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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1995)
TRIPPIN’ Students across the nation m [Miking toothbrushes and clean underwear into their duffel lugs and heading tor class I lies re trading m dusn chalkboard-, and tour walls tor classes on wheels and instructors who moonlight as tour guides I Milling nonstop mil being -ililc to much even rin k rn.ikcs mu riir .ilmut nature mufi vji' Munis M • *!!ici>ii^i ? who toured the htjtcs last summer t.ir is hands on work ,;m . «lu! Uticr was in siihh \nhnr Miller's of a S.tlorn.tii then In ruling two K,mrs hanginy "lit with Miller in his home Him about limner eoiisi fsaiion with !ur ttiii President < after uni his »i!< Pus ahun, it .1 Southern fish fr\ in (ienryta Road Scholars Ho.nl study programs are picking up sjxid .is more college students hit the ro;nl to see the histune.il pl.ues and meet the famous people the\ h.nl previously onh read aliout "U hen you walk outside tin t lass room, people think learning ends there," says Mena < iorlinkel, a llolstr.i l senior who earned six college credits traveling coast to oust lor a course that studies \merica in tin spirit of I it k keroiiat s On the HikiJ “lint when you’re ml the ro.nl. it tsn t alhitit llooks anymore." I hev may not he hitchhiking cross country like Beat king Jack, hut they’re setting up t amp in hostels, on the floors of their buses, m the homes ol friends anti under the stars Roughing it is a wav of life tor students at the l of < iforgia's honors geography anti anthropology summer field program I hey lake a massive vioss country t amp mg trip that i net tides climbing Mount St Helens and hiking six miles into tin (.rand < unvon. i hose VIere ,i lew (it the jut stops (in the l id Si w ( trie.ills 11 e 1-1 \| ,|„ lie,. which took |s student* through hi suns hi SO days While riding m .hi earth friendly lilts (towcrril h\ ii.ilut.tl gas, slu dents accepted the challenge nt complct ing .in SO l«Kik reading list However, mi the mad niufics arc not lust one assignment alter mother I ties, students evperielM c hie htsthand We viere leaving I ■ lull in Wheaton \1d, when there was 11 tracking outside and a man was fatally shot We heard the gunshots and cicr\thing. s,m Muon ( rockett. a l id St vi Orleans pinna and I'StM Ma|U lius pjssengei I he lesson < rocked learned "I'yery where you go, places have the same proli lems as your town You can’t get away from that." I wo rules lor studvmg on the road St ep an open mind, and ditch your cy|H < tatlolis hy the loadside ‘hill need to go m with an ojien mind to stimulate all your s* (»iiftmlul s I h*t\c tt ips tttj\ he, 4s ( Mirtinki! -uigi'i sts, “j uimiminiuii w itii cht exploring spirit that ere 4tr<i Xmcrua," hut at nines, the nut I tan I* 4 humps une. 1? w as ham living mil »»t w tfuftcl bag for two months,’* says Boston l sophomore Michael I utaski, who roughest 11 on the k of ( .i-orgid \ trip I he lifestyle «># traveling with i large group m a bus for a semester « an Ik j teensy bit uncomfortable, he athls ‘’Some people tlnfn t like going tour or five tiavs without stumers 8 Im/ry lech nit tan, \• >rtb t jr^ltna Sfair l PULSE hccseburgcrs. Beer Forget it lat unti eludes * lerol are repined with i arlis jikI proteins Skinless poultry and roughage lake the place ot hot dogs and trench tries I he traditional staples ot gives me a kttcr concept of imself," says I erf) hours, .1 22 vcjr old junior imi amateur b«*tyhtttidcr at 1 astern Illinois l ‘ It makes me feel liefter when I look lut ter,* he saw Pi/./a ami other ilisht s are what he misses most, hut I - ml's sav* the 2s j* minis he \ lost in three \cars t>t boshhuthimg nuke those sacrifices worthwhile "It s just a total lifestyle change.” he >jw I he uijioritt of people ihink th.it women who lilt weight-, jrc ilu-.* ulinc," sht uvn "I feel I hint- to ik tiinl ms ■,|witt • l it in uni i!jt out Wither loinimm int<wocui (ition IkhIv builder-. find tin niHcltes light hjvr mm t«» work out, I*fHits say** ‘'It's kuui * if hk t j m »l» ** ■ A'hm \ tank ft I 'he I ).»iK 1 jvitrn News, htfirm Wttiutt / tng uu itnprt v\*«»n of r jiiijunt suronl u-w " I hjt’s ulul am hotl\ thinks j!».hs ijhcltti Iks 4Uh‘ U s nut the Building the Perfect Body most nillcjjf diet' .ire oil-limits in tom |tcutnp> in unc very demanding collegiate s|w>rt - bodyintiliting. Bodybuilders don't gel the tccugmtion ni then counterparts in the more tradi tionjl collegiate s|M»ri' football, has kctball, traik hut their workouts and training rules are just as rigorous, mavlx even more strenuous I housartds ol stu dents, men and women alike, \oluntanh subject themselves to the masochistic training necessary to bcinine successful Uidyinnidcrs In collegiate environments not exact!) Conducive to gixxl health, what keejw, ihc competitors sticking to their diets and coming hatk to the gyms5 “[Seeing) myself changing physical!) KimberU Kugs-rs rhotnpsun in a ’s scai old minor ,ii l ut Delaware who will lie competing this Miiunttr m the IW> ( .ollcgiate body budding Vatlonals in Pittsburgh \ »m there miulil make her the IW? national female collegiate champion. "It's all up in you whether you make it or break it.’ she up "It's nut a sport where you ilcjienil on other people It son ilon't win, you don't base anybody to blame but yourself * Despite a resume that (toasts at least sis bodybuilding titles, including "Miss Korea," which she earned while stationed there in the l S \mty, Rogers 1 hotr.p son still finds herself battling the pres ad ing stereotypes of female bodybuilders norm to tec a woman with tnm tics,” Rogers I hompson >a\s, \' competitive Ixxlvliuiltltrs will tell mu, theirs is not a sport tor the casual weight litter^nutritionist Preparation tor competitive I* sly building is a continuous cycle ol working out am! ilieting a grueling regimen that hiulyhuihlers hope will lead to national titles and a chance to turn pro. H eights, stationary hikes and Stairmasters arc the tools of the trade. “It's 24 hours a da\ You have to always watch what you cat, ami you have to always li ] ■ t ' ■ ; { i U. of Delaware 'a Kimberly Rogers Thompson
