Karl Benacci, Features Editor
Hey,
your
by Elizabeth Sivesind
Knight Riddler Newspaper
Boy enters bar and sees girl.
Boy likes girl. Boy wants to
flirt, but his heart is in his
throat.
Boy buys
beverage,
avoids girl
and makes
a beeline
for his
chums at
the pool
table
faster than
you can
say, "Hey
baby,
what's
your sign?"
The No. 1 mistake men and
women make in the flirting
game, says dating and rela
tionships author and expert
Susan Bradley, is to not ap
proach a love match when
your heart and hormones are
prompting.
That said, Bradley has some
tips for the flirtatiously chal
lenged. Her lecture "How to
Flirt Without Appearing to Be
in Heat" was the keynote
speech at a recent singles
convention in Berkeley, Calif.
Part of the fun is audience
involvement. "I act like Lam
in an improv comedy theater
production and the audience
is my unwitting cast of char
acters," Bradley says. "Before
they know it they will be flirt
ing with each other and los
ing their shyness. We will try
all sorts of different flirting
techniques." A dance party
Crossword
ACROSS
1 Meeting
between lovers
6 In the future
11 Crane's arm
14 Truancy
15 Lily variety
16 Wallet bill
17 Needle boxes
18 Standing
19 Gotta Be
Me"
20 Observant one
22 Herb for felines
24 “The Mad"
mother of
Charles V
27 Ceremonial act
28 Green state?
29 Slugger's stat
32 Word
manufacturer
34 Frog’s cousin
35 Intelligence tests
determinations
37 Three-time U.S.
Open winner
39 Those showing
deferential
esteem
42 “Joanie Loves
Chachi” star
Scott
46 Changes to fit
47 Draw
48 Opera set in
Egypt
49 Remote button
50 Storage area
52 With venom
55 Dog’s warning
57 Rather or Marino
58 Greek colony
60 Spirited vigor
64 Gobbled up
65 Shutout
66 Part of ROK
67 Trawling device
68 Edgy
69 Agitated states
DOWN
1 Definite article
2 Decay
3 Are There"
4 Swanyiaked
5 Cicely of “The
Heart Is a
Lonely Hunter”
is that
pocket,
follows.
Bradley, who is trained as a
registered nurse and
hypnotherapist, travels the
world to teach singles how to
make their moves. Her clien
tele is half men and half
women, ranging in age from
mid-20s to mid-60s.
Bradley's approach is simple
and strategic. She calls it the
Repeated Contact Rule. Flirter
should make three contacts
with a flirtee in 45 minutes or
less. Environment does not
matter - restaurant, book
store, nightclub - but tactic
does.
The point of initial contact
is to get noticed for the right
reasons. A smile. Eye contact.
A walk-by with a meaningful
glance.
The second contact involves
an actual exchange of words,
usually a brief comment or, if
you are bold, a compliment.
Contact three is a conver
sation and the "defining mo
ment" in a flirting scenario.
(Hint: If you do not start a
conversation, how can you
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All rights reserved.
Solutions
6 Pasture portion
7 Narrow margin
8 2002 British
Open golf
champion
9 Smart guy?
10 Ivey or Elcar
11 Merging
12 Guest
13 Cell phone
precursors
21 Road surfaces
23 Tentative plan
24 Black shade
25 Lennon’s love
26 Actress Gardner
30 Stooped
31 Small cove
32 Ballplayer Jose
33 Along in years
36 Actress Garr
38 Dog’s best
43 Be in poor health
44 Neighbor of
friend?
39 Fast month of
Islam
40 Teach
41 Inferior, shiny
fabric
Wash.
45 Boat propeller
51 Lucas folk
53 Categorize
54 Oxen holder
a Beacon
0r...
55 Cotton-cleaning
devices
56 Roue
59 Holy sister
61 Med. picture
62 Stroke gently
63 Possesses
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Friday, January 24, 2003
ask them out?)
The best way to start gab
bing is by sliding into an al
ready existing discussion.
Eavesdrop. Do not be afraid
to chime in
on Oprah,
Enron or
taneously
ignite, never fear, says Brad
ley. "People meet someone
and they expect instant chem
istry. Those feelings are
chemical; it is nature's way of
getting couples together. Do
not write someone off if you
are not immediately attracted
to them. You could be pass
ing up your soul mate."
Remember, flirting is sup
posed to be fun and good love
is a good thing. "It's not love
that makes people unhappy;
it's people that make them
selves unhappy," says Bradley.
"It's the expectation that
someone should love you ex
actly the way you want to be
loved that makes people un
happy. Ask for 100 percent of
what you want 100 percent
of the time, but do not always
expect to get it. Be prepared
to negotiate."
You are
by Mary-Kathryn Craft
Knight Riddler Newspaper
Mary Hambright sometimes prepares
burgers, hot dogs or grilled cheese sand
wiches on a George Foreman grill in her
Waccamaw Hall dormitory room. But
most of the Coastal Carolina University
freshman’s meals consist of Hot Pockets,
Ramen Noodles, microwave popcorn or
Cocoa Puffs cereal.
Hambright isn’t different from most
college students. She chooses foods for
convenience and taste, often overlooking
nutritional value. Yet healthy foods and
proper nutrition are essential for students.
College students, most of whom are al
ready on irregular eating schedules, also
consume more junk food during finals
than other times of the school year, said
Ann Litt, a Washington, D.C., nutrition
ist and author of “The College Student's
Guide to Eating Well on Campus.” Bal
anced meals are important for focus dur
ing study time and often improve test per
formance, experts say.
Throughout the semester, most students
at Clemson University visit the grill lines
ordering hamburgers, chili dogs, pizza and
fried chicken, said food service director
Todd Littrell.
Though he’s seen an increase of veg
etarians on campus in recent years, most
students still stick to the junk food, he said.
“I try to remember back when I was that
age,” he said. “Nutrition wasn’t really that
important.”
Denise Elliott, CCU food service direc
tor, sees the same eating patterns among
students
“So many kids in general are growing
up on the fast food concept, and that’s
what they expect when they go off to col
lege,” she said.
The “freshman 15” is a common term
used to describe weight gain for college
students, but Litt said there’s no scientific
study that pinpoints how many pounds
students actually put on. Still, most stu-
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| A MARRIAGE MADE IN HEAVEN, SORT OF |
| A Spanish wife was reasonably happy in her six-year marriage, even |
| though her husband was frequently away on “business trips." It turns out |
| that hubby is actually a Catholic priest, who, when not with his wife and |
| their son, was out ministering to his flock. |
| THE SPUR-OF-THE-MOMENT GANG
| Two teenagers in Edmonton, Alberta, confronted a pizza-delivery man
| and tried to rob him of the four pies he was carrying. Then, they changed
| their minds and decided to steal the guy’s car. They got in and found that
| they didn’t know how to drive the vehicle, which had a stick shift with a
|clutch. So they went back to Plan A: Stealing the pizzas. A police spokes
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| how to operate pizzas.” They were arrested.
origami.
When in
doubt, ask
what they
do for a liv
ing and ap
pear to be
interested.
And if
sparks do
not instan-
what you eat
dents gain some weight,
When MTV’s “Road Rules” visited the
University of South Carolina, six cast
members were challenged to gain a cu
mulative 15 pounds in four hours. The
catch: they could only eat food stashed in
dorm rooms.
The group easily accomplished the mis
sion with the help of Hot Pockets, canned
pasta and a multitude of junk food.
Derek Clemmensen, a CCU junior from
This young lady likes egg and cheese sandwiches and
sharp knives.
Dallas, said he gained 10 pounds during
each his freshman and sophomore years.
This year, he lost 15 pounds. “I’ve been
so busy this year, I don’t eat as much,”
said Clemmensen, a resident adviser who
works on campus and is taking a full load
of sports medicine and psychology
classes.
There are ways to fight the weight gain
and get proper nutrition.
Substitute fruit and vegetables for chips
and sugary food during snack time. Set
and stick to a meal schedule.
Ensure balance at every meal by mix
ing fruits, vegetables, meats and grains.
One reason most students gain weight
in college is they don’t have regular meal
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by Mike Pingree, KRT Campus
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schedules, said Litt, who studied eating
habits at more than 100 colleges for her
book. Students eat sporadically sometimes
forgetting about food altogether and then
gorging when they feel hungry.
“They stress and kind of use food to
distract themselves and console them
selves,” she said.
Christina Gladmon, a CCU freshman
from Baltimore, said her meal patterns in
college are different from what they were
in high
Students don’t necessarily eat because
they are hungry, Litt said. They eat be
cause they are bored or want distractions
from the books. Many snack items are
what Litt calls “nonhunger foods,” or food
that will never satisfy appetites. These
foods, such as candy or chips, are for
munching, but not all nonhunger foods
have to be junk. Students should try baby
carrots, popcorn or fruit if they desire a
snack.
Throughout the semester, Hambright,
a marine science major, has used food as
a reward for studying.
“Food is a big part of my day,” she said.
“You study; you take a break; you eat a
snack.”
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school.
Then she had
a job and
school to oc-
cupy most of
her time and
parents to
guide what
food she ate.
Now, she has
much more
free time. For
many stu
dents, free
time and long
stretches of
studying are
filled with
snacks.