any of our staff.” Ritter said. “It’s not because of lack of interest. It’s just lack of resources.” The University attempt ed to shield low-wage employees from the budget reductions last year by exempting them from the furlough days, Ritter said As for the cycle of tem porary workers not moving up into regular employ ment, Ritter explained the process. “People can work for six months then request an extension for another six months and then they must be off for a while before they can be rehired,” he said. However, the University has not made progress in implementing a tiered insurance plan or in pro viding health benefits for long-term temporary work ers. “We are unfortunately caught up on restricted financial times where the focus of the Board of Regents has not been the expansion of health care but keeping costs down," Ritter said. “We need bet ter economic times for sig nificant. changes.” Matt Boynton, a University alumnus from Roswell who is an organiz er for the University’s Living Wage campaign, agreed that the University has been making some progress over the past few years but mostly because of the efforts of Living Wage. “I wouldn’t attribute it to the administration," Boynton said. “Some things have gotten worse.” Because of the effect the budget cuts will have on University jobs, Boynton said the efforts of the Living Wage campaign have shift ed to focusing on budget allocations. The group’s next big event on Oct. 7 will be “a demonstration dance party," as Boynton calls it, in support of the reduction and re-allocation of budget cuts. However, despite some protests, not all workers have a bleak outlook on their job. “I love working with everyone,” Saylor said. “Bolton is a nice place to work.” CORRECTIONS In the Monday, Sept. 27 issue of The Red & Black, the football score line was incorrect. The correct opposing team is Mississippi State. The Red & Black is committed to journalistic excellence. “Outdoor Athens' coolest boots! UQ3 ■ e.st rails #Bern

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