4 I THURSDAY, OCT. 7, 2010 CARDBOARD COURT Carina Osborn (sophomore-kinesiology), right, votes for the Homecoming Court in the HUB-Robeson Center on Wednesday afternoon. Royalty Captains Sarah Frankwich (junior-supply chain and information systems), left, and Jackie Kline (senior-hotel, restaurant and institution management), middle, were in the HUB, laptops set up, encouraging people to vote for the court members. Website monitors eating habits, exercise program goals By Cassandra Wiggins FOR THE COLLEGIAN With laundry, midterms and homework, many students don't have time to think about working out or getting adequate nutrition but a new fitness program has come to Penn State to make living a healthy lifestyle a little easier. With the help of students Andrew Kinek (senior-advertising and public relations) and David John "DJ" Holland (senior-mar keting), ActivTrax a fitness pro gram founded in Gaithersburg, Md. is now available at Penn State. 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With the program, students aren't tied to a specific gym or fit ness center, he said. LOCAL "Activ'rrax is available at all the fitness facilities on campus. Even when a student leaves campus, they can still get customized work outs wherever [they] go," Atlas said. "The workouts are different every time they walk into the gym or workout at home. If a student goes from Gym A to Gym B, their workout is going to automatically reflect the equipment in each of those facilities." The program contains a weight management tool that includes more than 75,000 foods in its data base. The exercise component, which corresponds to the nutrition corn ponent, factors in the exercises completed by the student to show how many calories were con- Students to weigh in on ANGEL decision By Micah %Vintner COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Penn State's decision to find a new long-term course manage ment system will not be made without student representation, ANGEL program manager 'frrry O'Heron said. Council of Commonwealth Student Governments President Mohamed Raouda said he is happy the university is consider ing new course management sys tems that students may like more than ANGEL. But he also said the problem could've been addressed much earlier if students had a say in the Information Technology fee board. The IT fee, which pays for ANGEL, currently has no student input. "If the [IT] board took student input on a regular basis they would've known about the com plaints years ago," Raouda said. The eLearning Strategic Committee is evaluating Penn State's options for a new course management system. The com mittee is waiting for a recommen dation from the University Park Undergraduate Association and Student Affairs for a student rep resentative for the committee, O'Heron said. Raouda said students have had a platform to voice their opinion about ANGEL in the Shields Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB was established last year by the registrar's office, the Office of Student Aid and the bur- sumed that day, Atlas said "There are a lot of students who are intimidated by the gym and there are a lot of students that even when they are in the gym, they don't know how to properly work. This program can solve both those problems," Atlas said. "Because ActivTrax constructs a customized exercise program along with nutritional tracking, it makes getting in shape easy." Kinek, an ActivTrax user and intern, said ActivTrax is a great motivator and navigator for stu dents. "It's almost like a GPS for the am," he said. Melany Cordova (freshman criminal justice) agrees. ~ w it" 3Y ^~$~i;~a" `~': Open a new Student Banking Package. Add great features. 1 UP TO s7s* ; ,- 4,,. Get up to $75 and great student features! 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With student opinion in mind, O'Heron said the university is working to decide on a new course management system. Blackboard, Inc. (Bb) pur chased ANGEL Learning, Inc. in 2009. Penn State's Information Technology Services is renewing its ANGEL license and mainte nance agreement with Bb for next year while ITS considers new options for a course management system, O'Heron said. Two new potential systems, Desire2Learn and Moodle, are currently being piloted by stu dents and faculty this semester, O'Heron said. Surveys will be given to faculty and students to gain feedback on these systems. ITS might decide to keep and maintain ANGEL, which it can do because of its per petual rights to ANGEL's software license and source code. O'Heron said "cost-benefit analysis" will play a big role in what new course management system the university decides on. To e-mail reporter: maws43B@psu.edu 'As a student, it's hard to keep track of what you're eating, how often you're working out and if you're doing it right. I like how ActivTrax tailors to you," Cordova said. "It seem like it would make it easier for me to get the most out of my workout. It's like a personal trainer." If you click Students can enter the promo code "state" to get &student rate at the fitness website www.activtrax.com. The site provides customized exercise and nutrition plans for its cus tomers, and the cost is less than 50 cents per week.
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