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FASHION
Model makes time for both worlds
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Janelle DIPola, a sophomore from Denver, balances two majors and a career as a model. DIPola's personality and the support of her family and friends keep her grounded in the fashion industry.
Janelle DiPaola refuses to let the runway change her
BY LINDSEY CARLTON editor@kansan.com
Arriving at a fashion show, Janelle DiPoiola bypasses a seat in the audience and heads backstage for wardrobe, hair and makeup. After getting dolled up by professionals, she eagerly waits around for what seems like hours as other models get ready.
Show time hits, and chaos breaks loose as the director rushes DiPaola into position. Despite the madness, she stays calm and in character, preparing for an exciting few minutes of strutting down the runway
"It's such an adrenaline high," said DiPaola, a sophomore from Denver and a professional model. "It's unreal and so fun."
DiPaola, who is nearly 5-foot-10 and has long
"Just talking to her ... you wouldn't know she modeled because of her down-to-earth personality."
HALEY REMUND
Olathe sophomore
brown hair, grew up in Denver with her parents, Joe and Yvonne, and her now 16-year-old brother Sam.
She first experienced the runway at age 3 but wasn't noticed by an agent until her senior year of high school.
The photographer who took her senior photos suggested DiPaola enter a local Miss Teen Photogenic competition, which she won. One of the judges was Donna Baldwin, owner of Donna Baldwin Talent in Denver. Shortly after signing with Baldwin, DiPaola booked her first job, with an Italian company that came to Denver for a photo shoot in the Rocky Mountains.
"I feel like I'm getting the total college experience, but when I model, it's like a completely different world," she said.
"I was nervous, but I was with
people who have had a lot of experience, so I would just watch them," DiPaola said.
DIPaLao now also works with Seven Model Management in Kansas City, Mo., balancing her modeling schedule with a double major in film and English.
She mostly models in print because the market for runway in Kansas City is small. DiPaola also said she aspires to work abroad, either during a semester or after she graduates.
But, while DiPaola's college life is atypical, she still remains grounded with the support of her family and friends.
Though her parents and broths
er worry at times, her family encourages her modeling career.
"I am confident in her ability to say no when in a compromising position or when something goes against her values," her mother said.
DiPaola's personality also keeps her from getting caught up in the industry.
"It's funny because Janelle will come home after a photo shoot looking like she just walked out of a magazine," said Haley Remund, D)Paola's roommate and a sophomore from Oathe. "Just talking to her, though, you wouldn't know she modeled because of her down-to-earth personality and unpredictable sense of humor."
DiPaola is especially conscious of the pressures to maintain a certain standard of beauty in the modeling world, but her friends are not worried about her giving in to that standard.
"janelle has always said she would never have surgery or lose
weight just because an agent told her to," said Elaina Knowles, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb., and one of DtPaola's best friends. "I know modeling is important to her, but she would never compromise her body for it."
Knowing what happens behind the scenes, DiPaola warns friends to not get sucked into wanting to look a certain way. She said every magazine picture has been completely airbrushed. She said she has
even looked at her own final pictures and hardly recognized herself because of so much airbrushing.
"I honestly think that they airbrush so much that in ten years they won't even need models except for runway, because they can digitally create someone," DiPaola said. "Until then, though, I'm going to keep doing what I love."
Edited by Sarah Bluvas
Senators turn over seats to successors
STUDENT SENATE
Student Senate ushered in its new senators and officers Wednesday night and elected three holdover senators.
At the final meeting each year, Senate elects holdover senators to carry on their knowledge and experience to the new class of senators.
Senate elected Matt Rissian, a senior from Overland Park; Libby Johnson, a junior from Lawrence; and Dylan Slaven, a junior from Overland Park, as holdover senators for the next year.
All senators were turned over even though the elections results are not yet certified. Certification was postponed because Senator Matt Erickson filed a complaint against various aspects of the Elections Commission's certification. The complaint contested the eligibility of eight KUnited candidates, the accessibility of the voting website and the eligibility of some voters in the off-campus and nontraditional races. The complaint hearing will be May 3.
Newly elected Student Body President Michael Wade Smith said the Student Senate Court of Appeals, and the Elections Commission told him to proceed as usual because the complaint only calls a few individuals into question.
"If a decision is made to act retroactively, then we'll change our course of action" Smith said.
Student Body President Michael Wade Smith also announced his executive staff for 2010-2011, which includes Student Executive Committee Chair Aaron Dollinger, a junior from Leawood; Legislative Director Alex Earles, a junior from Salina; Treasurer Erin Pishny, a junior from Lenexa; Assistant Treasurer David Cohen, a junior from Leawood; Community Affairs Director Brad Rector, a sophomore from Shawnee; Communications Director Ian McGonigle, a sophomore from Wichita and Executive Secretary Alex Muninger, a junior from Salina.
Annie Vangsnes
NATIONAL
Biden speaks about Wall Street reforms
UWIRE
Milwaukee, Wisc. — Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke about Wall Street reforms and the middle class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tuesday in an effort to drum up support for President Barack Obama's financial overhaul legislation.
These speeches came in the midst of negotiations in the U.S. Senate to compose a financial reform bill similar to one that has already been passed in the House of Representatives.
Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barnett and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Carlos Santiago also spoke.
The House reform bill included provisions for allowing shareholders more say on executive pay packages, strengthening the Securities and Exchange Commission's oversight of financial firms and creating a consumer protection agency.
-Katherine Kehee writes for the Badger Herald at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Study illustrates long-term health risks in lack of sleep
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While many college students are ending their working day, other students and local residents are leaving to work the night shift, which a recent study finds could make them prone to health risks, such as high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes.
A study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that working the night shift increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity.
When someone's sleeping and eating cycles are disrupted, the levels of leptin, which regulates the body's weight, decreases and that causes the person to feel hungry, said Frank
HEALTH
A. J. L. Scheer, the lead author of the study. This is where the risk of obesity and diabetes comes in, he said.
The short-term effects of working the night shift are impaired sleep and disrupted cognitive functions during the day. Diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and obesity are the long-term effects. Scheer said.
Many night shift workers said they are more worried about balancing their schedules than health problems.
"The night shift is good for me because I am home during the day," said Brenda Arnold, a night shift custodian in OU's Baker University Center.
Arnold works the night shift Monday through Friday. Working this shift gives her the opportunity
to get her children off to school in the morning and still be able to get them home in the afternoon, Arnold said.
Levels of glucose, the body's main energy source, and insulin are increased in people who work the night shift, according to the study. Night shift workers show symptoms similar to jet lag such as gastrointestinal complaints, fatigue and poor sleep, according to the study.
The increased level of glucose heightens the risk for heart disease, obesity and diabetes. It also causes an increase in blood pressure while awake, Scheer said.
— Marika Lee writes for The Post at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio
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