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Show Examine?: Tlie news page written by and for he i. On The Wet cnsssEmnzi standard.net -- cmramsa - http:www WeberDavis teens n - txstandard.net Phone: 625-421- 4 776-495- 1 he a y Lakeside Review iS Thursday, July 9, 1993 ie - kn- PJ1I1JOKI What SHOULD you pick off the menu on that midnight run to Taco Bell? J he "f By JENNIFER SMITH e TX. ' you a teen that wants to eat but finds it difficult you have no time or when you need to eat on the run? Do you wonder if its possible to have healthy fast food, or docs fast food to you mean greasy fries and fattening burgers? Amazingly, fast food restaurants are gradually offering more healthy selections. And that means many teens can still eat at all their favorite fast food joints, but with fewer fat grams and calories. There are the obvious healthy fast food places - bagel stores, pretzel stores, fruit juice makers, health stores and bread stores, which are storming the food industry with new health kick menus. Then there are the healthy fast food places, which offer a selection of a few delicious healthy items on their menus. Nicki Thomas, who will be a junior at Bonneville High School in the fall, said, At fast food restaurants I usually order a salad - its healthy and delicious! Salads are offered at almost every fast food restaurant and, unless you drench it with fattening dressing, it can be a very healthy alternative to the greasy burgers and fries. But if you're into something a bit more filling, Blake Citle, a senior in the d fall at Bonneville said, A Chick-fil-sandwich and a lemonade - thats my idea of a healthy lunch. Chick-fil-docs offer a variety of healthy food choices and there is a sign with nutritional information at each location so you can see the energy nutrients that you consume. Also, a lemonade noncarbonated, sugar-fre-e offers very few calories and is much better for you than the carbonated, soft drinks. Water also is a sugar-loade- d good drink to order, and usually its free, so it saves you money and calories. Kyle Read, a senior in the fall at Bonneville, says his favorite is the Veggie Delight sandwich at Subway -It's so-o- o good! Subway and other sandwich stores ofier a variety oflow-fa- l sandwiches that will satisfy anyone's taste buds. Just be sure to read the nutritional information carefully, because the seven grams of fat and under the store advertises to sell its sandwiches docs not include dressings and other toppings. Wendys baked potatoes and pita pockets are other favorites mentioned by teens, and also the Healthy Menu at Arbys. Taco Time, Taco Bell, Del Taco and Taco Maker all have some delicious healthy food choices, and Boston Market. Kentucky f ried Chicken and Kenny Rogers Roasters all offer chicken that is very filling, yummy, and lower in Are &" Mulan shatters stereotypes ar- - .hc nd on est or. ;es By DANI ALLRED TX correspondent with Anyone ng ily ho iy, 1, is- heard about how Disneys latest release is breaking all the old stereotypes of heroines. ' Why, then, does Mulan -- with her spunk and endearing clumsiness - have a personality similar to Ariel from The Little Mermaid? Why does the scene where the Hun army runs down the mountain seem an awful lot like the stampede that killed Mufasa in The Lion King? Why docs the comical sidekick Mushu have the same quick wit si, or - at lr- - !7, !io of Aladdin's nd cross-dressi- See MULAN4 SUMMER SCHMOOZING StandardNETs chat rooms are a perfect place for teenagers to schmooze. Or smooch - at least virtually. Use the image files to send lips, coffee cups, broken hearts and other graphics along with your online chat messages. Jump in any time, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to use the Chat Arena. Or show up at 8 p.m. each Wednesday to chat with our TX. mystery moderator at http:www.standard.net. Next weeks topic: So, what have you been doing this summer? The Bottom yno The housefly hums in the middle octave, key of F. POOR COPY : Food A es - if A perfectly-proportione- Sun-Tim- y char-broile- genie? In my opinion, if Disney really wants a new type of heroine, illustrators can Slop giving them all the d body of a Barbie doll. Everything is there in Mulan, from the love interest with his good looks (the describes him as Chicago looking alarmingly like Karl Malone) to the destiny ballad in which a questioning young person sings about becoming his or her true self. When will my reflection show who I am inside? wonders Mulan in a song painfully similar to Go the Distance in last years 1 Icrcules. Sure, she sets out to save her father, but thats how Belle from Beauty and the Beast ended up with the Beast. So why all the talk about breaking stereotypes? Well, one thing I noticed that was definitely different - this just may be the first Disney film with a nude scene. (Dont worry, folks. Its There is some mild violence, but nothing more devastating than when Bambis mother was shot. One main topic that comes up when discussing the film is gender stereotyping. Mulan, w ho is just a few notches short of being the next G.I. Jane, take a sledgehammer to the barrier when she dresses up as a man and renames herself Ping. Although such trickery is treason, which could catch her the death sentence, her cunning and bravery in battle eventually forces everyone to reevaluate their opinion of the weaker sex. In the final battle of the movie, Mulan comes up with a plan which includes nd 28 correspondent Itkjsii Hey teens dtton by BRCTT THOMAS Standard-Examine- r - are you searching for fast food fare thats lighter than air? fat than many other fast food selections. For a healthy guilt-fre- e dessert, try a non-fyogurt, sorbet, Pretclmakcr pretzel or a smoothie. When dining out, use common sense and check the iTtcnu. Most fast food joints do have some healthy items. You most likely will be able to tell if the food you're eating is nutritional or fattening, and every once in a while it is OK to splurge. However, splurging for Jake Allen, a junior at Bonneville High this fall, is the only way to go. If one servings less than 60 fat at grams, then it's healthy to me," he said. I le prefers greasy burgers and fries, and his favorite is the Big Mae at McDonalds. Ryan Smith, who just finished his freshman year at South Junior High, says, As long as it tastes good, 1 dont care how healthy it is. I need to gain weight! Jennifer Smith, a recent graduate of JlnnimiHe High Stltool, lores to he in the outdo, irs and to do anything attire. She also hkes to play piano, sing and perforin, and Ls considering a career in law, nutrition or travel. How to pick up members of the opposite sex By MATT! HOWARD TX cxxrespondont am going to discuss a topic I know almost nothing about. This isn't the first time I've done this, it's just the first time I'm going to admit I it. Today I'm going to ask the question burning on every teen's mind. Hey Matt! You seem to have a wealth of knowledge concerning things of the world, could you please tell me how to pick up attractive members of the opposite sex in public places? I would love to tell you how to do this, but my viewpoint can only be from the outside. The only experience I have is from watching some guy pick up on my date. Ill attempt to use the scenes I've watched when I was working in the mall, as well as stones I've heard, in order to figure out for social misfits (like me) who missed the class that teaches the perfect way to deal with such situations. First of all, you have to find a place where a large amount of members of your age group will be, as they like to say, hanging out." Some good ideas might be a mall, local fast food place, a or a stomp. Bad ideas might be Star Trek conventions, the livestock dance-chi- b, V tent at the state fjir or any science-fictio- n movie. y Dress up nice, bathe, splash on some cologne and prepare to step out into the social scene with confidence. Don't think about your acne or your total lack of muscle tone or the fact that your hat looks funny on you. Tell yourself these words, I am a strapping young buv.k with a lot to offer someone of the opposite gender. Practice smiling in front of the mirror a few times, and go over a few of your best lines. I lex once or twice, call up some of your friends, and go out on the town. During the afternoon, your local mall is no doubt crawling with your peers. Lvcrywherc you look will be groups of girls looking for the right guy . , . and who knows? It could be you. The mall system is a fairly easy one to figure out. Buy some food, sit at a table, and make eye contact with some After of your prospective pick-upbeing sutficiently encouraged by smiles and giggles from one table, your time to make the move is at (land. ou confidently stand and stroll over to the table. A smooth line such as. Afternoon, ladies," will never fail you. Conversation ensues, you make them laugh a few times, score a couple numbers, smile rakishly and walk ba.k s. to your table a hero. 1 hats whats supposed to happen. This is what actually happens. I go to the null with a crowd of my fiiends, wc stand around, get some food and cat. We cat in silence, and every now and then I glance up to see if anyone is looking at us. After a while, eye contact will be made with someone at another table, and 1 11 quickly look down at my food and resume shoving things into my mouth. I start to wonder if I look stupid while I eat, so I stop. I sit in my chair and get nervous . . . wondering if that gul is still looking at me. make suic my hair is OK, 1 look to see if there arc any stains on niv shut. I realize I'm fidgeting with my hands, so I sit on them. 1 Eventually the young ladies at the table will stand up and leave, and I'll relax again. My friends and I will comment on how hot they were and compare ratings; words like babe" or fly honey" will pepper the conversation. We'll all explain why wc didn't stand up and make the move. We'll congratulate each other for the efforts made and go play video games.' Wc sec a movie or something, then head home. 1 he evening eventually falls, and wc arc faced with a few options. We could pile into my Tempo and drive up and down the Vard a lew limes - get sworn at and threatened by gangsters 1 and cowboys - wc could go sec a movie and try to start a conversation with the poor conccssiomst girls, or we could go to a dance club. The Vard is a weird place to me. I can think of three times I've actually seen datable girls on it, and chances arc, ttiey were going somewhere and just happened to be there. The people I see arc the same people I saw every day while working at the buck movie theater. Big trucks, big hair, big belt buckles, and most probably big guns . under the scat. I think everyone who claims to have met a nice girl on the boulevard is a liar. The girls that cruise the Vard are the See SPCAK4 |