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...study, led by nutritionist Ramona Robinson-O'Brien, an assistant professor at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University in Minnesota, found that while adolescent and young adult vegetarians were less likely than meat eaters to be overweight and more likely to eat a relatively healthful diet, they were also more likely to binge eat. Although most teens in Robinson-O'Brien's study claimed to embark on vegetarianism to be healthier or to save the environment and the world's animals, the research suggests they may be more interested in losing weight than protecting cattle...
...research venture called Project EAT-II: Eating Among Teens, Robinson-O'Brien and her team surveyed 2,516 young Minnesotans, ages 15 to 23. Of the respondents, 108 (or 4.3%) described themselves as currently vegetarian, another 268 (10.8%) said they were former vegetarians and the rest were lifelong meat eaters. The researchers found that in one sense, the vegetarians were healthier: they tended to consume less than 30% of their calories as fat, while non-vegetarians got more than 30% of their calories from fat. Not surprisingly, the vegetarians were also less likely to be overweight (17% were heavy...
...fiction, documentary, stop-motion animation, and hand-drawn animation—as well as one music video. The event, a collaborative effort of SOCH administrators and several student organizations, was a welcome breath of fresh air at the chronically under-used student space. Colleen F. O’Brien ’11, the events coordinator at the SOCH who spearheaded the event, said that the festival owes its existence primarily to former manager David R. Friedrich’s initiative to revitalize the SOCH and its image. “When I was originally hired as an events coordinator...
...said he thinks he will enjoy hearing Lauer speak, he said he had been hoping for a comedian to be selected. In past years, the subcommittee of the Senior Class Committee responsible for selecting a Class Day speaker had alternated between comedic personalities such as Conan O’Brien ’85 and Sacha Baron Cohen, and more serious figures like former Meet the Press host Tim Russert. “It’s a more lighthearted day, but that doesn’t mean just comedians,” Seegars said. After hearing of Lauer?...
Class Day speakers in recent years have run the gamut from policymakers, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and former President Bill Clinton, to entertainers, such as Seth MacFarlane, the creator of hit television show "Family Guy," and comedians Al Franken '73 and Conan O'Brien...