Aim to kill; balls at the ready
Stephanie Biehl
Issue date: 2/1/10 Section: Sports
There's nothing like being hit in the face by a giant red rubber ball. There's nothing like being picked last for good old fashion game of competitive dodge ball. Either way, these are surefire ways to garner new relationships among NDNU students and Resident Director Kyle Pretsch, who was nothing but excited about the upcoming games.
Housing and Residence Life is offering a few intramural sports this semester, including dodge ball, as well as two very enticing extracurricular activities. A volleyball league and yoga and pilates sessions will accompany dodge ball this semester while a ski and snowboard trip in addition to a white water rafting trip will take place as the extracurricular activities. Pretsch said that introducing the intramurals this year was a crucial task for him personally.
"It is competitive and excit- ing for people. We need that atmosphere. It is a great form of community-building and a correspondent effort to reduce alcoholism. It provides great activities as great alternatives," said Pretsch.
According to Pretsch, the idea originally surfaced as part of the Alcohol Task Force. However, he acknowledges that it was also a fervent desire of many NDNU students to participate in such activities.
Along with Pretsch, Seniors Drew Comeau and Koroush Behnam and Raymond Jones, dean of students and associate provost for student affairs sat down together to mull overthe idea in order to discuss the realities of commencing the program.
Resultantly, all students were given the opportunity to fill out a survey to gauge their reactions and interests regarding the proposed intramurals. Residential students were required to fill out the survey upon checking out for winter break or in floor meetings. Commuter students were sent e-mails so that they could be just as involved in the survey process.
It is important to note that all students are welcome and encouraged to participate in every activity offered this semester. For Pretsch, the newprogram serves as "a huge retention initiative." He stressed that programs like these are imperative for impacting the university's atmosphere, especially that of Housing's.
Housing and Residence Life is offering a few intramural sports this semester, including dodge ball, as well as two very enticing extracurricular activities. A volleyball league and yoga and pilates sessions will accompany dodge ball this semester while a ski and snowboard trip in addition to a white water rafting trip will take place as the extracurricular activities. Pretsch said that introducing the intramurals this year was a crucial task for him personally.
"It is competitive and excit- ing for people. We need that atmosphere. It is a great form of community-building and a correspondent effort to reduce alcoholism. It provides great activities as great alternatives," said Pretsch.
According to Pretsch, the idea originally surfaced as part of the Alcohol Task Force. However, he acknowledges that it was also a fervent desire of many NDNU students to participate in such activities.
Along with Pretsch, Seniors Drew Comeau and Koroush Behnam and Raymond Jones, dean of students and associate provost for student affairs sat down together to mull overthe idea in order to discuss the realities of commencing the program.
Resultantly, all students were given the opportunity to fill out a survey to gauge their reactions and interests regarding the proposed intramurals. Residential students were required to fill out the survey upon checking out for winter break or in floor meetings. Commuter students were sent e-mails so that they could be just as involved in the survey process.
It is important to note that all students are welcome and encouraged to participate in every activity offered this semester. For Pretsch, the newprogram serves as "a huge retention initiative." He stressed that programs like these are imperative for impacting the university's atmosphere, especially that of Housing's.
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