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Show 4'V MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2007 Life • ! ' ' • should be degrbes 10. ultimate frisbee . •/•• 9. waiting tables j t \\ 8. home teaching' / { • Education *r • !. * i i •* ' 7. summer sales "The lack of sleep con affect every aspect of life!' ' , 6. Making The Band : 5. call center specialist 4. top ten writing .3. donating plasma 2. mediocre filmmakingpresented by Halestorm Entertainment 1. multi-level marketing w,, and always will be. But finding the balance between a social life and an academic life is vital for successful time spent in school. It's just hard to stay up all night and then wake up en- thused for classes that day. Your brain is much more useful for a test when it has had an adaquate nights sleep the night before than when you stay up all night studying. Duke University, in North Carolina, went as far as creating '"The Oasis" on its campus. The Oasis is a calm, quiet room where students can go to relax and forget about the stress. The room offers massage chairs, floorto-ceiling windows B 3 READING from Bl SLEEP fromBl Top Ten . THE COLLEGE TIMES and a water fountain. UVSC has the Student Center with Love Sacs, plenty of cushioned chairs and a big screen for those students that need a calm place to unwind. Linda Slater Dowling, a certified natural health professional, and CEO and founder of the Nutritional Institute, posted an informative article entitled "Waking Up to the Benefits of Sleep" in 2005 on her Web site, studentformula.com The entire Web site is focused and dedicated to helping students succeed. Dowling discusses how the lack of sleep can affect every aspect of life, and can lead to problems - including being less productive, crabby, depressed, and obese in some cases. So.whileenrouteto your dreams, whatever they may be, remember to get some sleep. near the border), Bowden illustrated to the students what exactly it is to be a Mexican emigrant, and why so many Mexicans are emigrating to the United States. After hearing Bowden's remarks, many in the audience couldn't help but feel a great deal of empathy for Mexican emigrants. The problem, as he put it, is that Mexico is falling apart, and Mexicans are unable to stay in their home country. Several specific issues contributing to the immigration problem such as NAFTA and the drug war were also discussed. Bowden advocated traveling as a way to stay in touch with the world, and also added "You can't live in the middle class forever." His message was that it is not wise to ignore real world issues such as this. All three writers at the literary reading, although having significant differences in writing styles, seemed to have a common theme: righting the wrongs in the world. After listening to the authors's worthy views, hopefully many UVSC students left the literary reading with a greater sense of awareness of the world around them, and a desire to see change for the better. College Times offers advice column all of your daily problems. Your local Dear-AbbyHere's the deal: you figure {who remains anonyhave problems. 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