From soccer to swimming to skiing, Campus Rec keeps students fit By Chris McCubbin Staff Reporter _ • Campus Recreation can loan University of Nebraska-Lincoln students a baseball glove or send them on a two-week bicycling tour of Ireland. It has a place for them to swim and can give them a chance to be part of a sports team that competes around the country. Campus Recreation tries to "provide as diverse a program as possible so that each student can find at least one thing to be involved in," Stan Campbell, the director of Campus Recreation, said. Many life-long habits are formed at college, and Campus Recreation is designed to lay the groundwork for a healthy lifestyle, as well as help students get to know each other socially, Campbell said. The most visihle of Campus Recreation’s missions is its informal recreational programs — the swimming pool in Mabel Lee Hall, jogging tracks, weight rooms, tmd the various courts and fields on both campuses. This summer, Campus Recreation constructed a new sand volleyball court in Selleck Quad rangle. Campbell said that these facilities are used 130,000 times each year. Another highly visible part of Campus Recreation is its intramural sports program. Campbell said there are 65 intramural sports for men and women, and 40 additional corecreational sports. Campbell said more than 70 percent of UNL students take part in intramurals. For those who crave a slightly more intense level of competition, Campus Recreation also coordinates 11 club sports, which allow UNL students with an interest in non-varsity athletics to compete with teams from outside the university. Campbell said the rugby and soccer teams often compete against teams from other states, and the crew team travels all over the United States. Instructional classes and clinics in several sports are offered every semester. Most classes last six weeks and cost less than $20. Topics range from golf to water exercise to bicycle maintenance to scuba. Scuba classes cost m $210 because of the expense of equipment rental. The Century Fitness Club allows students, faculty and staff to design their own fitness program. The club offers support through incentive prizes and a monthly newsletter. Campbell said the club has about 120 mem bers. Membership is free. Students can rent canoes, tents and other camping equipment at the Campus Recreation office. Equipment for golf, skiing and racquet sports can also be rented. Equipment for indoor and outdoor sports is available for up to three days. Campus Recreation also has hunting, fish ing and state park vehicle permits. Tickets to World of Fun and Oceans of Fun, and coupons for Adventureland are available at the Campus Recreation office. The Outdoor Adventures program offers trips from one-day bicycle or canoeing ex cursions in the Lincoln area to a 10-day tour of the Mexican Carribbean that cost $1,650 a person. A new program this year is a bicycle trip to Ireland. Twelve UNL students will tour the Emerald Isle for two weeks in June 1988. Campus Recreation wili also expand closer to home with the expected completion of the recreation center/indoor practice field. The first phase of the prqject, the practice field, will be finished in November, and the rec center is already planning second semester activities, Campbell said. In spite of some student concern, “there hasn’t been any evidence of athletic depar tment trying to monopolize the center,” Campbell said. The athletic department has agreed to use the center no longer than three hours a day, he said. The second phase of rec center construc tion, scheduled to begin early next spring, will involve the construction of an addition containing basketball courts, racquetball courts, a weight room and new offices for Campus Recreation and equipment rental, Campbell said, The final phase of construction will involve the renovation of the coliseum. The entire rec center prefect should be complete in three to five years, Campbell said. SERIOUS FITNESS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS. With today’s fitness and health • craze, it's easy to get caught up In frivolous health club extras. How ever, the Lincoln YMCA believes that fitness and your health are serious business. Whether you just want to shed a few pounds or have a special fitness program developed, you’ll find we’re specialists in helping you maintain a healthy lifestyle as a j student. • s To make it even easier for you to get in shape, the YMCA now has a student membership* available to full-time students. If you join the YMCA between Sept. 1 and Oct. 1, You’ll receive $36 off a new membership. After the Initial sign up fee, all you have to pay is $14 per month for use of the swimming pool, gym, track, weight room, handball, racquetball courts and aerobic classes. And for an addi tional $4 per month, you can have full use of the Nautilus equip ment. So if you’re serious about getting in shape this school Year, give the Lincoln YMCA a call at 476-9622 or stop by for a tour at 11th