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Residential dining keeps students healthy with fresh food By Circe Marez @CirceMarez Residential dining is available all over campus, with five different cafeterias available to the public. With so many food options, UNT’s retail dining services realize

that they need to make sure that these foods are as healthy as possiible. Managing what you eat is “Across all cafeterias, we aim to make fresh, whole foods available, made from seasonal and local ingredients,” Director of Residential Dining Services

Peter Balabuch said. “We do not use highly processed convenience foods, instead focusing on what can be produced in-house by our chefs.” Freshness is something that residential dining strives to make available in every cafeteria every single day. “All baked goods, including desserts, hamburger buns, bread, pizza dough, and ice cream are baked fresh daily at the Clark Bake Shop,” Balabuch said. “Bruce Cafeteria makes fresh pasta daily, which is served in all of the dining halls, and we grow our own lettuces, fresh herbs and leafy brassicas in a hydroponic garden behind Mean Greens.” Another thing that residential dining strives to serve is a diverse

menu. This is achieved through each hall being a “destination location” such as Mean Greens being the vegan dining hall, West being Southern comfort food and smoked meats, sports nutrition at Champs and popular comfort foods, international cuisines and “favorites” like pizza, pasta and burgers at Bruce and Kerr. Residential dining also aims to benefit not only students, but also faculty, staff and visitors to UNT. “Ultimately, students are our reason for being here,” Balabuch said. “Students are our primary customer and our shareholder.” Balabuch also works closely with the managers and culinary team to guarantee that organizationally, they deliver the desired results

customers deserve. “I visit each cafeteria every day,” Balabuch said. “Along with the managers on duty, I make a point of making myself readily available to students and

customers who dine with us — our goal is to be highlyresponsive to customers.”

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Pohl Recreation Center providing a variety of services to all of UNT By Circe Marez @CirceMarez Being active is a big part of being healthy. This can come in many different ways, but the most intensive way is exercising. And while doing yoga and pushups at home can certainly be extremely helpful, students also have free access to the Pohl Recreation Center on campus.

Pohl offers a lot of different services, including their full gym and weights room, a swimming pool complex, different sport-related courts, group exercises and more. “One of our core values is wellness as it relates to mind, body and spirit,” said Benjamin Hanisian, assistant director of communications at the Pohl Recreation Center. “We strive to provide a ‘home’ for students at

the Rec Center where they can come participate, socialize or even just hang out. Some of these programs include a free introduction to meditation yoga workshop, lifeguard certification courses, free outdoor clinics like star gazing and outdoor photography tips or any of our 32 sport clubs that range from competitive to recreational, like women’s and men’s ultimate to fencing, dodgeball and polo.” These sports-related opportunities also expand to Pohl’s sport leagues through intramurals, like basketball, soccer, flag football and softball. “We also offer free eSports events like PS4 NBA 2K18, League of Legends, Overwatch, FIFA and Rocket League,” Hanisian said. “Not to mention any of the 50 or more group exercise classes we offer each week, and free special events like our First Friday art gallery, which features current and former UNT artists, and Finals Survival Week programming. We’re offering over 100 programs and events this spring semester alone that are centered around and support core value.” Services like these are available to the entire UNT community.

“We are a student recreation center, but faculty and staffmembers can become members as well and participate alongside students,” Hanisian said. “We believe in the benefits that can come from working towards a healthy lifestyle together, and recognize and support the myriad

of paths each member may take to get there. That shared experience puts us in relationship with one another and strengthens not only our personal, professional and academic lives, but the UNT campus and community as a whole.”

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Diet and Exercise: The two biggest places to begin By Circe Marez @CirceMarez Your entire life you have heard the same thing, from gym teachers, pediatricians, doctors and even that one family member obsessed with being Fit—the best way to be healthy is diet and exercise. Know your food pyramid and exercise for 60 minutes a day. “But I’m in college now,” you say. “I know what I should eat,” you insist as you stick a burrito in the microwave and open your third energy drink of the day. Are you sure about that? If this sounds like you, or maybe part of your New Years’ Resolution is to eat healthier, look no further than Chestnut Hall. The Student Health and Wellness Center has exactly what you need: Dietitian Danielle Gemoets.

“Students are the primary population that we want to make sure we provide things for,” Gemoets said. “I just wish that they knew the different nutrition services that we offer. I have heard from students oftentimes that they didn’t realize that we even have those things available to them.” Gemoets is the registered dietitian for the SHWC and has worked as such for just over four years. Any and all questions about food and nutrition can be answered by her. This usually happens in an appointment that students can make with Gemoets regarding anything they want to talk about. “We can see them for any nutritionrelated concerns that they may have,” Gemoets said. “Things like weight loss or weight gain, diabetes, any type of high cholesterol or heart disease, any type of eating disorder or body image concerns. We have a variety of things that we do for one-one-one visits. We leave those open to whatever students have an interest in.” Despite the fact that one-on-one sessions are Gemoets’ primary role and most of her job, there is more to her workday. “I sometimes have programs,” Gemoets said. “I have some additional things like meeting with our body image and eating awareness team. They provide for students with body image concerns or eating disorders. We also have a

variety of outreach services that we provide. We do cooking classes each semester, typically focused around budget-friendly things that are easy to prepare for students. We also have a lot of different types of programs that address a variety of nutrition concerns. Usually those will be things that students either request for us or a new idea we have for each semester.” When meeting with Gemoets she tailors the entire appointment around what each student wants to discuss, any of their own concerns for their own diet and health. But she also wanted to provide some tips for the average Joe. “The number one thing is to plan ahead,” Gemoets said. “Oftentimes with a busy schedule, it can be really challenging for students to make healthy eating a priority. I would say play ahead and think through you day. What might that look like for meals times? Know where you’re going to be, so that way you know what you’re going to expect.” This can mean anything from bringing snacks, packing a lunch, or even preparing what you can eat on campus. Think it through, it will help a lot. “Another thing I would say is to focus on areas where you can add fruits and vegetables,” Gemoets said. I think that for a lot of people that can be difficult, just because they aren’t as easily available sometimes. Find a way that’s convenient for you. Get

fruit cups if it’s the winter time or if you don’t have a long-term storage opportunity for fresh fruits and vegetables, get them frozen. We really try to encourage people to do half their plate fruits and vegetables, as much as they’re able to.” Gemoets also suggests diversifying your plate. Don’t eat the same five meals over and over, and don’t eat the same food in each food group. Be sure you have food from every food group every day. And of course, the time-old go-to suggestion: “Be conscious of what you’re drinking,” Gemoets said. “Really focus on water or low-fat milk as your primary drinks through the day. Try to limit things like soda, energy drinks or caffeinated beverages — have those in moderation.”

If you realize that an appointment with Gemoets is exactly what you need, call the main SHWC phone number (940-565-2333) and schedule a time that works for you. Unfortunately these services are not covered 100 percent by the student services fee. Therefore, your initial visit costs $25, but each consecutive appointment is $20. The first visit is one hour and every other visit can range from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the details of the appointment and each student’s need. “If students have questions about whether or not a particular nutrition question or concern that they have is something that we can help with – call,” Gemoets said. “I’m always happy to just answer general questions that people have. If students have requests for programs, like for a club, organization or residence hall, we are always happy to bring some nutrition information to you, or of course, we encourage students to come to us as well.”

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your health and wellness pursuit, right here at UNT And while watching what you eat is very important, so is exercise. The Pohl Recreation Center on campus is a gym with many diverse services alongside all their equipment and many people that can help you. One of them is kinesiology junior John Michel, a personal trainer at Pohl since October 2016. “I offer ongoing motivational support,” Michel said. “I do things like working with clients one-onone, doing fitness assessments such as body comp, getting muscular endurance and muscular strength. I am also a group exercise instructor.

I work with group exercise and I also work in the weight room, helping people get to know the weights and other services here at the Pohl.” Michel alternates days between seeing clients and taking classes. An average session with Michel starts with fitness assessments. “When a client purchases sessions, what we do is talk about goals, get to see where they’re at,” Michel said. “Determine their current fitness level and from there, whether they wanna lose weight, gain muscle, just be toned, get fit or want to know a little bit more about weights. Then we

go and create a customized program from there.” Workouts individually tend to start with a warm up, then the client’s plan, and end with cooldown. “I like to start with getting the heart rate up,” Michel said. “Then we do a bunch of high pressure stuff or whatever their plan is specifically, and end with bringing the heart rate down gradually, maintaining flexibility and getting rest.” When anyone wants to get fit or stay fit, Michel has one main idea that he expresses to all his clients. “Just find something you love,”

Michel said. “That is probably the main reason why nobody sticks with fitness, because they see other people doing stuff that looks cool, however, it might not be something they love and enjoy. If you find something you love, you’re more likely to stick with it.” One of Michel’s favorite sayings expresses this idea exactly. “And this can be beneficial to new people who are getting into fitness too,” Michel said. “If you have two pots of water, and one is boiling and one is room temperature, and you stick your hand in each of them, you’re going to want to pull out the one in boiling water. But if you take the room temperature one, and you slowly start heating it up to a boiling temperature, your hand will stay in there longer. The same thing applies to fitness. If you start getting into fitness too quick, you’re going to want

to pull out, but if you gradually warm up into it and find something you love, you’re going to stay in there a lot longer.” Michel’s additional work as a group exercise instructor also gives him insight into how these classes work. “We have a lot of different instructors and different types of group exercise classes that suit everyone’s needs. We have dance fitness, we have zoomba, we have 3-21 burn, we have cones and ladders, T30, so if something down here in the weight room is not your style, we offer a lot of different programs up in group exercise that might suit your needs and you might fall in love with that class. We have a lot of great instructors that keep you engaged and keep you coming back.”

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Keeping the Woman Well By Circe Marez @CirceMarez The Student Health and Wellness Center provides physicians that can do anything regarding a general checkup and then some, but sometimes students need to see a specialist. Specifically, students with vaginas. If this is you, and especially if said vagina is sexually active, then you need to maintain the health and wellness of that part of your body too. SHWC has four physicians listed under their gynecological services, one of which is Dr. Cynthia Hermann, who also serves as the director of

clinical services. “We actually are able to do a lot here at the health center,” Hermann said. “We can do well woman exams or basic annual exams which can include a pap smear and STD testing. We do a ton of birth control consults where we talk about forms of birth control, figure out the right one for you, get refills and handle any issues or problems. We also treat urinary tract infections, vaginal infections, STD checks and STD testing.” STD testing can be done by walk-in Tuesday and Thursday or by appointment. SHWC can test for gonorrhea, chlamydia, HIV and syphilis.

“After we test you, we contact you if there’s any problems or issues,” Hermann said. “Sometimes people put on the forms that maybe they’ve been exposed to something, so even if their tests are negative, we get back with them and go ahead and work with treatment. We’ve done that for about two years now and it’s been really successful.” Gynecological services can also be reached out to for questions regarding menstruation. “We deal a lot with menstrual cycles and problems with menstrual cycles, regular periods and heavy periods, trying to figure out what’s going on and how to make it better,”

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Hermann said. “We also do breast health and treat any breast issues.” The best way to maintain health? “I really try to teach folks the importance of safe sex,” Hermann said. “Condoms all the time, I can’t stress this enough. Every partner, every time. There shouldn’t be a decision. I always recommend that

young women who are sexually active have some form of birth control. I suggest more than just a condom, because that isn’t always reliable, but if you are going to be sexually active, you need to do what you can to protect yourself from unplanned pregnancy. Be smart and protect yourself.”

In Conclusion: What everyone wishes you knew By Circe Marez @CirceMarez

Education is all about learning something new. As you go from class to class for this semester and any classes beyond, you will learn a lot, about yourself, others, your major, not your major and more. But everyone I have spoken to in this issue has something else that want you to learn, and will provide as much for you. About yourself SHWC registered dietitian Danielle Gemoets wishes students knew about their habits. “The habits that you establish while you’re in college oftentimes tend to follow you,” Gemoets said. “Sometimes I think that it’s easy to

not make that a priority. I think this is a really great time to put a focus on that, because it can have such a positive impact on your studying and your school performance. If you’re not able to take care of yourself and to have good, consistent eating habits or get good sleep, you may get sick more often or lose focus easier. The habits that you set in motion during this time of life oftentimes can be very challenging to unlearn later in life, so focusing on it now gives you immediate benefit, but it also gives you long-term benefits.” Pohl Recreation Center’s assistant director of communications Benjamin Hanisian had more to add regarding habits, but with exercise. “What you do now creates the foundation you’ll build upon for the rest of your life. Making time, even

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scheduling time if you have to, to take care of yourself will help you (in all regards) now and pave the way for a healthier you years from now. Understanding that your body is unique is an important step because it allows us to let go of the belief that exercise has to look a certain way, or that you have to be doing what the person next to you is doing in order to be healthy. The reality is that folks who are in the weight room lifting, next to you in the group exercise class, climbing with you at the wall or playing the same sport you enjoy aren’t thinking or judging you for what you’re doing…they’re there with you. Because lowering stress, forming relationships with others, and being more physically and mentally ‘fit’ is not unique to any of us – it’s necessary for all of us.” Dr. Cynthia Hermann, who serves as the director of clinical services at SHWC, cares about a variety of things for students. “I can’t stress the importance of getting a good night’s sleep every night,” Hermann said. “Getting enough sleep, eating healthy, exercising, being really good with hand hygiene, these are things students need to do. Wash your hands every time, cover your coughs, keep yourself from getting ill. Socializing is also very important. Get with a social group of people that you can hang out with and do stuff with especially for folks who are coming here and are away from home for the first time. Get involved with clubs or activities and make yourself more well-rounded to get that full college experience.” Personal Fitness Trainer John Michel at Pohl Recreation Center wants students to know that the little things in exercise really add up. “Little things like taking the stairs instead of the elevator or getting up to change the tv instead of using the remote, those things accumulate over

time,” Michel said. “By the end of the day, you’re probably going to burn an extra 400 calories by doing those little things instead of just coming to the gym one time a day trying to burn all those calories then. So what I hope people will know about working out is just all those small little things really do add up at the end of the day.”

About the SHWC Gemoets wants to make sure students know about the different nutrition services SHWC offers. “I have heard from students oftentimes that they didn’t realize we even have those things available to them,” Gemoets said. “I think that’s more the primary thing, and though I think that relates to just me, I want to say that we have those things available and that there are so many resources here, really. Almost anything that you would need, we can either take care of you or connect you with the right person to take care of that. Students should know all the different types of things we offer, things like massage therapy, a lab, even x-ray. We have a lot of things that can be done right here in the convenient location that is UNT.” Radiologic Technologist Jennifer Watrous wants to expand on the specification of the capabilities of the X-ray department. “We do have the capabilities of making x-ray CD’s for patients.” Watrous said. “if they do come here and get an x-ray and the doctor specifically wants to look at it, I can burn a CD and they can take it back to the doctor so that they can look at it.” About Pohl “SO. MANY. THINGS,” said Benjamin Hanisian, assistant director of communications at the Pohl Recreation Center. “I think a lot of students don’t realize that they’re probably already members and all they need is their ID to get in and

start finding their niche here. I wish they knew that Rec Center users have higher GPA’s than non-users across all classifications, and that we’re one of the largest employers of students on campus, offering a phenomenal atmosphere to work in as well as a variety of personal and professional development opportunities specifically for employees beyond just work experience.” Personal Fitness Trainer John Michel wants students to know more about all the services Pohl offers. “There are a lot of different programs here at the Pohl and what fitness is goes beyond just physical activity,” Michel said. “Fitness involves mind, spirit, and body so whether you’re an outdoorsy person we have an outdoor clinic you can work on your mountain biking, you can know how to navigate using stars know what the look for in wildlife that’s all in the outdoor pursuit center. If you do like fitness we do have a fitness department teaching group exercise, special boot camp, if you want a little bit more specialized of a class. And we have aquatics, so if swimming is your thing and getting into harmony with your body we have programs like that. We have a department of informal things as well, so that’s all sports whether that be racquetball, tennis or any of the other informal sports here. We offer a lot of different programs at the rec that suit your fitness needs whether it be from outdoors to mental health. We also have special clinics about how to design a workout or in aquatics how to perform a proper breast stroke. We also have outdoor clinics, such as climbing. We offer so many different departments and opportunities here for fitness at the Pohl. We’re also getting a new department esports so if you’re into gaming we’re going to have that coming soon.”

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