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Wednesday, August 22. 1975
University Daily Kansan
Karate and judo offered
With the increased interest in physical conditioning and self-defense, ancient arts such as karate and judo have an new popularity.
There are University affiliated judo and karate clubs as well as a School of Oriental Fighting Arts at 835% in St
The KU department of health, physical education and recreation has scheduled even classes for the fall semester in June to help judo. Each class is worth one credit hour.
The KU Karate Club expects to have 80 members who will meet two nights a week with membership fee, three instructors with black hair and karate at every level, Randy Myers, a member of the KU Karate Club, said, can learn the basics in one semester.
The club plans to send teams to karate meets in the area, he said.
THE KU JUDO Club also plans to meet two nights a week, Saturday mornings and noon sessions on Monday and Wednesday; bursary fee for the club, said Wayne Gyness, professor of health and physical education.
Of the 35 members of the Judo Club, he said, a half are women.
The Judo Club doesn't have teachers. Instead it uses more experienced members who are already trained. After 32 hours of practice, which can be done in one semester, a student can progress to two or three levels.
The School of Oriental Fighting Arts offers lessons in karate, judo, tae kwondo (Korean karate), boxing and general self-defense, Mark Barritt, owned, said.
The Judo Club doesn't sponsor a team, but individual members compete in area judo matches, he said.
THREE BLACK BELT instructors in karate teach at the school. Lessons cost from $1-$3 and decrease in cost as the student advances in the course, he said.
People enroll in the school for two reasons, Barritt said. They want to improve their physical conditioning or to learn to defend themselves.
The lessons can be discontinued at any time, and students progress at their own rate, Barritt said.
About 45 students are enrolled in the school, he said. The ratio of men to women is usually about three to one, with men being more likely to be conditioning and women in self-defense.
Too much sun could cause cancer
The warm rays that students bask in during the summer could cause cancer later in life, according to Lee Bittenbender, a Lawrence dermatologist.
"Ultraviolet rays can have two effects," Bittenbender said. "The acute effect is a sunburn. The chronic effects don't happen until later and they are long-term effects."
Bittenbender said effects from sun damage included cancerous, precancerous and pigment changes in the skin.
Skin damage occurs because the ultraviolet rays penetrate the skin and damage the DNA in the epidermal cell, he said.
"The problem is that the effects of ultraviolet rays are cumulative and irreversible." he said.
The sun's rays are most direct in the
months of April through October. During Daylight Saving Time, the rays are most intense from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Ultraviolet rays also can cause eye damage. Nathan Culver, a Lawrence ophthalmologist, said.
"Ultraviolet rays from the reflection of the sun off water or snow can cause keratitis, which is an inflammation or irritation of the cornea." Culver said.
Dark glasses can serve as protection from keratitis. Persons with light-colored eyes also are more susceptible to sun irritation than those with dark-colored eyes.
Infrared rays can burn the inside of the eye if a person looks directly at the sun, Calver said.
The eye focuses the sun directly on the macula, a small reddish area on the back of
the eye which allows people to see objects clearly.
Burning the macula will leave a blind spot in the visual field.
Bittenbender said that sun exposure could be good for psoriasis and eczema if the skin is not sunburned.
"But aside from skin diseases like eczema or psoriasis, that may improve from sun exposure, for the normal individual, there is no benefit to the skin from it." he said.
Sunlight can help the body make Vitamin D, which is essential for bone maintenance and development.
Patricia Dalyrime, director of the KU biochemistry lab, said there was a substance from which Vitamin D is derived present in the skin.
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By DANNY CAPLAN
Camping and other outdoor adventure equipment can be very expensive to buy, but renting the gear can be a less-expensive option according to Lawrence area rental services.
Staff Reporter
"Renting equipment is a good idea for people who want to give camping a try but don't have the equipment they would have to make otherwise." Hai Eden, SUA programming adviser, said
Through its Wilderness Discovery program, SUA rents different types of outdoor equipment, from cook kits to lawn mowers. Students are available only to KU students, faculty and staff.
"The purpose of the program is to give students inexpensive access to equipment that will make it possible to experience and enjoy the outdoors." Eden said.
A $100 cane with paddles, life preservers and a car-top carrier rent for $7 a day from SUA. Similar equipment is available from other restores at $12 to $14 a day.
EDEN SAID THAT some people preferred to rent rather than buy, not only because it was cheaper, but also because they would have space to store the equipment.
"A lot of people don't want to hassle with storing and worrying about the equipment."
Allen Cook, sales clerk at Suntower Surplus, 804 Massachusetts St., said customers sometimes rented equipment before they purchased it.
"One advantage of renting is you can try out different types of equipment."
Cook said customers could apply their rental fees toward equipment purchases. The two restaurants W 7th St. and First Service, 2120-D W. 258, St., said they offered similar policies.
TO ENSURE THE availability of rental equipment, several rental services recommended that customers make sure their furniture before they needed the equipment.
"We suggest that people come in and reserve the equipment they want at least a few days or even a week or more before they plan to use it." Eden said.
Although he recommends that people make reservations, Eden said that those who just walked into the stores and asked for a reservation had a good chance of finding what they wanted.
"It's during the weekiness in the warmer times of the year and also the semester and spring breaks that we may
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RENTAL GEAR can be reserved at the SUA office, where a customer chooses his equipment and pays the rental fee.
Deposits are refunded when the equipment is returned in good condition.
Eden said that when a customer came to pick up the equipment, he was required to test the air conditioner and deposit. The deposit normally is $10 but can be more, depending on the amount of credit.
The SUA office charges a late fee in addition to extra rental fees if the equipment is brought back after the date stipulated in the rental agreement.
Eden said that if the customer returned the equipment after the deadline, he had to pay a late fee of twenty the daily rental rate or $10, whichever was less.
"We do this as an incentive to get the return to rent the equipment on time so the next person who is scheduled to use the equipment has it available."
None of the rental services sets a time limit on customer rental agreements.
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