Though most agree the Freshman 15 is just a myth, many college students gain weight their first year. Erik Fiffik, a former National Guardsman who attended Texas Tech University in the fall of 2015, was one of those freshman. Fiffik gained six pounds in his first week at Texas Tech while living on campus. As a result he […]
Freshman 15: Fact or Fiction?
March 22, 2016 by
By Kortni Robinson Rumor has it that students gain 15 pounds during their first year of college. Hence, the frightening term: freshman 15. After speaking with experts and students, I got to the bottom of this terrible myth. Chandler Cheak, a first-year kinesiology major at Texas Tech, gained about 5 pounds before heading home for […]
Watch Me Bare My Soul And Have A Panic Attack
February 18, 2013 by
I’ve been overweight my entire life. To and from varying degrees, but overweight just the same. Now let’s be clear: 1. I know what I look like. 2. This is not a poor, pitiful me kind of opinion piece. 3. If you’re going to insult me at the end of this, please come up with […]
