Nowadays youth are making money while studying. Some may be fashion consultants; others may make creative bands or other accessories. A student makes leather wrist bands with sequins and spikes in it to give a stylish look. He started making wrist bands, belts or accessories for himself. Many of his friends liked his stylish leather wristbands and starting giving order. These accessories are very expensive if you buy them outside. So many students started giving him order. At a very young age he started earning money.

Another student studied jewelry designing as a part-time course and started distributing his designs amongst his friends and relatives. He started getting orders. “I was a little apprehensive about how people would react to my designs, as I would mix silver with a lot of beads and make it very colorful. Slowly, my client list has increased, and I also did the jewellery for my friend’s beach wedding!” says he excitedly.

 Wrist bands are used for diverse purpose. Doctors in Manchester University are investigating that if chemotherapy patients wear acupressure bands it could control their nausea and vomiting. It is the first trial of its kind for the NHS. Wrist bands, called Sea-Bands, are often used to reduce travel sickness. This can help cancer patients a lot. Nearly 75 percent of chemotherapy patients get vomiting and nausea when they take treatment for this disease. Due to this side effect many chemotherapy patients stop taking treatment. Around 700 adults are invited to try these bands which will exert a constant gentle pressure at a point on the inner wrist. A cancer specialist, named, Prof Alex Molassiotis said, “We are optimistic that we will find a significant benefit. My recent pilot study in breast cancer patients showed a 43 per cent reduction in chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting when using acupressure wristbands as opposed to using (nausea) drugs alone.

Two students were caught by police officials because they were drunk. These two students told police officials that they were not able to walk properly along the street because of ice on the footpath. Police officials found that Aaron Fannin and Blaine Hamilton were lying down on the sidewalk. There was no ice on the footway. Both the students being 20 years old were drunk. Police officials found that they were wearing wristbands stating they are over 21 years old. When they saw their ID cards revealing their true age they were arrested. They were arrested for offenses involving underage persons and disorderly conduct.

Viking Health center is opening its 48th school based health clinic, which will open at Forest Grove High school April 30. Many top officials will be invited on this day. This Health center will open in the school tennis court with a 1600 square foot modular building. A clinic will be opened for those students who are uninsured and underinsured –where they will get everything from sports physicals to treatment for colds and flu. Virginia Garcia Memorial hospital in Cornelius will help the clinic with doctors and nurses, provide vaccinations and routine check-ups. This Health center is opened because Healthier students will learn better. Youth advisory council will advertise this center with the help of posters, banners and wristbands for the next few months, so that students become familiar with the clinic when it is opened.

Tickets for Bruce Springsteen’s May 8 show is available from today at Bryce Jordan Center from 10 am onwards. From 8 to 9.30 a.m. perspective ticket holders who can walk till BJC can get numbered tickets along with their tickets. A randomly drawn number will be selected at 9.30 a.m. to determine the line order, according to an e-mail from Bernie Punt, director of sales and marketing for the BJC. The person whose wristband has the chosen number will be the first allowed on the floor, followed by those with subsequent numbers on their wristbands. Non-wristband tickets will be available at 10 a.m. at the BJC, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, Altoona Campus Ticket outlet, all Ticket master locations, and charge by phone at 865-5555 or online at www.bjc.psu.edu, according to the e-mail.