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Volume XXXIII, Number 1
University of Dallas. Irving, Texas
September 3, 2003
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by Meghan Kuckelman
Editor in Chief
Two weeks before school started,
Father Charles Latour, associate dean of
student life, found out the new Maher
Fitness Center was now going to be under
the jurisdiction of the student life office
rather than the athletic department.
"My dream and my vision," he said,
"is that all students can walk into that
fitness center and find what they need to
meet their needs."
Opening the fitness center to the entire
student body involved extending its hours
from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.; fitting the center
with much more equipment, including
free weights, elliptical bikes, stair
steppers, and other cardiovascular
equipment; hiring staff to monitor the
equipment and train students to use it
properly; and setting up a physical
therapy system that will work with Flealth
Sendees.
Latour is excited about how "user
friendly" the new facilities are, compared
to what was available before.
Including the entire student body in
making plans for the gym, Latour decided
not to purchase the most rigorous brand
of exercise equipment. Instead, the
fitness room is loaded with Cybex
equipment, a brand that is very user
friendly and has a wide variety of options.
Latour said the equipment is not designed
solely for experienced athletes.
Even so, no student will be allowed to
use the equipment until he or she has been
prepared to use it by the trainer.
The fitness center will allow students
more than just the opportunity to work
out on campus in a fully equipped facility,
however. The concession stand has been
expanded and stocked with tables and
chairs overlooking the gym. Latour plans
to wire the area for wireless Internet and
also sell health drinks and snacks. He
hopes students will use this facility as a
comfortable place to watch games or just
visit with friends.
The programing board will host
Midnight Madness periodically, which
will involve tournaments in the gym on
Fridays from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. The
tournaments will be in sports like pick-
up basketball or wiffle ball.
Latour also hopes to provide people
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Meghan Kuckelman/University News
Junior Christian McGuigan tests one of the new weight machines on the
first day of the gym's opening. Student Life reported that 188 students
stopped by to use the new facility last Wednesday, the first day the Maher
Athletic Center opened for business.
with more alternative fonns of exercise.
"Fve contracted with someone to offer
students Tai Chi classes," he said. Fie
wants to hold yoga classes as well
So far, student reaction has been
positive. The fitness room is busy at most
parts of the day, and Latour said "All I
hear is 'wow.'"
see Fitness, page 3
Lack of chaplain worries Campus Ministry
by Meghan Kuckelman
Editor in Chief
Students wishing to go to confession
in the campus ministry office this year
will have to be re-directed elsewhere.
Why? UD currently has no chaplain.
Father John Lydon, prior of the St.
Albert the Great Dominican Priory, had
been chaplain of UD since 2001. Before
the opening of the 2003-2004 school
year, however, he discovered his contract
was not being renewed
"Monsignor [Milam Joseph] informed
my provincial that he was not going to
renew my contract," Lydon said.
"Monsignor had a different idea about
what my work should be. Fie wasn 't quite
happy with some things."
Lydon could not give specifics on the
disagreements.
Father Jeffery Ott also left campus
ministry this summer, called to his alma
mater, Xavier University in New Orleans.
Before Lydon and Ott arrived at UD
in the Fall of2001, Campus Ministry had
been without a chaplain since March of
2000.
"Having two priests up here was like
a cushion that we'd never had before,"
Denise Phillips, director of Campus
Ministry, said. "We're just going back
to the way it was before they came."
Phillips is trained m spiri tual direction,
so she will be able to assist students in
that area this year. She said, however, "I
can't say Mass and I can't hear
confessions. They [students] are not
going to be able to just come up here and
say T want to go to confession.'"
Phillips' main goal this year is to make
sure that "the sacramental life of the
students continues in as full a way as
possible." This will involve her
coordination of campus Masses, which
will remain at the same time as last year.
She has also seen to the adding of more
see Chaplain, page 4
Outdoor theater initiative nears completion
by Rebecca Leland
News Editor
The Orpheion is nearing completion.
Located near facilities on the west side
of campus, the Greek style outdoor
theater began as a student initiated project
early this summer. "Athens has her
Acropolis and Theater of Dionysius. UD
has Bran iff and needs an outdoor theater,"
Peter Heyne, one of the chief founders
and graduate student, said.
For years, Heyne and John Russell,
director of facilities, had envisioned an
outdoor theater. But Heyne's original
proposal lacked funding, while Russell's
lacked student and faculty initiative. As
an undergraduate at UD, Heyne drew up
a projection for an
outdoor theater but
abandoned it after
realizing it carried a
$50,000 price tag.
In June Heyne and
Rich Simpkins,
Constantin senior and
debate coach, began to
assemble technical and
administrative support.
Bob Galeke, vice
president of finance and
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The Orpheion logo, designed
by Peter Heyne, mirrors the
Due Santi theater's.
administration, approved the project and
permitted UD facilities to donate surplus
supplies and manpower.
Since then, Russell has
been "indispensible" in
the project, Simpkins
said. According to
Heyne, "John Russell has
donated facilities services
and manpower because he
has always had a great
appreciation for the
drama department and
students."
Heyne called the new
theater a "complementary outdoor
venue" when asked how it will work with
the existing Margaret Jonsson Theater.
From the drama department,
Chamblee Ferguson, visiting assistant
professor, approved the blueprints from
a professional actor's perspective.
Ferguson has acted in the Fort Worth and
Dallas Shakespeare summer festivals.
Heyne expressed his surprise at the
rapid developments, "Once the four of
us came together on this project it was
like spontaneous combustion," he said.
see Orpheion , page 4
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