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New Year's Resolutions
What are you vowing to do in 2011

ECATERINA CIUGUREANU
FEATURES EDITOR

Get Academic

Oh yes, the timeless dilemma. We all make promises at the beginning of each semester to do our readings ahead of time, get better grades, and to not procrastinate. Well, this year,

why don’t you do something about it? Sounds easy, right? Maybe it's time to start utilizing some of our school’s resources. The Learning Skill Centre offers numerous tutoring services,

workshops, handouts, and self assessments. And then there is MACE: Mathematical Academic Centre for Excellence. It is like the holy temple of all things ‘math’. Getting your papers

looked over by a tutor available at the library will also prevent you from turning in small errors that might make a difference on your final grade. Also, start using the NUGGS planner!

(Hopefully) it will remind you of all of the important dates and help you avoid last minute surprises (a.k.a forgotten assignments). Consider writing that an assignment is due a week earlier :
than it really is to trick yourself into doing it. You have to play dirty sometimes. University is like that Britney Spears song - it’s just you against the music.

“Organize some study groups! Sure, they are 60% distracting each other, 40% actually working, but they are a great way to collaborate on ideas and clarify things you previously did not
understand. Some academic Trivial Pursuit perhaps? A certain professor has even created her own drinking game based on her class material. If you can win that while you’re drunk, then
you KNOW you're acing the class. Put yourself on a strict si = eal schedule. Treat yourself to something nice if you read those 20 pages! Get creative and pull your sh.. together. It’s
time!!

Get Fashionable

The new year is a time of reinvention! It's the time of change ee fabirth, very Jesus circa Easter. If beauty is skin deep, show some! Or at least dress it up! We've all watched enough
“ugly duckling” type movies to love a good Pensa. Here are some tips from our very own on campus fashionista, Lauren Worsfold:

-Be Yourself - when it comes down to it, you are the one- walking around wearing it. So, trust your own opinion first.-Recycle - There are piles and piles of really unique second hand. and

vintage clothing out there. Go for a hunt and see what you find!-Be Unique - Also, highlight your unique features. It is your unique features that set you apart and make you beautiful.-

Internet - There are tons of hair: and make-up tutorials on YouTube. (practice makes perfect!). Stay up to date with fashion blogs like http://lookbook.nu/-Bring extra shoes - | love heels!
...But after 5 hours of dancing they can be areal pain. | throw.a bag and some flats in my purse to save my feet.

Get Green q

I've once asked someone if they believed the world would end in 2012. They responded by saying, “Now that Barack Obama is president, | really don’t think so.” Well, superstitious or not,
we will need a lot more than Barack Obama to save this beautiful world of ours. A new year is a great time to start fresh and adopt some environmentally friendly habits. Here are some,
courtesy of Danny Bell:-You can start using re-usable mugs for coffee and water bottles! -Take advantage of our UNBC bus passes and start using the bus or riding a bike instead of

your car/truck! Parking is insanely expensive anyway.-Try to re-use (if possible) BEFORE recycling, because recycling uses energy too.-Eat less meat! Protein transition positively affects
sustainable energy production, sustainable water use, biodiversity, human health and animal welfare.-Eat locally grown food as much as possible.-Compost your ae can Turn garbage
into garden gold!

Getting involved with PGPIRG is also a great way to help the environment. | Us, if these intrinsic benefits are not enough, it would look great on a resume. They have many exciting
initiatives, which in the past included Composting, Good Food Box Program, Growing Gommunity Garden, The Harvest Dinner, the Food for Thought Film series, the Nudie calendar
and the beginnings of the Scarlet Tide Brigade. If.you just want to feel close’fo nature, joitthe Outdoors Club! They have some pretty amazing trips under their sleeves made for next
semester. To put it frankly, if this is your new year's resolution, you are at te right school!

Get Celibate?

Would you have sex with this man? Well, tough luck because you CAN'T (I bet all the girls with self esteem issues really do now). Leigh O'Neill took a celibacy bet. Leigh and a couple
of friends are betting to see who can NOT have sex the longest. The winner is treated to alcohol of their choice. As Leigh expressed it, “I would rather get beer than a shitty lay anyway.”
Plus, are there really any losers in this game? This bet sort of pays homage to the Seinfeld bet of who can go the longest without masturbation. While this bet is definitely not for people
with weak nervous systems, many benefits can follow from this commitment (clean sheets?). And even while being a Seinfeld rip off, this bet is still one of the most original New Year's
resolutions (can everyone who's new year’s resolution is to start going to the gym jump off a cliff please?). So, are you in? j

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COURTESY OF LAUREN WORSFOLD —— . _ COURTESY OF LEIGH O'NEILL
Lauren Worsfold | Leigh O'Neill