Facebook has undergone yet another design layout. The layout that once baffled users is now known as the “old” Facebook.
The change switches the style from a vertical to a more horizontal theme. The Wall and News Feed stretches across the page, making it the center focus of the page.
The main friends list now includes all friends, instead of the primary network. Tabs now separate the Wall, info, photo and the new boxes feature.
Kelly Young: a junior in public relations, and her boyfriend Austin Trizzino are on the new reality show “Baby Borrowers.” CONTRIBUTED
Kelly Young, a junior majoring in public relations from Dunwoody, Ga., has taken part in the newest reality show on NBC, “The Baby Borrowers.”
“The Baby Borrowers,” — derived from the British TV show of the same name — is described by NBC as a social experiment in which five couples, ages18-20, are put on the “fast-track to adulthood” by living in their own house and taking on adult responsibilities.
Each couple was given a baby for several days, then a toddler, pre-teens, teenagers and to top it all off, senior citizens. The show gave the couples an opportunity to look into the future and see what life would be like if they decide to have children.
Young decided to apply for the show after she saw an advertisement on the NBC Web site.
After a month-long screening process, Young and her boyfriend, Austin Trizzino, were selected.
Going into the show, Young did feel a bit apprehensive.
“I was nervous because I didn’t know what to expect,” Young said. “We were cut off from the world, no connection, no books, no magazines, no Internet, no cell phones, no TV. So that was a little scary, and I obviously have never done a reality TV show before, so I didn’t know if the microphones would be on all the time, if they would be watching all the time.”
William Woodall: a junior majoring in software engineering, works on some electronics. The constant growth of technology has created a new field of waste that must be addressed. Lindsey Davidson / PHOTO EDITOR
Ever wonder what happened to your Windows 98 PC? What about that old Nokia 3210 cell phone that only had three features–Talk, Phone Book and End? Chances are it was sent to a landfill where it still sits to this day.
With new technology and continual upgrades on the rise, people feel the pressing need to always replace.
But what happens when you upgrade to the new iPod with a brighter screen and an extra 20 GB of memory? Your old iPod suddenly becomes a thing of the past, and it is immediately thrown out, where it will join the ranks of millions of other gadgets alike and become what is known as e-waste.
Dane Grovenstein, a junior in pre-dentistry, normally trashes his electronics, but he hopes to change that one day.
“When I do need to replace my old electronics, I usually just throw them away, but the plan is to change that,” Grovenstein said. “I want to recycle because most of our trash doesn’t degrade. We just throw it in landfills, and it just sits there.”
According to a report: released by the Centers for Disease Control, the childhood obesity rate has leveled off after a 25-year increase. National efforts to combat the problem seem to be having an effect on the rate, although some still argue the issue has yet to be completely
The obesity rate in children is beginning to level off after a 25-year increase. A recent study shows the number of children who are obese has not had a significant rise since 2004, with the largest spike being from 1980 to that time.
Until 2006, about 32 percent of children were overweight, 16 percent were obese and 11 percent were classified as extremely obese.
A nationwide effort has gotten under way in fighting the disease. Fast food restaurants no longer promote super-sized meals. Some schools no longer serve fried food. Parents are beginning to monitor their child’s food consumption and calorie intake.
“Anytime there is a crisis of any type, people start working on that problem,” states Barbara Struempler, a professor in nutrition. “We need to come up with a different mind-set.”
School systems across the country have also been taking measures to ensure a healthier lifestyle. Many schools have removed the traditional, high-calorie snack choices and replaced them with healthier alternatives. Some schools have even gone as far as to extract vending machines altogether.
“When I was younger, my school would always have pizza and fried foods, along with the snacks in the vending machine. It was never a healthy environment for growing children,” says Julie Larsen, a junior in biomedical sciences.
