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Pitt Pride

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Banana split turns 100

University of Pittsburgh alumni have won the Nobel Prize, played in the National Football League and unlocked the secrets of DNA. On Wednesday, the university celebrated a less prestigious but equally sweet accomplishment — the banana split.

Pitt declared Wednesday “Banana Split Day” and celebrated the dessert’s 100th birthday by serving about 4,000 ice cream cones to university freshmen, family members, students and others returning to campus for the new school year.

Banana spilts I can be proud of. These poor excuses for journalism, I cannot.

High school’s at home; welcome to the collegiate hook-up (Part 1)

High school’s at home; welcome to the collegiate hook-up (Part 2)

What college doesn’t need a drunken debauchery and hedonism sex column? *rolls eyes*

Smart Juice!

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My friends and I have often jokingly referred to alcohol as “smart juice”
due to its negative impact on reasoning. In an ironic
twist of science, we may have been righter than we thought. (Thanks, Dappled
Things)

Alcohol sharpens your brain, say researchers

It is news guaranteed to raise a cheer among those who enjoy a glass or two: drinking half a bottle of wine a day can make your brain work better, especially if you are a woman.

Research to be published tomorrow by academics at University College London has found that those who even drink only one glass of wine a week have significantly sharper thought processes than teetotallers.

The benefits of alcohol, which are thought to be linked to its effect on the flow of blood to the brain, can be detected when a person drinks up to 30 units of alcohol – about four to five bottles of wine – per week.

Portly Protesters

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“Obesity is not a disease. All this does is open the door for the diet and bariatric surgery industries to make a potentially tremendous profit.” – Allen Steadham in “Fat activists start mass protest“

Riiiiight…and smoking isn’t bad for you either. The campaign against smoking is just a front for extortion by a hippocratic mafia. *rolls eyes*

While I agree that too much emphasis is placed on appearance, in particualr thinness, in our society, I don’t think that means all superfluous weight should be accepted. Some people have genetic predispositions to being overweight. They should seek help. Some people have emotional problems that lead to overeating. They, too, should seek help. Some people eat too many damn super-sized burger meals and unhealthy snacks and drink too much soda. They should quit stuffing their faces with fat , get off their lazy, gluttonous asses and get some friggin’ exercise! (Pardon my French)

P.S. I practice what I preach. I’ve been eating better and working out. I’ve lost about 25 pounds over the last year or so.

Silly Vegetarians

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New Bible-based diets preach healthful eating

SHELBY, N.C. – The Rev. George Malkmus often preaches about how he believes the
world of proper eating began.

This diet isn’t just quackery, it’s bad theology.

The next day, as they were on their journey and coming near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour. And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth. In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air. And there came a voice to him, “Rise, Peter; kill and eat.” But Peter said, “No, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean.” And the voice came to him again a second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call common.” This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.” – Acts 10:9-16 (RSV)

Fizz of Death

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Maybe this will get me to finally lower my soda intake, especially since I already
have GERD. If bottled water weren’t so dang expensive, I might drink more of that
instead.

Sodas
Raise Cancer Risk, U.S. Study Finds
Mon May 17, 7:50 PM ET

“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Carbonated drinks may raise the risk of esophageal cancer,
a usually fatal disease, researchers reported on Monday.”