Archive for October 10th, 2019

UM News Maroon Show for October 11, 2019

On UM News this week you’ll hear about how a local company teamed up with UM to try and help teach people more about DUI’s. The company Think Twice has a booth at Griz games to help prevent drunk driving. In other health news, Curry Health Center did a study on seasonal effective disorder that showed that the number of students that “feel sad” increased between the summer and winter of 2016. This show was produced by Tessa Nadeau and directed by Graham Gardner.

UM News Silver Show for October 11, 2019

This week on UM News, you will learn about what one local company is doing to prevent DUI’s and how UM is teaming up to help. Also, we’ll tell you about how the new Montana Media Lab will help the community and how the Festival of Remembrance is trying to incorporate more cultures into it’s month-long series of events in Missoula. This week’s show was produced by Tessa Nadeau and directed by Graham Gardner.

Think Twice Breathalyzer

Griffin Rerucha went to the Think Twice booth to find out what this company is doing to prevent DUI’s. Think Twice is allowing people to blow into a breathalyzer to see how drunk they are without any repercussions. This allows people to better gage how drunk they are.

Seasonal Affective Disorder

A local study showed that the number of students who reported feeling “very sad” increased by more than eight percent between the summer and winter of 2018.Counselors at curry health center say that seasonal affective disorder…or s-a-d describes a pattern of depressive symptoms during the fall or winter. One way to deal with s-a-d is by using light therapy also known as happy lamps. UM student Abbie Nordstrom says her happy lamp helped with her first Missoula winter.

Written and edited by Tina Brennan