Campus Recreation, a department of Associated Students, offers students a platform to participate in friendly competition through organized recreational activities on and off campus.
SJSU?s campus recreational department is designed to take students away from the everyday worries of school by encouraging them to treat their bodies well while engaging in recreational activities, said Mitchell Eastlick, a senior communications major and the program assistant for intramural sports.
Jonathan Holifield, a senior business marketing major, said he played basketball in high school and was looking to play in a league for fun when he found out that Campus Recreation had an intramural team for the sport.
?Playing on an intramural team is competitive, convenient, inexpensive and fun because you get to play against other people from SJSU," Holifield said.
Funding for Campus Recreation comes?from A.S.,?said?Katie Heckey, a?student assistant for Campus Recreation.
?Students are also charged a small fee, but most costs are supplemented through Associated Students to offset the cost because we are a nonprofit,??Heckey said.
Eastlick said some of the funding comes from instruction-related activities fees that all students pay to attend home games for SJSU's athletic teams.
Eastlick said?he is in charge of helping with the training of referees and supervising events, most include the intramural games in the Spartan Complex.
?Campus (Recreation) is intramural sports, fitness and outdoor adventures,? he said.
Intramurals include almost all sports where students are required to pay a small fee and put together a team, Eastlick said.
Campus Recreation also provides fitness classes located in theSportClubFitnessCenter, which include cycling, swimming and array of others, he said.
Campus Recreation also offers students the option of participation in activities off campus, which it calls an ?adventure.? This includes hiking, surfing, camping and snowboarding,?Eastlick said.
In a given year, there are about 2,100 students who?participate in campus-recreational sports, according to Eastlick, and find great pride in playing on a team again.
According to Holifield, Campus Recreation makes the process of creating a team easy.
?You just go into the Campus Recreation with a list of players and the money to sign up for a team, and it?s that easy,? he said.
According to Spartan Rec Connect, which is dedicated to keeping students aware of recreational activities,?participating in recreational activities only adds to the college experience.
Jordan Williams, a junior graphic design major, said he does not participate?in recreational activities because school is his main concern.
"I'm taking too many units and my main focus is class," he said.
Williams said that if he didn't have so many classes that he would be more involved.
"If I had a lighter load, I would be more into sports because I think that it is a great way to meet new people," he said.
Reuben Safire, a junior creative writing major, said he does not participate in Campus Recreation activities nor knows anything about Campus Recreation and what they do.
"I haven't joined any clubs because they are not well advertised," he said, "but next semester I plan on joining the boxing club."
Junior psychology major Cameron Cash said she thinks a lot of students who participate in campus recreational sports are mostly athletes that don't play for an official team.
"I play basketball because I love it," he said. "This is a great opportunity to play organized basketball without being on an actual team."
Cash said that a lot of people play basketball in the gym and that is how he joined his intramural team.
The?A.S. Campus Recreation office is?located inside the SportClubFitnessCenterand is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wellness connect, a section of Campus Recreation, provides students tips, such as recognize the signs of stress, how to stick to a workout routine and important information about your exercise heart rate, according to its website.
Campus Recreation also gives students the option of renting items, such as volleyballs, softball equipment and?cones and goals for soccer, said Heckey.
According to Eastlick, campus activities enhance skills such as teamwork and problem solving, which in turn promote a healthy lifestyle and skills that will stay with students beyond college.
Yosemite National Park, Spring hiking and camping
April 13-15
Cost: $100 (student) / $120 (faculty or staff)
Deadline to register: April 10
Learn to Surf in Santa Cruz
April 17
Cost: $70 (student) / $75 (faculty or staff)
Deadline to register: April 10
Volleyball Beach Bonfire Fest, Spring 2012?
May 4
Cost: $10 (student) / $15 (faculty, staff or affiliates)
Deadline to register: May 1
Arena 4 v 4 Football
April 23-27
Cost:? $28 (team)
Deadline to register: April 17
Format: Double-elimination tournament
Softball Tournament?
April 20-22 and (if needed) April 27-29
Cost:? $28 (team)
Deadline to register: April 17
Format: Double-elimination tournament
Tennis Tournament?
April 28-29 and May 5-6
Cost: $6 (team)
Deadline to register: April 24
Format: Double-elimination tournament
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Information compiled from the A.S. Campus Recreation website
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