By Samantha Kramer
Penn State Collegian Columnist
I have a secret to reveal. A very old secret, one that’s happened every year at Penn State — long before Graham Spanier ever picked up a washboard and even before JoePa’s specs were in style.
We, the seniors, the next graduating class at Penn State, are old.
Alas, ’tis true, and it’s something that 21-year-olds all over the nation are beginning to realize. Some turn to friends in their time of need. Some refuse to believe their fate, and try to deny their inevitable old-ness.
But it’s too late. We’re already doing our own laundry, making our own food, washing our own dishes, or paying other people to do all the above.
So before we become the next Van Wilder sequel, I have good news: Having a job is cool. It’s the next big thing, and everybody’s doing it. Plus, hello, it’s 2011 — they have jobs for everything now.
So while we say goodbye to our summer tans (or in my case, burns and freckles) here’s a few refreshing ideas to remind you that you don’t always have to stick to a 9-5 office job.
Food Scientist
Okay, I’m a little biased here because my mom works as a food scientist at M&M Mars. But come on, you’re getting paid to make candy. Not to mention the freebies that come along with it (all the free company food you want, plus the newest goods that’s not in stores yet).
Whether you go into research and development and create new recipes, or into sensory and get paid to eat and drink (if you’re really thinking, you’ll go into the brewery business as a beer taster) a degree in AgSci will get you far.
Fortune Cookie Writer
Yep, those bad boys don’t write ............etc, etc.
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It's Time to End the War on Salt
The zealous drive by politicians to limit our salt intake has little basis in science
By Melinda Wenner Moyer | July 8, 2011 |Scientific American
For decades, policy makers have tried and failed to get Americans to eat less salt. In April 2010 the Institute of Medicine urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate the amount of salt that food manufacturers put into products; New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has already convinced 16 companies to do so voluntarily. But if the U.S. does conquer salt, what will we gain? Bland french fries, for sure. But a healthy nation? Not necessarily. [MORE]
The Salt Wars Rage On: A Chat with Nutrition Professor Marion Nestle. A researcher explains why there may never be a good study on whether excess dietary salt causes hypertension and heart disease
