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Contact Kim Loudermilk for more in· formation. Z4 Plckln' up BUIIIIIaa IIAIIA~R · the Pace The business manager iS\ in charge of bookkeeping, acts as purchasing Aerobic exercise makes agent, and should have some computer experience. The business manager good sense works for both the Sunflower and Parnassus. The position pays $700 per month and begins in July. Contact Joan Wareing-Wamsley for more infor­ mation. 10 BehlndThoH lcen.. IF YdU ARE ,NOT A SUNFLOWER SUBSCRIBER, ORDER NOW. RECEIVE A FULL YEAR OF NEWS FOR ONLY $21.50. Call 689-3640 for more information. 2 Pamassus Pamassus 3 With the ease and grace of one of Jacques they feel comfortable with that we go to 10 or 12 Cousteau's divers, Greg Stockton takes one smooth feet." tumble backward, scuba tanks first, into the depths Part II of the course, Open Water Checkout below. (practical diviog training), is conducted at area lakes He'$ not embarking from a boat into the open and sandpits on weekends through Adventure otean, thpugh. Stockton, an experienced diver Sports, 2120 North Woodlawn. Students who have who's also a graduate assistant in aquatics, co!Upleted Part I are eligible, but they must com­ demonstrates the familiar entry technique from the plete Part II within 90 days. low board over the Heskett Center diving pool. Part II costs $89 and includes equipment rental, SCuba instruction w~ first offered through the wetsuit, air and instructor fee. Not all equipment is H"f$.ett Center Campus Recreation Department provided, however. Students must provide their faD semester~ 1985. Fol' tome reason - perhaps own masks, fins, snorkel, compass and depth too little; pubfwity, or teneral rears that.the lessons gauge. Upon satisfactory completion of Open might be too d~k or dangerous - no one sign- Water Checkout, students receive cards certifying • 9't up. Sj)ri1lg scmCSt.Ci:j "86, has seen a turnabout, them as open water divers. ~ 'Wkh W a dozen students already Certification is required if you want to do more ~stercd in .}aAIIJltY fot the two-part course, diving after the class, Harvey stressed: , •• scheduled to begin in late February or early March. "You can't just go out and rent equipment and go "This is a high-tech sport, but actually no special You have to be a certified diver." athletic skills. are needed," said Fred Harvey, scuba Mike Miller, leisure time activities coordinator inst(U(:t()r and part-owner of Adventure Sports in for the Heskett Center, said he hopes scuba Wichita. • ... diving classes will lead to a scuba club at "'t's recommen~at' students be able to Wichita State University. swim," he said, "preferably at an intermediate level, "Scuba diving as a club is ideal," he said. whicb means you need to know five strokes. The "Knowing people to dive with is really an advan­ newest standards recommend a 200-yard swim tage. The most prevalent reason people don't con­ ability." tinue diving after certification is that they lose con­ Besides the ability to swim and the desire to tact with partners." learn scuba, all you need for Part I of the course Going on diving trips with clubs is more fun, he afe a physical history and release, and a fee of $90. added, and you can usually get better rates. Participants are required to be at least 12 "When I taught at the University of Wisconsin, y~rs old. Lacrosse, we started out with two scuba classes," Part I provides everything but your Greg Stockton by Cass Brunner said Miller. "When I left six years later we had six bathing suit: mask, fins and snorkel demonstrates his classes a semester with about 15 or 20 students in {unless you prefer to provide your ... n.-..rn. by David Pulliam scuba skills. each - so I know it can grow considerably." own), as well as the instructor Both Miller and Harvey said that the Heskett fc:e, air tanks, Center's 42' by 42' diving pool affords an excellent opportupity for scuba training. <an••"'r'""" sport if you know what you're doing." "This is the best facility for teaching scuba in "Air embolism is the main thing you have to w· "said Harvev. "It's large and it's got a watch out for," he said. "That's what happens to 12-foot depth, which a lot of pools don't you when you hold your breath and try to ascend. your breath," have. • It can happen because you're breathing compressed said Harvey. "If you "In fact, if you were going to design air. hold it, there's no place for a facility for this purpose, it would "You can picture what that tank consists of at 33 the air to go (as it expands) except look very: similar to this one." • feet - it's just half a tank because of the pressure. into your system." If you take a breath of air, actually that may equal Harvey said the course's lecture time is two breaths of air at the top. So, if you've got your so that student divers understand the safety prin­ lungs full of air and you try to swim to the top, that ciples of diving. Then, the diving practice itself is air's going to expand. It can rupture tissue and put taken a step at a time. air bubbles into your bloodstream, which go to the "You learn how to snorkel first," he explained. brain and you have a stroke." "We begin on dry land learning how to use. the Avoiding air embolism is simple, though. regulator. Then we start students out in shallow "You just have to keep breathing; you can't hold water; we're talking maybe five or six feet. After Letters lltltor - Ill - Clllef Sara Dickenson ................ Lisa Grubb Different Lenses International department A Messawe from pleaHCI ............. DonShreve Holding an album ltaH .................. David Pulliam the StaH in her lap The new Parnassus is excellent in format and content. We particularly enjoyed the Wrlten . Cass Brunner between granddaughters, special feature about Pakistan. Peggy Bowers mother pastes lace Chris Craig Brian Gilmartin around each image, We plan to purchase several copies of the Here it is, issue number two hot-off-the-presses. We're Lisa Grubb busy working on our final publication that will come out in then turns the page. Parnassus for the office. Dave Johnson Gale Norby May. - Clara Hascall Don Shreve We hope we've included some stories to your liking. - The girls laugh at her stories, Tim Travis Foreign Student Adviser Now is your chance to let us know what you'd like to see in at pictures of me Kate Wintrol the final issue of Parnassus 1986. ' • We've gotten very favorable feedback to date and we'll try with braided hair, smiling Delltlnen Sara Dickenson with lips tightly closed Please congratulate your staff on an Chris West to continue to make this publication even better. With your outstanding first edition of the Pamassus. support, this magazine is an idea which could easily catch to hide crooked teeth. II......_ Jon Wippich on and continue for years to come. Let's hope the powers I know the future issues will continue to lltltor'e ......,.. .. Pam Keeny that be agree with us. I listen from the kitchen, maintain high quality and standards in Steve Schul The post-binders designed to hold all three of the shaking macaroni into salty water, writing, photography and presentation. magazines have arrived, and are now available to those of unable to discard · Anertlelnt DINcter Kim Loudermilk you who've bought a subscription. The binders may be pick­ ed up at Informed Sources or the Parnassus office in the all of the old negatives. - Bob Hartsook Aftertlell• ..... Steve Schul Vice President Communications Building (bring your student 1.0.) for Development, Alumni c.rtoonlet Angie Mkhacls We've special ordered a limited number of extra binders, Where are the pictures and University Relations so if you didn't buy a subscription and would like to have of cold floors, of ...............