Volume 1, Issue 3

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Time to Get It Together… Again!

9/25/2013

C an you believe it has already been a whole month since school started? Time goes by

so quickly! By now you have probably gotten into the groove of things, but if you are feeling like me, its time to start incorporating more healthy steady habits into my schedule! I have been feeling so pretty busy with trying to get the Handler community started, and getting to know you all, that I have allowed my healthy habits to drop by the wayside. So with that said, I am going to challenge you, if you are not already doing so to join me in reacquainting yourselves with your healthy habits! Some of these habits can include the following:

Emotional Wellness The ability to talk with someone about your emotional concerns and share your feelings with others.

Saying "no" when you need to without feeling guilty.

Being able to relax.

Feeling good about who you are.

Creating home and work environments that are supportive and nurturing

Financial Wellness Learning how to manage your money and establishing a personal budget.

Not living beyond your means.

Learning to not let money be the driving force of your life.

Donate some of your money, if possible, to a cause you believe in.

Make a plan to pay back your student loans.

Not getting into credit card debt. Try to pay off the entire balance each month to avoid interest.

Thinking long term - set up a savings account.

Intellectual Wellness Improve Time Management

Improve Critical Thinking

Improve Study Skills

Physical Wellness Making good choices relating to:

Alcohol

Flu and Colds Prevention

Illness Prevention

Nutrition

Physical Activity and Body

Movement

Sexual Health

Sleep

Stress Management

Social Wellness Development of assertiveness skills

not passive or aggressive ones.

Balancing social and personal time.

The ability to be who you are in all

situations.

Becoming engaged with other people

in your community.

Valuing diversity and treat others

with respect.

Creating boundaries within

relationship that encourage

communication, trust and conflict

management.

Remembering to have fun.

Spiritual Wellness Development of a purpose in life

Ability to spend reflective time alone

Taking time to reflect on the meaning

of events in life

Having a clear sense of right and

wrong, and act accordingly

Ability to explain why you believe

what you believe

Caring and acting for the welfare of

others and the environment

Being able to practice forgiveness and

compassion in life Take some time to evaluate what you need from any or all of these areas and figure out how to incorporate habits that will regularly help keep you in tune with these areas!

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Healthful Lifestyle

By: Quinn Hegarty

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Get Involved! Join Hall Council!

Come to Hall Council Info

Session on:

Monday 8/26 @ 9pm

Hey there Handler Residents! How you feeling? A little sluggish? Are you tired all the time? Well this

could be because you aren’t living a healthy lifestyle. We have all been there, you get back to school and

all of a sudden you are presented with an endless buffet of unhealthy food at the dining halls (have you

had the double chocolate cookies, those things are unreal!) and you are too busy with classes to exercise

as much as you did during the summer. Well I have a few tips to try and help you keep healthy.

The best thing that you can do to stay healthy is to try and exercise for at least 30 minutes every day.

This could be going for a jog, hitting up the gym, or even just walking to and from class! Exercise is also

a great way to relieve stress, so the next time you are worrying about that huge exam in a few days go

and exercise and you might just feel like you have had a weight lifted from your shoulders.

Another thing that I like to try and do to stay healthy is to avoid all the fried foods and desserts at the

dining hall. I know it is tempting to have a pile of peperoni pizza with a side of chocolate chip cookies

for lunch, trust me I do, but these foods are pretty bad for you and are better to stay away from as much

as possible. So instead of getting froyo with dinner every night, try to have a piece of fruit and maybe

just get froyo once a week for a tasty treat. The same thing goes for your favorite unhealthy lunch and

dinner foods. Instead of getting an unhealthy dinner every night you should try to eat healthy the

majority of the time, with lots of fresh vegetables and let yourself splurge once a week.

The last tip for living healthy is to try and get AT LEAST 6 hours of sleep every night. Your body needs

to recharge, that is a fact! It’s even better if you go to bed and wake up at the same time every day.

Sleeping an appropriate amount is key to feeling great and living healthy!

Living healthy isn’t always easy but it will make you feel better, look better, and it may even help

improve your academics, so it’s definitely worthwhile to make an attempt at being the healthiest you

possible!

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Page O’ Fun

Punny Funs

I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger.

Then it hit me.

It's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he

just didn't have the balls to do it.

I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomer-

ang, but eventually it came back to me

Did you hear about the guy who got hit in the head

with a can of soda? He was lucky it was a soft drink.

He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out

how the Mercedes bends.

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to

a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask

how he was a nurse said 'No change yet'.

Want to see how the UNH community supports its

LGBTQ+ community? Come to the premiere of “It Gets

Better - from UNH” on September 24th at 6PM in MUB

Theater 1. You’ll hear messages of support, hope, and

encouragement from UNH students, faculty, and staff to their

LGBTQ+ fellows. Event sponsored by Health Services; co-

sponsored by Women’s Studies and Queer Studies. To learn

m o r e , g o t o w w w . u n h . e d u / h e a l t h - s e r v i c e s ,

www.itgetsbetter.org, or contact Ari Schaaff at

Enjoy Durham and Be a

Good Neighbor

We all work and live on a great

campus and in a great town. If

you choose to walk way past the

residence halls and classrooms

and go out into areas in

Durham where there are

traditional-looking single

family houses, remember that

the residents who live in these

houses need quiet in the

evening and at night. Just like

your families and neighbors did

back home. Cell phones, loud

talking and walking in large

groups late at night always

wake people up. You don’t like

to be disturbed and neither do

your new neighbors who live off

campus in Durham. Why not

You can spend a semester or summer interning full-time, earning UNH Academic Credit in Washington, DC

through

The Washington Center at

UNH law firms lobbying firms banks government

non-profits law enforcement think tanks

and more…

Info Session: Wed., Sept 25, 3:30pm MUB 207

Giving you the skills you need to achieve your vision

Wednesday, October 2, 6-7pm MUB I

Adaptive Leadership:

How a Herd Species Succeeds

Tuesday, September 24, 7:30-8:30am

MUB 330/332

Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders

Talk By: Sheryl Sandberg

http://unhmub.com/things-do/movies-mub/movie-

The East

Thursday, Sept 26 @ 6:30 & 9

Friday, Sept 27 @ 6:30 & 9

Saturday, Sept 28 @ 6:30 & 9

Sunday, Sept 29 @ 6:30 & 9

This Is the End

Thursday, Oct 3 @ 6:45 & 9

Friday, Oct 4 @ 6:45 & 9

Saturday, Oct 5 @ 6:45 & 9

Sunday, Oct 6 @ 6:45 & 9

MUB

MOVIES

Pain and Gain

Thursday, Sept 26 @ 6:45 & 9:30

Friday, Sept 27 @ 6:45 & 9:30

Saturday, Sept 28 @ 6:45 & 9:30

Sunday, Sept 29 @ 6:45 & 9:30

Scary Movie 5

Thursday, Oct 3 @ 7:30 & 9:30

Friday, Oct 4 @ 7:30 & 9:30

Saturday, Oct 5 @ 7:30 & 9:30

Sunday, Oct 6 @ 7:30 & 9:30

Before learning how to lead others, you must first learn to effectively lead yourself. Emerging Leaders is a five-session workshop open to any student interested in developing their

personal leadership potential.

Looking For An Independent study in leadership?

READ TO LEAD

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The Campus Acitivites Board, or , is a student run

organization that puts on FREE, FUN, WEEKEND programming for UNH students! Look

forward to our fall semester events:

The Grind: Open Mic and Coffehouse, Friday, October 4 at 8:30pm in the MUB

Entertainment Center

Comedian Rob Paravonian, Saturday, October 5 at 9:00pm in the Strafford Room

Halloween Bingo, Thursday, October 17 at 9:00pm in the Granite State Room

The Grind: Open Mic and Coffehouse, Friday, November 1 at 8:30pm in the MUB

Entertainment Center

Comedian, Saturday, November 9 at 9:00pm in the Granite State Room

Bingo, Thursday, November 21 at 9:00pm in the Granite State Room

The BIG Grind, Friday, November 22 at 8:30pm in the Strafford Room

And Stress Relief, Friday, December 6 at 7:00pm in the Strafford Room

UNH Homecoming 2013 takes over campus October 11-13. Watch for the Homecoming Parade at

4pm on Friday, October 11 and wear your house colors because this year the Homecoming theme is

the Wizarding World of Wildcats! CAB, SCOPE, and other participating student organizations will

Student Health 101 is UN-

H’s monthly health and

wellness magazine. View

each magazine online, or

have them sent to your

email!

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Excerpt from What the Best College Students Do, by Ken

Bain (2012)

“The best students...learned that nothing is easy. Growth requires hard work. The world is a

complex place. We all become creatures of habit in the ways we think and act. To learn is to strip

away those deeply ingrained habits of the mind. To do so requires that we push ourselves, that we

keep building and rebuilding, questioning, struggling and seeking. In fact, this is one of the major

differences we found between highly successful students and mediocre ones: average students

think they can tell right away if they are going to be good at something. If they don’t get it

immediately, they throw up their hands and say, ‘I can’t do it.’ Their more accomplished

classmates have a completely different attitude—and it’s largely a matter of attitude rather than

ability. They stick with assignments much longer and are always reluctant to give it up. ‘I haven't

learned it yet,’ they might say, while others would cry, ‘I’m not good at’ history, music, math,

writing, or whatever. Traditional schooling rewards quick answers—the person with the hand up

first. But an innovative work of the mind, something that lasts and changes the world, demands

slow and steady progress. It requires time and devotion. You can’t tell what you can do until you

struggle with something over and over again. The high achievers we studied learned that to get

themselves to work, they must believe they can do it—even visualize themselves doing it—they

must understand themselves. ‘How do you work best?’ they asked themselves. How can you