December 8, 1997
Contact: Louise Snider or Shirley Hulett, (619) 594-5204
Holiday Season Story Ideas
Booze-free holidays
Louise Stanger, director of the SDSU Student-to-Student program has plenty of ideas for celebrating that don’t involve alcohol. Ask her about great tips for getting high on life. Or how about recipes for non-alcoholic drinks that look the same as the real thing and taste even better? Stanger, undergraduate advisor for the School of Social Work, is available through December 19 at (619) 594-5803 (office) or (619) 551-2604 (home).
Kwanzaa--An African American Celebration
Dr. Joanne Cornwell, (619) 594-6531, chair of SDSU’s Africana Studies Department, can discuss the Kwanzaa celebration and its meaning and increasing importance among African Americans.
Hanukkah--The Jewish Festival of Lights
Dr. Lawrence Baron, (619) 594-5338, director of SDSU’s Lipinsky Institute for Judaic Studies, can explain the meaning and rituals of the Hanukkah celebration.
Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
Starting an Exercise Program
Dr. Jeanne Nichols, (619) 594-5560, director of the Adult Fitness Program, has advice on starting and continuing an exercise program.
Eating Healthy and Controlling Your Weight
Dr. Denise Wilfley, (619) 594-3676, director of SDSU’s Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, has advice for anyone wanting to start dieting.
Gifts for Kids
Dr. Alida Allison, (619) 594-6385, associate professor of English and a specialist in children’s literature, has wonderful recommendations on gift books for children.
Dr. Ronald Stampfl, (619) 594-4306, professor of marketing and a specialist in consumer issues and retailing, has suggestions for parents whose kids have a bad case of the "I wants."
Food, Safety, Diets, Moods and More
Kelly Mosier, of the Nutritional Sciences faculty, is available to discuss a number of topics including :
· Surviving the abundance –the power of small changes in diet and exercise
· Food and mood: how the foods we eat affect neurotransmission and subsequent moods
· Holiday snacks for kids
· The safe kitchen primer.