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Isaac Stein’s Four Tips for Facing the Cold

Find your inner Sylvester Stallone, Stein said.
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Find your inner Sylvester Stallone, Stein said.

To see how other students manage the inclement weather, check out Campus Shivers: Visiting (or Studying at) Cold Colleges.

Layer. Isaac Stein ’12, currently a student at the University of Chicago, suggests putting on layer after layer of whatever you can find that is clean. “Clean is meant as anything that doesn’t smell as if something died on it,” described Stein.

Get pumped up. In order to get in his game mentally, Stein “wakes up to both disco and gangsta rap.” In his mind,  “the outside might be cold, but not as cold as a grill full of ice.”

Fight through the day. One way Stein suggests trying to tolerate sub-zero temperatures is picturing yourself fighting for a noble cause. “If the History Channel is any indicator, the Eastern Front likely involved trudging through the snow and watching your friend attempting to smoke with a backdrop of high winds and concrete. Sounds like my Wednesday.”

Find your inner Sylvester Stallone. What could make walking through the snow all day for months any worse? Nothing. What could make it better? Rocky IV. Stein suggests that you “try to emulate Rocky IV, even if that only means going to the gym to beat up a few punching bags. That’s about as good as it gets, short of a training montage of chopping wood and wearing leather jackets on the Russian steppe.”

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Inklings Web Sports Editor Bobby Jacowleff, ‘14 is, in a word, unstoppable. With two sports captain positions under his belt, and a demanding Inklings position, his drive and commitment alone are impressive. But more notable than Bobby’s success is his ability to fight through anything in the way of his goals. Bobby may seem nonchalant about his abilities, there’s nothing to be casual about. He is a varsity football cornerback, a captain for indoor and outdoor track, and has already been recruited for track by universities including Emory and Amherst. More importantly, his achievements haven’t come without obstacle. Jacowleff received Tommy John surgery freshman year after overuse of his arm in football caused a tendon in his elbow to displace a piece of bone. This injury failed to hinder Bobby. He soon returned to football, and when he couldn’t continue baseball, instead of just giving up, he turned to track and realized his incredible talent for it. Bobby’s perseverance and determination for success extend from the sports fields to the newsroom. He balances sports practices with the demanding duties of a web editor. His favorite article to write was on Tom Milone, the first high school student in Connecticut to be drafted. The piece required extensive investigation and direct source coverage, but again Bobby’s diligence was evident in his thorough reporting. Despite his journalistic and athletic achievements, Jacowleff’s pride is concentrated elsewhere. “I’ve never had chapped lips or a paper cut,” he proclaims proudly. “And I’ve never even tried to avoid them.”

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