This class covers basic tennis techniques. Our focus will be on developing smooth, confident strokes. Students will also spend time learning the rules of the game and playing.

With the Holyoke range trails adjacent to campus, and with many local touring centers in western Massachusetts, Cross Country skiing is the perfect sport for New England winters! This mini course will focus on recreational touring on cross country skis, winter preparedness and safety in the 'backcountry'. *Snow conditions permitting, we will use trails in the Holyoke range. Some classes may need to utilize a local touring center, where there may be a small trail fee*. All equipment and clothing may be borrowed from the Outdoors Program with a valid ID.

This course will prepare and qualify students to become Red Cross certified lifeguards. Bearers of this card are eligible to obtain work at pools nationwide. To complete this course, STUDENTS MUST ATTEND ALL SESSIONS and be tested on water entries and carries, swimming rescues, stroke work, and spinal management. First Aid and Professional Rescuer CPR/AED will be included in the class format. Materials fee: Hampshire College $125; Non-Hampshire students $175. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

If you have the desire to learn to swim, here is the perfect opportunity! This class will focus on helping the adult swimmer better understand and adapt to the water environment. Students will work on keeping the "fun in fundamentals" as they learn floats, glides, propulsive movements, breath control, and personal safety techniques. Swimming strokes will include: breast, freestyle and elementary backstroke. Adults with little to no experience will find this to be an excellent introduction. Glenna Alderson is an American Red Cross certified instructor.

his course is for students who want to learn how to whitewater kayak. No Previous experience is required, though participants must be able to swim and be comfortable in the water. Topics covered will include: a variety of strokes, basic self-rescue and safety knowledge, eddy turns, ferrying, 'river reading' and rolling the boat. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

This course is for students who want to learn how to whitewater kayak. No previous experience is required, but participants must be able to swim and be comfortable in the water. Topics covered will include: a variety of strokes, basic self-rescue and safety knowledge, eddy turns, ferrying, 'river reading' and rolling the boat. This course is the same as OPRA 0124. The class will meet Wednesdays in the pool from January until March. After Spring Break the class will also go outside on Fridays from March until May. 5-College students will be graded pass/fail.

In moments of political and economic crises, activist-artists -- or artivists -- consistently and creatively respond to the call for social change. They generate art as social action and also realize a new social world into being through art. Drawing from interdisciplinary perspectives, this seminar investigates the "who, what, where, when, why and how" of creative artistic resistance.

The field of U.S. Ethnic studies underscores how the Unites States was founded upon intersectional systems of injustice. From its inauguration, Ethnic Studies sought to disrupt the fundamental principles that inform higher education.