Spring 2012 • - College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Indiana ...

ers have a chance to play.
Tennis has no prerequisites to becoming a
member. All you have to do is go to the meetings.
It is recommended that members have a
bit of tennis background to be a member and
should always be open to improvement.
At the beginning of the semester, members
meet to coordinate practice times that work
with everyone’s schedules and from then on
meetings are arranged and usually take place
two to three times a week depending on the
weather.
Also all members are required to pay the
dues which is a mere $5 per semester, a lot
cheaper than most clubs. These dues go towards
buying balls, hoppers, and anything else
needed for the team. Other equipment such as
racquets and tennis shoes are not provided and
should be brought personally by each member.
Other teams that don’t have competitors like
the typical sports are the gymnastics club, the
swim club, and the martial arts club, and rifle
club.
Gymnastics club simply sets goals for the
girls to work towards and they strive until
they achieve them then they set even more
challenging goals.
“The club is very laidback and fun for each
member, we do not push anyone if they feel
uncomfortable or scared and our goal is to
build up strength and flexibility”, said Melissa
Hornick, sophomore nursing major and president
of the club from Nazareth, Pa.
This is something the members of the club
really respect and enjoy along with the low
cost of dues which is only $10 per semester.
Recently Hornick applied for supplemental
money from the finance committee for the
clubs on campus and was approved the money
so now most of their expenses are paid for.
Because of that they no longer have to train in
the Memorial Field House on mats. They now
travel to TNT Gymnastics Center in Johnston,
Pa. twice a week for practices which is mostly
where the supplemental money goes towards.
The swim club doesn’t compete but just
like the tennis team, they are hoping to change
that. They recently began working with IUP’s
actual swim team to help them train, mainly
because their advisor is the coach for the IUP
team. Nick Dello Buono, accounting major and
a swim club member from West Chester, Pa,
said that the club is a relaxing and fun experience
with a lot of friendly people. He also said
that the coaches are very helpful when it comes
to your skills.
“We strive to be able to coach any type of
swimming ability” said Nick.
Meetings
are every
morning “We strive to be able from 7:45
a.m. – 9:15 to coach any type of a.m. in the
Memorial
Field House
but are never
swimming ability”
mandatory.
Sometimes people have other clubs they are in
or they have class. But they suggest attending
as many meetings as possible, just to get the
full experience of the club.
The Martial Arts club is one of the only
clubs that has competitions for the members
that choose to compete. The competitors not
only compete in standup martial arts but also
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu which all members are
welcome to learn even if they choose not to
compete.
IUP Crimson Hawk Mascot showing his school spirit.
48 Lights! Campus! Action! Spring 2012