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June 28, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

What’s Your Favorite Flavor of Grass?

But if wheatgrass does detox your liver, I’d say students should be running to the store to get some – imagine a hangover cure that is all natural and actually helps you get out of bed!

June 20, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Tips to Working Out Safely with Music

Those little earbuds (or even those pesky large headphones!) can cause a lot of trouble for you while you get your Stairmaster on or while your feet are hitting the pavement around campus.

June 19, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Can Onions Really Keep You Healthy or Is it Just a Myth?

Recently, a friend told me about a homeopathic way to outfox a nasty cold or flu – by cutting the ends off of a red onion and leaving it on my desk. Figuring I had nothing to lose but a dollar on an onion, I gave it a try.

June 18, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Trust me. Flossing is Awesome.

Twice a year, we all end up in that strangely shaped chair, a masked and armed assistant poised over us and a spit-sucker draped precariously over our lower lip…

June 16, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Dumbbells Far Surpass Their Name

And while at first I was carrying them around because yes, they were strangely mine, one day I realized I was carrying them around because I ready for them. In fact, I was more than ready; I was using them.

June 15, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Become a Panther With Boot Camp

With Jazzercise fading into the past (though I do anticipate its revival – if roller derby can make a come back, leotards can too) and the Support Our Troops ribbons continuing to make sales, aerobics instructors everywhere have combined strength and endurance training with the popularity of patriotism. The result? Fitness Boot Camp.

June 14, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Your Hidden Super Power: The Nap

The good news is that you could have your cake and eat it too – you possess an almost superhero ability to be alert through all sorts of events: The Power Nap.

June 13, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Frenemies: The New Poison

Frenemies in real life may not be as vindictive and scheming as the ones we see on big and small screens, but they are certainly just as toxic. Research now suggests that this hybrid breed of acquaintance, half-friends, half-enemies, are bad for your health. Seriously.

June 12, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Healthy Eating: A Few Beefs with Breakfast

Part of my beef with breakfast is due to the fact that foods society has embraced as morning-acceptable are extremely unhealthy. Cold cereals such as Captain Crunch, and hot cereals like instant oatmeal, are laden with sugar. Cooked breakfast staples, like waffles or pancakes, bacon, and hash browns have more calories than the short walk to class from my residence hall can burn. And muffins? Those puppies are stuffed with your daily fat requirement. There are simply too many calories being offered at breakfast time.

June 7, 2010 | Alicia Ostarello

Bow-Wow! Dogs On Campus Relieve Finals Stress

College students are always looking for new ways to de-stress before we head into our German final or proof-read our Sociology thesis. Some of us might hit up the Rec Center’s masseuse while others may choose to run through sprinklers outside the dorms. But the students at UC Riverside have an even more unexpected option [...]

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