Active KSA Releases New Fall Schedule
KPU students looking to get active can sign up for an action-packed autumn
“We so often get stuck in our little shells, and we go in our routines and never try new things. I just hope that people will give it a shot,” says Active KSA Coordinator Tonya Myhedyn.
Such is the aim of Active KSA, a program designed to keep students at KPU happy and healthy. To accomplish this, its organizers—such as Myhedyn—have scheduled plenty of new, exciting activities for this fall.
Pole dancing, archery, and laser tag are just a few of the options that they’re offering between October and December this year, with nine total events planned for the season. Swing dancing, hiking, bowling, curling, snow tubing, birdwatching, and pumpkin patch picking are in store for this autumn as well, along with the regular fitness classes and KSA care programs.
“This semester, some of the events are different because I’m trying new ideas,” says Myhedyn. “We’ve had some really good success in the past with hiking, bike riding, rock climbing, stuff like that, and people wanted some new things to try.”
The pole dancing event has attracted particular attention, for obvious reasons. It’s not very often that such an alternative sport is brought to university students, and mixing it up is part of the reason why Active KSA chose to incorporate it into their schedule.
However, it’s also just good timing. The Kwantlen Student Association’s SEXPO (sexuality education explores positivity & openness) Conference—which will discuss sexual health and positivity, along with featuring a to-be-announced keynote speaker—lines up with Active KSA’s pole dancing class. That’s more than sheer coincidence.
