COLLEGE DROPS INTRAMURALS 0
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LACK OF INTEREST LEADS TO CUTS IN EVENTS
BY NICHOLAS ALLISON
Intramural sports, defined as recreational
sports within an organization, is a
surprisingly unknown term on the
Clackamas Community College campus.
Some examples of intramural sports, are
open basketball and open volleyball,
where a number of student, staff and
faculty teams sign up for a tournament,
engaging in entertaining matches.
Intram ural sporting events have,
not been held this academic year for
a num ber of reasons. According to
Megan Baumhardt, a member o f the
Associated Student Government, it’s
m ainly the lack of interest.
“ W e did in tram u ral sp o rts la st
year,” said Baumhardt. “ There wasn’t
a whole lot of participation for them.
It was a very small event.”
“ The gym is booked
between classes and
practices mostly
everyday. (It’s) Hard to
find the time.”
-Jim M artineau
Another problem ASG faces when
planning an intramural sports event,
is the logistics o f it all. Between the
m any forms, liabilities, bringing in
the people required by OSHA rules
and the lack of participation, it is no
wonder the campus hasn’ t seen an
event in the past two terms.
À major hurdle intramural sports
events faced was in ASG.
“ W e’ve had som e departm ental
changes in ASG this last year where
d e p a rtm e n ta l o b lig a tio n s w ere
shifted, so that created a little bit
of confusion as to whose obligation
photos by Victoria Tinker
those events w ere,” said Baumhardt.
When one considers all the events
that have taken place this year and
the fact that ASG is somewhat short-
staffed compared to previous years,
there is little surprise some less than
beloved events fell to the side.
According to Jim M artineau, the
a th letic director, one reason it ’ s
difficult to organize intramural events
is the lack of space.
“The gym is booked between classes
and practices mostly every day,” said
Martineau. “ (It’s) hard to find tim e.”
While ASG does handle most of the Students in spring term 2016 play
w ork for such events, according to a intramural volleyball game in the
Martineau, “ It does require some sort courtyard.
of faculty or staff oversight.”
When 26 students were questioned
a b o u t in tr a m u ra l s p o r ts , th e
m ajority didn’t kn ow w h at it w as,
but recogn ized it once explained.
Fifteen of the students said they had
little interest in intram ural sports
and would be unlikely to participate,
w hile five other students said they
w ould participate if an even t w as
held. The last six w eren ’ t certain
whether they’d participate or not, but
expressed interest in an intramural
event.
Carter Knox, a student at Clackamas,
said thereason he was interested was
that it is a chance to connect w ith
o th er p eo p le and th a t he sim p ly
enjoys sports.
Knox states th at som etim es life
simply gets in the way of events, “ It
could be work, health issues, it could
be multiple thin gs.”
Aside from trying out for a sport or
taking a PE class, ASG has arranged
a field day on May 31, from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m . It, w ill include a num ber
of games, but not sports. For those
that w ant to see intram ural sports
make a resurgence on campus, ASG
is happy to hear student’ s input on
event ideas.
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