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Let’s get PHYSICAL

The road to physical fitness is not paved with miracle pills, diet crazes or fitness fads. If you're looking to lose your love handles you have to be prepared to get a little sweaty. If you want to slim down, you've got to burn fat. If you want to burn fat, you've got to burn calories.

Media priorities give reason for worry

It seems that the media is on its final legs with regards to the tsunami disaster that devastated so many countries five weeks ago. While many will claim this is an injustice to those who have suffered, many will also be relieved they will no longer be bombarded with the same horrifying images day in and day out.

fashion 101

I am sad to say this is my final column because I loved writing every single one. I truly believe that everyone has the potential to look good. The problem is that many people don't bother to make an effort. So for my last column I will advise you on what kind of clothing items to look for and I will make a short list of shops to visit in the city.

time OUT

You really gotta love that, even after losing to the Concordia Stingers women's hockey team last Saturday, the St. FX X-women are still able to hold claim to a perfect record of 11-0. There is some justice in that victories against the likes of St. FX could help improve Concordia's national ranking, where they currently sit in third spot, trailing the #2-Laurier Golden Hawks and the unconquerable #1-Alberta Pandas.

Let’s get PHYSICAL

With February fast approaching, are you finding your New Year's resolution to get in shape is becoming as distant a memory as the warm weather? Sure, shorter days and frigid temperatures may seem like respectable excuses for ditching the gym, but they should, in fact, motivate you to get moving.

The world gets its act together

With their first commemoration of the Holocaust yesterday, the UN has demonstrated they are capable of viewing the atrocities of our history and respecting the importance of those violations. They did this not only by commemorating the Holocaust but also by concluding the session in only a day, whereas similar gatherings often last for days at a time.

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Cudos to CSU tsunami relief effort I had the incredible fortune to pass by the mezzanine last week as the CSU was hosting a day long effort to raise money for Tsunami victims. At one point, over 50 people stood at the top of the mezz watching break dancers as different clubs and organizations distributed information about their activities to onlookers.

time OUT

It's true that I, at times, tend to place an awful lot of significance on the Laval - Concordia rivalry in varsity sports. I hate them with a passion and wouldn't be sad to see their sports complex swallowed up by a gaping hellmouth. That having been said, after three and a half years, I still have certain affection for the McGill Redmen/Martlets.

Public transit gets a bad rap

Here's hoping the shuttle buses have their collective acts together because it looks as though we're heading into a cold spell that could send students hailing from outside provinces running back to the warmth and security of their respective homesteads. Talk to some of them and you might be surprised how many would actually favour a reliable weather forecast to the opportunities that Concordia could possibly offer them.

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Dear Editor, I was shocked but not surprised to recently read the Link headline claiming that the CSU violated their hiring agreement with their employees' union. I wasn't surprised, though, to see Christina Xydous at the helm of this so called controversy.

time OUT

There's nothing like going on a three hour drive to Quebec City. I did last Friday, to watch the Stingers take on my beloved Laval Rouge et Or. Despite the fact that we lost both games (being the second time that this has happened with yours truly in attendance, suspicion is beginning to rise that I might be some form of bad luck charm), I couldn't prevent myself from being at least modestly entertained by the grand spectacle that encompasses basketball games at the PEPS.

Plight of the Spoonman

For many people, especially students, the surrounding environment is something that becomes an integral part of one's existence. There is a certain degree of comfort in knowing that something, or someone, will always be there to remain a consistent part of our lives, unless of course we decide we want them, or it, to cease from being such.