HEALTH

7/11/2020, 2:22pm

Op-Ed: As EMU plans its reopening, lives have to come first

By Sarah Weiss / Guest Writer

EMU’s plans for reopening are right around the median between full campus operations and a fully online effort. While university officials claim to keep students’ health and safety as a priority, it is important that students hold them to that standard.

Coronavirus protesters have taken to state capitols, sometimes endorsing conspiracy theories regarding the government's handling of the virus. Photo from the "Free Ohio Now (Columbus)" album on Flickr.

5/15/2020, 9:00pm

Opinion: Conspiracism is a popular phenomenon; addressing it requires understanding and dialogue rather than censorship

By Heather Weigel / Opinions Editor

The best way to navigate popular conspiracy theories is to approach them from the understanding that these theories are a mostly natural phenomenon and that people aren’t necessarily wrong to endorse some of them. They may be factually incorrect, but they are not behaviorally out-of-bounds. Popular conspiracy theories should also be approached with the knowledge that public debate itself can put a ceiling on conspiracy theories. Facebook and Youtube may have added fuel to the conspiratorial fire by removing the “Plandemic” video.

5/15/2020, 8:59pm

Opinion: Achieving herd immunity without a vaccine could be the only way to end the COVID-19 pandemic

By Marcus Lawniczak

Among the unknowns of the COVID-19 pandemic is the potential for herd immunity via a majority of Americans contracting and recovering from the virus. While social distancing is a proper first response, a long-lasting lockdown may have far-reaching consequences ideologically and economically. Soon we must approach the next step of our response, and that response requires more Americans to contract the virus as we receive more data and develop more “best practices.”

3/16/2016, 9:42am

Making healthy choices to shed winter weight

By Sasha Brown

Bikini season is approaching quickly. There are many different ways to attack heightening physical and mental health to prepare for summer. Andrea Workman, professor at EMU of Health Promotion and Human Performance, suggests using an application to track food intake helps weight loss.

6/28/2015, 10:53am

How to avoid the dreaded 'Freshman Fifteen'

By Sasha Brown

One of a freshman’s greatest fears: the dreaded “Freshmen Fifteen.” However, not everyone experiences a dramatic weight gain their first year of college and there are certainly many ways to prevent it. Eastern Michigan University’s professor of Kinesiology at the School of Health Promotion and Human Performance, Dr. Anthony Moreno, believes that in order to prevent the weight gain it is essential to understand why freshmen gain weight.

2/11/2015, 1:37am

A time of love and dessert

By Scott Mullin

February marks the arrival of Valentines Day, a celebration of sweets and love filled with boxes of chocolates and shared desserts for couples and ice cream pints of sorrow for the single. February for some people may also be the second month for people who resolved to get into shape for the New Year.