President and founder of Dallas Sports University and Dallas Athletes Tom Ryan is going to present his “Fight the Freshman 15” lecture for students at 7 p.m.tonight in the Memorial Union Ball Room.
“Basically he is going to talk about how to be healthy during college life,” said Katie Moldenhaver, adviser of Union Activities Council and graduate student.
Ryan is a triathlon athlete. He is also a body builder who is familiar with body shape fitness.
“It gives people a good idea about how to be in a college lifestyle and yet stay healthy, especially for students who live in the dorms and eat in the cafeteria, this speech definitely helps everyone stay fit in their busy school life,” Moldenhaver said.
Moldenhaver said college students found themselves gaining 15 pounds on average during the first year of college.
“I’ve gained 31 pounds since I came to college. College life is so busy, it makes me addicted to high calories junk food, especially pizzas. Moreover, because I grew up in another country before entering college here, the diet difference makes my situation even worse,”said Songshan Bai, sophomore psychology major.
According to his website, Ryan’s information comes from a combination of personal experience and extensive hands-on training.
“Tom Ryan is a motivational speaker. I think he can definitely provide useful nutrition information to students and help them avoid gaining weight,” said Karie Nicholson, sophomore accounting major and chair of UAC Talks & Topics committee.
Ryan has spoken at over 200 colleges regarding health, fitness and nutrition, offering students “how to” programs for successfully fighting the “Freshman 15” and staying fit with a hectic college lifestyle, according to his website speech introduction.
“I definitely gained the ‘freshman 15’ during my first year. Luckily I have lost that weight, but I still remember I was so upset at that time,”said Alli Jordan, senior secondary English education major and vice chair of UAC Talks & Topics committee.
Jordan can relate her own experience to the themes of Ryan’s speech.
“We are so excited to bring this presentation to ESU students,” Jordan said.
Alison Li/The Bulletin
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Isn’t it silly how the Freshman 15 rings true for so many students? Maybe, just maybe it has something to do with our mandatory meal plans for incoming on-campus freshman.
Is the food served in the cafeteria actually healthy? I mean, seriously?
A 15 block meal plan (about 2 meals a day) from the cafeteria is $2,928 per semester. At 16 weeks is 240 total meals, in which students pay a whopping $12.20 per meal. Its even more expensive on the 10 block plan; 160 meals a semester at an outrageous $15.73.
Okay, okay, aside from the enormous price tag you have to pay to eat mediocre food from the cafeteria, lets take into account how good this food actually is.
I’m not a freshman, I’m a senior. I’ve endured the hardships of the Freshman 15, but fortunately I’m a 160lb heavy smoker with a fast metabolism. That is aside from the point.
I had the pleasure of walking past the Memorial Union cafeteria, only to see the lovely truck that delivers their food to them. Before reading this article, it didn’t occur to me, but I do remember reading the name of the company that distributes the food to the Memorial Union Cafeteria.
A wholesale food distributor by the name of EVCO wholesale foods. I didn’t do much research into it, but when I think wholesale, well, automatically a business student things “Cheap.” When I think “Cheap,” first impression is lowest bid for the highest quantities, which usually comes at a cost of quality. I’m not “saying” that this company offers low quality foods, BUT, it is DEFINITELY worth investigating the nutritional value of this distributors suppliers’ products.
I would “suspect” that the food being distributed to the schools cafeteria is of, well, “decent” quality, especially when you pay out $12-$15 every meal.
When it comes to health issues and food, and the mandatory diet for every single freshman student on this campus, I begin to question the actual quality vs. price along with overall nutritional value.
I think somebody at The Bulletin should investigate this subject rather in depth.
-Chris
I’m stoked that this subject will be written about in the upcoming issue! Can’t wait to read it.
Cheers!
-Chris