It’s a brand new school year; did you get you planners yet? Not to worry, MAP got your back! We have 8 ½” x 11” monthly planners for you to map out a productive and successful academic year.
Come get it while it’s fresh! We will be giving out planners at the following distribution points:
Monday, August 23
12:30
At Campus Center by the ATMs and Games room
Tuesday, August 24
12:30
At Campus Center by the 2nd floor bookstore entrance
Wednesday, August 25
3:00 PM
At Campus Center by the ATMs and Games room
Thursday, August 26
5:00 PM
At Warrior Welcome Fair Residence Halls
Thursday, September 2, 2010
1:30 PM
At Campus Center by the 2nd floor bookstore entrance
***Note: We only have 400 planners to distribute at each of the events. So if we get 400 people we’re going to close up shop. So the trick is to get there right when we start distributing to make sure you get yours.
Also starting August 23, 2010 planners will be available for pick up, while supplies last, at the following sites:
- Health Promotion Program @ Queen Lili’uokalani Center for Student Services, 313D
MAY 6,2009 UPDATE: CONTEST IS OVER
All winners have been notified via e-mail and have claimed their prizes. Thanks for entering and keep on the lookout for new MAP contests!
The Mānoa Alcohol Project wants to publicize the fact that most students have sensational…. fun and/or productive…. spring breaks without alcohol or other drugs. We are inviting you to participate in a story competition. Submit a written description of your sensational spring break. If your entry is judged to be the best, you will receive an IPOD Touch! If it is one of the runners-up you will receive a $20 UH Bookstore gift card. See details below: for more information, contact uhmap@hawaii.edu.
CONTEST DETAILS
TIMELINE:
- Deadline for entries is April 9, 2010 (12 midnight).
- Winners will be notified by email during the 1st week of May 2010
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS:
- You must be a UH-Mānoa undergraduate.
- Entries must be between 250 and 500 words, in Arial or Times Roman, 12 pt font.
- Submit your story by email attachment, to uhmap@hawaii.edu
- In your email, include the following personal information:
- First and last name
- Age
- School standing (freshman, sophomore, etc.)
- Major, if any
- Email address
PRIZES:
- Grand Prize – 8GB IPOD Touch
- 10 Runners-Up each receive a $20 Gift Card to the UH-Mānoa Bookstore
- Publication in Fall, 2010: Winning entries will be published on the MAP website. The grand prize entry also will be published in the MAP “On the Go” bathroom reader. We will ask each winner to sign a consent which allows us to publish his/her story and name.
- Prizes can be claimed at the University Health Services, Health Promotion Resource Room, 2600 Campus Road, QLC 313D, with the presentation of a valid UH ID
CRITERIA:
- Sensational Activity: How creative, novel, and/or beneficial was the activity?
- Ability to Communicate: How clear, grammatically correct, and creative is the writing?
- Benefit to You and/or to Others: What and how much did you and/or others gain from the experience?
- OVERALL: Is this a positive example of UH-Mānoa student(s) having a sensational and safe spring break without alcohol or other drugs?
So, not only do you get to save 3 lives (technically 4 if your blood really kicks butt), but you also get a cookie! How can you go wrong giving blood? Details below:
UH Manoa Blood Drive
When: Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Where: At Campus Center Executive Dining Room
What time: 8am-3pm
Please set up an appointment at the Campus Center table, or by calling 808-848-4721. or emailing tylerlaw@hawaii.edu
So yeah, Kanye West totally dissed country music sweet-heart Taylor Swift. Now, the talk is centering around why exactly Kanye would go crush a teenager who seemed starstruck at the VMA’s. On his blog he blamed it on Beyonce’s video just being too good, then on Leno, he blamed it on the pain he’s feeling for the death of his mom. We say, blame it on the alcohol.
It should have been obvious he’d probably end up embarrassing himself when he was seen drinking cognac from the bottle on the red carpet (see photo on left). While Kanye’s outburst can just be another “jackass” way to get attention (hey, that’s how Obama described him), we think that the alcohol probably didn’t help. So here are the 3 simple steps to make sure you don’t end up pulling a Kanye at your next outing:
- That’s what friends are for: Go out with friends and stick with them throughout the night. Encourage your friends to tackle you when you’re about to pull a Kanye, and to let you know if you’ve had too much to drink. You should have their backs too. If Kanye has any friends left, I’m sure they’ll bolt him to his chair at the next awards show.
- Pace and Space: Good rule of thumb for moderate drinking is to drink no more than one alcoholic drink per hour. You should also drink at least one glass of water for each drink. This simple rule can help keep you from drunk dialing, throwing up on someone’s lap, or even posting that embarrassing update on Facebook.
- Magic Number .06: If you want to keep that happy, mellow, buzzed feeling you get from drinking then don’t go over a blood alcohol content (BAC) level of about .06. If you reach .06 BAC and you keep drinking, you start feeling dizzy, get sloppy, and even feel some anger (hear that Kanye?). You can figure out how many drinks it takes to get you to .06 on this BAC calculator.
For more tips on how to handle your alcohol on your next outing, check out MAP’s tips on drinking / partying.
Do you want to be a part of our focus group discussion on alcohol-use? If so, we would like to get your preferred schedule and some eligibility information. Whatever information you provide is strictly confidential and will only be used to ensure your eligibility for the study or to contact you for the schedule of your participation. All personal information will not be shared with any other school or groups.
As part of these focus groups you will be asked for your views on some topics regarding alcohol and alcohol prevention campaigns. It will take 1 hour & 30mins and you will be asked to sign an agreement of participation at that time. If chosen as a participant you will receive a $20 gift card and an eco-bag from the Manoa Alcohol Project (M)(A)(P). So, which of these times are you available to participate in our focus group?
March 3, 4-5:15pm at QLCSS 411
March 12, 12-1:15pm at QLCSS 412
Email uhmap@hawaii.edu for your preferred schedule and the following information: Age: _______ (must be between 18-24) Living on-campus or off-campus?___________ Have you ever consumed alcohol within the last 3-6 months?
Manoa Alcohol Project
How much noise can cause hearing loss? A leaf blower or rock concert can reach 110-120 decibels (dB). This level of sound can cause permanent hearing loss after only 30-120 seconds. Headphones turned to a standard volume level 5 (100dB) can result in damage if listened to for only 15 minutes a day.
A national study estimated that at least 12.5% of U.S. children ages 6 to 19 have noise-induced hearing loss in one or both ears, and noise exposure may be responsible for damaged hearing in 10 million Americans of all ages. The damage is not apparent immediately but progresses over many years.
Protect yourself. Lower the volume, especially when using headphones. Do not turn up the car stereo to hear over traffic and engine noise. At concerts, don’t get too close to loudspeakers and take frequent breaks to rest your ears. Use earplugs when around loud noise. Finally, you should educate others about this health risk. For more information, please visit the
Environmental Protection Agency at www.epa.gov or www.hear-it.org, www.dangerousdecibels.org, www.nonoise.org.
We are so psyched that the students really like our planners. They like them so much that we’re starting to run out at some of our locations. We don’t have any more planners at the UH Clinic, but we’re still planning to have them at the following distribution points:
Tuesday, August 25
12:00 PM
2:00 PM
At Campus Center by the ATMs and Games room
Wednesday, August 26
12:00 PM
3:00 PM
At Campus Center by the ATMs and Games room
Thursday, August 27
12:30 PM
3:00 PM
At Campus Center by the ATMs and Games room
Thursday, August 27
5:00 PM
7:00 PM
At Welcome Back event at Hale Aloha Courtyard
We’ll let you in on a little secret though: We only have 300 planners to distribute at each of the events. So if we get 300 people we’re going to close up shop. So the trick is to get there right at the time we’ll start distributing them to make sure you get yours.
