Goodbye Weight, Goodbye Legs

Fastest Weight Loss Method, EVER!

Have you ever found yourself wondering what the fastest way to lose weight was? Well, the truth is, the fastest way is to chop both of your legs off.

This method of losing weight may not be the most popular or the most convenient way of losing weight, but it is by far one of the fastest. You can lose more than thirty percent of your body weight with this simple chop chop!

Think about it. Do you really want to spend hours upon hours of doing obnoxious exercises in a gym? Not only do you have do you have to deal with being sweaty and gross, but you also have to deal with other gym goers. These other gym goers can be annoying, gross, or just plain creepy. Do you really want to spend your precious time with these people?

So, why bother going to the gym, just lose weight the fast way and chop off your legs!

A Knack for Navigating

As a young teen, growing up near New York City, Mallory Stanton was able to develop excellent navigating skills. She attributes having to maneuver her way through the subway system and streets of the city as the source of this fine skill.Today, whenever Mallory visits an area, whether it may be familiar or a brand new place, she always knows where she is. In fact, this past winter, Mallory and her family visited Italy. After only a day of walking through Rome, she was able to recall street names and places, allowing her to get to her destinations very easily. Mallory says that this is true for most places that she visits.

Due to the fact that Mallory has such exceptional navigation skills, she finds that she doesn’t really have a use for technologies such as a GPS. She mentioned that she actually prefers using maps, referring to them as “fascinating.” Mallory’s interest in maps most likely plays a role in her knack for navigating. 

Elizabeth De Wolfe, Professor and Author

     As a young woman, growing up in Rhode Island, Elizabeth De Wolfe had hopes of one day earning a degree in anthropology, art history, and astronomy. At Colgate University, for her undergraduate degree, she focused on pre-Columbian civilizations and was even able to learn how to read Mayan hieroglyphics, which she now attributes to being her “most unusual skill."


     Today, in addition to chairing the History department at UNE, De Wolfe is also a well accomplishednovelist. She says that her approach to history is from a micro point of view: she looks at the life of someone who is not famous in any way, “someone who is an ordinary person and for extraordinary reasons finds themselves in the public eye.” By doing this, De Wolfe recaptures their stories and determines what exactly makes a particular moment in history much more important than just a moment. 


     In her first self published work, Shaking the Faith, De Wolfe shares the story of Mary Marshall Dyer, who fought against the Shakers in early 1800s. In her follow up work, Domestic Broils, De Wolfe continues with Mary Marshall Dyer’s story to illustrate how issues with what constitutes a family during these times is comparable to how a family is viewed today. The social issues that constrained women during the time period remained the center focus of both books.


     The most recent book and De Wolfe’s favorite piece of work, The Murder of Mary Bean and Other Stories, is the story of Berengera Caswell, a mill girl who worked in Saco, Maine, during the late 1840’s. De Wolfe describes this project as being complex, because it is not only the story of Berengera Caswell, but also the story of the cultural fears at that time, such as, how mill girls were becoming more independent and the effects on the communities.


     Currently, De Wolfe is working on a project about a sex scandal involving a Congressman that took place in the 1890's. She began this project about three years ago when she took a full year of sabbatical, spending the majority of her time reading documents at the Library of Congress. With this project, she intends to share the story of the woman who was involved, especially after “their reputation has been dragged through the local media.” De Wolfe plans on finishing the project in 2015, when she once again will take a sabbatical, a “sabbatical to sabbatical project,” as she has come to call to it.

Disease Prevention on College Campuses

How Should You Beat the Flu?

Now that everyone has returned from break, be prepared to deal with this year’s cough, cold, and flu season.

It only takes a couple of weeks for a cold or influenza virus to spread across a college campus. The crowded lifestyle that students live, allows for this spread to occur quickly. The transmission of these viruses typically occurs through direct contact with the bacteria from another individual. The transfer of bacteria can occur through one of two ways. First, it can occur through direct contact where bacterial is physically transferred from one individual to another. The second way is through indirect contact, where you may touch bacteria on a doorknob or water fountain.

In order to lessen the chance of of these diseases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention highly recommends increasing the number of times you wash your hands. Thoroughly washing your hands with soap and water is said to be the most effective method of disease prevention. Hand sanitizer has also showed to be a substitute for soap and water.