San Diego Fitness Pioneer Dies

Apr 28, 2008 3:46 PM

SAN DIEGO -- Frederick Kasch, a health and fitness pioneer, died earlier this month at a San Diego hospital at the age of 94, about a week shy of his 95th birthday. ...

Portland State Rec Center Will House City’s Archives

Apr 28, 2008 3:41 PM

PORTLAND, OR -- The $71 million Portland State University student recreation center, scheduled to open in 2010, will have a unique feature, courtesy of the city of Portland, OR....

NIRSA Conference Sets Attendance Record

Apr 21, 2008 1:02 PM

AUSTIN, TX -- The National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA) set an attendance record with nearly 2,500 attendees at its annual conference and exhibition April 2-5 in Austin, TX....

Harvard Rec Center Complies with Muslim Students' Request for Women-Only Hours

Apr 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Stuart Goldman

Cambridge, Ma Men are banned for six hours a week from the Harvard University's Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center. The ban was to accommodate Muslim...

Harvard Complies with Muslim Students’ Request for Women-Only Hours

Mar 10, 2008 4:47 PM

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Harvard University’s Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center has banned men for six hours a week to accommodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot exercise comfortably in their presence. A discussion about this policy was aired on NBC’s “The Today Show” this morning. ...

Missouri Southern Students Protest Fee Increase for Rec Center

Mar 7, 2008 5:19 PM

JOPLIN, MO -- Some students at Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) have asked fellow students to sign a petition to repeal a $150 per semester student fee increase that would help pay for a student recreation center....

Austin City Limits

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stuart Goldman, managing editor

The city of Austin, TX, has no doubt changed since 1968, the last time the National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) held its annual conference...

In BRIEF

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM

In mid-February, a little more than a month after police had arrested two men who had broken into lockers and stolen credit cards and other belongings...

Iowa State University Students Vote on Rec Center Renovation

Feb 25, 2008 11:35 AM

AMES, IA -- Last week, Iowa State University (ISU) students voted on a proposed $52.8 million recreation plan that ISU recreation professionals are calling an "extreme makeover" for the Lied Recreation Center. Although results have yet to be announced, support for the plan was mixed, according to the Des Moines Register. ...

Central Michigan Residents Join Fitness Challenge

Jan 29, 2008 10:43 AM

MOUNT PLEASANT, MI -- Taking its cue from TV’s “The Biggest Loser,” a Central Michigan University residence hall complex began a “Battle of the Shrinking Halls” contest this week to determine which hall can lose the highest percentage of weight in a five-week period....