The nice weather is finally looking like it is here to stay, which means activities like going to the beach and having cook-outs outside are moving outdoors again. This also means new opportunity to stay fit in a fresh environment and moving your workout outdoors.
 

The small gourmet diet food store Get Healthy America started carrying Arctic Zero a few weeks ago, but the ice cream substitute has already made the tiny Plainview shop a destination site for people as far away as Manhattan. How could this previously unavailable, unadvertised, niche market item already command such a loyal following?

 Lately, I've spent most of my restaurant tastings in Garden City because of the comfort that I feel with each one. Tonight, however, I broke that trend by going to Leo's Midway on Franklin Avenue.  All thoughts of subtle trendiness went out the window at Leo's.  At first, I was intimidated by its incredibly casual interior, but it didn't take long for me to put that aside, and enjoy a cozy and thoughtful meal.

Recently, the Obama administration created a bill that would ban junk food from high schools across the country, specifically in vending machines. This will not affect the University, but it brings up the issue of vending machines on campus and the amount of junk food they provide to students. If the legislation included college campuses, how would it affect the lives of students?

Ain't that America, indeed. After the announcement that Democrat Evan Bayh would not run for a third term as Senator of Indiana, a grassroots campaign pushing for rock musician John Mellencamp to take his place is in full swing. A "Draft John Mellencamp for Senate" Facebook page has been set up and has reached nearly 6,000 supporters since Bayh's announcement last Monday.

If asked, many people would probably deny the need for another social network. With sites like Facebook and Twitter, we have the ability to connect with pretty much everyone we know, and even those we don't. On February 9 Google Buzz was released to the public. The new service operates within the search engine powerhouse's own Gmail service as a mini social network, including Facebook-like status updates. Google Buzz users are given their own profile, in which thy can share as much personal information as they'd like with their "followers."

Tim Burton's film won't be released for a few more weeks, but already everyone can't get enough of "Alice in Wonderland." From Versace to Swarovski, designers have been incorporating whimsical and vibrant prints, clocks and rabbits into their latest pieces to reference the classic tale. Even O.P.I has launched a line of "Alice"-inspired polishes with lots of blues and reds. The most notable among these products is the limited edition Book of Shadows by super-fun cosmetic company Urban Decay ($52, Sephora).

With social media becoming so popular, we here at the Chronicle decided to do a twitter search for "Hofstra." This is, verbatim, what we found.