FITNESS MATTERS
March 2017
Scott K. Ginsburg Sport & Fitness Center
DON’T FORGET: Sunday, March 12 at 2:00am, the clocks
move forward one hour for Daylight Savings time.
Monday, March 20th is the March Equinox. On this
day, the sun shines directly on the equator. The
length of day and night are nearly the same.
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/marchequinox.html
MARYLAND DAY
For our Marylanders on campus, celebrate
your state on March 25th! Use this state
holiday to learn a little bit about Maryland’s
history and celebrate the safe arrival of
settlers on St Clements Island in 1634.
Check out http://www.visitmaryland.org/list/
maryland-day for more information and
events!
In This Issue
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Daylight Savings Time
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Maryland Day
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Meet Raisa!

Employee Highlight
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Brain Awareness Week
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March Hours of Operation

Spring Break Hours
MEET NICOLE!
I’m a law student in my second year
here at Georgetown. While I’m not
really from any area in particular (my
Dad was in the Navy for most of my
childhood), some of my favorite
assignments were in Japan, Colorado,
and California. After graduation I’m
hoping to head back to New Mexico,
where most of my family lives, to work
on tribal sovereignty issues and water/
natural resources/bird law.
Raisa D'Oyley is a 3L law student
and is also the president of the
Black Law Student Association
(BLSA). She enjoys how
accessible the equipment is and is
happy that it meets all of the
expectations of a state of the art
fitness center. The variety of
classes consistently allow her to
keep her workouts fresh and she
finds the layout of the gym ideal
when working out with classmates.
The fitness center and it's
swimming programs was one of
the reasons she chose to attend
the Law Center.
As a fitness center employee, my
favorite “gym activity” is dropping off my
stuff in the locker room and going for a
run outside along the Mall (am I
allowed to say that?). Otherwise, you’ll
probably find me in one of the amazing
classes offered here (particularly
willPower on Saturday mornings), or in
the pool. Feel free to say hi or help me
fold laundry if you see me at the third
floor desk!
Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress
and benefits of brain research.
Every March, BAW unites the efforts of partner organizations worldwide in a celebration of the brain for people of all
ages. Activities are limited only by the organizers’ imaginations and include open days at neuroscience labs; exhibitions about the brain; lectures on brain-related topics; social media campaigns; displays at libraries and community
centers; classroom workshops; and more.
Mark your calendars for future BAW campaign dates: March 13-19, 2017
Memory and learning are so closely connected that people often confuse them with each other. But the specialists
who study them consider them two distinct phenomena
Learning: is a process that will modify a subsequent behavior
Memory, on the other hand, is remembering past experiences.
You learn a new language by studying it, but you then speak it by using your memory to retrieve the words that you
have learned.
Memory is essential to all learning, because it lets you store and retrieve the information that you learn. Memory is
basically nothing more than the record left by a learning process.
Thus, memory depends on learning. But learning also depends on memory, because the knowledge stored in your
memory provides the framework to which you link new knowledge, by association. And the more extensive your
framework of existing knowledge, the more easily you can link new knowledge to it
Human memory is not a unitary process. Research suggests, that, at the psychological level, various types of
memory are at work in human beings. It also seems increasingly likely that these various systems bring different
parts of the brain into play.
Types of memory can be classified in a number of ways, depending on the criterion used. With duration as the criterion, at least three different types of memory can be distinguished: sensory memory, short-term memory, and longterm memory.
Sensory memory takes the information provided by the senses and retains it accurately but very briefly. Sensory
memory lasts such a short time (from a few hundred milliseconds to one or two seconds) that it is often considered
part of the process of perception. Nevertheless, it represents an essential step for storing information in short-term
memory.
Short-term memory temporarily records the succession of events in our lives. It may register a face that we see in
the street, or a telephone number that we overhear someone giving out, but this information will quickly disappear
forever unless we make a conscious effort to retain it. Short-term memory has a storage capacity of only about seven items and lasts only a few dozen seconds. Just as sensory memory is a necessary step for short-term memory,
short-term memory is a necessary step toward the next stage of retention, long-term memory.
Long-term memory not only stores all the significant events that mark our lives, it lets us retain the meanings of
words and the physical skills that we have learned. Its capacity seems unlimited, and it can last days, months, years,
or even an entire lifetime! But it is far from infallible. It sometimes distorts the facts, and it tends to become less reliable as we age.
Regular Hours of Operation
Sunday: 9:00 AM — 8:00 PM
Monday: 6:30 AM — 10:30 PM
Tuesday: 6:30 AM — 10:30 PM
Wednesday: 6:30 AM — 10:30 PM
Thursday: 6:30 AM — 10:30 PM
Friday: 6:30 AM — 8:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM — 6:00 PM
Spring Break Week Hours
Sunday, March 12: 9:00am-6:00pm
Monday, March 13– Friday, March 17:
6:30am-8:00pm
Please note that the entire
building closes at the given time,
including the locker rooms. Please
plan your work out and locker room
usage accordingly.
*We will have a modified group
exercise schedule this week*
The pool closes 15 minutes before
the rest of the facility.
Contact Us:
Visit us on the web:
600 New Jersey Ave NW
www.law.georgetown.edu/campus-services/fitness
Washington, D.C. 20001
Twitter: @Gtownlawfitness
(202)-662-9294
Facebook: Georgetown Law Sport & Fitness Center