Students return every day to their apartment complexes after class. They pass the mailroom, the gym and the tanning bed en route to their rooms. Wait, a tanning bed?
Some Columbia apartment complexes are choosing to add tanning beds to their list of amenities. Park Place Columbia, Empire Columbia and Collegetown on the River are three downtown living communities for students that since 2017 have added a tanning bed as an amenity.
But do students and tanning beds mix, given the increasing concern about the risk of skin cancer from repeated use? “There is strong evidence that individuals who use tanning beds have a significantly increased risk of skin cancer,” said Anthony Alberg, an epidemiologist and professor at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health.
Students, of course, have easier access to tanning beds when they are present in their apartment buildings. Park Place employee Jacqueline Guzman said someone has to be a resident of the facility to use the beds. They are not open to the public.
“We have at least a couple people every day (use the beds when) the office is open,” Guzman said. Jordan Reed, an employee at Empire, said the tanning bed there also gets used “quite often.” “We do have a rule of going every 24 hours, and some people come right after that 24 hours is completely up, which is a little scary,” Reed said.
Kids these days. Back when I was in dorm housing at Humboldt State University (now Humboldt State Polytechnic University), we were lucky to have a TV to watch. Nominally, they're grown up. Stop worrying about them and mind your own business.
The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Denim on the Beach up and garnering clicks at the Other McCain.
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