Eating Disorder Week met with mixed reactions
Some university awareness groups have given little directed attention to National Eating Disorders Awareness Week from Feb. 21-27, yet eating disorders remain a hot topic on campus.
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Some university awareness groups have given little directed attention to National Eating Disorders Awareness Week from Feb. 21-27, yet eating disorders remain a hot topic on campus.
Since the beginning of time, people have been eating: apples, pears, TV dinners and frozen pizzas.
In light of Love Your Body Week at the University of Richmond, National Eating Disorder Awareness Week later this month and personal experience, I feel compelled to respond to Kiara Lee's last column, "Too thin: Read this before you vanish into thin air."
Editor's note: The following two letters are anonymous. The Collegian's policy is not to publish anonymous opinion submissions except in extenuating circumstances. I granted these writers' requests for anonymity because few people were aware of the extent of their conditions.
I have to side with Carmody on this one in saying that Lee's editorial is repulsive, not so much for her rudeness towards an uncomfortable topic, but for her pure ignorance of the bigger issue -- the pervasiveness of mental illness on campus including eating disorders (which are not contingent only to "5-foot-7 and 100 pound" girls, but affect both men and women of varying sizes and personalities) but also notably depression and chronic anxiety.
This article is repulsive. Kiara Lee sounds like the most ignorant member of this community. Has she heard of eating disorders? Has she heard they're a problem, a MORE fatal one than obesity in this day and age? The number one most important thing to do before sharing one's opinion with others is to research your grounding first. How dare that girl speak so disrespectfully towards girls who really suffer, call the "reasons" for suffering what she will. If only women on this campus would look out for each other instead of lashing out vicious criticism, the atmosphere could be improved enough to breathe in.
Ever take a good look around Richmond? The Princeton Review ranked it the 20th most beautiful campus in its 2010 edition of "The Best 371 Colleges," but if you take an even closer look, you will find that the students are just as gorgeous as their surroundings.
Steroid use. Dogfighting. Murder. DUI. Adultery. Cheating.
The final event during the WILL/WGSS/Quest Speaker Series took place on Tuesday April 14 in the Alice Haynes Room.
To the university administration, what are you waiting for? There is a situation at the gym that should have been addressed weeks, if not months, ago: a person clearly and significantly below a healthy bodyweight, excessively exercising, day after day. The fact that her attire directly violates the Weinstein Center dress code only exacerbates the situation.
Honor Council member Chris Mihok found himself on the opposite side of the bench when he was accused of plagiarism and lying on a large portion of his Russian 210 exam.
Ron George spoke Wednesday night at the Jepson Alumni Center about his daughter's battle with anorexia and bulimia, which led to her death. George's speech was part of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week.
Students attending universities with honor code policies are far less likely to engage in cheating behavior than schools that lack policies, a university professor said Wednesday at the first event of Honor Council's Honor Week.
The surprisingly nice weather last week has taken my mind away from finals and has got me looking forward to the imminent days of summer. You know what that means, don't you? Three of my favorite annual television traditions are almost here.