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(04/19/17 2:19am)
As we know, physical health is very important and vital to a happy, fulfilling life. Getting out and being active is something every physician, trainer and mom will encourage you to do. In this little space I have, I’m not going to waste it telling you the same thing that you’ve heard your entire life. Rather, I will tell you — and stress it’s importance — that mental health can have a huge impact on your overall well-being and should not be taken lightly.
(01/17/17 7:18pm)
Matthew 16:24 — Jesus said to His disciples, “Whomever wants to be my disciple must first deny themselves and take up their cross and follow Me.”
(03/04/16 3:37am)
Rap artist Lil Wayne took center stage Thursday night at
Assembly Hall.
(10/29/15 2:55pm)
Grade: B
(09/03/15 1:14pm)
You didn’t miss much, but you missed quite a bit.
(09/01/15 6:00pm)
‘Straight Outta Compton’
(03/31/15 2:45am)
IU women’s fitness group CHAARG is taking initiative this semester to spread awareness of overall fitness and health.
(03/28/14 3:35am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>The Building Tomorrow chapter on campus has raised more than $38,000 to fund an elementary school in Uganda.Building Tomorrow is a 10-year-old organization based in Indianapolis whose purpose is to spread awareness about education globally with a focus on Uganda.“I really like that Building Tomorrow gets the community involved,” said Brigitte Hackler, junior and former Building Tomorrow president. “It’s a team effort, and it serves as a good model for the world. If you’re going to fight poverty, education is a part of that.”The organization was founded by George Srour, who said he saw the lack of education buildings for children when he visited Uganda. He wanted to help begin the building of such facilities.Uganda has the youngest population in the world. With more than half of its population under the age of 15, the demand for classroom space is premium, according to the Building Tomorrow website.George’s sister, Maria Srour, started the IU chapter of Building Tomorrow approximately six years ago.The school will be called Building Tomorrow Academy of Kimbimba, located in the Lwengo district of Uganda.With its central location, students from nearby communities can travel a short distance to school as opposed to the 3.5 to 4 kilometer walk before.It will serve students and families in six neighboring villages — Kibimba B, Kibimba A, Kitwekyajovu, Kabukye A, Kabukye B and Kasabya.As a group effort, the community in Uganda donates land and over 20 hours of labor, while parents and families, along with skilled contractors, put forth the time to construct the school. “Building this school puts an importance of education and provides a space where kids can come and learn,” Hackler said. The school requires about $60,000 to build, so IU has teamed up with Hope College in Michigan and Depauw University in Indiana to fund the rest of the money.The two colleges will be co-sponsors for the school. This will be the 20th school that Building Tomorrow has sponsored and the first that carries the IU name. “We’re just really excited that the school is actually breaking ground,” Hackler said. Building Tomorrow Academy will be a 10-room primary school for children in grades one through seven and has room for 325 students. The chapter has organized numerous fundraisers and events through the years to raise the money for the school, Hackler said. “We’ve raised money just about any way possible,” she said. Building Tomorrow has a future fundraiser for the Uganda project called Bike to Uganda, where donators will ride on stationary bikes in a bike-a-thon.The goal is to “travel” the distance from IU to Uganda, which is more than 7,000 miles, Hackler said.Every participant is asked to donate $5 and engage in a 30-minute bike ride to add to the previously traveled miles.The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily from April 14 through 16 by the clock tower outside of Woodburn Hall.The academy broke ground March 18 and is estimated to be done by the end of this year. It is scheduled to open for its first term in February 2015. “Building Tomorrow Academy of Kibimba represents hard work and the potential to improve the future through education for a village in Uganda,” Hackler said. To find out more information on Building Tomorrow, visit buildingtomorrow.org/chapters/iu.
(02/28/14 3:08am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Students tired of going to the gym can don leg warmers and work out with Denise Austin and Jane Fonda instead.From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. today at the Fuller Projects, students can participate in a workout event designed to mix popular exercise tapes from the past with current, updated routines.IU graduate students Katie Jacobs, Cristinia Weaver and Nathan Perry organized “The Now! Body,” a complete body fitness workshop, as part of IU’s Celebrate EveryBODY Week to spread positive messages about body image.The event, located in McCalla School at the corner of 10th Street and Indiana Avenue, is free of charge.Created by Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts students in 2002, the Fuller Projects is an exhibit venue on campus where students can present experimental works.The full workout session will consist of ab work, strength core, cardio, weights and more.“Anyone and everyone can come get a good workout and have loads of fun in the process,” Jacobs said.The event will include 40 minutes of workout tapes from the 1980s, 40 minutes from the 1990s and 40 minutes from the 2000s with a warm-up and a cool down for each decade.It will include famous routines by Denise Austin and her “Buns of Steel” tape and Jane Fonda workouts. The event was inspired by Jillian Michaels’ workout routines, which made a significant difference in the students’ lives, they said. “I had a personal trainer before, and I actually weigh less now than I did with the training because of the workouts,” Perry said.The Jillian Michaels workouts served as an inspiration to Perry, Jacobs and Weaver as they began to look forward to working out regularly, they said.“We participate in the workouts on a weekly basis,” Jacobs said. “The routines were fun and we believed in the promises of the results.” The three graduate students are artists and said they feel that some people, artists in particular, don’t find enough time to workout or exercise as they should.Jacobs is a ceramist and both Weaver and Perry are painters.The organizers said they created the Now! Body workout to keep their bodies in shape and to encourage others to pay attention to their own bodies.“We created this event in celebration of the body, and we want others to have fun with it,” Weaver said. Perry said attendees do not need to stay for the entire event, though he encourages they do so.Limited T-shirts for those without a workout shirt and drinks will be provided. A raffle will be drawn for a free NOW! BODY T-shirt later next week. The event is entitled Now! Body because of the instant gratification one feels after a workout, they said.“Working out is almost like a form of mindfulness and being in the moment,” Jacobs said.Old-school exercise attire is encouraged, which can include tights and leg warmers for ladies and sweatshirts and headbands for men, Weaver said.“The more ridiculous the outfit, the better,” Jacobs said.