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  • October 26-30, 2009 Our Take NC Making Right Choice With Obese/Smokers North Carolina is making strides in combating the obesity epidemic and other preventable deaths by increasing health care premiums for obese workers and employees who smoke. As announced on page three in this paper, North Carolina will become the second state to penalize overweight state employees who use the states health insurance next year, In January, Alabama state employees were subjected to medical exams that checked blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose levels and body mass index. If they were in the risk category-BMI exceeding 35 or a blood pressure of 160/100 or greatertheyre charged an extra $25 a month on their health insurance premiums. NCs system will operate nearly the same way. BMI is a measurement that determines if a person is at an appropriate weight for their height. The measurement estimates body fat. BMI is calculated by entering weight and height into a mathematical equation, the resulting number reveals whether he or she is underweight, normal weight, overweight or obese. _ While many state employees of North Carolina are outraged by the new fat tax, NC officials are taking steps in the right direction to save on health care costs. This isnt an attack on overweight people and their poor lifestyle choices; its an attempt to improve state workers health, and more importantly, to save money in medical expenses. In addition to the increase in health care costs for overweight individuals, North Carolina state employees who use tobacco products should also expect to pay more for insurance. Starting January 2010, smokers will also be placed in a more expensive health insurance plan. State employees will be required to participate in tests that involve saliva samples. Physicians will examine the samples for cotinine, a derivative of nicotine found in the system of tobacco users. Tobacco and obesity are the leading causes of heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes and chronic breathing disorders. The new cost in premiums will not only discourage bad habits, but it will also rewatd those who make healthy choices in their livesall while saving the state money on health insurance. Its estimated that N.C. will save $13 million in the 2010-2011 budget year by requiring smokers to pay the higher costs. Editor-in-Chief: Justin Caudell 103 Student Media Center Cullowhee, NC 28723 E-Mail: we@email.weu.edu Office Phone: 828-227-2694 Katherine Duff Smith 109A Student Media Center Cullowhee, NC 28723 E-Mail: smithk@email.weu.edu Office Phone: 828-227-2195 Advisor: News Editor: To Be Filled Arts/Entertainment Editor: Shelby Harrell Features Editor: Daniel Falls Sports Editor: Jada Bratton Photo Editor: Jay Strong Nathan Hunzaker Layout & Design: Maegan Zigarevich * Distribution: Jay Strong Mailing Address: Western Carolinian Post Office Box 66 Cullowhee, North Carolina 28723 WESTERN CAROLINIAN CAMPUS VIEWS sats LooseYy Goosey. By Lex Menz Contributing Writer Hello, my fellow Catamounts. I promised myself I would start an Internet blog upon entering college. When my friends suggested putting the stories in the Western Carolinian, I thought it couldnt hurt to ask. Well, welcome to Pound One, aka The Trial or Lets-See-If-This-Freshie-Can- Churn-Out-Something-Good. Honestly, I didnt think I would have anything worth to write about for a column. | certainly didnt in high school when all I wrote was MySpace blogs of little depressing poems of how life sucked or that the man of my dreams didnt love me back. I arrived at Western expecting the same results. Not true, life laughed at me! Quickly, 1 found that being out on my own and coming in contact with so many different people (hopefully, none of them have the swine flu!) that there are things to write about . aside from my puppy, love feelings. This isnt a Survival Guide for Freshman Year, but I hope, something for all classes to embrace as a little work to give you a laugh; a thats-happened-to-me, or an oh-yeah-I-remember-that. Whatever the case may be, lets start with something I call Seven Courses They Need in High School to Prepare You for College. It goes like this: dead. OK, Hees OK, HERE 1. How to Dress in a Tiny Bathroom Stall When You Dont . Know Your Roommate Well Enough to Change in Front of Him or Her workshop 2. How to Take a Shower in Five Minutes with Water Pressure Requiring 20 Minutes to Rinses 101 3. How to Cool Down Your Dorm Room with Two Fans in August for Dummies (apply only if you live in Walker, Scott, Harrill, Albright, and - Benton). Quotable The clock is nostalgic and a big part of campus, so when it wasnt working, it was like a part of our campus was - Andrea Craven, Western Carolina Sophomore, commenting on the months the clock tower was not working. DRUNK AS eae (No even te Page 4 6 RVESOME TWOSOME, You Ain't Buyin, Oriekdovg +OW ny 400rO 3:0 sOeks sBsh ings awry b00%-0f-01 ~The Freshman 15, Pound 1 4. How to Walk Over a Mile in _ Three Minutes or Less seminar (applicants with bicycles will not be accepted) 5. How to F it Your Life in Three or Less Plastic Containers demonstration 6. How to Keep Off the Freshman 15 when Your Food Options are the Cafeteria Food or the Bag of Chips Under Your Bed lecture 7. How to Dress for the Dorm Fire Drills 360 LETTERS POLICY We welcome letters from our readers. We urge brevity, both for the sake of effectiveness and the demands of space; letters should be no longer than 500 words. All letters are subject to the same editing for clarity applied to our staff contributions: We will not publish anonymous letters; letters praising or criticizing professors by name; letters making personal attacks or personally hurtful statements; endorsements of or letters from political candidates; or copies of letters to other publications. Because we want to provide access to a variety of viewpoints, each letter writer will be limited to one letter every four weeks. All letters should be signed, and writers should enclose their addresses and daytime phone numbers. Addresses and phone numbers will not be published but will be used to verify letters. We reserve the right not to print any letter.
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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