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On April 6 I was able to travel to Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. Here my track team and I competed in the Bellarmine Invitational. For this particular meet, I would be racing my first steeplechase ever seen my injury back in high school. Steeplechase consists of running 3,000 meters (7.5 laps) while clearing hurdles and a water pit. Below is a visual representation of what this looks like. I was nervous to compete because the last time I competed back in high school I sprained my ankle trying to clear the water barrier. It was also my first collegiate debut in this event which made things even more nerve wrecking. I knew I had to just trust myself and focus on the race and not the barriers. I ended up not falling and attaining my personal best in the event! This experience taught me that if I trust my training and most importantly myself than everything else will fall into place. Below is a video of a steeple fail just for laughs! https://www.youtube.com

5 Benefits of Waking up Early Plays a role in sustaining a healthier diet. When we wake up late we tend to skip the most important meal of the day, breakfast. With waking up early we can eat breakfast which will then carry us to make healthier eating choices throughout the day.     2. Aids us in becoming more productive. Rising early means more hours to work, fewer distractions, and because of a good night's sleep your brain is refreshed and ready to go.     3. Time to exercise. For cross country I have practice at 5:30 am and when I finish my workout I feel energized and ready to take on the day.     4. Repairs our skin. While we sleep "our bodies boost blood flow to our skin giving us a glowing complexion when we wake up" (Jacob). When we excessively get less than 8 hours of sleep we develop sleep deprivation. "Sleep deprivation causes a decrease in blood flow to the skin surrounding your face. Skin becomes dull, and you don't

Why am I so obssessed? From the first time I took a sip from my mom's coffee around age 9 I knew I'd never want to drink this awful tasting liquid again. Well I was wrong because now I'm hooked. For the past couple months I have been an avid coffee drinker and since I can remember the only thing that's bothered me about coffee is not understanding why it's so addictive. Is it the taste? The asthetic? Or that it's helping me to write this blog right now? Whatever the case I need some authentic information to solve this question. In May of 2013 caffeine withdrawal was included as a mental disorder in the 5th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). So how exaclty does the effect of coffee enter our brain? First it is "absorbed through the small intestine and dissolved into the bloodstream. Then it penetrates the blood-brain barrier and enters the brain" (Stromberg).  Since "caffeine closely resembles

Data Privacy Issues Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg is currently at trial for the data privacy issues Facebook is involved in. Recently third parties have been accessing and buying user's data without their permission and Mr. Zuckerberg is being held accountable for this. The shocking part is that this has occurred before but on a much larger scale. So the question is, is Facebook a friend or foe? The first incident of this problem happened during the 2016 U.S. presidential election where "evidence of Russian interference through advertising was discovered" (Castillo). Facebook has been accessing user's data in order to "help advertisers target ads more effectively" (Castillo). Although at the time this may have been a great idea, now it is out of control. Imagine waking up to find out your information has been sold to an unknown third party. This is an alarming issue and being a Facebook user myself has me wondering if I was one of the many

Did you see that? Being a psychology major I enjoy reading studies both new and old. This past week I came across one that talked about how we tend to not notice things that are right in front of us. How can we be so blind to not see these things? So I kept reading and this is what I discovered. In 1998 researchers from Harvard and Kent State University conducted a study on a college campus where they asked people how well they knew their surroundings. For some, this may sound like a simple task but the results were shocking. The experiment began with an actor asking someone for directions. While the person was giving directions two men carried a large wooden door and walked in between the actor and the person giving directions. This blocked the line of sight for both people for a few seconds. During this moment the actor was replaced by another actor. This new actor was of different height, build, had a different outfit, haircut, and even their voice was different! At this