UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, January 17, 1996
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New Year's goals hard to keep
By Amy McVey Kansan staff writer
Tricla Bedore, right, an instructor at Body Boutique, 925 Iowa St., leads a class through a grueling hour of step aerobics. Many people sign up for classes as part of a New Year's resolution to get in better shape.
On December 31, 1995, Lindsay Heidrick made a promise to get in shape. This year, she plans to stick with it.
Heidrick, Chicago junior, said she had failed herself and her goals in the past. This year, she wants to succeed.
"I tried to quit smoking last year, but that didn't work," she said. "But this year I'm really going to get in shape."
Audrey Rosenblum, Memphis, Tenn., sophomore, said she had given up on New Year's resolutions.
"I didn't make a New Year's resolution, because I know I would just break it." she said.
Although keeping self-improvement resolutions is a problem for many people, it is not impossible.
Frank DeSalvo, director of counseling and psychological services, said many people were unsuccessful with their resolutions because they tried to accomplish unreasonable goals.
He said it was important to set achievable goals, to keep track of when they were accomplished and to give rewards for success.
"What we are essentially doing is trying to develop a new habit," he said.
Ann Chapman, Watkins dietitian, recommended setting small, specific goals.
"Don't try and revamp your diet overnight," she said. "You have to narrow your goals down."
Lorinda Hartzler, president of the Lawrence Body Boutique, 925 Iowa St., said that she had noticed the rush of New Year's resolutions but that constantly working out was not the answer.
routine slowly, she said.
"Frequently, when people make their resolutions, they become excited and burn themselves out," Hartzler said. "The people who pace themselves and don't overdo it tend to stick with their programs."
She said that it was best to exercise three times a week and to incorporate a variety of different exercises
into a program.
People usually give up on their goals when they don't see results, but it's important not to quit, DeSalvo said. People should be flexible so they won't quit the first time they fail, he said.
"You have to think, 'Well, that was one bad day, and I have a new start tomorrow," he said.
SenEx rejects computer course
By Colleen McCain
Kansan staff writer
In an age of e-mail and cyberspace, computer literacy has grown increasingly important. But the Senate Executive Committee decided yesterday that it was not in KU students' best interest to require and test for computer proficiency.
SenEx unanimously rejected a request to consider the establishment of a required introductory computing course. The Senate committee on telecommunications and
academic computing requested consideration of a computer course that would be required of all incoming KU students who failed to pass a proficiency examination.
SenEx members said they could not justify requiring another course when, beginning this summer, KU students would pay tuition per credit hour instead of paying a flat tuition rate.
"I have a real problem with adding another requirement, because students would be paying more tuition for taking this class," said Kim
Cocks, student body president.
SenEx members agreed that computer proficiency was important but said that many students gained computer experience in high school. And for those students who have not been exposed to computers, elective computer courses are available at the University.
Bob Nunley, SenEx member and professor of geography, said that computer courses should be publicized and available to all students — but not required.
These skills can be picked up in
community colleges and in high schools," Nunley said. "Most people should be able to pick up a lot of these skills on their own, just like we pick up other skills."
Nunley, who has taught computer courses in the past, said he would be reluctant to teach a required computer course to students who were unwilling to learn computer skills.
SenEx's rejection of the request means that it will not be passed on to the Faculty Executive Committee and that the request will not be considered further at this time.
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