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LIVING: Keeping weight off at college...
...recent years, colleges across the country have begun working to challenge that longstanding tradition, revamping dining-hall menus and introducing classes on weight loss to combat unnecessary frosh noshing. At UC Santa Barbara, for instance, biology professor Diane Eardley introduced a freshman seminar called You Are What You Eat after observing what she calls a "second-year metamorphosis" among students. "The girls would come in gorgeous and come back 30 pounds heavier," explains Eardley, whose course is fully enrolled, with 10 students on the waiting list...
Brandy Shih's crusade against freshman weight gain is more personal. The University of Texas alum remembers "gaining 15 and then some" before she graduated in 1998. Now, as one of the school's nutritionists, she greets students with her Avoid the Freshman 15 brochure (which includes nutritional information) and also holds workshops. The dining-hall menu doesn't always support her efforts. "Our chicken fingers are the No. 1-- selling item," she says. "If we take those away, we may cause a riot...
Some nutritionists believe the freshman-15 concept is overblown. University of Southern California's Patrice Barber runs a workshop entitled Freshman 15--Don't Believe the Hype, in which students are taught not to succumb to the feelings of insecurity that may accompany weight gain. As for Ashil Ann, she now believes gaining a few pounds is O.K. "Although I'm returning to my ideal weight, I don't mind the extra pounds," Ann says. "I actually feel more confident with my new body...
...national security but also to the economic well-being of the citizens and other legal residents of this country [Sept. 20]. We in the border states seem to have less to fear from al-Qaeda than we do from the collapse of our infrastructure (schools, hospitals, roads) under the weight of illegal immigration, not to mention the effect on our work force. Thank you for avoiding all the meaningless clichés and getting to the heart of the matter: our government needs to take action immediately...