Tuesday, April 5, 201 1 I TechNews Women's volleyball KEEN to help community By Kayla Heller STAFF WRITER As part of its continuing efforts to give back to the community, the Illinois Instie tute of Technology Women’s Volleyball team recently spent time interacting and swimming with children who sufier from mental and physical disabilities. The Scarlet Hawks went to the Uni, versity of Illinois at Chicago to participate in KEEN (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now). KEEN is a volunteererun, nonprofit organization catered to provide free recreational opportunities to children and young adults with disabilities by pairing them with trained volunteers for fun, noncompetitive activities. Illinois Tech studenteathletes swam with kids and played a variety of games with the children. “We wanted to give the girl’s an opportunity to help the Chicago Community and to give back to those who need it,” come mented Head Coach Jacqui Gatt. “I really hope this is just a start of our efforts in reaching out to the community.” “It was amazing to see how much fun we had with all the kids involved,” come mented sophomore outside hitter Rebecca Wilson. “Even the simplest thing like splashing around had everyone laughing and smiling. I would do it again in a heartbeat.” “What I liked most was seeing how happy the kids for just from splashing around or shooting squirt guns while playing tag,” commented sophomore setter Rebecca Boa grad. “It made me feel good just seeing them smiling and having a good time.” For more information on the KEEN program, visit: http://www.keenchicago.org/ 00.010000009000000...0000999009 .4189."urxs‘uo...“ Hung, .. _ ( Ph 0 to can rtesy of HIM oistech a th Ietics. com Strength in numbers: IIT's weight lifting competition ByAshlie Ingold STAFF WRITER “IIT’s Strongest Man and Woman” will be held on April 30 at Keating Sports Center, from 3 pm. to 6 pm. In an interesting twist, this competition will be unlike other powerlifting contests because it is not based on a oneerepetition maximum for each lift. Instead, each participant will perform a Serep maximum lift, with three at, tempts allowed by each competitor in the tra ditional powerlifting events: the Bench Press, the Squat, and the Deadlift. The total number of repetitions in each set will be multiplied by the weight lifted for each exercise. Then the cumulative weight total will then be divided by the participant’s body weight for the final score. W’hile strength performance is the goal for this event, strength alone will not decide who wins. The winners may not necessarily have the single heaviest lift in all three events, or even one. But if they lift the best amount of weight overall, they will have some advantage. They still need to make sure their totals are high when divided by their body weight. In a sense, this means that leaner athletes can win by being the “pound for pound” strongest, but they still need to lift weights heavy enough to be competitive against bigger athletes. The entry fee is $5 per participant, and the winners will receive a training session with Sean Armstead from Phenomenal Fitness (more information at http://www.phenome enalfitness.com), who is one of America’s top kettle weight coaches. Coach Neal, our Director of Intramurals & Recreation, will serve as the chief judge for all lifts. As with all programs offered by the Office of Intramurals & Recreation, this competition is open to all students, stafi, faculty, and alum, ni of Illinois Institute of Technology, Shimer, and Vandercook. Email intramurals@iit.edu for more informa tion. Cricket fever invades IIT By Paarth Chheda TECHNEWS WRITER Anyone who’s watched any of the fantastic ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 games this year can only have felt inspired to pick up a bat and play. This brings us to our local cricket events. IIT’s Keating Premier League (KPL), which has had overwhelming participation and sup, port from students at the university, is getting more and more intense as it enters the playofi stage next weekend. The KPL playoffs will witness the finest teams in the competition playing against each other. The Rockers team has become popular with their highescoring play , they’re the only team to have scored over one hundred runs , whilst Devonshire has been the only undefeated team in the competition thus far. Lakeport Loafers and Royal Kings are another two solid potene tial candidates for the championship title. Although KPL is just a miniature form of the actual game, it has brought a lot of ex, citement to competing players and followers. Cricket fans will be pleased to hear that the club is planning to offer a bigger tournament this summer. Not only will the grounds get bigger, but it will also expand players horizons beyond the boundaries of Chicago, as the tour, nament includes renowned teams from all over the Midwest. IIT Cricket Club’s Scarlet Hawks have been one of the top performers in the league over the past few years. The team seeks cricket playing enthusiasts to power their team to a division championship this year. Tryouts for the team will take place on April 10 from 1:00 pm. 7 4:00 pm. at Keating Athe letic Field (North of Ed Glancy field). For any questions please visit the IIT Cricket Club’s website at www.sites.google.com/site/ iitcricket. or email us at iitcricketclub@gmail. com GRAEME PORT sports@technewsiit.com 11 Student Health sponsonng wellness fair By Ashlie Ingold STAFF WRITER The Student Health Center is offering their first annual IIT Health 8r Wellness Fair. There will be tables set up on the MTCC Bridge from 10:00 am. - 2:00 pm. on Saturday, April 30 to promote awareness to the students on wellness issues and re- sources within Chicago. There will be activities throughout the day such as: Tai Chi classes, yoga, blood pressure screening, guest speakers dis- cussing health issues, massages, raffle tickets and prizes. The Commons also will be having a Health Brunch the day of the event. This is free for all IIT students. Health screen- ings, activities, and discussions that will be available will include: Public Safety, Self Defense, Smoking Cessation, Cancer Awareness, Dental Care, Exercise Rou- tines, Nutrition, Organ Donation, Physi- cal Therapy, Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Healthy Living, Keating Athletics: Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, Massage Therapy, and Breast Cancer Awareness. For more information contact student. health@iit..edu. Beach volley— ball tournament coming to MTCC By Ashlie Ingold STAFF WRITER IIT’s Intramural and Recreation department is hosting a coeed beach volleyball tournament on April 17 4:00 pm. , 7:00 pm. on the MTCC South Lawn. Teams are allowed to have up to 10 particie pants, but only 6 may be on the court at the same time. Prizes will be awarded to the top team. The tournament will be a straight bracke et tournament with Rally scoring up to 25 points, must win by 2 points. If you do not have a team email ashlie.ine gold@gmail.com and you will be placed on a team the day before the tournament. Register by April 15 at: https://spreadsheets.google. com/ccc? key:0AsdePGbGC4dGRub3dLS 19vSF]5TEhBNDlIU2NiY2c&hl:en&authk ey:CLfMS6IOv or go onto the intramurals Facebook page and click the link posted to the event. Ph on; by Paartha Ch heda