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Is canvassing a good job for students? Do you have what it takes to champion your cause?

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.

Varsity athletes in college live and breathe their game. However, it’s starting to become more of a part-time job than just a friendly competition.

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.

Travel journalist Victoria Baker knows a good story when she sees one. The thirty-year-old Brit and reporter for the Guardian packed her bags and set off to South America where she won the hearts of locals by sleeping on their couches.

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.

While the current research still leaves room to justify your choice to consume HFCS, I’ll take my chances spending more for less, instead of risking it with HFCS!

If you’re like most college students, you or your parents had to take out student loans in order to pay for your education. The rising cost of tuition, housing, food and books has made student loans more prevalent in today’s society.

Making new friends is easy but it takes some well worth it effort to keep up with the old. Both old and new friends offer an important perspective, neither of which should be lost at the expense of the other.

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.