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THE SPRING 2016 SENTRY IssUE 5 VOLUME 45 Inside: Force Awakens Review, page 3, Neuschwander: Alien?, page 4, Ditching Prom, page 8 Cancer Prevention Month St. Paddy’s Day six different cancers. Once the first two guidelines are followed, the last guideline is the easiest element Happy Saint out of the three. Being a healthy Patrick’s Day! weight is relatively easier to achieve with a healthy diet and physical activity. Especially in this month of February, it’s good to keep these guidelines in mind when choosing a next meal or what to eat for the day. There are many other ways to participate in Cancer Prevention Month. One way to prevent bad health The Sentry Staff wishes you a happy St. Patrick’s Day! is by doing research, and learning about the risk factors that play a role TILLY KAISER leaves. This plant is the iconic symbol in everyone’s lives. This way there associated with St. Patrick’s Day. He is a better chance of being more Every year on the 17th of March, is often shown in artworks holding a aware of the choices made towards people across the nation celebrate shamrock. The myth about St. Patrick anything health related, and make St. Patrick's Day, but who was St. and the Shamrock is that he had used greater choices in the food chosen for Patrick and why is he celebrated? the plants three leaves to explain the Eating healthy, doing excercsie, and maintaining a healthy weight are a next meal. Being aware or having Though he is associated with Ireland, Holy Trinity; Father, Spirit, and Son. ways to prevent cancer. some concern in the risk factors of he was not born there. St. Patrick was In the 18th Century, the Irish started A great healthy alternative is getting bad health is the first step to knowing born to Catholic parents in Britain, to wear clovers on March 17th, to more physical exercise. It’s important where to stand on prevention methods. which what was at the time part of show their Christian pride. This trend LARISSA JAMES to get the heart pumping and the blood What is one thing we all struggle the Roman Empire. He was born later grew to wearing green clothing. February is the month to get flowing to help move the body every with when it comes to changing during the 5th century and according Sadie Halbrook, sophomore, involved with what is known as day. Being active for even 30 minutes our health? Breaking bad habits. to the saintpatricksdayparade. explained, “I wear my favorite National Cancer Prevention Month. a day, with simple activities such as For sophomore student, Elora com, his given name is believed green underwear and eat cookies.” It's always a great time to renew walking, running, dancing, etc, will Gong, breaking a bad habit is to have been Maewyn Succat. In the 1840’s, the potato famine one’s efforts into a healthier lifestyle. not only help reduce the risk of colon something she is always working History.com explains that it was sent many of the Irish to New York. According to the American Institute cancer, but also many other cancers towards to be a better person. not until St. Patrick was sixteen It was here in America where St. for Cancer Research (AICR) there and diseases one can get due to lack of “Breaking bad habits may seem when he visited Ireland, but the Patrick’s Day Parades originally are three guidelines to help focus exercise. Exercise is really important hard at the time, but you’ll find to be trip was not a pleasant one. He had started. According to history.com, on the importance of good health. in the lives of many for example in thanking yourself later,” stated Gong. been kidnapped by Irish raiders the first record of a St. Patrick’s These include choosing plant based the life of VanCauteren he stated, Introducing multiple or even one and was being held captive. Six Day parade was in 1762 when a foods, being more physically active, “A lot of genetic factors involved healthy habit, can benefit someone years later St. Patrick escaped; group of Irish soldiers marched and aiming to be a healthy weight in getting cancer and those are things own life when they are older. An he then converted to Christianity. to a tavern in lower Manhattan. throughout one's life. All these you don’t have any control over, important thing to consider when Later, St. Patrick returned to Ireland Freshman Kassandra Clare’s acts closely contribute to cutting but there’s certain things you do making a new change is to start and spent the rest of his days working family celebrates St. Patrick’s day not only cancer risks, but also have control over. You have control small. Such as drinking more water, as a Christian missionary. On March with a traditional meal her mother preventing other chronic diseases. over if you smoke, or you drink too at least 8 glasses of water a day, or 17th, 461, St. Patrick died. He was cooks. “She makes corn beef, Irish By putting in effort into healthier much, or if you’re eating too much work on including more physical then forgotten for a long time. Legends soda bread, and yams,” Clare said. meal choices, such as adding or you’re eating the inappropriate exercise into a daily routine. Old and myths started to surround him. These St. Patrick’s Day celebratory vegetables, fruits, and or whole foods. So, you may as well try to do habits are hard to break but by According to history.com, legends traditions have grown to our now grains it is in fact helping one’s body the best that you can do with your taking baby steps at a time one can have it that St. Patrick drove all of extreme ways of celebrating this invigorate against cancer. Start off diet, exercise, your sleep and your actually achieve something great. the snakes out of Ireland and he had day. The parades in New York have by choosing more plant based foods. lifestyle to lessen your chance of Many obvious opportunities a reputation cleansing Ireland of grown to be up to around the size With this there is an advantage of getting a chronic disease like cancer.” to participate in National Cancer paganism. The myth was illogical of 150,000 participants and two limiting high-calorie meals in a Many like to work towards the Prevention month include because there were no snakes million spectators, according to diet. Concluded by AICR’s report, goal of being a healthier weight and volunteering at cancer awareness on Ireland to begin with as the Marching.com, and people deck red meats and processed meats being able to maintain it throughout fundraisers. But a great place to surrounding waters of Ireland are too out in as much of green as possible. are usually associated with colon their own life. According to the start is individually. Having personal cold for any snakes to migrate to there. “We dye everything in our house cancer. So, it is in fact better to limit American Institute for Cancer health goals to work towards in a St. Patrick was honored as green,” Clare said. “My dad red meats to 18 ounces a week and Research, not carrying too much healthy manner can put one at the Patron Saint of Ireland, once the sprinkles tic tacs around the house to avoid processed meats such as extra weight helps prevent the advantage of actually achieving them legends and myths grew larger. and pretends it’s leprechaun poop.” ham, hot dogs, bacon, and sausage. body from chronic diseases and and feeling better within themselves. The Shamrock is a plant that has three Daylight Savings Time who had encountered the idea in in October, all Amtrak trains in the ordinance,” adds timeanddate.com November. The extension of Daylight PERLA JIMENEZ the UK. Today he is often called the U.S. that are running on time stop at The U.S. Congress extended Saving Time into November has been Daylight Savings Time also ‘Father of Daylight Saving.’ Only 2:00 a.m. and wait one hour before daylights saving time to a period proposed as a way to encourage referred to DST starts Sunday, seven months, later the seasonal resuming. Overnight passengers are of ten months in 1974 and eight greater voter participation. In some March 13 this year, where in spring, time change was repealed. However, often surprised to find their train at months in 1975, in hopes to save years (2010, 2021, 2027, and 2032), clocks spring forward from 1:59 some cities, including Pittsburgh, a dead stop and their travel time an energy following the 1973 oil this will fall after Election Day, a.m. to 3:00 a.m.; in fall, clocks fall Boston, and New York, continued hour longer than expected. At the embargo. The trial period showed giving researchers the opportunity back from 1:59 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. to use it until President Franklin spring Daylight Saving Time change, that daylight savings saved the to gauge its effect on voter turnout. Daylight saving times was first D. Roosevelt instituted year-round trains instantaneously become energy equivalent of 10,000 barrels Over the winter, nights are longer proposed in England by British DST in the United States in 1942,” an hour behind schedule at 2:00 of oil each day, but daylight savings and crime rates tend to go up, and builder William Willett, who according to timeanddate.com a.m., but they just keep going and still proved to be controversial.