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Mustang News anchor Julian Del Gaudio covers today’s top stories at Cal Poly.

Benefits go beyond the lines

Forget the steroids stories and cheating scandals — sports are a good thing. From badminton to basketball, there are benefits in every game. Team sports in particular build physical, mental and emotional health.

Sex does a body good

Julianne Roth is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily sex columnist. Magic is among us. It’s in the bedroom, or on the fifth floor of the library — I heard some people like to have sex up there. We are…

Unpacking the pounds: the freshman 15 demystified

While the Freshman 15 is a myth, adjusting to a new lifestyle can effect the health of first-time college students.

Budgets threaten FLASH study

A Cal Poly-run study on college student health and fitness could be gone in a flash, before the study’s initial purpose has been fulfilled. FLASH, which began researching the health habits of Cal Poly students in Fall 2009 with that…

Volunteers needed in a FLASH

Preparation is underway for the final round of testing in Cal Poly’s one-of-a-kind research study: FLASH. Volunteers are needed this quarter to start training in order to be ready to test as many as 2,000 student participants in the spring, study…

Pumping Iron

The new Recreation Center is finally open, and health nuts everywhere are working overtime. It’s easy to find someone “pumping iron,” but as I head over to the Red Cross to attempt to give blood again, there isn’t enough iron…

Freshman test bodies before disappearing in a FLASH

Currently, FLASH is working on the Freshmen Heart Health Study, which screens newly admitted freshmen from fall quarter and tests their cholesterol and glucose.

Espresso yourself with newest, biggest Starbucks drink size

Less than one month after its release in select states including California, Starbucks’ new 31-ounce drink size is causing a stir among media outlets, some of whom call the beverage “massive” and even “worrisome.”