Flipping for Fun - and Funds
By JACKIE BLACK | Feb. 26, 2003Gymnasts at UB were flipping out the other day.UB's Gymnastics Club held a "Flip-a-Thon" Monday in the Student Union, where for $1 students could learn a gymnastic trick."We just want to put the awareness out that there is a gymnastics team," said Dominic Borello, a sophomore environmental education major and member of the club.Kristen Mccann, a sophomore business major who sold tickets and watched the event, said some of the participants were naturals."I think people are surprised at how good they actually are," said Mccann.Nicholas Taylor, a senior computer science major, was a repeat visitor to the Flip-a-Thon, and said there are reasons to participate besides helping the Gymnastics Club."I did it because I like learning how to flip," Taylor said.
