shirley reekie: "this is what i love to do. to be outside teaching a class, i'm in heaven. and to have people that want to learn, what an ideal situation." this is not your ordinary lecture course. the class meets twice a week in los gatos at lexington resevior where the students train and learn the proper techniques. some of the training includes indoor morning warm-ups on the rowing machines, which strengthens legs, back, and arms. brittany manrubia: "as a result of taking the class, i'm, right now in the best shape that i've ever been in. with the ore workouts, and the workouts out on the water, they keep me physically fit and in shape." the students gain a real sense of teamwork. during each class session the student's work together, carrying the boats and paddles up and down the dock. communication is extremely important out on the lake. teammates depend on each other to do their specific jobs. having the team in synch helps the pacing. the rowing class is sailing smoothly. but reekie says that this class along with all the other physical education classes at sjsu may

reekie says she has emailed the provost office about the potential cuts...but has yet to hear back.ardless...members of the kinesiology department, have put up a petition online at change.org in order to save the classes. in just over two weeks the petition has already gained over 3,000 signatures. throw, catch, pull... all actions necessary when playing flag football. the s-j-s-u intramural sports program organized its first flag football tournament indoors áandá even better... on the main campus! last week...the program introduced its first four by four arena flag football tournament in the spartan complex. students formed teams for just twenty-eight dollars per team. organizers say the flag football league is such a popular intramural sport that they wanted to bring an indoor tournament on the main campus. ">>>the one thing that we look for is if a lot of teams sign up... and there has been and it seems like everyone has been enjoying it so far... because everyone loves football." this last tournament consisted of nine teams total. that will do it for sports... back to you guys.

our winner this week is linda reekie from mulvane, kansas.oday's talk." she enjoys the fourth hour so much she even wrote a poem about you guys and for you. here's a toast of love from my heart to yours, i'm truly your number one fan. you both i so adore. stay crazy, stay nutty, stay so fun, you bring smiles for so many by the tons. so, thank you for that amazingly written poem. congratulations, linda. you are going -- >> i love this place! >> -- destin, florida. for a three-night stay in the presidential suite at the henderson park inn. the trip includes daily breakfast and snacks, the use of beach chairs and bicycles and round trip airfare tore twfor t. >> have a great time. the sand is like sugar there. it is like pensacola -- the coastline there. the panhandle. gorgeous! you'll have a ball. i notice there's no wine included so bring money for that. >> if you think you should be our fan of the week, go to klgandhoda.com. maybe we'll pick you. >>> still ahead, the 40-something best selling author jen lancaster faces her greatest challenge t