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This fun holiday is celebrated primarily by school children, but that doesn't mean college students can't join in the fun, so get out there and confuse promise. your peers! From 9 a.m. to Monday through Friday, the ORAC offers affordable equipment for students and faculty to rent for climbing, Source: holicloyinsights.com UPCOMING biking, paddle boarding and more. "If it's a walk-iyou just come in and tell us what sport you're planning on doing and we can accommodate MOVIE RELEASES , 411., ,,,,,,, ,,,,..,). , - ,:, ..,,f (-- , w a ti qtd P iS . V ;. m ' 4 n 44 , I:,,,iic, ',I . ,..,,t.; lt,,,, 1:1V 7' ..: .,, ; ! Ni. i 'i ; 11, r , i- v..,;, '.r.,..-.- liV n, t 4r., ,i rit t 'At i. t ; I 1 RCSIDCKT EVIL It 114C 44V4i 414,4.14'R 6 Jon. 27 b b "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" "A Dogs Purpose" "Gold" 5 p.m. ; your plans, whether someone needs a bike or climbing shoes," Joshua Young said, ORAC employee and sophomore general studies major from Boise, Idaho. The center has equipment from climbing harnesses to canoes and mountain bikes. The checkout process can take 10 minutes to an hour depending on the type of equipment a student wants to rent and the amount of equipment needed. "Everything we have is about the students," ORAC coordinator Luke Wilkins said. "Everything is geared for them, from the mountain bikes to the kayaks to the paddle boards. Everything is for them." Wilkins founded the outdoor recreation center in 2007. "It was created to give students opportunities to get out of their dorm room(s) and $ expressed on campus was that students in the dorms would sit in their dorms and not do anything. Yet it's southern Utah and you can do things year round." The ORAC is able to keep in mind that students are seeking adventure but on a college budget and helps cater to those students, said Haley Erickson, a sophomore communications major from Castle Rock, i Renting mountain bikes in town can cost $70 a day, but the ORAC rents bikes to students for $25 the first day and $5 for each additional day. Instead of renting a bike for $490 a week, students can find a similar bike for $55 a week. Other than gear, the center has a climbing wall inside the Student Activity Center for 1 I I , , 1 , , ' ''''''' , ,.... - f ' Ex ' i' 1 s' ' :'-- ,, r,.. ' ,,,""' '. , , . - -- '''' , -, P I "'' , ,, ",, , , . --- -, p, , N .1 , i1 ' - ,,- - - , 1,1,,, If ,.' '; $"- - I 1 ''r,'t. ' l - 4 , ; - t. '''"': '''''''''',-- - ,......................s..., , I i ' ; 1' ' , .1. . ',' 11 , ',. , ' t , it ; s : ' : '2 t', 't. T ',It ''' ' t, ' ''' , ii ,, ,ft. 1 P"'".,,, .,:,',-,- i ' , , .8., ''., '', c f","' -- ..,,.0. ,,,,,.. t N .......: , -- .....N.... 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