Tuesda March 1,2011 Egypt from an insider's perspective By Sara Elshafie rsotNEWs WRITER TedrNews Oprmorr Edrzor Vlzdrz Guumu Mlle: Sam mafia. u Paleonlology student 11! the Unwemly ofchreugo and upersovruzfrrevrdwus m Curro wrth a study abroad program when the demovurruuovrs began Burg ofzgypuuvr de scent she coubi identify closely wrth the cal/.52 and events that rruvuprred there In the us; monlh 1 11m eedred lo rhurewrtu you excerpt: from a blog She sturredhrtp //usuvrdrrorvrrrvrme lllle bloglyol com, duerrrmg her eeperrevree l experrenced the revolutron both as an Egyptran crtrzen and as an Amerrcan vrsrtor When demonstratrons agarnst the Egyptran government began on Tuesday January zss everyone was excrted and rmpassroned These sentrments grew as demonstratrons contrnued throughout the week but as rumors spread and the warnrng srgrs began (eg perrodrc blodsage of TWrtter and Facebook) everyone braced themselves for the antrcrpated escalar tron ofnrday January 23 Thursday, Iamnly 27 At frrst l wasnt very concerned at all Tuesday l slept through the rnrtral actron (fir nally catchrng up on sleep after an exhaustrng week) and l shared rn the general excrtement ofthe group and reveled rn the sense that we are wrtrressrng hrstory l sat readrng the news on Alrlazeera eatrng my ‘aeesh baladl’ and marvelrng that demonstratrons of thrs mag nrtude havenot occurred srnce the Bread er ots 33 years ago (”bread of my country“ the whole grarn prta bread that rs subsrdrzed bythe government and whrch all Egyptrans lndudr rngmyselfloveto eat ln 19711112 government suspended subsrdy of bread» brrngng the cost to l LE a prece A way too expensrve especrally at that trme rwhlch launched several days of bloody revolts rn Egypt) My state of mrnd swrtdted yesterday when l read on AHazeefa that the government rs really cradcrng down on protestors and l der crded to remove my post from the prevrous day about the demonstratrons l left the stur dent apartments rn Dokkl rn central earro to stay wrth my unde‘s famrly rn a nerghborhood farther from the downtown area lam excrtedtobehereand proud to belwr rngthougt these events But rt also seems that l am more worrred about the srtuatron than the rest ofmy peers l have heard much more about the Egyptran governments dysfunc tron and rrratronalrty over the years lbfar hrms (my cousrn‘s) warnrngs were awakzrup call l-le cautroned that thrngs could get ugly tomorrow that the polrce mrght shoot peer ple that the government mrght start cuttrng olf resources lrke rnternet mobrle servrce electrrcrty or water That waswhen lrealrzed the severrty of the srtuatron Perhaps he was berng slrghtly ovefdfamallcc but also rudgrng from what l know of the government and Egypt‘s hrstory l know that he wasnt berng unreasonable Sara (one of our program coordrnators) shared the Egyptran actrvrst perspectrve on thrsweeks eventswrthmernthecar (shepefr sonally escortedmeto and from Arabrc class today for safety) she made me frrlly realrze the amount ofpent up anger and frustratron thatrsrgrrtrngthrsweek l cannot even con-ls prehend the amount of sufferrng and oppfes sron that Egyptranshavebeen lrvrngwrth for thelast so years Shetold me about Khalld Saldc an average mrddle class Egyptran who because of an unwarr anted skrrmrsh wrth the polrce was brutally beaten and murdered Apparently thrs rncrdent made actrvrsts out ofmany who had been frustrated but feluo tantto get lnvolvedc rncludrng Sara she kept sayrng “it could havebeen me‘ lt could have been one of my cousrnsl Therewas no sense rnrt at all‘ ltwaspurernrustrcel ltmadeus all so winged» and we all decrded to say ‘We wrll not be treated thrs wayl We cannot lrve lrke thrsl“ That was about a year ago Now wrth theTunrsran revolts corncrdrng wrth Bd alrShofta’c everythrng rsfrnally rgnrtrngrnto the protest that everyone has been wartrng for l dont know rf anyone antrcrpated the extent to whrchrt would contrnue As apples hensrve as l am about tomorrows demon stratrons l am truly pr ayrngthat Lhepfolestr ers wrll contrnue and pr evarl untrl they force Mubarakto step down for good Egyptrans are frnally breakrng the crust ofmalarse and desparr and showrng the world then true coir ors , Bd alrShofta (“Hollday ofthe polrce“) rs a nanonal day offrn honor of the polrce whom everyone detests Thus rt has become a day of protest agarnst the government 7 though never beforeto thrs extent To be contrnued VLADAGAISINA Dplnan@lE(hnEWSH corn 5 health tips to feel more By Alpesh Modl TEotNEWs WRITER ere nowadays rs really busy and most people don‘t care much about therr health Last Saturday whrle l was shopprng at a downtown Walgreens l saw a gentleman (dressed lrlse a doctor) buyrng some candy wrth a brref glance at the nutrrtron facts on rt That sparked a thought “Do l ever cons srder my health before eatrng or drrnkrng anythrng?“ Then l decrded towrrte an artrde sharrnghealth trps that can help everyone l) Stay hydrated, especially before you exercise Weve all heardthe erght glasses of water a day recommendatron Most health experts now recommend drvrdrng your werght rn half to determrne the number of ounces you should drrnk each day For ex ample rfyou wergh lao pounds you should be dflnklng90 ounces ofwater a day Sports dunks may grve you a lrttle more energy but are not the rrght chorce rf you are lookrng to lose werght so be careful what you are dnnklng Try to malse sure you drrnkplenty of flurds at least so to no mrnutes before you exercrse It‘s lrlse frllrng up your p5 tank before a brg car trrp e thrs way you won‘t run out of energy rn the mrddle ofyour workout 2) Eat srnaller meals more frequently Eat smaller» more frequent nutrrtrous meals (to aday)tokeepyour metabolrsrnrunnrng at frrll capacrty and grveyou a steady source of energy Eatrng a huge meal all at once can cause your energy levels to crash dramatre cally That‘s why most ofus spend the hours after Thanksgrvrng drnner dozrng on the couch Thrnk about rt lrke a coal furnace e whrle rts burnrng addrng small amounts of coal wrll keep the frre gorng strong whrle prlrng rt full wrth coal wrll smother the frre out of courseno coal wrll mean no frre at all 3) Eat more fruit (and throw away the candy). Replace any and all candy or other sweets wrth fresh frurt No rt doesn‘t con-ls energetic pare atfrrst but avordrngtheblood sugar crash that comes wrth candy malses the whole rdea worth rtl lfyoute dyrng for somethrng sweeten add a (level)teaspoon of sugar to your frurt for only 16 extra calorres a) Gelrid ofthe sugrrysoda. One 1202 can of soda on average contarns a whopprng 35er grams ofsuprguaranteedto leaveyour overworked» terrorrzed pancreas beggrng for mercy By all means thrs stulf must go To make the transrtron easrer (srnce most sodars caffernated as we“) replace rt wrth some unr sweetened or very lrghtly sweetened coffee or tea Both tea (especrally green) and coffee are loaded wrth antroxrdants and not havrng to deal wrth caffernewrthdrawal shouldmalsethe bfeakffom sodamuch easrer tomanage 5) Dom sleep ln on the Weekends. Let‘s say you get up every day at n so AM but on weekends you lrke to sleep in sometrmes trll noon Thrs rs a really bad rdea as youte go rng amnst two factors the crrcadran rhythm of your body and sleep rnertra From the trme we were cavemen our bodres adrusted to patterns of day and nrght and temperature changes wakrng when the sun came up and fallrng asleep when the sun went down Thrs was observed by French screntrst Jeanrlacques dortousdeMarranrnthe l7oos lt‘safealpher nomenon that hasbeen documented rn angler cdl orpnrsms plants and many members of anrmal krngdom Onceyou frnd arhythm that worksfor you strckto rt and don‘t change sleep rnertra rs usually felt when you sleep rn well past your normal wakrng trme Youll walse up feelrng sluggish and trred and feel lrke you cant get rn gear for severalhours lfyoute travelrng or needto catch up on sleep for one reason or another» a better solutron rs to talse short naps of so to no mrnutes over thenext few dayswhenever possrble These frve changes can have a maror lmr pact on your body: abrlrty to work effrcrently (whrch can mean more energy rn a matter of days) and act as a stepprng stone to better health rn thelongrun Try them out for thrrty days and seehow elfectrve they arefor youl What's your angle? An ethical discussion on current topics By Annie Hutches ac Phil Thiesen rsotNEWs WRITERS “Tomchowwasthe Auto showthrsyear?“ “it was great as usual There were so many awesomenew conceptsl ltookabrrnch of prctures The Toyota Pnus especrally got my attentron“ “oh really? What was so specral about rt?“ “Well you know lve always been fond of hybrrd cars Toyota rust ans nounced an even smaller versron of Pnus and a plugrln model that wrll lmr pfovethepsmlleageevenfilnhef Anythrng that can help us lessen our negatrve rmpact on the envrronmentrs a geatthrngl thrnk“ “I agree about the benefrts of reducrng our orl consumptron but l heard that there are some negatrve thrngs about hybrrds too The specral batterres requrred for these Ver hrcles use materrals that are extremely toxrc to the envrronment ln places wherethey are manufactured» drsposal ofthe waste materral rs a huge problems and even herern the us all those batterres wrll have to be accounted fofconcethelrllfecydesend Wouldntthrsbe lrketradrng onepollutronrssuefor another?“ “That can defrnrtely be the case rf we arent careful lread about these rssues too This week: How green are hybrids? and rt seems that Toyota and other companres are makrng efforts to collect and recycle all of the materrals rn the batterres as well as re seardtrngnew andbetter batterytedtnologres There‘s another advantage to ownrng hyr brrd vehrdes Even though the technology does cost a brt more up front the owners wrll see a frnancral benefrt over thelrfe of the car thanks to the money theyll save on fuel The rrsrng p5 prrces to day malse thrs even more attractrve“ “Yeah but guess where all of the rare earth metals rn the batterres come from? chrna rs the blggest source ofthese mater rrals so the more we rely on the hybrrd and electrrc vehrcle technology the less money we get to keep rn our own county not to mentron that the Pnuslsmade by a Japanese company“ “Actually we do have large reserves of that materral rn the use too Theyrust haven‘t tapped rnto theresource yet Prlrthen many of the hybrrds on the road today were manufao tured rn Amerrcan plants“ “I see lm glad to hear that atleast some efr fortrsberng madeto address all oftheserssues ln any case l thrnk the whole “gem“ move ment rs a good phrlosophy“ What: your angle? lend your thought: In yeti: lll@gm/zll com