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'Aeroboxing' - a new fitness trend - provides best of
boxing and aerobics for local exercise addicts
Christ! Erwin
The Battalion
f ibs, punches, undercuts and
aerobics?
No, this is not one of those mixed
up Miller Lite commercials.
It’s aerobic boxing, the latest
trend in the fight for fitness.
And Gold’s Gym climbed into the ring
this summer when they began offering
their version of aerobic boxing — Aer-
obox.
Aerobox is a 45-minute, non-contact
boxing workout. It combines shadow-
boxing and jump rope routines with in
terval training, building aerobic fitness
and strength.
The class is followed by “super sets”
consisting of three to five minute inter
vals of abdominals, push-ups, squats
and lunges.
Aerobox Instructor David Abrego,
who has boxed for four years, said it is a
great way to get in shape.
“Three rounds in the ring or in class
can be as much exertion as running
three miles,” he said.
Abrego, a senior industrial engineer
ing major, said he incorporated much of
his boxing regimen into his Aerobox
sessions, and the workout will help im
prove strength, agility and coordina
tion.
Abrego begins the class with stretch
es and a warm-up, demonstrates the
boxing moves, and works up to a jump
rope routine.
“The boxing moves will feel awkward
at first, but it is important to maintain
good form,” he said.
Abrego encourages people to practice
the moves at home in front of the mirror,
and he offers a handout detailing each
move.
“Good form is important because it is
the constriction of the movements that
gives you the workout,” he said.
Jana Watts, a senior kinesiology ma
jor specializing in exercise technology
and an aerobic coordinator at Gold’s
Gym, proposed adding Aerobox to the
gym’s aerobic schedule.
“I wanted to keep up with trends and
put more pizzazz in Gold’s aerobic pro
gram,” she said.
Watts asked Abrego to teach the class
because she wanted the class to be an
authentic boxer’s workout.
“I could have learned the moves
and taught them, but I would have
looked like an aerobics instructor
trying to be a boxer,” she said.
“I wanted an experienced boxer
because he has good form,
knows the terminology
and because he looks
the part.”
Jenny Mayer/THE Battalion
David Abrego (above) spends his
Tuesdays and Thursdays dishing out
aeroboxing sessions at Gold’s Gym in
College Station.
Beth Wade,
a senior educa
tion major,
said she tried
Aerobox be
cause it
seemed out of
the ordinary.
“I liked Aerobox because it wasn’t just
jumping up and down,” Wade said. “The
jabs and punches and extra toning and
conditioning made the class different
from other aerobics classes.”
Jay Merkley, a health and kinesiolo
gy lecturer and former boxer, said a
good boxing workout must strive for im
proving muscular and anaerobic en
durance.
Anaerobic endurance — the body’s ca
pacity to
perform
short, explosive
actions — is achieved
by increasing the amount
of time one can perform ex
ercises, such as wind sprints,
before needing air.
“A boxer must have ex
cellent muscle endurance,
so he can throw
stinging punches time
after time without get
ting tired,” Merkley
said.
“And have tremen
dous anaerobic capaci
ty, so he can perform at
a very intense level for three minutes
and be completely recovered after a one
and a half minute rest period.”
Merkley said classes like Aerobox are
the latest trend because they are not
monotonous.
“Many people enjoy the diversity of
the workout,” he said. “Because instead
of doing one thing for a long time, you do
several things in short demanding inter
vals.”
lesson in murder...
Jeremy Keddie
The Battalion
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George Nasr/THE Battalion
Professors nationwide are
participating in murder
with hopes of teaching
their students a lesson
they will never forget.
Dr. Dale Cloninger, an
economics and finance professor
at the University of Houston-
Clear Lake, has co-authored a
murder mystery novel with Dr.
Kim Hill, A&M’s director of the
public administration master’s
program.
Cloninger uses the novel
“Death on Demand” to in
struct his classes on con
cepts of economics.
“I was intrigued with
writing a book that would ap
peal to students in a different
way,” Cloninger chuckles. “I
wanted something that would re
inforce the material in an inter
esting way, because economists
tend to be stuffy people.”
In addition to teaching un
dergraduates, Cloninger uses
the novel in his graduate level
courses on money, banking
and finance.
“The most positive feedback
comes from the graduate stu
dents,” Cloninger says. “I was
afraid they might find it silly.”
However, Cloninger is not
solely responsible for the
book’s success.
Hill, who has always had an
interest in writing murder mys
teries, saw “Death dn Demand” as an op
portunity to be published.
“After Cloninger came up with the
idea, he approached me to write the fic
tion for the novel,” Hill explained.
During the writing of the book,
Cloninger worked on the selection of eco
nomic concepts, and Hill was responsible
for the fiction.
“While this novel was an interesting
challenge, it is difficult to work economic
concepts into a few lines of fictional mys
tery,” Cloninger stated.
“Death on Demand” includes concepts
from both macroeconomics and micro
economics.
So how are these multi-page concepts
squeezed into just a few lines of fiction?
“Death on Demand’s” protagonists
and professors, Karl Teasdale and Joe
Bimoff, begin their spring break adven
ture at a Florida hotel. In the same ho
tel, executives from Artworld magazine
conduct a heated debate over company
control.
Eventually, the boardroom bickering
escalates into murder. Bimoff and Teas
dale attempt to solve the murder by ana
lyzing the economic motives of the sus
pects.
“Textbooks contain the academic ex
planation of economic principles and
theory, while the supplement illustrates
how those economic principles and ideas
are used in practice,” Hill said.
More than 10,000 students nation
wide have used “Death on Demand”
since publication in 1985. Settings rang
ing from high school advanced place
ment courses to Stanford University
have added the book to their coursework.
Liz Miller, assistant director of
A&M’s Center for Teaching Excellence,
explains a possible reason for the book’s
success.
“We know you learn more when you
have fun,” Miller says.
Marcelo Clerici-Arias, an economics
instructor at Stanford University, uses
“Death on Demand” for his classes.
“The book has suitably adopted neces
sary economic principles,” explains
Clerici-Arias.
To further reinforce his classes, Cleri
ci-Arias plans to use three similar mur
der mystery novels, incorporating small
group discussions with the use of media.
“I am relatively new to teaching and
want to experiment with the books,”
Clerici-Arias said.
Karen Horton, editorial director of
Thomas Horton and Daughters Publish
ing, said despite widespread student en
joyment of the book, professors remain
skeptical and hesitate to use the novels.
“It takes some initiative and creativi
ty on the part of the professors to use
these books,” she said. “We often need
to encourage them to think how their
students will react.”
Students and instructors interested
in obtaining a copy of “Death on De
mand” can contact Thomas Horton and
Daughters Publishing, located in Sun
Lakes, Ariz. Along with the novel, test
questions for the classroom are included.
The publishing company claims there
is no need to change course lectures or
textbooks when using the novel.
“All you have to do is make the fol
lowing statement in class, ‘You’ll be test
ed over the novel,’” Horton said.
Mantle returns from
battle with alcoholism
NEW YORK (AP) — His well-
chronicled stay at the Betty Ford Clinic
behind him, Mickey Mantle is back in the
public eye.
Hundreds of Mantle fans stood
patiently in line for up to three hours
Wednesday, waiting for the 62-year-old
baseball Hall of Famer to sign copies of
his autobiography, “All My Octobers.”
Mantle sat beside a tall bottle of water
as fans young and old poured into the B.
Dalton Bookseller on Fifth Avenue.
Mantle, who detailed his alcoholism in
a television interview with Bob Costas
and a first-person piece in Sports
Illustrated, did not speak with reporters at
the book signing.
He checked into the rehabilitation
clinic in January after four decades of
drinking.
Country music call-in
names Cash ‘Legend’
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Johnny
Cash, somewhat of a forgotten man on
radio the past 15 years, got a prime spot
on a country music broadcast thanks
to his fans.
Cash was presented the
Legend Award on Tuesday for
“timeless influence and his
continued impact on the sounds
of country music today.” The honor
was one of nine popularity awards on
a show syndicated by the Entertainment
Radio Network.
Radio station program directors and
music industry executives nominated artists
and results were based on about 250,000
calls to toll-free numbers advertised over
the 260 participating stations.
“When I was a little boy, I always
wanted to sing hillbilly music, gospel music,
on the radio,” Cash told listeners.
Singer Marty Stuart, a former Cash
band member, presented the award.
“The reason country music is so
popular is the doors you opened so many
years ago,” Stuart said.
The show also honored Reba McEntire
as entertainer of the year and best female
artist, Alan Jackson as best male artist and
Tim McGraw as best new artist.
Hamlll’s Ice Capades
sold to Pat Robertson
NEW YORK (AP) — Skater Dorothy
Hamill and her husband have sold the Ice
Capades to the entertainment company
headed by religious broadcaster Pat
Robertson.
Hamill, who won the gold medal for
women’s figure skating at the 1976
Olympics, said the deal would enable her
to produce more skating programs for TV.
International Family Entertainment Inc.,
which owns The Family Channel cable
network, would not say how much it paid
for the touring skating show. Robertson’s
son Tim, president of the Virginia Beach,
Va.-based company, said the deal was part
of the company’s goal of supplying high-
quality family entertainment.
Hamill and her husband, Dr. Kenneth
Forsythe, who acquired the Ice Capades
name in June 1993, agreed to stay on with
the company for at least five years.
Woodstock ‘94 looks
for medical support
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They may sing
some blues at Woodstock '94, but
organizers want doctors there to cure any
harsher maladies.
Organizers of the 25th anniversary
concert Aug. 13-14 need 900 doctors,
nurses and other medical workers for two
on-site mini-hospitals. Volunteers get a
ticket to the show, a bed, meals and
Woodstock paraphernalia.
Woodstock ’94 is expected to draw
250,000 people to Saugerties, N.Y., about
two hours north of New York City. At the
original Woodstock concert in 1969, there
were two babies born and numerous bad
drug “trips,” but not a lot of doctors on hand.
This time, the thinking is better safe
than sorry, said Dr. Ferdinand Anderson of
Kingston’s Benedictine Hospital, which is
running the medical plan.
"It’s better to walk away and say we did
too much than walk away and say I wish
we could have done more, because
people’s lives are at stake,” he said.
Community radio station hits Brazos Valley airwaves
By Jennifer Gressett
The Battalion
T hanks to local volunteers with a
passion for radio, Bryan-College
Station will soon have its first
ever community radio station, KEOS
89.1.
The idea for the Open Air Radio
Project was formed about four years
ago when its president, Eric Truax, de
cided to stem away from KANM, Texas
A&M’s cable-only student-run radio
station.
“I decided to move forward on the
idea by using the model of community
radio to ensure independence, access
and diversity,” Truax said.
After graduating from the Universi
ty of Texas with a degree in radio, tele
vision and film, Truax established the
news and public affairs department at
KANM. It was there he said the need
for community radio became evident.
In fact, what will soon become KEOS
is somewhat of an extension of KANM.
“Basically, it was just a bunch of
people with a little experience and a
passion for radio,” Truax said, describ
ing the project as a non-commercial,
non-profit program with its interest in
the people.
“A.J. Liebeling said freedom of the
press belongs to whoever can own one,”
Truax said. “Consequently, many peo
ple are excluded in the mainstream,
including women, minorities and lower
income groups. They are denied the
opportunity to be heard, and communi
ty radio exists to give that opportuni
ty.”
It was in 1990 that his vision to cre
ate such a station in the Brazos Valley
began.
However, because the FM frequency
space in College Station is limited, it
took awhile to find a spot that wouldn’t
interfere with other stations, he said.
But they finally received approval
from the FCC in May, and as a result,
the local community will soon be able
to time in to a variety of diverse pro
grams.
Paul Alvarado, marketing and pub
lic relations director of KEOS, said he
thinks the station is going to surprise
a lot of people.
“If you look at the radio market in
this area, you’ll see that it’s saturated
by only a few things,” Alvarado said.
“Char attempt will be to try and fill that
void, as well as give expression on local
issues and provide a forum for the ex
change of ideas.”
The marketing and public relations
director said the primary concern of
KEOS will be to seek input from the
community.
“We want to find out what they
think is missing and try to provide it,
whether it’s women’s issues or interna
tional-flavored music,” he said.
Some of the highlights of the station
will be storytelling, children’s pro
gramming, live performances, and na
tional and local public affairs discus
sions, Truax said.
Examples of national programming
include Pacifica, a network which of
fers a 30 minute evening newscast
with a critical perspective on national
and international events, as well as
WINGS, the Women’s International
News-Gathering Service.
However, one dilemma faces KEOS
— defining community radio in a com
munity that has never had one. Al
though Bryan-College Station has
KAMU, an affiliate of National Public
Radio, Truax said it is different than
community radio.
“While most public radio stations
are affiliated with a university or other
institution, most community stations
are not,” he said.
Unlike KAMU, the new station is
composed of volunteers only, which
means a much lower budget operation.
They have already had generous dona
tions of time and equipment, but say
there are still positions that local resi
dents can fill to help Brazos Valley’s
new community radio station.
Hoping to air by November, they
say volunteers are welcome to apply.