Maya Boyle
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 Campus Celeb: Samantha Miorin4/14/2012 |
Name: Samantha Miorin Year: 2014 Major: Forensic Biology Minor: Theater Arts Hometown: Wynantskill, NY What do you love most about looking at dead people? Maybe I’ve watched too many crime shows but I want to spend my life solving homicides and helping people that way. It’s also a puzzle… you get to put the pieces together and figure out the mystery of someone’s death. What inspired your theater arts minor? I’ve been acting since kindergarten and theater has always been a part of my life. Although I don’t want to do it professionally, I still love acting as a hobby and as a stress release from my schoolwork.
Why did you choose to go to Mount Holyoke? I chose Mount Holyoke because it felt like home. The community here is so welcoming, the women here are so inspiring. I’m glad I made the choice to come here because its made me a better person through my interaction with professors and peers. |
 Spring fashion: three trends to reinvent your style this season3/31/2012 |
To the surprise of many, our campus has been graced with a lush green, a flurry of unanticipated blossoms, and buds tentatively emerging from the skeletons of trees. Despite the recent crisp weather, it seems as if spring break’s 70-degree weather has emboldened the student body to shed their layers and venture out in sundresses and sandals, despite the 20-degree dip. We all seem determined to entice warmer weather with our spring wardrobes. What’s making the sun come out this year?
Blue, Yellow, Orange |
 5 Ways to De-stress During Midterms3/10/2012 |
5 Ways to De-Stress During Midterms
As the midterm season descends upon us all, it is easy to lose a sense of self amidst the studying and stress. Between the sheafs of study guides and sleepless nights, it is important to step back, take a break, and let go of the deep stresses in life.
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 Snacking Smartly and Other Stepping Stones to Living Healthily2/14/2012 |
Adolescents in America fight a battle of extremes: the obesity epidemic continues to rise, yet girls are faced with airbrushed and photoshopped girls from all angles, along with a steady influx of pressure from the media to exemplify the “ideal body.” Today for many girls, this means starving in a world where a cup of pasta becomes equated with failure. Social blog sites- Tumblr’s infamous “thinspo” blogs, for instance, perpetuate these unhealthy perceptions by promoting images of underweight or starving girls and posting their goals of starving throughout the day. Many of these blogs advertise themselves as “pro-ana” or “pro-mia,” or supporting anorexic and bulimic lifestyles. Surrounded with so few healthy alternatives, it is easy to feel lost and helpless about something that should be entirely in your control. The first step to resolution is balance. The most important aspect of leading a healthy lifestyle is earning how to take care of yourself in the most basic ways possible. There are simple steps that can keep you looking and feeling healthy and whole. • Get sleep: this is the easiest and most straightforward. The average teenager needs at least eight hours of sleep a night; those who get more sleep lose weight more than those who don’t. Looking at this logically, if you are sleeping, there is no way you are eating. The average person burns over 400 calories for every eight hours of sleep a night. • Calorie counters: there are multiple apps and online resources available for tracking food and exercise intake. Keep a calorie budget and stick to it. This prevents you from eating either too much or too little. When you know your limits, you will have a lesser chance of going too far in either extreme. • Be mindful of M & Cs: late at night, when your metabolism drops, the extra cookie or brownie can house the extra calories which you are looking to remove. |
