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KOH | Cornell Dining’s Dirty Secret: An Empty Promise to Student Health
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Cornell is known nationally as a dining powerhouse. In this edition of IDEAS, Serin Koh reveals a dark reality behind our shining reputation.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/health/)
Cornell is known nationally as a dining powerhouse. In this edition of IDEAS, Serin Koh reveals a dark reality behind our shining reputation.
At the end of the day, the value of our education at Cornell is contingent upon our ability to take full advantage of it. When the conditions of our country, our town and our campus become too overwhelming, too dangerous to focus, we need to be able to step back and focus on recentering our community. Kotlikoff this semester has deluged our inboxes with more email statements vowing to punish students than promising to help build us up, and that just about sums up the legacy he’s making for himself.
Jasmine’s Lifestyle Guest Perspectives
Jasmine Li is a Lifestyle Guest Columnist and second-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences. She can be reached at [email protected]. Two weeks ago, I lay face down, arms limp, seven needles in my neck. Fear not, I hadn’t fallen victim to an unfortunate attack; I was actually receiving acupuncture at a local traditional medicine clinic in China. My visit was meant to treat a stubborn headache – a souvenir from a summer sports concussion – but I left with a sense of relief beyond the physical.
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Busy lifestyles are not uncommon among each member of Cornell’s population: a precarious everyday balance of classes, extracurriculars, social life and a structured sleep routine that can be challenging, stressful and time-consuming takes up the lives of many. On top of this, getting plenty of exercise on a regular basis and eating balanced, nutritious meals can be even harder.
But how do our faculty — who teach thousands, lead mind-stimulating classes and are on the forefront of innovative research — fuel their bodies and minds amid their many responsibilities and professional careers? We will take a closer look at three regular gym-goers at Cornell who prioritize the integration of eating well and being physically active into their Ph.D. lifestyles.
Prof. Hector Aguilar-Carreno regularly works out in the gym six days per week in the early morning before work as a Professor of Virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine and has been pushing his body and mind in the weight room for 34 years.
Upon being asked about his diet Aguilar-Carreno responded, “I do try to eat healthy [with ] … probably more protein than an average diet” that is abundant in vegetables, raw salads, fruits, nuts and Greek yogurt.
I was also curious how Aguilar-Carreno brings his food to work. “I meal prep. I usually cook on Sundays — I do batches of food for four people in the family. I cook usually three different protein dishes, [such as]a big salmon filet [or] something with chicken or pork.