Commit to new resolutions with the Loyola rowing team event
Dan Keenan
Issue date: 1/22/08 Section: Opinion
There is no reason to ask the majority of students here what, if any, New Year's resolutions they have made for themselves for 2008. Just hop on a shuttle to the Fitness and Aquatics Center. The answer is clear. Or layer up and take the jog you have always promised yourself you would take up North Charles Street. After all, in the end, won't it be worth it? It should. That is, until you walk across the path to the front door.
You look inside and all you see on the rows of machines are students -- lots of them -- and at all times of the day. It's an exercising revolution. But it will soon come to an end. In the meantime, all you can imagine is what those who chose the machines along the windows are thinking: "You are not getting my treadmill." And you realize, they're right.
The promises we make are usually along the same lines of prior years. But there are also a good number of those who, dare I say, want to go crazy and try something new. The college will no doubt have plenty of events and offerings that will appeal to your interests, but one in particular that is not as well known is coming up and is quite a unique experience. And that is the Loyola College Rowing team's event called "Row for Humanity."
So those of you who wish to get out and exercise and pick up a new talent while raising money for Habitat for Humanity need not look any further than what these rowers are offering. On Thursday, Feb. 7, this 12-hour event will kickoff at 7am and go until 7pm in McGuire Hall for all participants.
Loyola students have always been known for their commitment to service in and around not only Baltimore, but also around the world. With such a large turnout for support for Project Mexico and Encounter El Salvador, it would be another feather in the cap of many students to add another dimension of service for yourself and Loyola College by taking part in this event in two weeks.
The appeal, you might ask? Well, other than supporting your fellow students involved with Habitat for Humanity, which receives a portion of the donations, you can count yourself in for breaking up your daily grind with a lesson on an Ergometer. Yes, those strange rowing machines that you have steered clear from on the indoor track at the FAC for so long. The day is set up in a "relay" formation by rowing on these machines for an hour -- or less -- during an exciting day. Who knows, you might even find a hidden love or talent for it. In my opinion, it's a win-win situation.
It is, to say the least, an interesting, yet also healthy way to jump-start your semester -- a semester you may already be stressing over. So challenge yourself to go out and try something new this time around (this may be it), and possibly get your friends involved as well. There will be information tables outside of Boulder on the Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to the event for signing up and chances to donate to Habitat for Humanity, or call the head coach, Al Ramirez, at 410-617-5671.
There would be nothing better than for as many of the students in the school to take part in this humanitarian and healthy event. And who knows, next time you venture up to the FAC you might realize you have graduated from the treadmill and hop on an erg instead.
You look inside and all you see on the rows of machines are students -- lots of them -- and at all times of the day. It's an exercising revolution. But it will soon come to an end. In the meantime, all you can imagine is what those who chose the machines along the windows are thinking: "You are not getting my treadmill." And you realize, they're right.
The promises we make are usually along the same lines of prior years. But there are also a good number of those who, dare I say, want to go crazy and try something new. The college will no doubt have plenty of events and offerings that will appeal to your interests, but one in particular that is not as well known is coming up and is quite a unique experience. And that is the Loyola College Rowing team's event called "Row for Humanity."
So those of you who wish to get out and exercise and pick up a new talent while raising money for Habitat for Humanity need not look any further than what these rowers are offering. On Thursday, Feb. 7, this 12-hour event will kickoff at 7am and go until 7pm in McGuire Hall for all participants.
Loyola students have always been known for their commitment to service in and around not only Baltimore, but also around the world. With such a large turnout for support for Project Mexico and Encounter El Salvador, it would be another feather in the cap of many students to add another dimension of service for yourself and Loyola College by taking part in this event in two weeks.
The appeal, you might ask? Well, other than supporting your fellow students involved with Habitat for Humanity, which receives a portion of the donations, you can count yourself in for breaking up your daily grind with a lesson on an Ergometer. Yes, those strange rowing machines that you have steered clear from on the indoor track at the FAC for so long. The day is set up in a "relay" formation by rowing on these machines for an hour -- or less -- during an exciting day. Who knows, you might even find a hidden love or talent for it. In my opinion, it's a win-win situation.
It is, to say the least, an interesting, yet also healthy way to jump-start your semester -- a semester you may already be stressing over. So challenge yourself to go out and try something new this time around (this may be it), and possibly get your friends involved as well. There will be information tables outside of Boulder on the Wednesdays and Thursdays leading up to the event for signing up and chances to donate to Habitat for Humanity, or call the head coach, Al Ramirez, at 410-617-5671.
There would be nothing better than for as many of the students in the school to take part in this humanitarian and healthy event. And who knows, next time you venture up to the FAC you might realize you have graduated from the treadmill and hop on an erg instead.
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