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No sweat for single ladies at Eastman
By Regina Eckes
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Thursday, September 30, 2004
There are two types of college women that go to the gym: those who work out and those who scope out SCSU's male population while pretending to work out. As someone who is serious about getting into shape, I've become increasingly annoyed with the wave of women, or should I say girls, that strut into Eastman caring more about their physical appearance than their physical health.
Women serious about their health wear their crappy T-shirts, old shorts and rotting tennis shoes to the gym because they know they'll leave looking and smelling pretty nasty. I don't understand these girls in their pink, fuzzy jump suits, which would look the same as a child's "jammys" if it weren't for the word "perfect" written across the ass.
Now why go ruin nice clothing by giving it sweat stains and more wear and tear than usual? Oh, that's right. The fuzzy jump suits do five arm curls and take a 10-minute break, strategically bending over for their berry-flavored sparkling water in front of the muscle man they've been stalking near the dumbbells.
But maybe I should lighten up and give the jump-suits a break. However, I cannot bring myself to excuse the makeup factor. After all, I have to save some of my dignity.
A simple equation proves the ridiculousness of wearing makeup to Eastman: gym equals exercising, exercising equals sweat, sweat plus makeup equals streaks and streaky makeup equals a grosser face than one covered in regular perspiration.
I can understand applying chap-stick and maybe a small amount of mascara. But glossy, eight-hour mauve lipstick and multi-colored weather-proof eye shadow? Unacceptable.
Unless these cover girls intend on doing nothing among the bikes, weights and treadmills, their makeup serves no purpose and neither does their presence. They should have saved their $20 gym fee to stock up on bronzer and the "sexiest new shirt" from Aeropostale, though twenty bucks couldn't buy you a sock at that store.
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