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Show CULTURE VOL L ISSUE 19 www.uvureview.com January 10, 2011 Resolve to be resolute The new year brings a chance for self improvement. Unfortunately, most people give up on their resolutions once they start being a pain. With a few simple steps, you can keep your resolutions until 2012 rolls around. By Kelly Cannon Assistant Culture Editor Ah, the time for New Year's resolutions is upon us. Time to look back at the past year and try to fix all the things we screwed up. What fun. According to GoalsGuy.com , "The tradition of the New Year's resolutions goes all the way back to 153 B .C. Janus, a mythical king of early Rome, was placed at the head of the calendar. With two faces, Janus could look back on past events and forward to the future. Janus became the ancient symbol for resolutions and many Romans looked for forgiveness from their enemies and also exchanged gifts before the beginning of each year." So like Janus, we use the new year as an opportunity to look behind us at all the stuff that has happened and then look forward and see what we can do better. Many common goals, such as becoming more healthy and reducing debt, seem to go on year after year and lack specificity. These resolutions are not new and rarely get accomplished fully because they are such big, %.10-437:(i vague goals. In order to avoid near-immediate failure with new resolutions, here are a few helpful tips from LiveStrong.com . First, write down your resolutions. This helps transform your resolutions from abstract thoughts into something more concrete. In addition, be as specific as possible. Instead of writing, "Lose weight," write, "Lose 15 pounds by April of this year." The second way to help you keep your resolution is to break it down into smaller, more man- ageable goals. People often feel you do? Developing a plan overwhelmed by the thought of accomplishing such a large undertaking. However, if broken up into smaller goals, the task seems much more attainable. For example, if your goal was to lose 15 pounds, break up the total goal into losing five pounds per month. The third tip is to develop a plan to accomplish your resolution. If you want to lose 15 pounds, what is needed to achieve this goal? What would be your calorie intake? What type of exercise regiment would makes the path to accomplishing your goals much easier. The fourth and final tip is to reward yourself for achieving goals. Plan a reward system for when you achieve your smaller goals and a big reward when you accomplish your overall goal. With all these tips, those big goals won't seem quite so daunting and who knows, maybe 2011 will be the year that your resolutions will finally get accomplished. Campus secrets Nor 411. 7 r .r you may not know By Mindy Harward Culture Editor Whether this is your first semester at UVU or your tenth, undoubtedly there will be a few school "secrets" that are completely unknown. For everyone it's different, of course. For example, English majors are more prone to know about student publications like Touchstones and Warp and Weave than an art student, though the opportunity to get published is available to all students and those journals readily accept student artwork. After talking to students and hearing their unknown secrets, we decided to unveil five of the most important secrets that every UVU student should know. 1. Parking services. Parking has become the bane of nearly everyone that has to drive to school, and yes, driving around for fifteen minutes to find a parking spot in a full lot is no fun for anyone, but this isn't something we should take out on parking services. The most highly recommended course of action in this situation is obvious: give yourself more time. Leave the house ten minutes earlier and get there fifteen minutes before class. This will give leeway to search for that great parking spot, or at least give you time to park further away, walk and still make it to class on time. Also, a secret I discovered just last semester: If it's after 4:00 p.m., students with yellow or orange passes are welcome to park in faculty parking spaces. As for parking services, believe it or not, they aren't just there to give tickets and make our lives miserable. There are a variety of services they provide free of charge if you just ask. Need help changing that unexpected flat? Parking services can help with that. Having a particularly forgetful day and locked keys inside your car? Parking services will unlock your car. They'll even drive you to a gas station if you have the misfortune of running out of fuel on campus. Parking services is located at 723 S. 1200 W. in the house next to parking lot V. They can also be reached at 801-863-8188. 2. Wolverine Track. Nearly every student I know has changed their major at least once, most of them multiple times. Without Wol- verine Track, this arduous task would be downright miserable, having to make the time and appointment to talk to a counselor each time, only to later find out that a biology-math double major was way too much work for one person to handle. Wolverine Track won't make the work any easier, but it is a simple way to see exactly what classes are needed for which majors and just how close you are to that elusive graduation date. Wolverine Track can be found on UVLink, under the "Student" tab. It analyzes and breaks down your major with classes taken, classes that currently enrolled in and classes still need to be conquered. There is also a handy percentage bar at the top of the analysis to see your overall progress in the program, and there are options within Wolverine Track to check what it would take to switch majors, add minors or change emphases within a major. Wolverine Track also offers a GPA calculator that helps you figure out what exactly needs to happen to continued on B2 um • 4 Dear International student Ae e f om Akwa F mpong Photo courtesy of Akwasi Frimpong Congratulations on your decision to come to UVU! I truly believe that you made the right decision. Your decision will surely lead you to success in the future. My name is Akwasi Frimpong. I was born in Ghana and raised most of my life in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. I am part of the track and field team and I am a junior in school, studying Business Management with an emphasis in Marketing. Life is about learning. Oftentimes we rush through life, overlooking the important things such as education that life has to offer along the way. At UVU, I have been blessed with the opportunity to learn from what I consider to be some of the greatest professors in the world. Professors here have helped to engage me in the learning process and have created thought-provoking lessons that have expanded the way that I see the world today. Continued on B4 |