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Monday, September 30, 1996
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ROTC Rangers spend weekend in practice
Chris Hamilton / KANSA
Rod Galindo, Shawnee sophomore and Desert Storm veteran, secures the perimeter during a field training exercise for the Army ROTC Rangers, which was Saturday afternoon at the Sunflower Ammunition Plant.
Field exercises build strong leadership skills and teamwork
It is more than a name. For 19 KU seniors, the ROTC Ranger team is a way of life.
By Stephanie Fite
Kansan staff writer
The KU ROTC Ranger team, considered the physically elite of the Jayhawk Battalion, participated in a field training exercise and strategic tactical reaction assessment course missions at the Sunflower Armory east of Lawrence during the weekend.
"Generally, those people who are on the Ranger team are more physically fit than others and are willing to accept standards that have no limit," said Phil Young, Ranger队 commander and Schoolleys Mount, N.J., senior.
"We learn how to sneak up on the enemy and how to treat them afterward," Young said.
The Ranger team is a volunteer varsity sport that enables 10 of the 26 senior cadets to develop skills in small unit patrolling. The team members practice group reconnaissance, ambush and raid missions.
The ranger field training exercise was also preparation for next weekend's fall field training exercise at the Sunflower Armory, in which the rest of the battalion will also participate.
"It takes anyone who wants to commit time," Young said about the Ranger team. "This experience helps me to build team cohesion by participating, and each time I am learning more and more how to become a better instructor."
Attendance is mandatory for members of the Ranger team, and Young, a history major who wants to become a combat engineer in the Army, said each exercise prepared him to accomplish his future goal.
"I have learned how to organize my thoughts, to think quickly on my feet and and summarize extreme situations," Young said.
A summer course
Phil Campbell, Cadet Captain of the Ranger team and Overland Park senior, said participating was an invaluable learning experience.
"Although we do a lot of things that initially don't make sense, after we run through a few exercises, it does," he said. "We learn as a group how to make sense out of things that initially don't."
Young agreed.
Overcrowding of Robinson pumps up Lawrence health club memberships
"Teamwork is a must," he said. "If one person neglects it, you're all finished. For some people, the fraternity life is the way to go. For me, the ROTC Ranger team replaced that."
By Jeff Ruby
Kansan staff writer
Students with gripes about the Robinson Center often turn elsewhere for workouts in Lawrence.
"A lot of the frustration is with the hours of the Robinson Center," said Rick Stehman, manager of New Life Fitness Family Center, 2500 W. Sixth St. "Students are tired of waiting in line."
Robinson's weight room, which is closed between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. four days a week, has hours that fit students' schedule, said Bob Lockwood, facilities director of the center.
"Students are in classes during the day," he said. "They can only come in at certain times because the rooms are used for classes. You have to wait your turn to get on. We still haven't found the best solution to this problem."
Lockwood said he encouraged students to take physical education classes, which would decrease the number of people in the weight room at night.
Stephanie Albin, Salina senior and fitness trainer at Alvamar Nautilus Fitness, 4120 Clinton Parkway, said that most of Alvamar's student clientele were people who wanted a quieter, smaller place to work out than the Robinson.
Lorinda Hartzler, owner of Body Boutique,
925 Iowa St., said KU students comprised 30 percent of her all-female club's clientele.
1 usually just hear people who want to work out where there aren't men, in a more private atmosphere," she said.
Kristin Copeland, Emporia senior, said she belonged to Body Boutique because it was more accessible than Robinson.
"I don't have anything against Robinson," she said. "I just joined another club because it's more convenient to my schedule."
Mark Christesen, Lyndon junior and employee at Total Fitness Athletic Center, 2108 W. 27th St., said KU students made up 50 to 60 percent of the clientele.
equipment worn and inadequate.
percent of the class
He said student members called Robinson's
Lockwood said anyone with such an opinion had not been in Robinson lately.
"The Universal equipment is brand new," he said. "We just got two state-of-the-art PreCor Transports, which is an aerobic machine that emulates a bicycle, a treadmill, a Nordic Track and a Stairmaster. We also got a brand new hip flexor machine."
Laura Varel, a chiropractic assistant at Jayhawk Fitness and Rehab Center, 1104 E. 23rd St., said size could be a factor for students turning away from Robinson.
"Our weight room is 2,500 square feet," she said. "That's twice as big as theirs."
Lockwood said Robinson may have fewer free weights than other local health clubs because their center was geared more toward satisfying students who taking HPER classes.
"When you go around and look at facilities around the country, we're really not that bad," Lockwood said.
ON THE RECORD
A KU student's identification case, KUID and bus pass were stolen between 11:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sept. 10 from room 369 in Strong Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $75.
A KU student's parking permit was stolen between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Sept. 23 from a car in Lot 34 southeast of the Computer Center, KU police
A KU student's leather hip bag, KUIB, pass checkbook, driver's license, cash, calling card and keys were lost or stolen between 4:25 and 4:35 p.m. Wednesday between the Art and Design Building and Gertrude Sellards Pearson Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $111.
said. The permit was valued at $50.
Computer-powered speakers and a CD-ROM were stolen from the McNair Scholarship Program between 9 a.m. July 30 and 9:30 a.m. Thursday from room 408B in Bailey Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $500.
A KU student's KUID and bus pass were stolen between 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m. Tuesday from the lobby of Gertrude Sellards Pearson-Corbin Hall, KU police said. The items were valued at $50.
A KU student's tailgate was stolen between 7 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m. Friday from a truck on the 500 block of Brentwood Drive, Lawrence
police said. The tailgate was valued at $700.
A KU student's paper was stolen between 530 and 10 a.m. Sept. 20 from an apartment in the 2400 block of Louisiana St., Lawrence police said. The paper was valued at $100.
A KU student's wallet and driver's license were stolen between 1:10 and 1:15 a.m. Friday from a house in the 700 block of New Hampshire St., Lawrence police said. The items were valued at $37.
A KU student's watch was stolen at 9 p.m.
Sept. 22 from a sorority in the 1300 block of West Campus Road, Lawrence police said. The watch was valued at $250.
Daisy Hill parking to be probed for possible expansion
By Spencer Duncan
Kansan staff writer
Hoping to relieve parking frustrations, the parking department agreed to have a KU office examine the construction of more parking spaces on Daisy Hill.
Don Keeams, director of the parking department, agreed last week to have an assessment taken on the feasibility of building a Daisy Hill parking deck.
"We know we have a problem up there when it comes to parking." Kearns said. "There are solutions we are looking at, and building a deck is one of them. Of course, it's a complex issue and a lot needs to be done before we can just start building."
Grey Montgomery, student body president, said that the assessment would be done by James Modig, director of Design and Construction Management for the University of Kansas.
Montgomery said he had been involved in helping to find a solution, and since he took office in the summer, parking had been a top priority.
The parking department will pay for the study,but the cost is still undetermined.
Modig was out of town on business and unavailable for comment.
"This is a big step to take," Montgomery said. "I give Mr. Kearns credit for taking it. Hopefully, this is the first step in getting something done."
The deck would sit above an undetermined section of Daisy Hill's existing lots and serve as a second level of parking.
However, there is a long way to go
"Finding money for this is going to be the toughest part. It's going to be up to the students."
Grey Montgomery KU student body president
before construction. The analysis could take months, Kearns said.
"The analysis will tell us if it is feasible. Then there will have to be a design, and most of all you have to find money," Kearns said. "Getting money is the hard part."
Keams did not want to speculate on cost, which won't be determined until the study is complete
Montgomery said that regardless of the cost, the money would have to come from the students.
chung money for this is going to be the toughest part," Montgomery said. "It's going to be up to the students. It will have to go to a referendum eventually."
What the final determination will be is unclear, and Kearns is taking it one step at a time.
it's up to the study now," Kearns said. "When that is done then we will look to see what the next step is. That all we can do right now."
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