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Victoria's Secret tailgate truck treats students to PINK swag
EMILY BROWN
ebrown@kansan.com
The Victoria's Secret PINK Tailgate truck, a pink truck with white polka dots, was in front of the Kansas Union with freebies and games from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. last Friday.
Victoria's Secret PINK Campus Representatives Julia Chasen, a junior from Tulsa, Okla. and Lindsey Mitchell, a junior from Pratt, Kan., said there was a raffle, different photo opportunities and style challenges throughout the day.
Chasen said it is a way for
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victoria's Secret PINK held a contest with colleges from all over the nation, with the prize being a tailgate party at the university with the most fans. Kansas beat Missouri by getting more than 700 followers on the @KU_Pink Twitter account.
Victoria's Secret to connect to college students.
"It's kind of like a 'Hey, we care about college students, and we like to have fun."
The University won the chance to have the PINK truck visit after a Twitter war with the University of Missouri, which Chasen said was a close race for a couple of days.
Nicole Nunes, a junior from Maize, Kan., said she found out about the event through one of the PINK campus representatives. She found a PINK dog by Anschutz Library and attended the workout class at Body Boutique.
On Thursday, 100 PINK dogs were hidden across campus for students to find. If students brought their dogs with them to the tailgate, they could exchange them for a limited-edition t-shirt.
Later that day, there was also a free workout class at Body Boutique, where a variety of freebies were given out.
"Body Jam was a really fun, upbeat workout," she said. "I won a free pair of limited edition yoga leggings, which was definitely a perk. Everyone had a great time."
— Edited by Christy Khamphilay
Skydiver makes record-breaking leap
SCIENCE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROSWELL, N.M. — Extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner landed safely on Earth after a 24-mile jump from the stratosphere in a dramatic, daring feat that may also have marked the world's first supersonic sky dive.
Baumgartner came down in the eastern New Mexico desert minutes after jumping from his capsule 128,000 feet, or 24 miles, above Earth. He lifted his arms in victory shortly after landing, sending off loud cheers from onlookers and friends inside the mission's control center in Roswell, N.M.
It wasn't immediately certain whether he had broken the speed of sound during his free-fall, which was one of the goals of the mission.
Three hours earlier, Baumgartner, known as "Fearless Felix," had taken off in a pressurized capsule carried by a 55-story ultra-thin helium balloon. As he exited his capsule from high above Earth, he flashed a thumbs-up sign, aware that his feat was being shown on a live-stream on the Internet.
65th anniversary of U.S. test pilot Chuck Yeager successful attempt to become the first man to officially break the sound barrier aboard an airplane.
At Baumgartner's insistence, some 30 cameras recorded the event Sunday. While it had been pegged as a live broadcast, it was actually under a 20-second delay. Shortly after launch, screens at mission control showed the capsule as it rose above 10,000 feet, high above the New Mexico desert as cheers erupted from organizers. Baumgartner also could be seen on video checking instruments inside the capsule.
Baumgartner's team included Joe Kittinger, who first attempted to break the sound barrier from 19.5 miles up in 1960, reaching speed of 614 mph. With Kittinger inside mission control Sunday, the two men could be heard going over technical details as the launch began.
keep it_right there," Kittinger told Baumgartner.
An hour into the flight, Baum-gartner had ascended more than 63,000 feet and had gone through a trial run of the jump sequence that will send him plummeting toward Earth. Ballast was dropped to speed up the ascent.
Kittinger told him, "Everything is in the green. Doing great.
This attempt marked the end of a five-year road for Baumgartner, a record-setting high-altitude jumper. He already made two preparation jumps in the area, one in March from 15 miles high and on in July from 18 miles high. It will also be the end of his extreme altitude jumping career; he has promised this will be his final jump.
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After the jump, Baumgartner says he plans to settle down with his girlfriend and fly helicopters on mountain rescue and firefighting missions in the U.S. and Austria.
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Apps on smart phones are now helping people keep track of their workouts. Nike+ is one of the many apps that allows people to connect their phones to their shoes to record the time, distance and speed of their workouts.
HEALTH
Exercise apps assist students in maintaining healthy lifestyles
"I love this aspect of it because when I'm running I get mile updates, halfway updates, or 400-yard updates," Klecan said. "It's nice to not always have to be checking my phone."
When Topeka junior Kelli Klecan goes for a run, she moves to her iPod music. But sometimes she hears more than her favorite tunes. She hears voices.
STEVI WILSON swilson@kansan.com
Klecan's Nike+ app on her iPod allows sensors in her Nike running shoes to track her speed, distance and time. The sensor syncs with her music and app, which gives her verbal updates through her headphones during her run.
Students use exercise apps, such as the Nike+ app, to record their
JEREMY TARR
Content Manager, FitDay
"It makes you more conscious of the choices you're making.
running and also count calories.
"My times have definitely improved since getting the app," Klecan said. "If I start running consistently, I will see my times go down by the minutes."
The Nike+ app and hundreds more like it can assist users with
Klecan said Nike+ has made her more apt to run outside if she has a few spare minutes because she knows she'll be able to easily record her times.
FitDay, an app similar to Calorie Counter, tracks both what users eat and how many calories they burn. Jeremy Tarr, the content manager for FitDay, said journaling makes it easier to reach a weight-loss goal.
"It makes you more conscious of the choices you're making," Tarr said. "It makes it easier to eat better and to lose weight."
Edited by Allison Kohn
Klecan also uses the health and nutrition app Calorie Counter which records everything users eat. The app automatically tells users how many calories they've eaten during the day. Klecan said Calorie Counter makes her think twice about what she is eating.
their workout routines, and help maintain a healthy diet. Many of the apps are also free.