The student voice since 1904 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN Wednesday, december 8, 2010 WWW.kansan.com volume 123 issue 75 Brain power Hit the y, then hit the bks Memory increases with daily exercise Editor’s Note: This is the third part Long said exercise released hor- of a three-part series on good finals mones like serotonin that helped habits. Check out kansan.com for students feel happy and motivated. information on sleeping and eating Laura Webb, a graduate stu- during finals. dent and KU Fit instructor at the Ambler recreation center, agreed BY JUSTINE PATTON that students would feel refreshed [email protected] after they exercised. “I just feel better after I work During finals week, swivel chairs out. My whole attitude has changed and computer desks replace station- after I am at the gym,” Webb said. ary bikes and treadmills as students “Even if I’m not all that excited ditch exercise for more study time. about going to the Rec one day, Amber Long, the fitness coor- usually if I go I never regret it.” dinator for the Ambler Student Patty Quinlan, the nursing Recreation Fitness Center, said supervisor at Watkins Memorial these students might be neglect- Health Center, said exercise could ing their grade also help stu- point averages dents fight sick- along with “I think a lot o times we get ness, another their muscles. caught up in thinking we finals week foe. Long said “It helps the exercise, espe- need to exercise or a whole blood system cially cardio- hour. That’s not the case.” and circulatory vascular exer- system work cise like run- Amber long faster, so any ning, actually Fitss cdiat toxins or build- helped mem- ups in our body ory formation. can be filtered Increased heart rate and blood flow out quickly,” Quinlan said. “Then, to the brain helps people build up if we are met with bacteria or virus- memory connections, Long said. es, our immune system can take So, when students are studying, care of us.” they will remember the facts more Long said if students had efficiently if they have exercised not exercised on a regular basis first. throughout the semester, finals Long said students didn’t have to week was a great time to start. spend hours running on the tread- “Typically students think they mill. She said they could reap these can’t spare an hour or 30 minutes benefits by exercising for as little as to go exercise, because they want 20 minutes a day. to study,” Long said. “That’s great, “I think a lot of times we get but I have a feeling that if they took caught up in thinking we need to those 30 minutes to refocus and get exercise for a whole hour,” Long some needed energy, they’d prob- said. “That’s not the case. We just ably be more efficient and focused need to work harder in the 20 or 30 in their studies.” minutes that we do have.” Exercise can also help students — Edited by Dana Meredith Ben Pirtte/KANSAN stay motivated while studying. Natalie Pak, a sophomore rom Springeld, Mo., catches up on some reading while she pedals away on the second foor o the Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. According to Amber Long, the tness coordinator or the Ambler Recreation Center, cardiovascular exercise incerases blood fow to the brain, which helps build up memory connections. academics campus mEN’S BASKETBAll | 1B despite slopp Students Cellphone use in class pla, Jahawks learn about win 81-68 in an increasing problem New york Cit crimes in Most students Kansas turned the ball over 22 text in lectures times acing Memphis’ pressure accounting deense, but rode a balanced BY ANGELIQUE By the numBers MCNAUGHTON BY GARTH SEARS scoring attack to pull away late. [email protected] • 95 pct f studts i thi phs [email protected] t cass vy day On any given day, Tyler Smith • 91 pct hav usd thi phs t txt To his surprise, Paul Mason saw pulls out his phone to check texts ssa dui cass himself on the screen. Someone during class. • Aut 50 pct said it is asy t txt i cAmPuS | 3A had videotaped him getting his Smith, a junior from Hutchinson, cass withut thi istuct kwi morning coffee at Panera Bread and said it wasn’t really about being • 99 pct f studts idicatd that thy driving to the School of Business. bored, but maintaining commu- iv thy shud awd t kp Fan cause Malott evacuation Maybe next time Mason will nication. thi c phs i cass think twice before he turns his stu- “I just text family or friends and • 62 pct said thy shud awd t Malott Hall was evacuated Monday ater a report o a chemical dents into crooks, teaching them smell on the th foor. An overheated exhaust an was the source. work a lot,” Smith said. txt i cass if thy d’t distu cassats how to wash checks, steal credit The prevalence of texting dur- card information, even swindle the ing class inspired two Wilkes elderly. University psychologists from New Callie Reber, a master’s student York to conduct an anonymous INDEX from McPherson, is in Mason’s survey of 269 students. “Fraud Examination and Forensic In their survey, Deborah Tindell Classifieds. .6B Accounting” class. Her group did and Robert Bohlander found that a presentation on surveillance, and Crossword. .4A 95 percent of students brought couldn’t think of a better target their phones to class every day and Cryptoquips . 4A than Mason. 91 percent had used their phones They always saw him with a to text message during class. Opinion. .5A Panera cup in the morning, and According to the study, almost they asked an administrative assis- Sports. 1B half of all respondents said it was tant near his office what time he easy to text in class without their usually got in. She said 7 a.m., so by Sudoku. .4A instructor knowing. And 62 per- 6:30 they were waiting at Panera, cent said they should be allowed to 520 W. 23rd St. text in class as long as they didn’t “It made me think about how disturb their classmates. I follow the same routine every Bailey Young, a sophomore WEATHER day,” Reber said. “He thought it from Winfield, sometimes uses her was a good way to show a real-life phone during class to text or check today thursday Friday example of a class concept.” the time. The class, ACCT 741, is a gradu- Normally, she is responding to ate level class designed for people a text rather than initiating one, 46 26 55 26 56 34 who will work with auditing. For Young said. some like Reber, who will be doing “I’m not a huge texter,” Young Sunny Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy auditing for a firm in Kansas City said. “I don’t just text to text.” — weather.com next year, that might be a career as All contents, unless stated otherwise, © 2010 The University Daily Kansan SEE fraud oN PAgE 6A SEE texting oN PAgE 6A 2A / NEWS / WednesdAy, december 8, 2010 / THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN / kAnsAn.com QUOTE OF THE DAY “Th i tw th ight — Wednesday, December 8, 2010 w a th alt ight w i th i tw lightig Online news updates a a lightig ug.” — Mark Twain Do you think texting should be allowed in class? sUA’ Lat night Wit Featured bah i tw ight 9 p.. t iight i content y th kaa Ui ball. FACT OF THE DAY kansan.com n ej hlia a F th uati hi pi, ativiti a w i a ral raga lpt with a ll awll t all 2010 la. Li sav a u hi pillw t Go to Kansan.com/polls to vote CONTRIBUTEDPHOTOS ig g lu. ch ut hul w i at , 1, 2, 3 a 4 p.. — www.factropolis.com What’s going on? 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