UO E-Clips, Oct. 11

U.S. Marines new running suits are tested (UPI story in EarthTimes Online, UK, and other media outlets): The U.S. Marine Corps will begin training next year in modernistic running suits tested at the University of Oregon The suits manufactured by InSport Inc. won the Beaverton, Ore., company a $14 million Marine contract. "The Marine Corps cold-called us and asked us to run tests for them and to report back to them," said Professor John Halliwill, co-director of the university's Exercise and Environmental Physiology Laboratories. Halliwill and lab co-director Christopher Minson led the clothing testing, in which 29 Marines jogged on a treadmill for 30 minutes at 6 mph and at a 2 percent incline on four separate occasions. The climate in the lab was manipulated to mimic two common environments: cool and humid and warm and humid. During testing, researchers monitored minute vascular and respiratory changes of subjects both at rest and when exercising. (Original UO news release)

Meditate your stress away: (Daily Times of Pakistan): Research from the University of Oregon claims to prove (story says that, but no such claim was made) that attaining a state of “restful alertness” for 20 minutes a day over a period of just five days can physically reduce anxiety and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol, reported The Independent on Wednesday. Referring to meditation, that millions of people worldwide practice the art (meditation in general) even though no one is sure exactly when it emerged. He says that yoga is believed to have been practised in India since 3,000 BC but it was not until the 12th century that the spine-stretching postures familiar in modern yoga were added. (UO news release)

ASUO Street Faire comes to campus (KVAL.com): News article follows in its entirety -- A major pathway through the University of Oregon campus has been turned into a Saturday Market-style event this week. The annual Street Faire, organized by the Associated Students of the U of O, has taken over East 13th Street between the UO Duck Store and the EMU. Despite a little bit of rain this week, the event brings craft-makers and food vendors from all over to campus for three days. "A lot of them are local," says organizer Ella Barrett, "and there's people coming in from California, and Montana, and Washington, so it really brings in from everywhere." This year, the Street Faire coincides with Homecoming Week on campus. The ASUO Street Faire is free for folks to browse, and is open to everyone. It continues through Friday.