The Campus Magazine | CCNY

by Emily Goldblum A New Way to Connect on FB: Use Facebook to its full capacity and venture to the Groups at CUNY City page. You can find it on the bottom left hand side of your newsfeed under ‘Groups’ and create or join groups that you find discussion-worthy. Or click here. Twister! We’re not in Kansas, [...]

What you need to know on the troubling trend of abusing this prescription drug by Louis Oprisa. Warmer weather typically means more sundresses, cargo shorts, and iced coffees around college campuses. It also signifies the onset of the bane of many college students existences; finals week! Generally reserved for the last couple weeks of a [...]

A report reveals that insects are the special ingredient in a popular coffee drink by Seymone Kelly. Every day there is a new report about something being an unexpected ingredient in foods we put in our bodies. Recently, Starbucks joined the list of companies that add surprising things to their menu. A report says that [...]

A new study shows that costume jewelry may look good but be bad for you by Seymone Kelly When it comes to fashion, college students want to look their best. Yet spending thousands of dollars on designer items is probably not an option. Between working part-time, buying books and paying for tuition, it’s best to [...]

The Wellness Center now takes care of more of your preventative health needs—at affordable prices by Stefany Castrillon With a new nurse practitioner on campus, CCNY students can now get their medical check-ups between classes. The Student Health Services (better known as the Wellness Center) is now running as a student clinic offering medical and [...]

Just in time for the end of the year crunch, brain food you can snack on. By Chloe’ Scretchings. It’s almost finals time, when students spend hours staying up late, studying, and worrying. Many deal with stress by carbo-loading with foods they associate with comfort and ease, such as chips, French fries, candy, and caffeinated [...]

For many college students “healthy eating” is something of an oxymoron. “I need something fast and cheap, but quick meals aren’t good for you,” says Bernie Dalberice, a CCNY Junior. “Healthy choices tend to be more expensive …or fruit, but that’s not filling.” Most students think like Dalberice-fast and cheap is more important than healthy [...]

You can almost hear it: the sound of City College students all across campus when they notice what a winter’s worth of cafeteria food and beer pong will do to their bodies….and the reality they don’t have much time to turn everything around. But more urgently, obesity rates are rapidly increasing in the United States, [...]