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NEWS / THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / KANSAN.COM
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"A woman is like a tea bag — you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
FACT OF THE DAY
Tea is the second most popular beverage throughout the world, second only to plain water.
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The Kansas African Studies Center will host a Martin Luther King Spring Welcome Back Reception for faculty, staff and students from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in Room 10 of Bailey Hall. The reception is free.
- Student Union Activities will screen the movie, "Whip It" at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium. Tickets are $2 for KU students and $3 for the general public.
The KU Law Federalist Society is sponsoring the lecture, "Tort Reform: Cut Costs, Not Care," presented by Mark Behrens, a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Shook Hardy & Bacon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in Room 104 of Green Hall. The event and accompanying lunch are free.
FRIDAY
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Jan.22
- KU Opera presents "The Sorrows of Young Werther" from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in the Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission.
Watkins Memorial Health Center will have an H1N1 clinic from noon to 2 p.m. in the first floor conference room. The clinic is open to all KU students, faculty, staff and retirees.
MONDAY
SATURDAY
Jan. 25
Three faculty members will present "Food for Thought: The Culture of Food in the United States" from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room on Level 5 of the Kansas Union. Tickets are free.
Jan. 23
Ayu Saraswati will present "Cosmopolitan Whitness: The Effects and Affects of Skin-Whitening and Tanning Advertisements in Transnational Media" from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Hall Center for Humanities. Tickets are free.
The Emily Taylor Women's Resource Center is providing an Empower self defense workshop taught by martial artists from Premier Martial Arts in the Martial Arts room of the Ambler Student Recreation Center from 1 to 3 p.m. To register, call the ETWRC at 785-864-3600 or e-mail amckay@ku.edu or etvrc@ku.edu. The workshop is free.
TUESDAY
Jan. 26
The KU Blood Drive will be from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Big 12 Room of the Kansas Union.
The KU Natural History Museum will have its first Science! on Tap discussion, "Kaw Kinetics: Hydroelectric Energy in Lawrence", at 7:30 p.m. at Free State Brewing Co. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Sarah Nelson-owner-operator of Bowersock Mills and Power Co., will present the history of hydroelectric power in Lawrence and address the pros and cons of using the Kansas River for energy. The event is free.
Jan. 24
SUNDAY
Opera singer Sasha Cooke will perform at the Lied Center at 2 p.m. Tickets are $5 for students and $18 for others.
The University will host a Martin Luther King Jr. celebration banquet featuring U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Missouri) from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Kansas Room at the Kansas Union. Tickets are $20 and must be purchased no later than Jan. 21: www.omaku.edu.
WEDNESDAY
Jan.27
The Dole Institute of Politics will host "Pizza & Politics with David Schimke" from noon to 1:30 p.m. Schimke is the editor in chief and general manager of Utne Reader. KU students only.
Norman Yetman, professor of American studies and sociology, will present the University-Community Forum "Voices From Slavery: The Federal Writers' Project Slave Narrative Collection" at noon in the Ecumenical Christian Ministries building. This event is free.
COOL CLASSES Dance, Dance, Revolution
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BY TAYLOR LEWIS
tlewis@kansan.com
Enter the bowling alley and people are greeted with four game pads, one arcade game and a slew of students stomping to Dance, Dance, Revolution.
DDR instructor Susan Hoffman said she had been privileged to teach this vigorous health, sport and exercise sciences course for the past four years.
Many students cringe at the thought of an early Friday morning class. But at 8 a.m., the first floor of the Union is booming with a party-like atmosphere.
"I really didn't think students would do this," Hoffman said. "But students do like to do it, and I think they get a lot more out of it than they ever dreamed they would."
**Class Number** – HSES 108
**Prerequisites** – None
**Offered** – Two classes available per semester; Fridays at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.
"You really do concentrate, and you
Although there is some outside work required — two essays on goals and reflections — students are more than willing to look past the homework aspect. According to Hoffman, students can benefit from the course.
learn how to focus in and get rid of some of the excess noise around you, and I think that can be transferred to all kinds of things that you do in college," Hoffman said.
Allison Ho, a senior from Topeka, enrolled in DDR after needing one credit hour to complete her spring schedule.
"I'm a bio-chem major and a chemistry minor, and this is the first fun class I've taken." Ho said.
Ho isnt the only person majoring in the sciences to take the course. Since the first
year the class was offered. Hoffman has seen everyone from law students searching for a lighter class to athletes who are looking to improve their foot speed.
"We get everybody from somebody who has never seen it before to someone who makes you go, 'I'll never be able to do that. That's crazy,' because they're just moving so fast," Hoffman said.
Three years ago, Burton Gepford, a senior from Shawnee, said he hadn't played DDR. In fact, he wasn't enrolled in the class, but rather worked at Jaybowl and occasionally participated in Hoffman's class. Now Gepford, Jaybowl's recreation coordinator, has mastered the machine and was offered to teach a section of the course.
As an instructon, Gepford said he hoped to teach his students the fundamentals of the game but wanted them to understand
that he's not expecting them to become professionals.
"I want them to get better every day, and that's the goal," Gepford said. "As long as I see that they improve from the beginning of the semester to the end of the semester, I'll feel like I did a good job teaching."
Hoffman shared the same expectations for her students. She said she thought that students will leave the course with more than just a newfound knowledge of the game.
"I tell them you don't have to look pretty," Hoffman said. "Just show up and participate — the benefits are yours."
Edited by Jesse Rangel
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