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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FITNESS
Rec Center awards cash for weightloss achievements
HANNAH BARLING
hbarling@kansan.com
Losing weight can be a challenge, especially among college students. But, would you do it for money?
The Scale Down Challenge, hosted at the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center, is a 10-week weight-loss program with a competitive edge to it. The challenge is open to students, faculty and staff. Each participant pays a $25 registration fee, which is then added to a prize money pool. The program kicked off yesterday with the first weigh-in.
Jill Urkoski, associate director of program management at the rec. said the Scale Down Challenge looks for individuals who maybe
change their lifestyle yet. She said the goal is to make a change and to have healthy behaviors.
There are two separate tournaments: one for students and one for faculty
and staff. Each tournament has its own prize money pool. After 10 weeks of weigh-ins, the four people from each tournament who lose the most weight will be rewarded with money from the prize pool.
The program is essentially a weekly weigh-in. The workouts and meal plans are for the individuals to decide, but the rec does offer additional personal training and fitness classes.
are equally as crucial. Ken Sarber, health educator at Watkins Memorial Health Center, named a few unhealthy eating habits among college students;
- skipping breakfast
While exercise is important for weight loss, healthy eating habits
- late night snacking
- not drinking enough water
- consuming energy drinks
"This [unhealthy eating] happens more when students go to college."
Sarber said that the largest of these problems is skipping breakfast.
"This happens more when students go to college because they get the option to sleep in if they want to," Sarber said.
Sarber really pushes students towards maintaining balance overall. He said that rather than eating three large meals a day, students should eat five to six small meals
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KEN SARBER
Health Educator
"This allows your body to burn calories as you take them in throughout the day," Sarber said.
obese or overweight to lose weight and start living a healthy lifestyle
The Scale Down Challenge is designed to encourage those who are either
Fifty-five faculty and staff and 61 students signed up for the challenge so far. Urikoski said the incentive can give participants the initial boost but competing against each other also keeps them motivated.
Edited by Paige Lytle
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Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little answers questions in her office. This week, she discussed the new concealed carry legislation and circulum changes she has made.
Gray-Little discusses campus issues
EMMA LEGAULT
elegault@kansan.com
Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little addressed several University topics on Tuesday, including the concealed carry resolution, the new KU Core curriculum and the addition of parts of campus to the Register of Historic Kansas Places.
CONCEALED CARRY
If the bill is passed, she said that the University would need to evaluate safety measures, such as screening for weapons.
Legislation that would allow for concealed carry on campus is expected to surface during this session of the Kansas legislature.
On Feb.6, Student Senate passed a resolution opposing concealed carry on campus. In addition to Student Senate, faculty and University police, the leaders of each Kansas Board of Regents Schools are in opposition to the concealed carry.
Gray-Little said the University's stance is the same as it was last year.
"To be able to do that would be a very expensive proposition for a setting like this," Gray-Little said. "So we'd have to think about what we would have to do to respond to it in a way that would keep this environment as safe as possible and still be responsive to that law."
KU CORE
She said that the current set of curriculum requirements before students enter their major courses or professional school are complicated.
Completing the revision of the undergraduate requirements is a focal point for this semester for Gray-Little.
"The goal is to simplify the set of requirements so students can more easily navigate the requirements, to make it possible for
students to have more flexibility about the selection of courses and majors." Gray-Little said.
With the implementation of the Core, freshmen entering next fall will be required to take 12 general education classes in addition to major-specific classes. They will have more than 800 classes to choose from to complete the required 36 credit hours.
"Ultimately, it is to have a better educational experience, make it straightforward with regard to the navigation, and facilitate students graduating on time," Gray-Little said.
Finishing the project will be a major accomplishment for the KU Core Curriculum Committee and Gray-Little.
"One of the things that I really am looking forward to is to say, 'yes, this is done,' for next semester," she said. "This is a huge amount of work for all the people involved."
HISTORICAL SITE DESIGNATION
The area along Jayhawk Boulevard was added to the Register of Historic Kansas Places on Feb. 9. Twenty buildings, as well as other landmarks and landscapes, will be recognized as a historical district.
Gray-Little said this honor carries some specific responsibilities for the University, and that the preservation of their condition will place some restrictions on the kinds of changes able to be made.
["The designation] says this is an area that has some aesthetic or cultural integrity and we want to make sure that that is retained," she said. "So we want it to stay, to have that same sense of unity and integrity that it has before, and we want to make sure that we're very careful about changes that we make to it or make to the appearance."
Edited by Elise Reuter
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