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As part of a society driven by time management, many people choose the most convenient mode of transportation, regardless of the environmental consequences. But with gas prices soaring in the wake of hurricane Katrina, we are faced with a choice between saving money or saving time - taking the metro or taking the car.

If it's your first year at Concordia, you've probably been warned about the dreaded "freshman 15". But while long hours in class, late nights at the library and even later nights on the social scene can lead to speedy and significant weight-gain, it needn't be your fate.

Many students are well accustomed to temporary or part-time jobs that offer no security and, in many cases, meager minimum wage pay. But as new generations of students graduate and look for nine-to-five jobs with benefits and stability, they may find such positions to be in short supply.

Hello and welcome to Think Globally, The Concordian's new weekly look at current affairs. The goal of this column is to look at world events and issues, local, national and global, in ways you might not see in the mainstream press. I'll also try to highlight some stories that fly under the radar of the news industry and explain why they're significant.

"Laziness is the mother of all invention" -Garfield [Jim Davis] The school year is once again upon us and if you're anything like me, you'll try to procrastinate your way through it while doing as little work as possible. And luckily for people like us the internet has various resources besides Google, to help us che...errr...I mean, learn more effectively...yeah, that's the ticket.

Something struck me as I watched the Stingers beat the McGill Redmen at Molson Stadium Thursday night. I'd say out of the announced attendance of a little under 3000, less than 150 were Concordia students. Understandably the majority were McGill fans, but I think everyone was surprised at how big the difference was.

Watch TEEN girlz enlarg3 your mortg4ge by 100% GUARANTEED ALL-NA7URAL!!!11one It is estimated unsolicited bulk email - more commonly know as spam -will account for anywhere from 40-90 per cent of the 13 trillion email messages sent this year. Why do the bastards do it?

For the past three years, this space has been reserved for outgoing editor-in-chief Justin Way. When I became one of the sports editors at the beginning at this semester, Justin eased the transition to ensure that the sports section of The Concordian would remain as solid as it had been throughout the three years he has been with the paper.

The 2005 baseball season has officially begun. What happens this first week will likely have little effect on the final outcome of the season (just ask Johan Santana), so now is the ideal time to make a set of annual predictions. If you've been clamouring for season predictions, it's probably because most baseball writers dislike rocking the boat.

During the cold, wet and dark days of winter, the gym is a haven for fitness fanatics. Convenient location and climate control make it the ideal place to exercise. But with winter waning and spring having finally sprung, it's time to start thinking about taking your routine outdoors.

For more than a couple of weeks now I've been trying to think of a way to write a farewell piece without sounding self-righteous and egotistical. After spending the last four years as a member of this publication, however, I figured I had already crossed that boundary so many times there was little need to worry about doing it on this final occasion.

Tired of buggy, poorly designed and expensive software? Well the open-source movement thinks it can solve your woes. What is open source?