October 12, 1978 By Lyda Baker Smash! The ball leaves the racquet Fast. Hard. It slams low in to the front wall. Springin off, it flys back, skimming inches above the floor. A lunge to the side. Knees hit. Elbows hit. There is no $ - • 4 . ./_ Connie Schlegel (background) and Debbie Fryckland warm up before they start their match. Both girls just recently started playing racquetball. The Heights Of By Mike Cocciardi You know, I just don't un derstand why some people think that living in a house with three other roommates is so tough. I did find it quite simply a matter of being able to com municate with each other. Now once in awhile you do have a slight misunderstanding, I mean after all just because Warren drank my Biology ex periment thinking it was a glass of Hi-C and Bob forgot to tell us that he sleepwalks on Thursday nights, there is really no cause to lose one's patience or under standing. Tom, on the other hand, is a pretty sensible guy even though there was that time he used the tide I left in the measuring cup for my laundry Racquetball Craze return. A game is won. Action is racquetball. And racquetball is in full swing at Capitol Campus. Eighty-nine hours a week the four courts in the Multi-Purpose Building are in use. Students hungry for the challenge of the game schedule the courts a week in advance. as sugar for his cornflakes, but at least he didn't have to brush his teeth for a week. We were so glad to get our phone in last week. As a matter of fact, the first call we got was from Warren's mother who told us she was coming up for a visit tonight. I guess Warren didn't see the note on the bulletin board we left because she was so mad at finding Warren sit ting in his chair, an empty case at his side and a smile on his face that she...well, I don't want to get into details but this one case of beer we didn't get the refund money on. Another thing I've learned is that women make a lot more out of housework than its really worth. Take the cooking and the dishes for instance, Bob is a Lifestyles However, aside from the challenge, the continuous sprinting, the opponent dodg ing and the sweating, swaetirig, sweating also offer a sure way to keep in shape. The game provides a terrific release from hours of research ing and studying and writing. Capitol Campus's number four court presents a unique situation. This is the challenge court. The day's first winner on the court continues playing un til he is beaten by a challenger. The new winner then be comes the challenged player until he is also defeated. The games continue to rotate in this way all day. If a student needs a racquet, racquets can be rented from the Recreation/Athletic Depart ment for a 25 cent charge. The money collected from the racquets is then used to buy new racquets when they are needed. Players must supply their own racquetballs. However, the Recreation/Athletic Depart ment is in the process of ob taining racquetballs for rent also. Whether a person is a seri ous jock or a once-in-awhile athlete, racquetball is the sport they are turning to. The popularity of the game at Capitol Campus is also a reflection of the national and even international racquetball trend. Yes. Capitol Campus stu dents are sweating in vogue with the rest of the world. Living tremendous cook, that is if toenail clippings in your chili doesn't bother you. Tom's a pretty good guy when it comes to doing the dishes but I wish he'd put the used toilet paper down the hopper when he's through. As I said before, however, you must have the patience to listen before speaking or com menting on another person. I kind of wish we could have learned this a bit earlier at the time of my parents visit. They decided to surprise me and came to our house at about 11:00 at night knocking on the door and asking "Does Michael C. Live Here," unfortunately one of my well-wishing roomies said "Yeah, just leave him on the front door." C.C. Reader Challenge Court •*- 14 41 life-Saring Manikins Asmund Laerdo, immobiliz ed by panic and ignorance, watched his daughter Anne die. She was a victim of accidental suffocation. Determined that others should not have to ex perience the same horrors of inadequacy, Asmund Laerdol began to manufacture manikins for teaching cardiopulmonary resuscitation, (CPR). Today, there are thousands of "Re .sitsci-Anne" manikins for the training of basic CPR. A $1,274 grant from the Pennsylvania State Univer sity Office of Gifts and Endow ment has enabled Capitol Cam pus to purchase four manikins for basic CPR training. Classes in CPR and the Heimlick Man euver for choking victims will be offered every Wednesday afternoon, 2-4 p.m., and every Wednesday evening, 7-9 p.m. Sanctioned by the American Heart Association and instruc ted by Nurses Jean Kresge and Bonnie Patrosino, the classes will include films, slides and practical experience. More than 13,000 Ameri cans will die suddenly this month. If someone performs CPR, those victims' chances of surviving will increase greatly. Stop by the Nurses' Office, WlO2, and sign up for a class. You may be able to save a life. Pug*: r,
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