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With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, sweat has become
part of thousands of students’ daily routines. From the Student
Recreational Center to local gyms, many students have made
working out a priority.
Laura Copeland, faculty supervisor at the Student Recreational
Center and a senior journalism major, said about 5,000 students
come into the facility each day.
“The amount of people who work out at the Rec Center varies
during the year, but the beginning of a new semester is always the
busiest,” Copeland said.
The Rec Center’s long lines do not deter Matt Johnson, a sen
ior special education major. Johnson, who frequents the Rec
Center three times a week, said he began exercising at the begin
ning of the year to get in better shape.
“I have now reached that point where working out is now
addicting, and I just don't feel right when I miss a couple times,”
Johnson said. “If I have to wait in a line, so be it.”
Copeland said the Rec Center places a 30-minute time limit on
its cardio equipment, but a constant crowd of students keeps the
machines occupied.
However, other students do not want to wait in these lines for
equipment. Avoiding lengthy waits for machines is one reason
why Mindy Weathers, a senior communication major, decided to
take her workout away from campus.
“The Rec is too much of a hassle — not just because there are
a lot of people working out there, but also because it is hard to
find a parking place,” Weathers said.
Weathers is now a member of Aerofit, but said she still cannot
escape the crowds.
"The other day, I waited for 15 minutes
to use a treadmill,” Weathers said.
Danny Waggoner, assistant general man
ager for Gold's Gym in College Station,
said the number of people working out
should start to decline during
the next couple of weeks.
“We have about a 70 per
cent drop-off rate after the first
couple of weeks or so,” he said.
Waggoner said this tremen
dous decline is linked to people
being intimidated when they step into a
gym and see physically fit men and
women, already in good shape,
working hard to keep their figures.
“Everybody is in here for a rea
son: they are not happy with what
they are seeing,” Waggoner said.
Waggoner advises those persons who do not like to workot
a crowded environment to exercise in the early morning,Go;
Gym's slowest hours. If people wait to start working out to;
4:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., they could get caught in the g;i
busiest hours, he said.
Waggoner said the four best ways to stay motivated and:
tinue working out throughout the year are to know whatyoim
to achieve from your workout, set goals for yourself, haveap:
and keep a schedule.
“The hardest part of joining a gym,” Waggoner said, "is ^
ing through the doors.”
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REUBENS
Reubens should not face child
porn charge, lawyer argues
LOS ANGELES (AP) -
Paul Reubens, the actor
best known for playing Pee-
wee Herman, shouldn't
face a child pornography
charge because his collec
tion of erotica is historical,
his lawyer is arguing.
The state's child pornog
raphy law, enacted in 1989,
does not apply to the
images and film in the case because they were
produced decades earlier, Blair Berk said in a
motion filed Friday. Some of the images are
from the turn of the 20th century, according to
the document.
The motion also argues that the law is
unconstitutionally broad and that a statute of
limitations expired before the charge was filed.
The document said officers seized "well over
30,000 images and more than 650 hours of
film" from Reuben's home in November 2001.
It said authorities have identified items in one
book, 25 magazines and one film that alleged
ly violate California's child pornography
statute.
The motion described the collection as "a
vast and valuable historical collection of art
work, kitsch memorabilia and adult erotica."
Reubens, 50, has pleaded innocent to one
misdemeanor count of possessing material
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
depicting children under 18 engaging in sexu
al conduct. He is free on $20,000 bail.
The charge carries a maximum penalty of a
year in jail and a $2,500 fine.
O'Toole to receive honorary
Academy Award this year
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Peter O'Toole, nomi
nated seven times for an Oscar for films as
diverse as the epic "Lawrence of Arabia" and
the nostalgic comedy "My Favorite Year," will
receive an honorary Academy Award this year.
"O'Toole's performances have ignited the
screen for more than four decades," Frank
Pierson, president of the Academy of Motion
Picture Arts and Sciences, said Friday in
announcing the award.
It will be presented during the 75th annual
Oscars ceremony on March 23 at the Kodak
Theatre in Hollywood. Its citation will read:
"Peter O'Toole — whose remarkable talents
have provided cinema history with some of its
most memorable characters."
O'Toole, 70, made his stage debut at 17
before attending the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Arts. He made his film debut 10
years later with a bit part in the 1959 film "The
Savage Innocents."
The Irish-born actor shot to international
fame three years later, portraying legendary
British adventurer T.E. Lawrence in David
Lean's landmark film "Lawrence of Arabia."
The performance brought him the first of his
seven best actor Oscar nominations.
The others were for "Becket" (1964),
Lion in Winter" (1968), "Goodbye, Mr.dip
(1969), "The Ruling Class" (1972), "TheSc
Man" (1980) and "My Favorite Year" (1981,
"He's seven times been nominated asfe
actor, which puts him in extremely raied
for a performer," Pierson said. "The Boats
Governors felt it was time for him to hold
own Oscar in his hands."
Bundchen donates $150,005
to help fight hunger in Braz
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Model
Bundchen is donating $150,000 to
hunger in her native Brazil.
Bundchen will hand over
the money — her fee for
one show in Sao Paulo
Fashion Week — to Brazilian
first lady Marisa Silva, O
Globo newspaper reported
Sunday.
The fashion week starts
Monday and Bundchen's
appearance will be in a
show by designer Ricardo Almeida, who<
dresses President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Silva is initiating a "zero hunger"
that is expected to cost at least $700 ml
annually.
'The campaign is very important for"
country" Bundchen told O Globo.
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