Published by: Best Ten Campus Media Nanyan News Agency, Shenzhen Graduate School in Guangdong Province Four Pages PEKING UNIVERSITY The Nanyan Observer No. CUMU092017 Monday, 5 December. 2016 General Director: Megan Mancenido Chief Editor: Karras Lambert Managing Editor: Longjun Qin Tel: 0755-26032131 Info: [email protected] PKU Holds 8th Annual Thanksgiving Celebration comes to campus once a year. Min from the neighboring Tsinghua Macarena. Table of Contents University Graduate School. After After several weeks of groundwork a brief introduction, they invited As the Thanksgiving event's PKU Celebrates Thanksgiving..... and coordination between various the School of Transnational Law’s planning assistant, Yang Wandong schools, offices, and volunteers, Assistant Dean Christian Pangilinan of the School of Urban Planning .................................................A1 the much anticipated day had onto the stage to kick the night off Design says it was "awesome to Shenzhen Runner's Guide........... finally arrived. The Chancellor’s with the annual Thanksgiving toast. see things come together in its .................................................A2 Secretariat Office held the 8th Once again, the dinner’s turkeys own way, with everyone's effort, Annual Thanksgiving Celebration were catered by Metro in European then finally take shape in an event Financial Journalism Program...... in B-building's Moot Court. What Town, the side dishes were prepared that people enjoyed. That sense .................................................A3 originally started out as a modest by Frankie’s American Bar & Grille in of accomplishment is what made it All You Need is Ecuador............... get together to share an American Nanshan, and the peach and cherry worthwhile." tradition with Chinese friends cobblers from Baeckerei Thomas in .................................................A4 and colleagues has, over the Shekou. Attendees enjoyed turkey, As always, the annual years, turned into an international mashed potatoes, stuffing, pasta Thanksgiving celebration was a On the brisk Friday evening of celebration of togetherness and salad, and cobbler among other warm and genial event that brought November 25th, Moot Court looked thanks. things. Chinese and international populations a little different from its usual set on our campus together for a good up. Five long rows of orange tables Beginning as early as 9 AM, After eating and drinking, hosts meal and great songs. Special stretched from the stage to the staff and volunteers buzzed in and Thomas and Yan Min called on a few thanks to the Chancellor’s Secretariat back of the room, where they met out of the venue setting up tables audience volunteers to assist in the Office, CA Program, International another row of tables laden with ten and decorations in preparation for annual raffle, which saw four winners Association, and English Association turkeys and side dishes. Two people the evening. As night fell, the doors who each received a gift card to for organizing this event, with further manned the check-in desk, doling opened to a crowd of roughly 200 Starbucks. Soon after, the lights went support from the Peking University out raffle tickets, as others excitedly international and Chinese students dim and Edison Chang, one of eight HSBC Business School, School of took pictures in front of a makeshift from all of University Town's schools, Campus Community Advisors at PKU Transnational Law, Yinyuan Catering photobooth at the side of the room. faculty, and staff ready for a night of Shenzhen, started the evening’s KTV Company, and Happy Mealtime Festive jars and balloons dotted the food and KTV. session with his rendition of John Catering, as well as all the volunteers tables alongside evening programs Legend’s ‘All of Me’. The stage saw who made this event possible. and special thanks cards. Students, The night was guided by hosts many internationals and Chinese staff, and faculty chatted excitedly in Thomas Ciarán Zschocke of the students sign up to sing afterward, Reported by Megan Mancenido anticipation for an evening that only HSBC Business School and Yan including a big group dance to Page Editor & Design: Karras Lambert Shenzhen Graduate School A2 Special Monday, 5 December. 2016 PEKING UNIVERSITY Running Through 2016: An End-of-Year Guide to Shenzhen Marathons and Runs For all you runners out there, the end of the year is for more than just through Chun Can, Houhai, Shenzhen Bay Bridge and many more places. shopping, Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas parties. These last couple of There was also a 3km Fun Run for those who would like to participate but months of 2016 promise to be a festival of a different kind for those who love could not finish a longer race. to run. Coming up, the Shenzhen International Marathon will be held on For the past month of November, there were plenty of marathons, and December 18. The Shenzhen International Marathon, going on its fourth 5km or shorter events around the city, including in our very own University year, will offer a marathon (42.195km), a half-marathon (21.0975km) and a Town. For instance, the Color Run, dubbed the “happiest 5k on earth,” 6km run, accommodating a total of 30,000 people. was held on November 12 in the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center. Shenzhen is the final stop of the Color Run 2016 tour in China, after being The Dapeng New Year Marathon, to be held on Jan 1, 2017, has held in cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Nanjing. This is a 5 received 19,121 applications from 16 countries. Among them, 57% are km run with no ranking or timing so that everyone can participate. The most 35 years old and below, 38% between 35 and 50 and 5% above 50 years important thing is to appreciate the happiness of staying fit and healthy. old, with the oldest applicant being 74 years old. However, with only 3,000 Colored powder was given to all participants as part of the run. people as the cap, the acceptance rate is at 12%. In our own University Town, there were two running events in one week If you have never run a marathon before, 42.195km can seem like alone. On November 17, the Tsinghua Marathon Association organized an intimidating number. Of course it is no easy feat to prepare then run a 2.5km night run. Runners gather together and were given glow sticks a marathon, but once you’ve made the commitment to do it, it will be an and glittering light sticks to accompany them as they ran around the three incredible journey as you slowly build up and increase your distance. campuses. Baby steps are the key. The internet has proven to be a great source of information and advice for you to get started, and of course trainers are The following day, on November 18, the 37th Shenzhen Citizen Run, always a good idea. organized by the University Town Management Office was held in the University Town. Over 500 teachers and students from Tsing Hua University 2016 is coming to an end, and another new year is about to begin. Shenzhen Graduate School, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate Where are we now since our 2016 New Year resolutions? Have we School, HaErBin Institute of Technology Shenzhen, Southern Technological progressed, or digressed again? Most of us are guilty of setting unrealistic University, Shenzhen University Town Xili Elementary School and more goals and then not accomplishing them. Perhaps you need to treat it as attended this 2.5km run, bringing everyone from around University preparing for a marathon. Small parts building up to the big, final one race, Town together. It aims to promote a healthy lifestyle in citizens and bring and its these small daily steps that will bring you towards the end goal. That activeness into everyday life. being said, enjoy the last few days of 2016 and see how far you have come. Don’t underestimate your abilities and resolutions. The Shenzhen Nanshan Half Marathon also just ended on Nov 27. It is held every year on the last Sunday of November and attracts more than Reported by Yang Wandong 15,000 people. It started from the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, passing The Health Effects of Black Mold Imagine after a long and tiring day, you enter Humid environments such as the subtropical •Reproductive system problems your room in the hope of finding some peaceful climate we find ourselves in are susceptible to •Tiredness and discomfort sleep. But, after only a few minutes in the room, black mold. For those who have seen it but didn’t you feel out of breath and nauseated. Even after know what it was and ignored it, they may have So how can one get rid of this fungus if it taking proper medication, the condition remains soon realized how dangerous it can be. should appear? A common mistake is to simply uncured. repaint the walls or otherwise scratch the fungus Black mold, known scientifically as stachybotrys out, but that’s not all that helpful, as after a while The first thought that might have popped up in chartarum, not only impacts the respiratory it comes back and the method also costs a bit the minds of many people is that the room might system but also leads towards mental impairment, of money as well. The proper solution is not just be home to dust and is far from clean enough. breathing problems, damage to internal organs easy but affordable too! Rubbing a few drops of But what if the room is clean but the problem and sometimes even death. Following are the synthetic white vinegar or liquid bleach on the still persists? Even after cleaning the room or a main groups of symptoms toxic mold causes : affected areas of the wall or wood will help in house many times over, people can still witness combating the toxic mold.