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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009
VOLUME121 ISSUE 31
ENROLLMENT
KU sees record high in diversity
BY JESSE BROWN jbrown@kansan.com
WORK IT OUT
Total enrollment numbers at the University decreased by 1.2 percent this fall, but the percentage of racially diverse and international students has increased.
The influx of incoming freshmen of diverse backgrounds combined with increased international enrollment at the Lawrence campus and the University of Kansas Medical Center have made this semester the most diverse student body in University history.
"The University of Kansas remains a great place to be for a bright, ambitious and diverse student body," Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said in a news release.
The total international enrollment increased by 11.6 percent. On the Lawrence campus, international enrollment for undergraduates increased by 22.65 percent.
According to the news release, 14.3 percent of incoming freshmen and 12.8 percent of the student population as a whole identified themselves as American/Indian/ Alaskan Native, Asian, Black, or Latino. Only the Hispanic community saw a decline in numbers of incoming freshmen, but there was a steady retention in the sophomore class.
Susan Tang, Hunan Province China, freshman, came to the University with a full-tuition scholarship and read about the University's 96th national ranking in the U.S. News and World Report.
According to international undergraduate admissions, fall 2008 had 799 undergraduates. This year, 980 undergraduates came to the University.
"I like the place well and the quiet environment here and people are so nice here." Tang said.
Daphne Johnston, associate director of International Student and Scholar Services, or ISSS, actively tries to recruit international students. She said
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Allison Lubarsky, Shawnee senior, participates in the 20-minute Completely Core class offered through KU Fit Tuesday evening. Lubarsky attends KU Fit classes 2 or 3 times a week to supplement her workout.
Students find time to exercise
New fitness classes provide quick workout
BY RAY SEGEBRECHT
rsegebrecht@kansan.com
With midterm exams looming ahead, every night before Kenzie Cordt goes to bed she plans her schedule for the next day. If the day is busy, Cordt said, she sometimes has to let something slide. But one thing she refuses to sacrifice is exercising.
Cordt, St. Marys senior, said her passion for working out began in high school, but staying vigilant about exercising in college
has proved difficult and required more creativity.
"Sometimes, if I have a test or something, and I don't have a lot of time I'll take my flashcards to the gym," Cordt said. "I'll do the stationary bike and study those while I'm working out or read while I'm on the treadmill. Even if it's just for 20 minutes, if I can do 20 on the treadmill and lift some weights, I'll feel a lot better."
Cordt isn't alone in her struggle to fit fitness into her life at the University. Students across campus who share her struggle are resorting to alternative techniques.
Amber Long, fitness coordinator for Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, said one option for working out in a short time frame is "express-type fitness," a technique where students stop trying to always exercise the entire body
and instead focus on a different muscle group each day.
Long said KU Fit classes traditionally run close to an hour, but that these shorter, condensed classes have become equally as popular this semester among
students. The shortest class, "Completely Core," runs only 20 minutes and centers entirely on exercising abdominal and back muscles.
"We've been probably doing those shorter
classes for a couple years, but its something that's coming into the industry more and more," Long said.
"I think during college, that's a necessity because you're constantly straining yourself..."
ed the "Completely Core" class this week, Madeline Johnson, said she especially appreciated that the class was on Tuesday nights. Johnson, Overland Park junior, has class from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., performs Watkins scholarship
One of the students who attend-
KENZIE CORDT St. Marys senior
hall dinner manager duties at 6 p.m. and then sits as the vice president for an All Scholarship Hall meeting.
"On Tuesdays,
I'm very busy;
Johnson said.
"Normally, I like
longer workouts. For
Tuesday, it's nice."
Long said numerous exercise options also existed outside the gym for students pressed for time. She said that most fitness magazines, including Men's Fitness and
Shape magazine, included workouts that students could complete in their apartments, and that a variety of videos workouts are also available.
She said students who preferred to exercise outside and didn't have much time could try interval training, a type of workout she said was shorter but more intense.
"That's kind of just alternating between sprinting and walking or jogging." Long said. "You're exercising at an intense rate and then backing off that intensity to kind of recover and alternating those types of things."
Patty Quinlan, nursing supervisor at Watkins Memorial Health Center, said regardless of how students exercised, they needed
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CAMPUS
Hanson to play concert after barefoot walk
BY MICHELLE SPREHE msprehe@kansan.com
Don't be alarmed when a mass of people begin walking barefoot down jayhawk Blvd. Friday afternoon, they're doing it for a good cause - and a free Hanson concert.
The tour is partnered with TOMS shoes Talk the Walk campaign which raises money for AIDS research and donates shoes to children in need.
Hanson, the brother rock band that rose to fame in the 90s, will play a few acoustic songs on the lawn of Allen Fieldhouse as a part of their "Use Your Sole" tour.
"It seemed like college campuses were a really appropriate place to be where people of our generation are essentially taking time to figure out what they're going to do with their lives," said Zac Hanson, the youngest of the brothers.
Hanson is playing at the Beaumont in Kansas City, Mo. Friday night and decided to make a pit stop on campus to raise awareness about its causes to college students.
Registration for event is free. This walk is expected to have about 500 participants and is an official walk on the tour but individuals can organize their own walks.
"I think people are saying to
themselves, 'I want to be a part of things that matter.' Zac said. "We're just inspired by the amount of people who on their own have gone out and hosted walks. Some people have five people walk and some people have 1,000."
After Hanson plays, the brothers will participate in a short question and answer session with the crowd.
Michael Mahon, New Braunsels,
Texas, junior, works with the
TOMS Shoes student campus
group and became involved after
hearing about the shoe company.
TAKE THE WALK
**WHAT:** Walk from Kansas Union to Allen Fieldhouse
**WHEN:** 12:45 p.m. registration, 1:15 p.m. walk begins and 3 p.m. walk ends
**WHERE:** Meet at the Union, Concert on the Lawn of Allen Fieldhouse
In the event of rain the walking route will begin outside Allen FieldHouse and end in the Lied Center parking lot.
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Hanson will be in town Friday for a free concert as a part of their "Use Your Sole" tour.
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