T h e u n i v e r s i T y o f T e x a s a T a r l i n g T o n
Tuesday
september 29, 2009
volume 91, no.
22
www.
theshorthorn.
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since 1919
INDEX
Calendar 2
Oozeball 4
News 2, 3
Scene 6
Sports 8
by mIcaEla tItus
The Shorthorn staff
The university...
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T h e u n i v e r s i T y o f T e x a s a T a r l i n g T o n
Tuesday
september 29, 2009
volume 91, no.
22
www.
theshorthorn.
com
since 1919
INDEX
Calendar 2
Oozeball 4
News 2, 3
Scene 6
Sports 8
by mIcaEla tItus
The Shorthorn staff
The university community brought
World Heart Day close to home by participating in the second annual cyclethon
to raise money for the American Heart Association.
World Heart Day was created in 1999
to educate people around the world about
heart disease and stroke because 17.
2 million people die from them each year worldwide.
Students, faculty and staff created
teams to take turns riding stationary bikes
in the Maverick Activities Center.
Teams
had to keep a bike going for 12 hours.
Kala Ellison, Campus Recreation Department assistant director of fitness, encouraged participants to keep pedaling and
get excited about contributing to a good
cause.
The team that raised the most money
Fourteen teams cycled for World Heart Day
HEaltH
In the second annual
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