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THE UNIVERSITY OF DARYL KANSAN
FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2009
RECREATION CENTER
FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2009
Boot camp workout returns for another session
BY LAUREN HENDRICK
Ihendrick@kansan.com
KU students who whipped into shape during the Ambler Student Recreation Center's Boot Camp Challenge that wrapped up before spring break. Back by popular demand, session two of the Boot Camp Challenge will begin Monday.
"The early mornings were tough," Megan Hicks, Oxford freshman, said.
Hicks met with her fitness group twice a week at 7:30 a.m. for an hour-long workout. She said each day emphasized the same exercises but each workout was different.
The boot camp groups meet at various times during the week and trainers plan their group's workout schedule. Every group member takes a fitness assessment at the beginning of the program and participants make personal goals. The boot camp workout increases in intensity over the weeks.
Travis Coberly, Gove graduate student, said the diverse workout
routines kept him interested and dedicated.
"Apparently I have severe ADD when it comes to working out and I enjoyed the fast pace," Cobberly said. "I was looking for a way to get a good cardio workout without all the mind-numbing boredom of a treadmill or stationary bike."
Cobberly credited his trainer, Alex Miller, for keeping workouts entertaining.
"Alex was entertaining, original and enthusiastic with his workouts so I knew to expect some interesting twists on cardio work," Coberly said.
"Keeping it challenging for everyone was key." Miller said.
Miller, Bonner Springs junior, was one of six trainers involved with the six-week program.
He said one of his workouts consisted of back-to-back intervals of running, sit-ups, push-ups, tricep dips, and pull-ups. Participants would repeat the intervals with just a few minutes of rest in the entire hour.
He said the boot camp provided
a good foundation of basic exercise combinations. Partner work was also effective in keeping people motivated.
"It would have been easy to just quit but I kept going." Ashlie St. Clair, Stilwell senior, said. "You knew someone else was depending on you to complete the exercises."
Hicks, Coberly and St. Clair said they noticed a difference in their cardio fitness after the six weeks.
"Apparently will power alone was not enough, but a $50 investment was." Coberly said.
The Ambler Center's second session of the Boot Camp Challenge, beginning next Monday, is open for registration until 6 p.m. today at the Ambler Center business office. The cost is $50.
The Ambler Center will also host a Boot Camp Challenge Field Day from 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 25 at the Adams Outdoor Education Center, 1010 E.750 Rd. The cost of the outdoor-based program is $15.
— Edited by Liz Schubauer
Megan Hicks, Oxford freshman, stretches before her KU Fit班 at the Amber Student Recreation Fitness Center Wednesday night. Hicks participated in the Boot Camp challenge earlier this year. Sign-ups for the second session of the program end at 6 p.m. today.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Group members garden to donate
A member of The Environmental Action to Revitalize the Heartlands pulls out radishes to donate to local Lawrence charities. The group harvests vegetables and donates them to ECKAN Just Food Pantry, which distributes the food to the needy and other food pantries.
PHILANTHROPY
Students grow vegetables, donate them to local charities
BY AMANDA THOMPSON
athompson@kansan.com
Students will have the chance to get their hands dirty this Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the campus garden, located behind University Relations on Louisiana Street between 13th and 14th Streets.
Margaret Tran, Derby junior and co-coordinator of EARTH, said tomatoes, radishes, lettuce and spinach were some of the seeds that would be planted. Tran said the food would be donated to the ECKAN Just Food Pantry in Lawrence.
Tran said group members usually contacted workers at Cottins Hardware & Rental, Sunrise Nursery or Clinton Parkway Nursery to ask for seed donations. Tran said most seeds for the first planting came from Cottins Hardware & Rental.
"We take seeds that local businesses would normally throw out," Tran said. "It just depends on who approaches us or who has stuff
available. Whoever has some thing, they just let us know."
Tran said the campus garden was open for students to visit and enjoy, and said volunteering to plant would not only help the community, but would also help the student volunteers.
"It's a great way to meet people and do something hands-on with sustainability," Tran said. "And there are a lot of rising food costs, and as college students it's important to learn how to grow food yourself to decrease how much money you spend."
Tran said for the first planting day last year, around 20 volunteers showed up to help plant. She said she hoped to see a similar number at the campus garden this year. Tran said this Sunday would kick off regular volunteer hours, which would be every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to noon, and every Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m.
more environmentally aware
Maddie Fry, co-coordinator of EARTH, said her work with the group helped her become
Tran said the vegetables ripened at different times during the season, and that radishes were usually ready for harvest first.
"I've learned a lot about how eating locally benefits the environment," Fry said.
"It's ongoing, so whenever something is ripe we pick it and start donating it," Tran said. "Last fall we were donating stuff like once a week."
Fry said the ECKAN Just Food Pantry not only distributed food to low-income families in Lawrence, but also to other food pantries around Lawrence.
Edited by Sam Speer
CAMPUS
Graduate architecture course to receive award
BY KAYLA REGAN
kregan@kansan.com
For 14 years, graduate students in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning have built houses, community centers, meeting places and other structures for different communities. The class, Graduate Design Studio VII, typically referred to by students as "Studio 804," will be recognized for its work by the American Institute of Architecture. The class is receiving a Education Honor Award for Excellence in course development and teaching.
"It is always an honor to receive awards based on the work of Studio 804," professor Dan Rockhill said. "This award is especially important because it serves to award Studio 804 for its entire body of work as well as the dynamics and structure of the class."
Rockhill said AIA selected the course because it "strived to benefit communities and focused on the most progressive architectural practices." The 22 students in the course collaborate to design and construct a new structure each semester.
"Professor Rockhill uses this class to bridge the gap between the architect and the building" Stephanie Winn, Wichita graduate student and also a member of the class, said. "Most architects sit at a computer eight hours a day and we actually get to build what we draw on paper."
Last year, the class built a community center in Greensburg after a tornado destroyed the town in May 2008. Rockhill said the building served as a prototype for sustainable design and building.
Currently the class is working on
a sustainable house in Wyandotte County. The home includes a wind turbine, solar panels, a geothermal heat pump, recycled materials and a water reclamation system. The structure is expected to be completed in Mav.
"Studio 804 has always focused on the most sustainable architectural practices and we hope to educate people by setting good examples in the building industry," Rockhill said.
This is the third Education Honor Award for Rockhill, who has taught the course since it began in 1995. Rockhill said he wasn't a prescriptive teacher, meaning he taught students to find their own solutions to problems by leading them in the right direction.
"He always says, 'You're the architect, you figure it out,' Winn said. "But that doesn't mean he's not there guiding us and helping us figure out the answers."
lared Eder, Aitkin, Minn., graduate student, said he chose to attend the University's graduate school specifically because of the class. Eder said although working with other students wasn't always easy, collaborating with class members was a rewarding experience.
"We all sink or swim together," Eder said. "I have learned more in the past few months than I ever could have dreamed of learning from a book or in a classroom."
Rockhill said watching students grow from the course was the greatest reward of teaching the class.
"Every student shapes and inspires myself and their peers to do something they have never experienced before," Rockhill said.
— Edited by Sam Speer
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