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Columbia Missourian

Relationship between popular tanning site and MU campus concerns some

By JACKIE WHIPPLE
May 2, 2008 | 2:05 p.m. CDT

By JACKIE WHIPPLE

news@ColumbiaMissourian.com

Megan Chronister began going to tanning salons when she was 14, more out of curiosity than anything else. By the time she arrived in high school, however, she and her friends felt they looked better with tanned skin. Several times a week, they’d bake under the ultraviolet lights to acquire a golden hue.

“It’s nice to have a glow,” said Chronister, an MU senior in strategic communications at the School of Journalism. “It helps your self-confidence.”

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