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Boot Camp, and more. The gym area isavailable by appointment. Contact the fitnesscenter staff at (816) 584-6463 or by e-mailat piratefitness@park.edu. For a completeschedule of classes, wellness programs, anddetails on the facility go to www.park.edu/wellness.Intramural events are offered throughoutthe fall and spring semesters at the Parkvillecampus. Activities and sports for individualstudents, groups of students, and studentorganization involvement are available. Checkfor details and the schedule online at:www.park.edu/intramurals.McAFEE MEMORIAL LIBRARYThe McAfee Memorial Library now containsapproximately 155,000 volumes, over1,000 periodicals and approximately 4,000reels of microfilm. The library is electronicallynetworked to several colleges, universities, andcity libraries so that students have access to over2,000,000 volumes. Other library resourcesinclude periodical indexes and databases,reference sources, database access, and thearchives and records of the University. Full-textarticles may also be located in a number of theperiodical databases. The underground librarylocated beneath the Parkville Daytime CampusCenter seats approximately 290, providesseminar rooms and group study rooms, has anextended hours study area and an art gallery.Typing, word processing, and small computerfacilities are available, as well as photocopyequipment. The book collection may beaccessed through a computerized electroniccatalog. Access to the online catalog and otherelectronic resources is provided through theUniversity’s web page: www.park.edu/library.Library facilities are available for allstudent use, on campus centers and on theParkville Daytime Campus Center.The University cooperates withother institutions of higher learning in themetropolitan area so that its students may getadditional access to their libraries. The libraryoffers interlibrary loan and direct borrowingfrom area libraries through several cooperativeagreements.Library hours during Fall and Springterms are CST/CDT (Hours are subject tochange.)Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.Friday8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.Saturday10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.Sunday4:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.Study Room Open 24 hours a day.MUSICThe Park University Music Program offersopportunities for students to sing invarious choral groups. Such participation doesnot require that students are music majors.Interested students should call (816) 584-6486.PUBLICATIONSPark University students have theopportunity to work on student-runpublications: newspaper, yearbook and literarymagazine. For more information, please call(816) 584-6322.The Stylus, Park’s newspaper, is operatedand managed by students. While it provides aninvaluable laboratory in news writing, editing,composition and photography, its staff is notlimited to journalism students. Issued biweeklyexcept during vacation periods, the Styluscontains reports of campus events and is aforum for student opinion.The Narva is published annually in thespring. It is a visual and verbal expression ofthe people and the year’s events. Through itsphotographs and articles, students have anexpressive record of their Park experiences.The Scribe is Park’s student-edited literaryand art magazine, which contains fiction,dramas, poetry, essays and visual art created bystudents, faculty members and others in thePark community.The Scholasticus is published by theUniversity annually in the fall and presentsresearch excellence conducted by undergraduateand graduate students during the previousacademic year.RADIO AND TELEVISIONEducational radio station KGSP-FM isstudent operated and broadcasts to thecampus and communities nearby. It features adiversified (MOR) format. The TV ProductionStudio on the Parkville Daytime CampusCenter serves both as a teaching facility for TVstudents and as the local origination facilityfor a two-county cable TV system. Studentsproduce programs with both studio and minicamfield equipment.Students assume a wide range ofresponsibilities in both programs, and theexcellent “hands-on” learning experiencesqualify them for future employment. Interestedstudents should call (816) 584-6321.90