Our Time 1998

W h en t he s un p e e ks its w a rm little h e ad a b o ve t he h o r i z on and g r a c es us wi th its p r e s e n ce for 16 h o u rs out of t he day, wh a t b e t t er wa y to en j oy its c omp a ny t h an to t a ke up a s po r t? Bu t on ly in t he fall a nd s p r i ng c an y ou r un, j ump , flex, k i ck, s l am, wi n, and l ose wi th t hat sun b r i g h t e n i ng y o u r day. For at t he I l l i no is Ma t h ema t– ics and S c i e n ce Ac a d emy, t h e re a re no w i n d ow s. A n d t he f l ou r e s c e nt l i gh ts d o n ' t e x a c t ly smi le as n i c e ly as t he sun do e s. In fact, t ho se i n c a n d e s c e nt r ods sort of l eer w i t h a s a r don ic g r i n, as t he I MSA s t u– d e n t b o dy p a l es f rom a V i t amin D de f i c i ency. Yet, t he p l e a s u re of a s po rt ac t i v i t y, of c om i ng t o g e t h er wi th o t h er s t ud e n ts to f o rm a w i n– n i ng t e am, of wo r k i ng t o g e t h er o u t s i de of t he c l a s s r o om, of h a v i ng l oads of fun ... ye s, all t h e se t h i n gs and mo r e t a ke m i n ds off t he l a ck of w i n d ows and s un l i ght and p o i nt t h em t owa r ds t he p h y s i c al p l e a– s u r es of s po r ts a c t i v i t i e s. N o w t hat t he e x i s t e n ce of s po r ts at I MSA has b e en f i ne ly a s s e r t e d, the qu e s t i on b e c ome s: "We l l, wh a t s po r ts d o es a ma t h and s c i e n ce a c a d emy offer to its s t u d e n t s ?" In t he fall, wh i l e t he l e a v es on t he t r e es c h a n ge from g r e en to v a r y i ng h u e s o f r e d , b r own , a nd y e l l ow, y o u ng w o m e n can t a c k le t he s e r v es and v o l l e ys of t e nn is or t he j ump – i ng and ba ll sma c k i ng of vo l l e yb a l l. The y o u ng me n o f I MSA c an c h a se t he little c h e c k e r ed ba ll a r o u nd t he field for socce r. Bo th s e x es can b a t t le it out w i t h t he t i t a n i um - a l um i n um - s ome t h i n g - o r - o t h e r a l l oy c l ubs of I MSA Go l f or t he h e a r t - p o u n d i n g, l e g - s t r e t c h i n g, sh in s p l i n t- ma k i ng s t r e s s es and r a c e s of t he C r o ss Co u n t ry t e a m . ^ ^ Du r i ng t he l ong and d r e a i y , not to me n t i on s l ushy, I l l i no is w i n– t e r s, t a l e n t ed l a d i es wi th s t r ong a rms and p r e c i se wr i st a c t i o ns c an c omp e te in b ow l i n g. If l a n es a r e n ' t t h e ir t h i n g, t hen t hey c an t ry t he o n - t h e - c o u rt a c t i on o f G i r l s ' Ba s k e t b a ll o r t he s c r e am i n g, g y r a t i ng s c hool sp i r it e x c i t eme nt of Ch e e r l e a d i ng and Da n ce Sq u a d. The ma l es of IMSA can r e l e a se t he ir p e n t - up emo t i o ns r u n n i ng a c r o ss a we l l- p o l i s h ed cou r t, c h a s i ng after a t e x t u r e d, o r a n ge ba ll for t he B o y s ' Ba s k e t b a ll t e am. Or, if e i t her t he g e n t l emen or l ad i es p r e f er a we t t er e n v i r o nme nt in wh i ch to e x p r e ss s ome t e en e n e r gy b e s i d es soulful a ng s t, t h ey c an bu t t e r f l y, d i ve, and k i ck t he ir way a c r o ss t he p o o l for t he b o ys Sw i mm i ng and D i v i ng Te am. Fo r t h o se s t u d e n ts t hat s imp ly c a n ' t fit t he d ema n ds and r e s p o n s i– b i l i t i es of an I MSA s po rt i n to t he ir s c h e d u l e s, t h e re is a n o t h er w a y to be a pa rt of t he a c t i on. I t 's a n o v el i dea, and o ne t hat all t he a t h l e t es a p p r e c i a t e: c h e e r i ng for t he I MSA T i t an s! Wh e t h er its at a b l o o d- t h ump i ng b a s k e t b a ll g ame, a hot and h e a vy d a n ce c omp e t i t i o n, or a we t and wi l d sw im me e t, I MSA s t ud e n ts k n ow h ow to ma ke t he ir a t h l e t es feel a p p r e c i a t e d. The c l a ss c l ubs e v en t a ke it u p on t h ems e l v es to s e r ve r e f r e s hme n ts to k e ep t he fans r o a r i ng and c h e e r i ng ab i l i ty at a p e r f o rma n c e - l e v el p e ak d u r i ng t he g ame s. " S ome t i me s, I n e ed a l u n g b a g !" e x c l a i med Se n i or G i n ny Ry a n. " Ou r s h o u t i ng ma t c h es c an get e v en mo r e h e a t ed t h an t he g ame s ." Way to go I MSA T I TANS! Wo o - h o o ! !! \146[ Spotty V ) ^ Go D e n e s n ! & Gm >QO\\ o V ) i a A d a m s , s e n i o r T h e o n e w i t h t h e r h y t h m « u f f . 4 ) Y o u k n o w , t h e o n e w h e r e t h e y c l a p t h 4 » r h a n d s . <-> - T a s h a fc) j u n i o r o > a V ) a T i t c r\s T i t c r\s Go Go Go T i t a n s ! B f i a n J a n g , j u n i o r