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The * After the demonstrations students sinc site represents a, "Collaboration The first of the advanced were left to their own devices to between the LTA consortium of (Art packages was explore the packages with organized Music and Theatre and 'Photo Shop' which allowed the assistant helpers at hand. Instructional Computing," Erickson creation of collages and digital This is a facility which should said. images to be retouched and not be viewed as a regular sinc site. Eager students and faculty software The intention of this site is to, "Raise Sfu/esman/Ru/hChung packed the computer room filled package On show, the computer literacy of arts The SlNC site is in the Fine Arts Center. with 21 Macintosh G39s and an array "Pagemaker" enabled the creation of students." It is meant not as another of other hi-tech equipment to watch layout magazines and word processing site but as an create new work and to experiment with the latest computer technology. demonstrations given by Christa postcards. environment for art students to ege Student Loses 245 bs on Subway Diet Jared Fogle chewed his way to better health. Nelda Mercer, a registered dietitian with Health Media largest sold by big-and-tall men's stores - and pants with 60- Fogle went from a hefty 425 pounds to a much slimmer Inc. in Ann Arbor, Mich., and a spokeswoman for the inch waists. He often fell asleep in class and found himself 180 pounds by eating almost nothing but low-calorie, low- Amerisan Dietetic Association, said Fogle ate "relatively short of breath after walking one or two blocks. fat sandwiches from a Subway sandwich shop for nearly a healthy" during his diet because several food groups are Worried about his health and unhappy about his year. represented in the sandwiches. She said he probably should appearance, he found salvation at the Subway shop next door When Subway executives got word that Fogle had shed have included skim milk or yogurt to ensure he was getting to his off-campus apartment. One evening in mid-March 1998, .245 pounds from his 6-foot-2 frame, they put him in a enough calcium. he suddenly decided to live on a steady diet of the franchise's commercial now being aired around the country. She added that most people probably would become low-fat subs. The 30-second spot was filmed on a sunny December bored quickly by Fogle's repetitive mealtime regimen and From then until late February 1999,he followedvirtually day in Pasadena, Calif. It begins with a picture of the old gone off the diet. Instead of quick-fix diets, the ADA the same mealtime routine every day. He skipped breakfast. Jared Fogle, then cuts to images of the new Jared Fogle recommends lifestyle changes: eating the right foods, He had a 6-inch turkey breast sub, small bag of baked Lays cheerfully ordering a Subway sandwich and eating it on a consuming fewer calories and exercising. potato chips and Diet Coke for lunch. He downed a foot- park bench. Fogle, 22, a senior in business management at Indiana long veggie sub and a Diet Coke for diner. "We're not saying that his diet is right for you. You University, started steadily gaining weight when he was in Total daily dietary intake: about 1,000 calories. should talk to your doctor first," the announcer says. "But it the third or fourth grade and continued to do so throughout "The biggest question people would ask me was, 'Did is food for thought." high school, despite frequent warnings from his father, you ever get sick of it?' and I never did," Fogle said. "Every A year of veggie subs is not the dream diet for everyone. Indianapolis physician Norman Fogle. time I would come in here, I would sort of be excited about it, Michele Klotzer, a spokeswoman for Milford, Corm.- "I never listened, you know," the younger Fogle said in knowing I was going to get to eat this sandwich. I don't know based Subway, concurs. an interview. "It went in one ear and out the other. It didn't why." "We're very proud of Jared's accomplishment, and cause me to change my ways. It had to be me who wanted to Only a few meals, usually during holidays or other special we're pleased that our low-fat sandwiches could fit into his do that." occasions,didn't include a Subway sandwich.At those times, meal plan, but it's not a diet that we endorse by any means," At college, Fogle's weight skyrocketed and he became he always was careful to eat small portions of low-fat fd. she'said. dangerously obese. He wore size XXXXXXL shirts - the Fogle weighed 180 pounds when he ended the diet but I I~ ---,I-- decided that he had become too thin, so he gained a few I TOP OUALBTP SERVICE I pounds. He has maintained his current weight for nearly a year by taking in about 2,200 well-balanced calories each day and walking daily. "I'm about 186 or 187 right now, which is where I want to be," Fogle said. Fogle said while the offbeat diet worked for him, others desiring to lose weight mav have to trv somethine else and. Timing Belts .Brakes .Tires 1' DOMESTIC I Tune Ups STONY BROOK BEUERRGE,INC. - ASE & ATCP COLD BEER. 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A~~~~ (jodf notices from Campus Residences. professor and president of To make ;oom for the increase University Senate, agrees that in enrolled freshmen, Stony Brook was, u~otwidely publicize University is denying resident " The assumption has been mad students housing after they have that it's easy to find off-campu lived on campus for eight semesters. housing at a reasonable price. However, the National Center Godfrey said. a terrible id for Education Statistics reports that In a previous Statesman arti the amount of time it takes students from April 16, 1998, Dan Ma to graduate has greatly increased. then a member of the task force According to the NCES' findings, designated to alleviate the pressure recently published in the college on dorms, said, "We want students publication Student Advantage to graduate in four years, but once Magazine, between 1977 and 19909 they have their four years, they students receiving bachelor's become a lower priority.m degrees within four years of high ln october 1999, united for off-campus housing, and concern senior residents. school declined from 45 percent to University Professions adopt 31 percent, while those completing resolution opposing the housing complex. priority does go to the incoming their degrees more than six years housing policy. ~h~ UUP is a This new building, for juniors freshman and that is a "reasonable after high school increased from 25 ~~ff~l~based affiliation of nearly and seniors who have previously expectation." percent to 32 percent. 300 members that passed the lived in a residence hall, will be Many students have taken issue Since the early spring of 1999, resolution by unanimousacclaim. ln constructed behind Roosevelt Quad with this new policy and protests are these students have received letters all, there are seven to the with an expected opening date currently in the works. Jamel Jones that cite the university's "significant resolution, each citing a reason why, around August 2001. Addoh, a member of Malik Sigma enrollment growth ....along with the "the eight semester rule places a According to Associate Provost Psi, is a firm combatant of the renovation of the residence hardship on all students." of Enrollment Manny London, the policy. "Students didn't know about halls ...(and) a larger number of new ~~~~l~~~ ~~~h~~~ is the problr facing resident students this issue. The way the a and continuing students wishing to ~i~~~~~~of~dministrative services are not likely to cease. "The housing administration let people know g live in campus housing," as the for campus id^^^^^.