The second annual Wellness Fair, held yesterday in the HUB ballroom, incorporated seven aspects of wellness, including emotional, occupational and social wellness.

Sandy Bargainnier, instructor in kinesiology, assigned the project to the 35 students in her in Kinesiology 492W (Programming for Fitness and Health Businesses) class. The students were in charge of every aspect of the fair, from the marketing plans to organizing the 33 exhibits.

"We want it to be educational, fun and interactive," Bargainnier said.

Bargainnier said that when people think of health, they often think of only the physical aspect of it. She said she and her students want to inform the Penn State community about all the dimensions of wellness.

"Wellness is a process," she said. "No one is ever in balance at once."

Monica Zadel (senior-kinesiology), is a member of Bargainnier's class. She sat at a booth about occupations. Students who make post-graduation plans ahead of time, she said, will be less stressed.

"There are different aspects of health . . . Health isn't just the physical," Zadel said.

The Student Advisory Committee on Minority Affairs (SACOMA) put together a booth with various posters and brochures about marijuana, nutrition and sex health.

They also set up a trivia game called 'Who Wants to be a Health Expert.' Herpes, according to one of the game's trivia questions, is the most common sexually transmitted disease at Penn State.

Lorita Lewis (senior-biobehavioral health), a member of SACOMA, said she hopes to provide a comfortable, confidential environment for people to be educated about sensitive topics such as STDs. She added that it's especially important for minorities to learn about these topics.

"(AIDS) is growing the fastest among African-American women," she said.

Lewis said students might be embarrassed to be given condoms, so to make them more inconspicuous, SACOMA mixed the condoms with candy in a colorful goodie bag and passed them out.

Other booths were presented by the Penn State Outing Club, Pattee Library and the American Cancer Society.

Kristin Davis (senior-human development and family studies) and Mandy Penwarden (senior-psychology), sat at the Cancer Society's booth.

"(Cancer) doesn't just affect older people. It effects people of all ages," Penwarden said.

With the help of replica body parts containing "tumors," Penwarden instructed students about how to perform breast and testicular self-exams.

"We've had a lot of people come up — they might know about them (self-exams) but they don't know how to do it correctly," Davis said.

The booth also included a jar filled with about two cups of a dark brown liquid representing the amount of tar accumulated in the lungs after only a year of smoking. Penwarden said she hopes seeing the jar will help people to not begin smoking in the first place.

Dave Wilson (senior-business logistics) admitted he stopped by the fair to earn extra credit for a class but received a massage from the Central Pennsylvania School of Massage, 336 S. Fraser St.

Wilson said he has been stressed all semester and is trying to combat his stress with more exercise.

"A lot of it (health) is mental," Wilson said. "By being sound mentally, you can do better physically."