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02/5/12

All about Sports Drinks

By Jessica Pirnak Year 3, Dietetics

It’s February, which means you’ve had a whole month to stick to your New Years Resolutions. If you’re like most people who want to workout more this year, you have probably noticed other gym users drinking sports drinks while running on a treadmill for half an hour. But does this make sense? 30 minutes of cardio at the gym results in 300 calories being burned. Therefore, if you drink something like Gatorade you are adding 50 calories to your workout and are actually only burning off 250 calories. However, if you’re only trying to rehydrate yourself, are sports drinks the best way to quench your thirst? Continue reading →

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02/2/12

Umbrella Awareness

By Kacper Wardynski, Gage Residence Advisor

It would be an understatement to say that Vancouver is a rainy city, this winter has been fairly mild, however if there’s one thing Vancouver is known for, it’s ridiculous amounts of perpetual precipitation. With that comes the need for umbrellas, and with umbrellas come people who have absolutely no spatial awareness or regard for the Umbrella Code. Continue reading →

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02/2/12

Budgeting 101: Not breaking bank

By Jonathan Chan, Gage Residence Advisor

Tired of (illegally) photocopying entire textbooks, wearing wet socks from inadequately air-drying wet laundry and still having a credit score that is less than your score on an average bowling game? Well, there’s no escaping these things if you want to budget your money! However, here are a few other ways to save money by increasing savings and reducing expenses. Continue reading →

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02/2/12

Food for Chinese New Year: It’s all in the name


 

Food and family are what Chinese New Year is all about. For two weeks, there are celebrations of feasts, visit family, and receiving pocket money. One of the more important events throughout the two weeks is the big family meal on Chinese New Year’s Eve. Foods with positive connotations will be served, and precious and more expensive delicacies will be shared with the family. Living in a multicultural society, we like to incorporate food inspirations from other cultures into their cooking. Chinese cuisine has often been incorporated into fusion and west coast cuisine. Continue reading →

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02/2/12

You’re looking for a job, and so is everyone else.

by Roshni D’Souza, North Tower Advisor

Summer may seem far away, but it’s approaching much quicker than you think. Deadlines for many job applications are also happening soon, something that a lot of students don’t figure out until it is too late. Many employers who hire students for the summer are already recruiting and will have hired the students they need by March. Applying for a hundred summer jobs right now doesn’t seem very fun, but it is also not fun to be applying for positions that have already been filled. Continue reading →

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12/22/11

RENT: The Suite Style Musical

Rent is a rock musical based on Giacomo Puccini‘s opera La bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

The Suite Style Musical aims to connect students from various disciplines through this collaboration, and at the same time develop an appreciation for music and art.

Auditions for the cast and band will be held on the first week of January, depending on availability.  Anyone interested in being involved (Cast, Band, Crew) should contact John Manson and Ali Lee at suitestyle.musical@gmail.com.   Do check out our Facebook group and Twitter (@ubcss_musical) for updates!

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