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Dietician provides advice to prevent holiday weight gain
12:29 AM 12/14/2004 — With the holiday season comes dinner parties, decadent desserts and the vision of enticing sugarplums. But after the last Yule log has burnt away, many students are left trying to burn away the extra calories they consumed over holiday break.
Study results determine Long Range Transportation Plan for C-U
12:30 AM 12/14/2004 — As Champaign-Urbana continues to develop and as the population gets larger, plans are being made to improve transportation for the community. The Champaign-Urbana area, along with the village of Savoy, is helping with the plans as part of the ongoing Champaign-Urbana Urbanized Area Transportation Study (CUUATS).
Conservatism on the rise in young voters
1:11 AM 12/14/2004 — When Michael Graves was 20 years old, a typical evening involved caking his face in skull makeup, donning a leather vest stained with fake blood and spitting out lyrics in front of hordes of moshing, screaming kids. For five years, Graves was the lead singer of the Misfits, a legendary punk band known for their bloody "fiend" costumes and horror-movie lyrics.
Retired teacher hits the books
1:13 AM 12/14/2004 — It is easy to recognize that she was once a teacher. The gestures of her hands, the way she organizes her time and confidently asserts her next course of action. But Joyce Sandeen Johnson is more than that. She is a wife, a poet and a lover of knowledge. Johnson now resides at Clark-Lindsey Village in Urbana.
Local experts debate benefits of low-carb lifestyle
1:17 AM 12/14/2004 — "I eat carbs," proclaims the fitness center employee's T-shirt. "New low-carb wraps," announces the advertisement in the restaurant window. "Only five net carbs per serving," guarantees the wrapper on the box of cookies. As recently as five years ago, advertisements based on promises of reduced carbohydrates meant little.
Local ski resorts bring taste of mountains to the Midwest
1:19 AM 12/14/2004 — Snow bunnies and boarders alike are gearing up for the winter season. These avid snow-carvers await an abundance of fresh powder to meet them as they travel to ski resorts across America. Winter fun isn't just for people who live in mountainous areas - there are several ski areas in the heart of the Midwest that are open throughout the winter season.
Bartending a lot more than just fun and games
1:24 AM 12/14/2004 — As a bartender at Station 211, Johnny Lee doesn't act much like Tom Cruise in "Cocktail," and he doesn't work with the easy-going decadence of the women of "Coyote Ugly." Lee, senior in ACES, is soft-spoken and methodical, moving briskly from one customer to the next without much animation.
Photo: Deck the halls
1:26 AM 12/14/2004 — Jasmine Hunter, left, 5, and Tamara Woods, 6, fold origami boxes Saturday at Civitas, the University Community Design Center, 112 W. Main St., Urbana. The Uni High Student Club S4BW, Students For A Better World, helped kindergarteners through fifth-graders make decorations for Urbana's Main Street.
Photo: Making the Rounds
12:05 AM 12/14/2004 — A 22 Illini Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus approaches the stop in front of the Illini Union Bookstore on Monday going south on Wright Street. For more on Champaign-Urbana transportation, see the story on A-3.
