There has recently been a lot of confusion over registration for the Exercise and Sport Activities classes that are required for graduation. Many students have attempted to sign up for the ESACT classes for next semester and have been denied, causing a lot of frustration among many students.

Cathy Kowalske, ESACT department staff assistant, said that the department receives many calls everyday with angry or confused students wondering why they cannot enter a certain class.

"Many students are denied because they can only enter one ESACT class per semester," Kowalske said.

The key is that only one ESACT class can be taken per semester. Kowalske added that if students are graduating and their remaining credits are ESACT classes, then an exception can be made to this rule. If this is the case, then the graduating student must contact the department of kinesiology for verification and assignment to the desired class.

Another reason for a denial entry into a class could be that there is not enough space in the class due to small sizes and lack of funding.

John Pfau, Program Director of all Exercise and Sports Activities classes recently said that there was a 20,000 credit backlog of credits from last year to this year. He said that this was due to the three credit requirement by the university and the amount of funding they provide rendering smaller classes and denied spacing for students.

ESACT classes have always been a requirement for graduation. Up until last year, a student had to have four credits of General Health and Science classes, and three of those had to be ESACT classes. But now, under a new faculty- senate policy, only three credits of any type of classes, GHS or ESACT, are required.

Equipment for each activity class is provided by the class with the exception of the tennis balls that each student is required to bring for the tennis classes. Fees are also another ambiguous aspect of the ESACT classes that have remained unclear. The word "Cost" on a schedule indicates that there is an additional charge for the course, which is charged to a student's account halfway through the semester. Among the classes that require an extra fee are Golf (ESACT 138), which is $75.00; Archery (ESACT 19), which is $10; and Scuba (ESACT 265), which runs $76.

Ballroom Dancing (ESACT 079) and Yoga (ESACT 378) are among the classes that are most popular with the student body. However, several students have been admitted into a ballroom dance class, but are then sent an email stating that they were dismissed from the section they had entered.

The computer that assigns students to each section does not differentiate between sexes. The Ballroom Dance classes are divided according to gender in order to assure that there are enough partners, males and females, in each class. The confusion occurs when a male or female student is allowed entrance into the wrong section by a computer error, and then later the mistake must be fixed.

"If a student requests a section that is full, the computer will wrongly assign the students to their requested section anyway," Kowalske said. "We apologize for this inconvenience and students with questions and problems should contact the department."

Next year, all of the ESACT classes will be changed into kinesiology classes. Fly Fishing has already been changed to KINES 004 and the rest of the activity classes will change by next year. Students who want to sign up for ESACT classes will soon sign up under KINES.