Diet soda should lead to weight loss...right?

The word “diet” in “diet soda” can be misleading. While these drinks contain no calories or sugar, the consumption of them can lead to weight gain and other damaging health effects. These include heightened risks for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, weaker teeth and bones, and an irregular metabolism.

Those who consume diet soft drinks while dieting and exercising tend to actually consume more calories than those who cut soda all together. It’s a mental trick; if you saved calories by ordering a diet soda versus an alternative drink, then it’s okay to eat a bit more. In most cases, this is false. This leads to excessive calorie consumption, and in turn, weight gain.

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Western student Ashley Schulz, 22, goes in for a dig while warming up before her Intramural volleyball game at Carver Gym. Schulz has been involved with Intramural Sports since her freshman year, and has been playing volleyball since high school.

“My sister thought I should try it out and low and behold I loved it,” Schulz said.

This is her ninth quarter as an Intramural volleyball team captain. She enjoys that the program mixes both genders onto one team.

“I feel good showing people what I can do on the court,” Schulz said.

Local Music: In the Raw

From screeching out wicked rock verses to belting out Canadian opera at the top of his lungs, Jackson Bengtsson, 22, shows no fear with a microphone in hand.

Bengtsson is a Western Washington University student studying psychology after transferring from Willamette two years ago. He has been involved with the members of this band, which remains un-named, for about a year. The band mates consider themselves to be metal-core, which is a combination of pop, punk, and soft metal, Bengtsson said.

“You know what makes me feel better about being a singer?” Bengtsson said. “I can do other musical things.”

Bengtsson plays guitar and piano, and spends a lot of his time producing his own music, he said.

Bengtsson is also an off and on member of Western’s A’Capella men’s group, Undefined.