AUGUST 15,2005 INTRAMURALS
ON THE HILL
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
9C
Competition camaraderie without the pressure
BY MICHAEL PHILIPS
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Much like the Athletics Department, KU Recreation Services offers a wide variety of sports, within that plethora of choice, basketball is still king.
Intramural play is free for enrolled students, but teams are charged a fee in certain situations. In the fall, the most popular and largest-member sports are flag football and volleyball. Registration for these sports will take place within the first few weeks of the school year.
The registration dates will be posted to the Recreation Services Web site, located at www.recreation.ku.edu. You can also call 864-0787 for information.
Last year marked the first time online registration was used for intramural sports, although the most popular way is still to register in person at the Student Recreation Fitness Center. The intramural team captain must have the name and KUID of all team members when registering at the recreation center.
Team slots are allocated on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you want to register for a basketball team, do it early on the first day or you risk not having a spot.
Most sports are divided into men's, women's, and co-recreation divisions. More popular sports split into "competitive" and "noncompetitive" brackets, as well as offering leagues for residence halls and Greek houses.
SPORTS OFFERED
The full basketball season
Fall
* Flag Football
* Sand Volleyball
* Soccer
* Volleyball
* Floor Hockey
* Table Tennis Singles
* Racquetball Singles
* Tennis Singles
* Golf
* Bowling
* Eight-Ball Pool
* Dodgeball
* 3-on-3 Basketball
* Pre-Holiday Basketball
Spring
Basketball
Softball
3-on-3 Soccer
Ultimate Frisbee
Tennis Doubles
Table Tennis Doubles
Racquetball Doubles
Sand Volleyball
Bench Press
Nine-Ball Pool
Wrestling
Golf
Texas Hold 'Em
4-on-4 Flag Football
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does not take place until the spring semester, but during the fall teams can play in the preholiday basketball tournament, scheduled to take place in November, or the Homecoming 3-on-3 tournament, which takes place in October.
Winners of intramural tournaments receive T-shirts proclaiming their championship victory. Perhaps more importantly, players also receive bragging rights — at least until next year.
ACADEMICS
Study now,
Avoid the temptation to relax the first few weeks, the biggest mistake students make is not studying right away, said Kristin Scott, assistant director of the Academic Achievement and Access Center.
BY ERIN M. DROSTE
editor@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
Transferring from high school life to the academic atmosphere at the University may prove to be a shock for many students.
Conventional wisdom suggests that students' grade point averages will drop after their first year in college because there is less grade inflation in college than in high school, said Lisa Wolf-Wendel, associate professor of higher eduction.
"Typically speaking, at some point in their freshman year, students experience their first academic crisis," she said. "They have either a positive or a negative response that is triggered by not doing as well as they had in high school."
A positive response would be that the student works harder after failing his first test, Wolf-Wendel said, while a negative response would be that the student gets frustrated and their GPA drops.
Wolf-Wendel said this was also true of students transferring from a junior college to a four-year institution. Students experience transfer shock that can result in a drop in grades, though throughout time the student can improve his GPA if he sticks it out, she said.
A low GPA can be improved, but it isn't easy, said Kristin Scott, assistant director of the Academic Achievement and Access Center.
"Successful students plan ahead, prioritize and balance their schedule well," Scott said. "They are focused on their academics and take advantage of resources that are available."
Those resources include teachers and professors as well as the different academic resources the University provides. Students can take advantage of tutors, the KU Writing Center and informal study groups to help keep their grades up.
spent in class. Scott said she recommended studying in shorter two-hour blocks rather than sixhour marathon sessions.
Scott said students could study effectively by planning to study at least two hours for each hour
"Students should plan to study in a place with few distractions," Scott said. "Regarding time, students should study at a time when they are most alert and productive."
Reviewing notes after lectures and starting assignments on the day they are assigned rather than the day they are due can also help keep your grades up, Scott said.
KU students are fortunate to have so many resources available to them, Scott said. The best way to ensure success at the University she said, was to manage your time wisely.
"Unfortunately the first exam can be an eye-opening experience," she said.
Scott said the biggest mistake students made was not studying right away.
— Edited by Ashley Michaels
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Whether for professional or personal reasons, if you are in a class and find yourself thinking about how much you dislike the instructor, it may be time to say goodbye.
3. Too Hard
4. Not Worth Enough Credits
If you walk into class and the professor assigns homework you've never heard of, think about the door. If you don't understand it the first day, you're probably going to have to read the book. And is it really worth all the extra effort?
Sometimes the work does not equal the hours earned. For instance, physical education classes meet two or three times a week, yet only yield one credit hour. Fine arts majors have to take twice as many classes for the same amount of credit hours. Even working for the Kansan 40 hours a week yields only three credits. The bottom line is, how bad do you need it, and can you put up with it?
5. Interferes with personal life
Students, and people in general, have to make time for themselves and their personal pursuits. Some classes force you to choose between it and your friends or significant other. If a class always demands more than you can give, seriously look at getting out while you can.
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