**Hungry students help with hunger cleanup**
FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY — Twenty pounds of Garden Catering chicken nuggets, six containers of sauce and a 24—pack of water were placed in the Mezzanine for students participating in the “Hunger Cleanup Eating Contest” on Tuesday, Feb. 28.
Observers watched as eight male competitors and one female competitor sat around two long tables. Paper towels with 15 nuggets were placed in front of every participant as the announcer let everyone know the rules.
“It’s an accomplishment to win this competition,” said first place winner, Kenny Gilberg ‘12. “I felt as if I redeemed the title from when I lost a nugget—eating contest at a spring lacrosse game back in 2010.”
The Hunger Cleanup is made up of a group of students, faculty, staff and alumni from Fairfield University who volunteer to fix up sites in Bridgeport, Norwalk, Fairfield and Stamford for a whole day. This year will be the 22nd Hunger Cleanup.
Members of Fairfield Campus Ministry sponsored the event to raise money and awareness for the annual Hunger Cleanup. The charge of $5 to participate in the eating contest and $2 to watch was donated to the cause.
—The Mirror
By Nicoletta Richardson
**Spring break travelers beware of roaming charges**
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fullerton — With spring break less than three weeks away, students are looking forward to some down time and maybe even some traveling. But many cellphone users fail to realize that their data is still in use as they travel outside of their coverage area or outside of the United States.
In 2011, the Better Business Bureau received more than 27,000 complaints against the cell phone industry, primarily concerning high cell phone bills for making international calls and sending text messages. While traveling, roaming charges are one of the most common ways a cell phone bill can become inflated.
Wireless roaming occurs when a user is using a cell phone tower that is not owned by his or her cell phone service provider. Many cell phone carriers let their customers know if they’re roaming. Some even have “roaming guards,” which prevent users from accidentally switching to roaming.
AT&T Wireless has free U.S. wireless roaming on all nationwide AT&T plans. While there are no fees during roaming, the minutes used are treated like regular AT&T minutes.
International roaming minutes vary depending on the country. According to the AT&T Wireless website, roaming rates for calls are $0.79 per minute for Canada, $0.99 per minute for Mexico, $3.49 per minute for the British Virgin Islands and $2.29 per minute for Jamaica and the Bahamas. For text messages, AT&T’s rate is $0.50 per message sent.
—The Daily Titan
By Angel Mendoza
**Researchers find link between cardiovascular disease, oxidative stress**
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA — OU Health Sciences Center researchers have discovered a new trigger in the process that leads to cardiovascular disease.
Harold Hamm Diabetes Center researchers discovered a link between cardiovascular disease and oxidative stress while researching the effects of oxidative stress on certain proteins necessary for vascular health, according to a press release.
The research was originally performed on a condition known as oxidative stress, which affects the cardiovascular system by causing dysfunction in small cells found in our blood vessels and heart, according to the release.
Researchers hope the discovery will lead to a decline in cardiovascular imperfections such as high blood pressure, above normal cholesterol levels and possibly diabetes, researcher Jian Xu said.
—The Oklahoma Daily
By Andrew Gorton
