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Show Monday • April 20, 2009 B5 Five graphic novels you should read this spring Because reading books is such a winter thing IBENJAHIN BAILEY •r H Ufe writer Once the sun finally decides to show itself, you might be tempted to step outside and go for a walk, bike ride or one of those hike things everyone keeps talking about. While that's all fine and dandy if that's your thing, some of us would prefer to spend our time sleeping in, going to the movies and reading comic books. To those brave souls, here's a list of graphic novels to enjoy while you are not hiking to the Y, because some of us still have no idea what that means. EIN.1S DlLLffti * - . BOO ^ T H E Amazon.com Before he became a superstar Marvel writer, Matt Fraction wrote this delightfully deranged super spy tale. It's got everything, bizarre masked villains, robot orgies, erotic inter-dimensional encounters, and brutal shootouts in sky casinos. Throw in Gabriel Ba's sexy stylized artwork and you have one disturbingly awesome time. PART 3 OF LEAGUE OF EXTWORDIHilWGEHntEHIEfi Amazon.com Hopefully, you never saw the horrible Sean Connery film loosely based on this comic. If you did, set your prejudice aside and give it a shot, because it really is brilliant. The movie shares a title with Alan Moore's series, and that's about it. Artist Kevin O'Neill delivers an incredibly unique art style that gives Hie League Of Extrordinary Gentlemen a look all it's own. Amazon.com Stephen King's epic fantasy western thriller was ripe for the comic book treatment, and Marvel Comic's delivered just that. His strangely hypnotic world of gunslingers, wizards and demons is brought to life thanks to Peter David's writing and Jae Lee's beautiful artwork. The first collection, The Gunslinger Born, is great a starting place for anybody interested in this reality-bending magnum opus. Get on the bandwagon now,' because this dark superhero spy thriller has just been picked up for a film adaptation. Written by the always-amazing Ed Brubaker, Sleeper is the story of undercover sleeper agent Holden Carver as he tr^es to survive undetected in a supervillian terrorist organization. This is not a comic for kids, it's more like a superhero adventure meets The Departed, but if you're ok with mature content, it's definitely worth a read. V Amazon.com Amazon.com No, this is not.a wholesome religious comic book that the whole family can enjoy. From the mind of Garth Ennis, Preacher is really just a twisted journey through a nightmare America through the eyes of a super powered preacher, his assassin girlfriend and alcoholic vampire best friend. There isn't really any other way to sum up this series. Just go buy it. Camping around campus 3 Diet Experiment HAYLENENISTLERI T \\ ^- The HCG program encourages you to stick with it by promising quick and dramatic weight loss each day. Life writer Here are three local people's experiences with the diet. Each participant followed Dr. A.T.W. Simeons' program detailed in his manuscript "Pounds & Inches: A New Approach To Obesity." This program includes a 500 calorie diet and daily injections of the HCG (human chorionic gonadotropin) hormone. Derived from the urine of pregnant woman, the HCG hormone is hypothesized to release stored fat into the blood stream so it can be utilized. been a great experience. I have energy and I would do it again," said Paula. While on the program she didn't feel hungry, and became more sensitive to taste, enjoying the natural flavor foods have to offer. She also became more aware of food on TV commercials and how much our society revolves around food. Case Study One "I realize that food for me Nathan, a young man in is a habit and I don't need it his mid-twenties, is work- as much as I thought I did," ing a full time desk job while said Paula, "I have changed attending college. He lost my activities with my chil29 pounds afte'r completing dren to not include food. Rethe half HCG program (26 wards are not with food." days). "The hardest part," After struggling with exsaid Nathan, "was being so- treme diabetes for 18 years, cial and refusing unhealthy the HCG program and resultyet delicious goodies." ing weight loss helped her Nathan also had a diffi- cut her insulin dose in half. cult time playing basketball She can now go days without or working out while on the an insulin injection. program. During these physical excursions he felt more Case Study Three drained than usual and had less endurance. Tracy, a young woman Although he admits the in her mid-twenties, works program was challenging a full time desk job. She lost both mentally and physi- 20 pounds on the half procally, he concludes it was gram (26 days). While on ultimately worth it because the program, she found it exhe feels healthier and has tremely difficult to stick with learned to control his eating the restricted diet, but didn't habits. Since the program, cheat. Weekends were parNathan has kept the weight ticularly difficult because of off by making smart food social eating. choices and exercising regu"I told myself from the larly. beginning that if I was going to do the diet, I was going to do it, no matter how hard it Case Study Two was," said Tracy. "I had to Paula, a single mother take just one day at a time of two children, is in her and know that when I got on early forties and works a full the scale the next morning I time desk job. She lost 23 was going to weigh less than pounds with the full HCG the day before." program (40 days). "It has Watching the pounds shed so quickly motivated her to continue. As far as long term maintenance, Tracy feels the program taught her to view food differently, as a source of nutrition not entertainment. My Experience Impressed by the amount of weight lost each day, I can understand why those who seek immediate gratification love this program. I am in the middle of the half program (26 days), and am already experiencing greater self confidence and loving the way clothesfitme. However, I found the diet extremely hard to stick to after the first week. I love exotic foods and cooking. Also, sipping tea while your dinner date chows down on a BLT and fries at your favorite sports bar isn't fun. I've struggled to observe the diet exactly as directed, and realize when I stray, that no weight is lost the next day. I made a board to track my weight loss and this has helped motivate me to stick with it. I would recommend this program to those who seek an initial jump start into their weight loss, and whose schedules make exercising difficult. To read the first two installments of the UVU Review ' s HCG diet series, search for "Shaylene Nistler" at www.uvureview.com Find the closest getaways this summet • B E N GERALD3 KOA Provo, at 320 N 2050 W, Provo, has a swimming pool, bathCamping is a fun out- rooms with showers, and door activity that many cabins along the Provo people enjoy. The students River. Tel:801-375-2994 at UVU are very lucky to Tent is $23-$28 per night. be around so many easily Cabin $38-$45. accessible campgrounds. Here is a list of the closLakeside Campground, est get-away-from-the-city at 4000 W Center, Provo, campsites. is near Utah Lake and has bathrooms with hot showUtah Lake State Park, ers and a playground for located at the end of Provo kids. TeI:801-373-5267 Center Street, has clean $20 per night for two peobathrooms, hot show- ple. ers, water, and camping at the edge of Utah Lake. Rock Canyon campTeI:801-322-3770 $20 per ground, 12 miles south of night. Provo Canyon on Hwy 189, has water available Life writer METAL for campers and lots of trails in and around the mountains. Hope Campground, 5 miles south of Provo Canyon on Hwy 189, has water available and lots of trailheads into the mountains. Cherry Campground, from Springville, 8.3 miles east off of Hwy 79, has water available and inside Unita National Forest. There are many campgrounds to choose from in the state of Utah which can be found at http://www. Utah .com/camping/ from • B1 can check out the band by searching for them at myspace.com . . Forsaken Reminiscence W h e n : April 27, 7-10:30 p.m. will warm up the crowd, also donating their efforts W h e r e : Grand Ballroom for the benefit concert. Tickets: Free ,, The fund is in honor of UVU philosophy students Blake Donner and Jenn Galbraith, both of whom 2005. 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