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THUftSOAY OCTOBER VOtUMI #99 ssmmoos lambda ISSUE #5 HAPPY HALLOWE'EN Thursday, October 23rd, 2003 LAMBDA Page 2 \\ Down the Road with the SGA/AGE" your wall swing by and check out the sale. Pub has changed its hours of food service and will On November 5th, our very own now be selling food from 11:30am to 4pm Stephanie Worton, Editor in Chief of Lambda will Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The Pub in with be hosting an Orientation Session for all students cooperation Aramark Food Services is serving up traditional grub, featuring interested in writing or participating in the biweekly some pub and daily lunch specials for your liking! I would strongly encourage publication of Lambda. The session will be held on all students to try out the food in the Pub Downunder. the third floor of the Student Centre in the student With the support of the Laurentian student body, Pub lounge at 4:00 pm fto 6:00 pm. This is not only a Management and the Students' General Association great opportunity for students to get involved on (SGA/AGE) can better work towards the possibility of campus, but a great way to work on your writing offering our students a greater selection of food serv- skills, learn about your school, and gain extra-curricu- ice here on campus. lar experience that is so necessary when entering the And, remember to check out our website at By: Erika Mieto working world. If you can't make it to the Orientation www.sga.laurentian.ca ! The SGA/AGE just recently Session, please contact Stephanie at 673-6548 or via SGA/AGE President revamped and recreated the old SGA/AGE website email at [email protected] . president® sqa.laurentian.ca during the summer. Starting in November the Next Friday October 31 st the Pub SGA/AGE will be posting a wide variety of pictures to Downunder will be hosting their very own Halloween Thursday and Friday (October 23 & 24) our web photo gallery. I would love to post some of This Bash with prizes to be given out for the best- from 9am to 6pm IMAGINUS POSTER your personal pictures of you and your friends (just dressed costume attires. So make a trip to Value SALE will be in the Bowling Alley. I would as long as they are pictures taken either on LU Village and rummage through their endless racks of definitely suggest taking a few minutes from your campus, or of LU related events). glitter and vintage to pull an outfit together. For those school schedule to browse around and check out You can send them via email to of you who are either non-creative or just too lazy to the world of posters that IMAGINUS has to offer. president ©sga.laurentian.ca or drop them off at our put outfit together Party Novelties on the Kingsway or They have posters from the movie Scarface, to office (Student Centre room 212 - the floor above Stage & Street Dance beside the Grande Night Club celebs like Brad Pitt, to impressions by Vincent Van the Great Hall). 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(PJAT&T Corp. Used under License 560-5747 Thursday, October 23rd, 2003 LAMBDA Page 3 ASK AllhThe In-House Advice Guru Ask Alii associated with your lack of sleep. thing low-key until you feel drowsy. Becky Lein Munson (2000), who is an Watching TV may make you hyper. RN and also the president of the Question:Hi Alii! I am a first Exercise regularly—ideally, six National Association for Nurses in year Biology student. I live in hours before bedtime. In one study a Virginia, has conducted much residence and it seems as well-timed aerobic workout increased research in the area of sleep. though I can never get my work fin- deep (restorative) sleep for 33 per- According to her research scientists ished without staying up all night. My cent of participants. estimate that 80% of Americans are roommate is loud and parties all the chronically sleep-deprived. She also Stifle drink time. Don't get me wrong, I like to the stimulants. Don't states most adults should sleep 1 to party too, but when it's time for home- caffeinated beverages—coffee, cola, 2 hours more per night to feel I or after work I wish that could just get some or black green tea— midday. refreshed in the morning (Munson, peace and quiet. I end up losing Forget the nightcap as well. Alcohol- 2000). According to this same article sleep because I have to stay up all induced sleep lacks crucial dream people ages 12 to 21 years of age night to get my assignments finished. time, and once your body has metab- require about 9 hours of sleep per This means that I go to class olized the booze, a rebound effect night, and adults ages 22 and up Lambda Publications is the tired and I can't always concentrate. can wake you. need 8 to 10 hours of sleep per night This is stressing me out and it affect- bi-weekly student news- (Munson, 2000). Replace cocktail hour with a ing other areas of my life. I am now Munson's (2000), says that " starting to take my frustrations out on "worry hour. Take a few minutes paper of, by and for the during sleep, the body renews tis- my friends and family. Can you every day to record what keeps you sues, forms new red blood cells, and at night. Experts writing in a students of Laurentian please give me some suggestions as up say releases growth hormones. journal works especially well for the to how I can deal with this my stress- Interrupted sleep that disrupts the kind of insomnia that plagues busy University. Lambda is ful situation! release of these growth hormones people. For maximum de-stressing, funded through a direct may impede physical and emotional do it well before bedtime. Well it certainly Answer: recent studies appears as though you are growth. Furthermore, student levy by the mem- show that during sleep, the brain RITUALS being faced with a lot of sepa- processes and organizes all the new bers of the Students' rate issues. All of which are normal information obtained during the day. Give yourself some quiet time. for first year students. Students who are sleep-deprived can Light reading, meditation and prayer, General Association. In my experience living in or lis- lose up to of what they studied 2 yoga and deep breathing while residence you are not always paired 30% days earlier (Munson, 2000). tening to music all can help you with someone who has the same This sleep expert also states unwind. While you're at it, sip a cup 5CE301 Student Centre interests and academic drive as your- that sleep deprivation can cause sig- of something soothing like chamomile self. This can cause some tension with honey. nificant behavioral changes, such as tea or warm milk Do Laurentian University and can also affect your studies. It is these things at the same time every irritability, short temper, and impa- Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6 very important to develop some com- tience.