I Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010 Dining halls launch ‘Eat Smart’ campaign Program to promote healthy eating By Julie Mastrine COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER In an effort to curb student fears about the closure of Simmons Dining Hall, Residence Dining launched a 12-week campaign to educate students about making healthful choices in all dining com mons kicking off with an inter active program. An interactive portion of the “Eat Smart” campaign will be fea tured in Findlay Commons every Wednesday dining dinner hours until Oct. 13, when it will move to Pollock Dining Commons for six weeks. “We’re really trying to show stu dents that no one has to be scared about Simmons closing,” said Jessica Mottilla, a student nutri tion assistant who helped with the event. Tonight, Findlay Commons will feature a Beverage Breakdown game, in which students will be able to play a card-matching game to learn which beverages are healthy or unhealthy. Some students said it’s impor tant that the university is target ing freshmen with healthy-eating initiatives. “It’s better to start educating students early on, so that they don’t have to figure out how to eat better after they’ve already gained weight or developed unhealthy habits,” Amanda Colonna (fresh man-world language education) said. Bo Swartz (freshman-psycholo gy) said teaching students to con trol their weight with healthy meals is especially important for them to avoid the “Freshman 15.” The interactive program kicked off last Wednesday in Findlay Commons and featured the game “Make a Meal.” Using the food on the menu that day, students had to put together a meal between 300 and 400 calo ries, with 10 grams of fat or less and won prizes if they were suc cessful, Mottilla (senior-nutrition al sciences) said. Make a Meal helped teach stu- r . I i* Celebrate with all your Zeno's Seasonal Favorites l y Bottle Shop Good Brews -Quick Ad deadline is tomorrow Sept. Q @kpm (Q j) r nta » c °knf r. H Olof i' I ] » The magazine is insetted into 20,000 copies of the (Daily Bottegian. T he Housing Issue >■ 'oe ■ Golleqian J AlDwffiw! H TP. 171. Thursday, Sept. Q No one has to be scared about Simmons closing.” Jessica Motllla student nutrition assistant dents about having a balanced plate, she said. “The dining commons have lots of different options, and nothing offered there can be considered junk food if you’re putting together the right food combinations,” Motilla said. T-shirts and water bottles were among prizes offered to students participating in the Eat Smart campaign. In the coming weeks, the cam paign will feature themes such as Top 10 Nutrients for College Students and Foods with Beautifiil Benefits, said Lisa Wandel, direc tor of residence dining. Having students interact with nutrition assistants and play games will make it easier for them to remember what they learn, as opposed to simply being lectured on the subject, she said. “We want to make sure we’re not just handing out brochures that people end up throwing on the floor anyway,” Wandel said. “These interactive activities are a good way to get little snippets of information through to students while they’re also having fun and winning prizes.” To e-mail reporter: jamsB7s@psu.edu If you go What: Eat Smart interactive campaign Where: Findlay Commons When: 5 to 7 p.m. today Details: The program will be featured every Wednesday until Oct 13, where it will then relo cate to Pollock Dining Commons. The Housing Issue of ( olleijian Magazine is timed to reach students just as tiu'if <ni' finalizing housing p/mts foi next iiear. This magazine is a {’crfcd advertising vehicle foi landlords. furniture dealers, electronics stores, cable TV tojn/umn’s. miti aim sforp fimf poridps room decor. Tlu.< is a HPir a»td eager audience! PMka&m<DatM: Collegian I Tuesday. Sept. 2 I Wlagazine LOCAL Textbook site helps Atlas fundraise One student has found a way to combine his work and his pas sion: He’s asking students to rent textbooks from Chegg.com so he can win money for the independ ent THON organization Atlas. If 500 textbooks are rented from Chegg.com using the code “Nittany,” Atlas member and Chegg.com campus ambassador Dan Levy will receive $750 to donate to Atlas. And if he places in the top five for sales among 50 campus ambassadors from vari ous universities, he will win an additional $l,OOO to benefit Atlas. Currently, Levy (senior-mar keting and psychology) has sold about 385 textbooks and sits at number five on the list. He said he has until the end of September to up his sales total and maintain his spot on the top 5 list. It’s a win-win situation for both the Atlas organization and all Penn State students, Levy said. By Megan Rogers COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Tell them t he daily you found it Collegian Students who rent books from Chegg.com which Levy said is the “Netflix of textbooks” will get a 5 percent discount on their order. Some students said the addi tional discount makes the low priced renting system an even bigger steal. “I told my mom how much I spent on textbooks and she was like, ‘Really, only $l5O on text books? I was expecting more than that,’ ” Ryan Staloff said. Staloff (senior-journalism and economics) estimates that he usually spends at least double what he spent this semester using Chegg.com. Sri Yelamarty (senior-chemical engineering and economics), who is also helping Levy adver tise, agrees the benefits are twofold. Though he only rented one book through Chegg.com because he needed to buy the rest, he said he recommends the website because it can greatly cut down the cost of textbooks. The Daily Collegian But since most Penn State stu dents have already purchased their textbooks, Levy said he is now reaching out to students at other schools that began classes recently. “Atlas has given a lot to me, so I figure this is a good way to give something back to Atlas," Levy said. Atlas Executive Chairwoman Meg O’Rourke (senior-life sci ence and psychology) said she thought Levy’s plan sounded “awesome” when she heard about it. Atlas has not yet determined where the money will go, she said though an independent Interfraternity Council/Panhell enic Dance Marathon organiza tion, the group also participates in activities like Homecoming and Relay for Life. “Everything that could poten tially be done to help Atlas, I was going to do,” Staloff said. To e-mail reporter: mers2oo@psu.edu *** College Ave.
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