Fitness Levels Decline as Texas Students AgeBy: By Pamela Kufahl, editor AUSTIN, TX -- Texas students become progressively less fit as they age, according to recently performed tests on 2.6 million Texas children. ... Washed AwayBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor, and Jennipher Shaver, senior associate editor The extent of the damage caused by flooding in Iowa this summer won't be known for several weeks, perhaps even months. The rising waters from the Cedar,... Interview with Kent Blumenthal, Executive Director of NIRSAWe’re about [two months] removed from the NIRSA Conference and Expo in Austin, TX... Central Florida Center Becoming Too Crowded for Some StudentsORLANDO, FL -- At the Athletic Business Conference and Expo last December in Orlando, a pre-conference tour featured the University of Central Florida’s athletic facilities. The campus’s state-of-the-art, 84,000-square-foot recreation and wellness center was among those facilities.... San Diego Fitness Pioneer DiesSAN DIEGO -- Frederick Kasch, a health and fitness pioneer, died earlier this month at a San Diego hospital at the age of 94, about a week shy of his 95th birthday. ... Portland State Rec Center Will House City’s ArchivesPORTLAND, OR -- The $71 million Portland State University student recreation center, scheduled to open in 2010, will have a unique feature, courtesy of the city of Portland, OR.... NIRSA Conference Sets Attendance RecordAUSTIN, TX -- The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) set an attendance record with nearly 2,500 attendees at its annual conference and exhibition April 2-5 in Austin, TX.... Harvard Rec Center Complies with Muslim Students' Request for Women-Only HoursBy: Stuart Goldman Cambridge, Ma Men are banned for six hours a week from the Harvard University's Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center. The ban was to accommodate Muslim... Harvard Complies with Muslim Students’ Request for Women-Only HoursCAMBRIDGE, MA -- Harvard University’s Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center has banned men for six hours a week to accommodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot exercise comfortably in their presence. A discussion about this policy was aired on NBC’s “The Today Show” this morning. ... Missouri Southern Students Protest Fee Increase for Rec CenterJOPLIN, MO -- Some students at Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) have asked fellow students to sign a petition to repeal a $150 per semester student fee increase that would help pay for a student recreation center.... Austin City LimitsBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor The city of Austin, TX, has no doubt changed since 1968, the last time the National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) held its annual conference... In BRIEFIn mid-February, a little more than a month after police had arrested two men who had broken into lockers and stolen credit cards and other belongings... Iowa State University Students Vote on Rec Center RenovationAMES, IA -- Last week, Iowa State University (ISU) students voted on a proposed $52.8 million recreation plan that ISU recreation professionals are calling an "extreme makeover" for the Lied Recreation Center. Although results have yet to be announced, support for the plan was mixed, according to the Des Moines Register. ... Central Michigan Residents Join Fitness ChallengeMOUNT PLEASANT, MI -- Taking its cue from TV’s “The Biggest Loser,” a Central Michigan University residence hall complex began a “Battle of the Shrinking Halls” contest this week to determine which hall can lose the highest percentage of weight in a five-week period.... Health Club, Community College Reach AgreementSARANAC LAKE, NY -- North Country (NY) Community College (NCCC) and the Lake Placid (NY) Health and Fitness club have reached a mutual agreement in which the club’s trainers will help train NCCC’s athletes while NCCC will offer Lake Placid members access to its facilities, according to the Adirondack (NY) Daily Enterprise.... Idaho State Plans Addition to Rec CenterPOCATELLO, ID – Idaho State University will take construction bids next month for a proposed $6.3 million addition to the school’s student recreation center.... Nonprofits, Private Studios More Appealing Than Club Chains, Survey SaysBy: By Stuart Goldman, managing editor YONKERS, NY -- Readers of Consumer Reports gave higher marks to private studios, nonprofit organizations, local community centers and office fitness facilities over most national health-club chains other than Life Time Fitness in Consumer Reports National Research Center’s first health club survey.... Cameras Installed at Kentucky Rec CenterLEXINGTON, KY -- The University of Kentucky installed two rotating cameras in its student recreation center last month, the Kentucky Kernel reported.... UMass Breaks Ground on New Student Rec CenterAMHERST, MA -- The University of Massachusetts (UMass) broke ground last week on a new $50 million student recreation center that is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2009.... MRSA Cases Prompt Action By University Rec CentersNATIONWIDE -- Student recreation centers across the country are taking precautions to help stop the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).... Fee to Increase Dramatically at University of IowaIOWA CITY, IA – With construction of a new $69.2 million campus recreation and wellness center set to begin Oct. 19 at the University of Iowa, the school’s student activity fee will jump from $4 annually to $219 for the fall 2009 semester.... Certification Requirements Lead to DismissalsBy: By Stuart Goldman MESA, AZ – Officials at Mesa (AZ) Community College say the removal of 15 adjunct faculty members from teaching in the school’s fitness centers had to do with their failure to meet new certification requirements and was not an issue of age discrimination.... Fitness Fee Increases at Penn StateBy: By Kelsey Garrison University of Kansas Addition DelayedLAWRENCE, KS – The completion of a $6.3 million addition to the University of Kansas Student Recreation Fitness Center has been delayed, according to the University Daily Kansan. The addition, which includes four new multipurpose courts, an expansion of the free-weight area and two more racquetball courts, was scheduled for completion this past spring. ... Texas School to Open Rec Center to Faculty, Alumni, FamiliesAUSTIN, TX – The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) recreation center, which is scheduled to open this fall, could have professors, alumni and families of students working out alongside UTPA students, The Brownsville (TX) Herald reported.... |
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