Take Note: 6 Wednesday, Aug. 30,2006 Movie on the HPER field. Tonight at 9 p.m. "Mission Impossible 3." 797-1769 features@statesman.usu.edu Focus: Student Health SIOJIS BY MANETTE NEWBOLD Senior Writer For too many students, moving to college means zza, French fries, Spaghettios and developing habthat could have effects on not only their campus eriences, but the rest of their lives. Eating poorly during the dorm years will have toll on students and their productivity as they are trying to study, work and have social lives, said USU Clinical Professor Janet Anderson. One of my main concerns is they're not going to feel good," Anderson said. If they put bad fuel in .- the gas tank, they're not going to be able to perform as well in everything they have to do." According to a study done in 2000 by T\ifts University, 60 percent of all American college students ate too much saturated fat and 59 percent of students said their diets had gone "downhill1* since they started classes. Anderson, who teaches in the department of nutrition and food sciences, said students who lack in making healthy eating choices risk gaining weight and getting sick. Anderson said students who don't make healthy habits risk facing severe problems. Long-term effects of eating foods high in calories and fat may lead to heart disease, cancer, - > • • — • Another turn-around for the Carousel BY EMMA TIPPETTS Features Editor The Carousel Square has spun its way into a new dining service available to all students with extended hours and a new, expanded menu. The Carousel Square, now called the Marketplace Eatery, is located on the second floor of the Taggart Student Center and offers students a fresh alternative to campus eats. Chuck Weaver, director of Food Services, said one of the goals of the new Marketplace is to create an environment that can guarantee the freshness of the product and give the customer the ability to customize their meal options. "The food is different, some elements stayed the same, but the way we deliver is better," Weaver said. Most of the food items are made to order, he said, rather than prepared ahead of time and served out of the kitchen. The Marketplace is an all-youcan-eat smorgasbord of fresh choices. When students walk in, they will notice a few changes to both the menu and the environment. The Marketplace is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and each meal is a flat rate for all the food you can eat, including a variety of available dishes like a Mongolian grill, American grill, Mexican and Italian bar, a dessert buffet and an expanded fresh deli section. A full breakfast menu is also available, serving bulk cereals, milk, waffles, bagels, muffins, pastries and hot breakfast menu items made to order. Weaver said students and faculty have the option to make everything from omelets to toast hot off the grill starting at 7 a.m. Monday through Friday. "We have the ability to make fresh pizza by the slice, roasts cut to order, fresh tortillas and salsas from the Mexican bar and Aggie ice cream with all the toppings," Weaver said. "All concepts are prepared with the ability to expand the current menus." •CAROUSEL see page 8 The new "South Geek Dietfff It seems like f a d diets are the t r e n d these days. M u c h like similar trends s u c h as p e t rocks, b i g hair a n d b a t h i n g , t h e s e n e w diets a r e Steve Shinney i n - s t y l e , hip and really stupid. But they also m a k e money, Geek Beat a n d since I'm required by my '80s upbringing and U.S. law to be a greedy capitalist pig, I'd like to introduce you all to my very own fad diet. I call it the South Geek Diet. Now I'm sure there are some of you out there — and I'm thinking of my wife, my doctor and anyone who attended the 2004 Wimbledon — may be saying, "Hey Steve, we've seen you naked and you have no business creating your own diet plan." And you're probably right: I am the proud owner of a physique that makes Gumby look like the Russian in "Rocky 4." The thing is, though, I know why my body has gone to crap, which puts me in the perfect position to help you avoid the same problem. I've also spent a lot of time reading stuff that runs in other papers. Every year it seems that various universities perform studies to find out the reasons behind the "Freshman 15." Like most university studies, this is a scam to distract the government from the killer robot program in the steam tunnels. I'll tell you why freshmen tend to gain a few extra pounds their first year at college. At some point in every college student's first year living alone, a time will come when the student is hungry. The usual fresh vegetables and meat will be gone from the fridge and the student will be too involved in a "Dharma and Greg" marathon to go to the store. In the back of the fridge behind the baking soda, there will 2/3 of a can of frosting. As soon as the subject realizes that a partially eaten can of frosting is 50 percent of the ingredients for a traditional college meal — the other is a spoon — the damage has been done. This is pretty much exactly how I transformed from a high school senior with washboard abs and biceps that could crush walnuts into the college freshman who considers sneezing a full-body workout. 1 blame my mother, or more specifically, the lack of my mother. Every since I was a small child, my mother has told me what should and should not go in my mouth. I've come to trust _ Jprget her gentle lat filthy thing >uth, you don't been." Tapped me. r did actually know where it had been. I just never told her because that would probably have made it worse. I'm sure most of you have had similar experiences since you've moved out on your own. Jamie (rane/jamiecrane@ctusu.edu BRAD ClARKE (LEFT) IS A SENIOR studyingfinanceand culinary arts, Jonathan Chen (right) is an undeclared freshman. Both > SOUTH GEEK DIET work at the American grill in the new Marketplace on the second floor of the TSC. see page 9