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Author: Eugenie Kim

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Vital Statistics

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Fraction of the world's smokers who live in China: 1/3 Percentage of Chinese men who smoke regularly: 49 Percentage of Chinese women who smoke regularly: 3 Percentage of Americans who think it is not the federal government's responsibility to make sure everybody has health care coverage: 34 Average percentage increase in cases of malignant melanoma annually since 1981: 3 Age range for which melanoma is the most common cancer: 25 - 29 Sources: World Health Organization, The Gallup Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Compiled by Eugenie Kim

Vital Statistics

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Amount of calories in the average three-inch diameter bagel 20 years ago: 140 Amount of calories in the average six-inch diameter bagel today: 350 Amount of calories in the average fast-food cheeseburger 20 years ago: 333 Amount of calories in the average fast-food cheeseburger today: 590 Percentage of American teens aged 13 to 17 who say they have tried marijuana: 10 Percentage of American teens aged 13 to 17 who say they have tried marijuana who also have a boyfriend or girlfriend: 22 Sources: National Institutes of Health, The Gallup Organization

Giving Blood: Centers aim to recruit student donors

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| For the generation of people who lived through World War II, donating blood on a regular basis was considered to be a commonplace civic duty.

Vital Statistics

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Gallons of coffee consumed annually per capita in the United States: 9 Gallons of coffee consumed annually per capita in the United States 50 years ago: 16 Billions of dollars spent on dieting and diet-related products by Americans annually: 40 Millions of women in America estimated to be suffering from an eating disorder: 10 Millions of men in America estimated to be suffering from an eating disorder: 1 Number of Americans who got married in the 12-month period ending July 2004: 2,162,000 Sources: American Dietetic Association, National Eating Disorders Association, National Center for Health Statistics

Lenses and Lasers: A look at the newest technology in eye care

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Imagine a world without the technology of corrective lenses or surgery for people with vision problems. Itís a thought that many of the 135 million American adults who wear prescription lenses, a number compiled by the eye care advocacy group Vision Council of America, donít want to contemplate.

Vital Statistics

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Average hours of sleep adults aged 18 to 29 get per night in 2005: 6.6 Average hours of sleep people got before Thomas Edison invented the light bulb: 10 Percentage of adults aged 18 to 29 who say they need more sleep: 57 Percentage of men aged 18 to 24 who want to gain weight in 2002: 40 Percentage of women aged 18 to 24 who want to gain weight in 2002: 5 Percentage of adults aged 18 to 29 who report having an “excellent” self-image: 49 Percentage of adults aged 30 to 49 who report having an “excellent” self-image: 35 Fraction of Americans who say they are dissatisfied with the availability of affordable health care: 3/4 Ranking of health care among national issues with which Americans are dissatisfied: 1 Number of lives that would be saved annually if states with secondary seat-belt laws (which allow authorities to ticket drivers only if pulled over for another reason) changed to primary seat-belt laws: 700 Number of states without any belt laws: 1* *New Hampshire Sources: The Gallup Organization, The National Sleep Foundation, Medline Plus — Compiled by Eugenie Kim

Low-carb trend makes inroads

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Although the Atkins, Zone and South Beach diets have popularized nutritional plans that reduce carbohydrate intake, chefs on campus gear their menus toward the notion that a well-balanced diet is the best way to keep students healthy.

Cantor turns 50

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| The Cantor Center for the Visual Arts opened its doors over 50 years ago; a group of 600 guests recently commemorated this anniversary with a celebration at the museum.

Allende speaks on life and storytelling

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Storytelling is like making love — memory and imagination often work together to relate a narrative, and everybody has a story to tell, said world-renowned writer Isabel Allende to a standing-room-only crowd in Kresge Auditorium last night.

Despite security concerns, abroad enrollment up

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Despite recent political events that have contributed to global instability and anti-American sentiment abroad, many students feel a strong and even renewed commitment to studying abroad, said directors of the University’s Overseas Studies Program (OSP).

Advocacy group questions policy’s effectiveness

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| The backlash against the military’s failed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue, Don’t Harass” policy has increased and will continue to do so in the near future, said C.

Attention Deficit / Hyperactive Disorder

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Ritalin has become a common word tossed around in schools. Used to treat Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, its widespread use is evidence of the large number of American children presently diagnosed with ADHD. Yet some question whether there exists an over-diagnosis of ADHD — and subsequent over-prescription of drugs to treat the disorder. As a result, ADHD has become one of the more well-known and controversial topics in the psychiatric field today. Yet even with the increased amount of scrutiny devoted to ADHD in schools and in the media, misunderstandings about the mental disorder abound.

Conference to celebrate Taiwanese culture

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| This Friday and Saturday, a new campus association of Taiwanese American students will see the culmination of its yearlong effort to bring the ITASA West Coast 2004 culture conference to Stanford.

Stanford couple adopts child through alternative service

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| University staff members Mario Acquesta and Valerie Beeman began the journey to adopt their nine-year-old daughter, Diana, in 2002.

Fellow named to Iraq WMD panel

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| President George W. Bush named Graduate School of Business Prof. Emeritus Henry S. Rowen last Thursday to a bipartisan commission charged with the investigation of possible intelligence failures concerning the United States assessment of Iraq’s weapons arsenal.

New fitness center in the works

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| The Athletic department is in the early planning stages for the construction of a new 75,000 square-foot recreation center expected to break-ground in early 2004.

Philosophy professors host new radio show

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Stanford Philosophy Profs. John Perry and Kenneth Taylor recently began their radio show, “Philoso?

CourseWork funding expires, administrators explore alternatives

By Eugenie Kim and Camille Ricketts
NEWS| After the expiration of a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that used to fund Stanford’s CourseWork software, the University has been scrambling to find a way to pay for the program’s costly maintenance.

‘Loveline’ hosts rock MemAud

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| About 1,650 people crowded into the first floor and balcony of Memorial Auditorium last night for one of the largest events sponsored by the ASSU Speakers Bureau this year.

Waite speaks on time as a hostage

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Despite years of isolation and suffering as a hostage, world-renowned humanitarian Terry Waite was able to emerge still believing in the goodness of human nature, a message he conveyed in a speech last night.

Korea Peace Day celebrated

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Yesterday afternoon, the Korean Studies Program at the Asia / Pacific Research Center hosted an intimate seminar and discussion about U.

Student entrepreneur group unveils this year's contests

By Eugenie Kim
NEWS| Approximately 100 students crowded into the Packard Electrical Engineering Building last night to attend the kickoff event for the Business Association of Stanford Engineering Students.