Flint women kick, kick back

 

Erik Taipalus (above) leads a group of women in a hapkido martial arts exercise. Taipalus is a computer systems specialist at U-M-Flint Information Technology Services. Nearly 200 women from the U-M-Flint campus and surrounding community enjoyed a variety of activities on March 25 during a Women's Night Out, part of that campus' celebration of Women's History Month. Offerings included massage, aqua fitness, step aerobics, yoga, cardio kickboxing and other fitness activities. The event, in its third year, was sponsored by the U-M-Flint Office of Student Life/Campus Programming Board, the Women's Educational Center, and the U-M-Flint Recreation Center. Alicia Hopkins (below), a student at U-M-Flint and a certified massage therapist, kneads the neck of a Women's Night Out participant.

More stories

• Coleman focuses on past and future
• Ceremony brings together friends, past and present community members
• President Mary Sue Coleman's inauguration address: Look to your roots to discover your future
• Mary Sue Coleman: The first eight months
• From the first oyez to the final decision, a look at the high court's process
• University responds to anticipated reduction in state appropriation
• University committee to examine health insurance costs, Courant tells SACUA
• Holbrooke: After war, U.S. must mend bonds with other countries, U.N.
• Home-grown terrorists remain a threat, author says
• U-M events respond to war
• Why real-time war coverage boosts anxiety levels
• Seize the century, former White House advisor tells scientists
• Spotlight: Account assistant wears many hats
• Work crests at Kelsey
• U-M-D CASL will study aging Arabs, Chaldeans
• Don't Miss: U-M Life Sciences Orchestra concludes third season with April 13 concert
• Forum discusses women's role in war and violence
• Flint women kick, kick back