Early Bird Fitness
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Morning people sacrifice sleep to go to Robinson and exercise before they go to class. These out-of-the-ordinary college students say they are conquering laziness and developing better exercise habits.
By J. L. Watson Special to the Kansan
att Davis'
alarm goes off
at 5:30 a.m.
Five days a
week, Davis,
Ocean Township, N.J., junior, and a group of friends meet to lift weights and play racquetball at Robinson Center
Davis has not missed a day since he started doing sunrise fitness last semester.
"Sometimes I'm a little slow getting started, but it's not that difficult," he said. "I don't know if it ever gets easier or if you just get used to it."
While most KU students are still sleeping, a small but dedicated group of athletes sweat it out in the weight room, on the racquetball court and in the pool. Robinson is open from 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday for those willing to throw off the covers and exchange physical fitness for a few more moments of sleep.
For Davis, getting up early means not having to deal with lines for the equipment.
"it's more crowded at night," he said
Lucy Joo, Shawnee senior, said she recently started her early morning workout routine.
"Maybe it's psychological, but if you work out in the morning, you don't want to be lazy for the rest of the day," she said. "It also keeps me awake for the rest of the day."
Joe also said that she participated in Tae Kwon Do, and that her extra workouts enhanced her skills in the sport.
Mike Chapman, physical therapist at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said that most people who had an established early-morning routine felt vitalized the rest of the day.
However, he cautioned newcomers to go slow.
"It might not be the best thing for someone who has a health problem to jump out of bed and exercise right away," Chapman said.
Laura Muller, Fairway junior, combines her workout with her job. She works as a lifeguard at the pool and uses the facilities after she gets off work.
"By getting up early I have the whole day ahead of me," she said. "Seeing others work out is motivation for staying in shame."
Muller said she saw a variety of people doing laps in the pool.
Some are good swimmers or triathletes, and some are just beginners, she said.
Brade DeBiere, Pittsburg junior, is one of the people who swims during the early-morning hours.
"Before I did this, I was a lazy bum," he said.
DeBriere said a friend sparked his interest in sunrise fitness.
"Before I started doing this, swimming long distance was a fear of mine. It is something I want to conquer."
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DeBriere said he still was working on that.
In addition to the facilities offered at Robinson, early morning joggers also can use the track at Anschutz Sports Pavilion from 6 to 8 a.m. Monday through Friday.
There also is a sunrise aerobic program at Robinson. The next session is from March 8 to April 29. Classes meet from 6:15 to 7:15 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is $20 fee, and it is open to members of the community as well as students.
Community members also may pay a $20 fee to use Robinson during sunrise fitness. KU students only need a KUID.
Without a river to row on, Sandy Kollenberg, Lansing senior, works out on one of the rowing machines at Robinson Center. Kollenberg was rowing yesterday in one of the two exercise and weight rooms at Robinson Center.
art
KU art students hope to make creations profitable
Kansan staffwriter
Making money may not be the ultimate goal for most KU art students but after a while, they may find themselves weighing the values of art against the need for food, clothing and shelter.
Rv James I. Reece
"There are more artists per capita in Lawrence than any city in the U.S," said Robert Brawley, head of the art department at KU. But he said a slumping national economy made art a risky way to make a living especially in Lawrence.
"It's a little town," he said. "The prices that people get–you can't survive on that."
But he said the art school faculty emphasized creating art rather than selling it.
Jeff Ridgway, Brookfield, Mo. graduate student in painting in the school of fine arts estimated that one or two students in any
"Most artists believe that art is a pure purse," he said. "People that are into it aren't into it for the money. On the other hand, there are problems with survival."
given drawing class of 30 students would eventually go on to a professional career in art.
"Getting a degree in art pretty much qualifies you to flip burgers," he said.
Ridgway spent 10 years as a commercial artist in Kansas City before coming to KU where he has taught drawing classes. He said painting commercially began to effect the originality of his own art work, especially when clients brought him aesthetically bad ideas and he accepted them.
But Carrie Finneseat, Manchester, Mo., senior, was confident this summer when she sought a job painting a mural for Hockenberry's Tavern, 1016 Massachusetts St. She said she heard about the job from her roommate and approached Brad Ziegler, the owner of the bar.
"I guess the honesty is what I felt Iacked," he said. "I guess I was the Eddie Haskell of the art world."
"I went over and told Brad I was the best artist he could get for the money and he let me do it," she said and earned about $500
John Sabraw, Lawrence junior, had an art career before he came to KU. He started by writing and illustrating a children's book and then did freelance illustration. Then he designed lady's handbags in New York City.
dollars for the job. She hopes to be a professional designer when she graduates but she said she would also like to teach art.
Trey Parker, Brookfield, Mo. graduate teaching assistant in art, recently was selected to paint a mural in the Wescoe Food Court. He will get $950 to buy paint and supplies for the project.
He said the money was great but a hectic environment with up to seven-day work weeks left him feeling unfulfilled.
"I had no time to create what I wanted,' he said, so he returned to Lawrence to attend KU.
But after three years in the handbag business, he called it quits.
"I thought that his work was probably the most mature and interesting of the entries," said Roger Shimonura, professor
of art, and one of three judges for the contest.
Parker also had a career in New York City before returning to college. He sold and showed his art in the Soho district from 1980 to 1989 and has sold seven "Cow" prints in Lawrence and Kansas City. The prints are on four foot square white paper with cows in black, red or blue ink, and sell for $85
The Paradise Cafe, 728 Massachusetts St., the Jazzhaus, 926/12 Massachusetts St. and the Glass Onion, 624 W. 12th St. have dislabeled students' artwork.
Bars and restaurants are popular places for students to display and sell their art.
Brawley, said that success does not come easily to artists in Lawrence.
"It's extremely difficult for artists, even established artists to maintain their art careers here because it is so isolated," he said.
Luck plays a big part in it, he said. "You are talking on the level of movie stars versus the actor," he said.
People and places at the University of Kansas.
calendar
Lectures and Seminars
Student Union Activities
Faye Wattleton, President of Planned Parenthood
"Reproductive Rights and Reproductive Health Care"
7 p.m., Friday, Kansas Union Ballroom
$1 students, $3 non-students
Adam Sandler, comedian from Saturday Night Live
8 p.m., Saturday, Kansas Union Ballroom, $9
Office of Study Abroad
Informational meeting for students interested in studying in Spain, Costa Rica and Germany in Fall 1993
3:30 p.m., Tuesday 205 Lippincott
3:10 p., Friday, Kansas Union lobby
Department of History
Informational meeting on Women and the Historical Profession
7 p.m. Today: 4020 Wescoe
KU Social and Economic History Seminar lecture
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