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Read the Spring/Summer 2008 issue of the IU School of Education's Chalkboard, featuring Professor Sasha Barab and his video game Quest Atlantis.
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Little 500 tradition pedals ahead at IU Bloomington
April 11-12, Bill Armstrong Stadium, Bloomington -- Every April since 1951, the Little 500 at Indiana University has marked the beginning of spring and the coming end of another academic year. This year is no different. The women's Little 500 will begin at 4 p.m. Friday, April 11, and the men's race will start at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12. Both races will take place in Bill Armstrong Stadium, located off Fee Lane, just north of its intersection with 17th Street. The Little 500 bicycle race began as a way to raise scholarship money for working students. To date, the event has raised more than $1.4 million for that cause.
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Friends as family: On our TV screens and in our lives
The "friend as family" concept seen in prime time TV shows such as Lipstick Jungle and Entourage has roots going back 20 to 25 years (remember The Breakfast Club?). Whether the need for such friendships or the media push came first, its clear to the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation's Maresa Murray that the concept is on "the collective American psyche." Murray discusses this idea further and offers tips for being the meaningful kind of friend we all want. There's more to it than "The Golden Rule" -- but it's a good start.
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New research from Indiana University and Yale suggests that college-age men confuse friendly non-verbal cues with cues for sexual interest because the men have a less discerning eye than women -- but their female peers aren't far behind. In the study, men who viewed images of friendly women misidentified 12 percent of the images as sexually interested. Women mistook 8.7 percent of the friendly images for sexual interest. Both men and women were even more likely to do the opposite -- mistaking expressions of sexual interest for friendliness.
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Thirty minutes of moderate activity most days of the week is enough to gain health benefits such as a lower risk of coronary heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, but carving out the time in our busy days can "seem" impossible. Andy Fry, a fitness expert with the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, offers some tips for making exercise and activity a part of our daily lives.
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Escalator-related injuries to older adults doubled between 1991 and 2005. While most of the injuries did not require hospitalization, most involved bruises or contusions. "What really surprised us was the reckless behavior exhibited by some older adults on escalators," said one of the researchers, describing an incident during which someone was injuried after trying to squeeze between another older person in a wheelchair (on the escalator) and the caregiver. Read on for some tips for keeping escalator rides free of slips and stumbles.
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Contrary to popular belief, academic and athletic success aren't mutually exclusive, according to an examination by Gary Sailes, sport sociologist in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, of the academic success of male basketball players on elite college teams.
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Maribeth Mooney, research associate at Indiana University's Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, recently published "I am Citizen Prepared," a loose-leaf handbook on disaster planning and emergency preparedness for people with disabilities and their families. The idea came to her, she said, as she searched the Internet for disaster preparation tips and "everything I found was just pages and pages, and paragraphs of (tiny) 10 font print."
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This spring has been wet, wet, wet, and the water is up, up, up. Ride along with Mitch Rice and his recumbent bicycle as he experiences the spring flooding up close and enjoys the antics of red-tailed hawks and sandhill cranes overhead.
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The March 27, 2008, IU Active for Life leads off with insights into what has given the 4,000-year-old game Go such staying power. The issue includes articles about a breakthrough that could improve the treatment of mood disorders and research findings involving overweight men and exercise, afterschool programs, and the HPV vaccine. It also discusses how a healthy heart can help fight cancer and provides insights into "excuse-ism" from Carol the Coach.
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