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OUT & ABOUT // WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING > Random people. Random answers. TO DO OUTSIDE?
PETER BALISTRERI
CHICAGO | SENIOR
"Play basketball it gets you outside and gets you exercising."
CHRISTINA BELME
DENVER | SOPHOMORE
"Read because it's relaxing."
MATT RANSOPHER
MIBIUM | SOPHOMORE
"I don't do a lot outside."
JESSICA BJORGAARD
OLATHE | JUNIOR
"Suntanning because it's relaxing and it gives me time to read."
TAYLOR HAVILAND
TAYLOR HAVILAND
KANSAS CITY, KAN | FRESHMAN
"Go for a run, see friends."
MELANIE BLAKE
MELANIE BLAKE
OVERLAND PARK | JUNIOR
"Work in my garden. I like the end result at harvest time."
AMANDA MURPHY
AMANDA MORITH
OVERLAND PARK | SOPHOMORE
"Flying kites. Usually it doesn't work, but when it does it's fun."
THOMAS DEACON
WEST LAFAYETTE, IND. | SOPHOMORE
"People-watching because people do obnoxious stuff outside. Plus there are lots of beautiful women."
THOMAS GRAFTON
LENEXA | JUNIOR
"Drive with the windows down — it's super relaxing."
KATE LARRABEE
SCENE AND HEARD // KU FITNESS GROUP
Quincy Kreps' heart is pounding. Every muscle in her body aches. It feels like her lungs are going to explode and her t-shirt is drenched with sweat. Just as she is about to give up, she hears the energetic and encouraging voice of a KU Fit instructor and she wills herself to keep going.
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Kreps, Kirksville, Mc., senior, says the positive energy of the KU Fitness Group in the Ambler Recreation Center, 1740 Watkins Center Drive, is why she likes going to fit classes.
Stephanie Marquess, Lenexa sophomore, is a fit instructor and says she thinks the supportive
Fist pump: Students belonging to the KU Fitness Group find increased motivation in a communal exercise environment.
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atmosphere and the loud music is what gets so many people to buy passes and attend classes.
Fit classes have been gaining more and more popularity each semester says Amber Long, assistant director for fitness for KU Recreation Services. The fit passes, which are required to attend classes, are $50 for a full semester and $25 for a half semester.
The price doesn't seem to scare away too many students. Long says 950 passes have been sold online and in the first week of class 400 more were sold. In the 2009-2010 academic year 1700 full passes were sold. With a 45-person occupancy limit, classes fill up quickly and instructors urge students to show up early to ensure a spot in the class.
Class schedules and descriptions are available on the KU Fitness Group website at http:/ recreation.ku.edu/programs/fitness/
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Sands will have the majority of carries in the Jayhawks backfield during the 2010-11 campaign.
The 6-foot-1, 231 pound starter, Angus Quigley, looks to be the driving force of the dynamic Jayhawk offense, by exploiting every hole and consistently busting through the line.
The sixth year senior is ready to return to the running back position after winning the startig job, beating a deep, talented group of running backs.
Quigley not only earned the respect of his coaches on the field, but when
Both of them are. And I am excited to see what they can do on game day"
he touched the ball. But it hasn't been all sunshine and roses with Quigley's tenure at Kansas, he had to miss the 2005 and 2006 season due to injury, and he was moved to
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Sophomore Quarterback
man DeShaun Sands look to overwhelm the opponent on game day.
Sands came into training camp looking to impress his coaches and earn
Quigley's comeback has a strong effect in the locker room, and the coaching staff has seen his posi-
linebacker in 2009 while dealing with well-publicized issues with former coach Mark Mangino.
his spot on the backfield.
"I was determined to play this year," said Sands.
"They're very talented. Both of them are. And I am excited to see what they can do on game day," said Pick.
And play he will.
Sands will be the No. 2 back on Gill's depth chart. Having two strong
Together, the bruiser and the burner will be working towards one goal: win. In the physical world of college football having tandem running backs is a necessary ingredient to a winning football team. Quigley and Sands are going to be ready to give it everything they've got come Saturdays this fall.
Go.
Edited by Lisa Curran
have new coaches and a new roster to which athletes have been added, lost and shuffled around between positions. I am no football coach, so I am inclined to trust their decisions on who should play with Kansas on their jersey, but like many other fans I feel an urgency to see that first victory on the schedule.
The fan base was left hurting after close losses or really bad losses last season, and a horrific offseason, but some of those wounds can
This campus thrives when our athletes are successful — when students can celebrate all weekend and pick up a Kansan on Monday just to remember how awesome Saturday was.
I wish the fans and the team a smooth first game with many great plays, chimes of the Campanile and a good waving of the wheat after the victory.
Edited by Michael Bednar
FOOTBALL
Family doesn't distract Gill
BY MATT GALLOWAY mgalloway@kansan.com
Their attendance only brings more meaning to the game for Gill, who is making his coaching debut for the Jayhawks Saturday against North Dakota State following four seasons at Buffalo. The last time his parents saw him on the field was back in 1983 when he was quarterback at Nebraska.
Two people who helped shape who Turner Gill is as a coach, and as a man, will see him lead a team as head coach for the first time this Saturday: his parents.
Also in attendance will be Gill's daughter Jordan, a student at the University of Kansas. Jordan, by chance, was already attending the school when her father was hired.
"So that's what probably makes it a little bit more special." Gill said.
"My daughter being here, and then we are all here together as a family," Gill said. "You never dream of that actually happening."
While the excitement surrounding his first game as coach could be seen as a distraction, Gill insists he is focusing solely on the Bison,
who are coached by a man Gill has seen at many different times during his career.
the Nebraska Cornhuskers from 1977-79, the same school Gill played quarterback for 1980-83. "He has done an outstanding job." Gill said. "I know that his team will play hard. I know
North Dakota State coach Craig Bohl played defensive back for
"My daughter being here, and then we are all here together as a family. You never dream of that..."
that they have been coached well. I know he is a very defensive-minded coach."
Still, there is a chance the emotion of the moment could briefly get to Gill, who is not ruling out butterflies in the stomach as a pregame possibility.
Gill likely will not be the only one on the sidelines with pre-game jitters. Freshman running back
"Once the first snap goes, then you are kind of ready to go, even though I'm not going to go out there and get hit and all those types of things," Gill said. "But I get excited and I get passionate about the game."
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and get focused on the job that needs to get done"
DeShaun Sands,
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senior Angus
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"I just get
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"Sands said. 'In front of 50,000 fans,
my first time; I'm just nervous I guess.
It was a dream to play here growing up."
Gill has one request for Jayhawk fans in attendance this Saturday, including his parents and Jordan.
"I would like for them to make sure to wear blue, make sure they come to the game energized and be ready to go with some enthusiasm," Gill said.
Edited by Clark Goble
Mike Gunnoe/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Coach Turner Gill's parents will watch him on the football field in person for the first time since 1983 this Saturday against NICU
mike ounnoo/KANSAN FILE PHOTO