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Maybe you'd like to try tracking down E.T. yourself? If you have a PC or Mac that sits idle at least a few hours a day, you can join the 1.7 million people who have downloaded SETI@home, a free screen saver (available at setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu that uses your computer's downtime to help sort through the reams of noisy static gathered by radio telescopes. The odds of pulling a Jodie Foster (who snared the elusive extraterrestrial signal in the 1997 sci-fi flick Contact) are a zillion to one. But if you fail--or even if you succeed--nobody...
With winter barely over, wannabe hardbodies around campus are racing to lose those midnight-munchie pounds. But like most workout endeavors, a trip to the MAC hardly satisfies this desire for immediate gratification. During "peak" times (7 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekends), one can expect to wait half an hour for any given piece of butt-blasting equipment...
...Selecting a machine presents the first challenge of the MAC experience. The Stairmaster burns sufficient calories, but no one really wants a bike, let alone a seated cycler,and the rowing machines may as well evaporate. The treadmill represents the true prize, for it offers maximum sweat and maximum results in (MAXIMUM) thirty minutes...
...MAC veterans recognize the futility of sign up sheets in reserving the coveted machines. The successful workout warrior eyes the prospects, stakes out his or her territory, then plies the line-waiting trade with the cunning born of years of experience...
...Upon successful completion of the MAC School of Manners, graduates are set to make their debut in most any polite society, be it Bally's or Gold's Gym. Wellbridge applicants, however, may yet need to provide letters of recommendation...