{"id":678,"date":"2019-12-18T23:47:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T18:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/?p=678"},"modified":"2021-09-18T16:23:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T11:23:38","slug":"zumba-classes-girls-drop-out-due-to-discomfort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/2019\/12\/18\/zumba-classes-girls-drop-out-due-to-discomfort\/","title":{"rendered":"Zumba Classes: Girls Drop Out Due To Discomfort"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mohammad Basit Khan<\/strong><\/p>\n

This October, many female students dropped out of Zumba classes, taking place in MainHall, Sports Complex, due to the discomfort felt with its open venue. Zumba, conventionally, is practiced in closed, private settings.<\/p>\n

Notably, other unenrolled students are allowed access to the Main Hall and partake in their individual activities, during campus class hours. \u201cIt was majorly uncomfortable because there were too many people in the sports complex \u2013 mostly boys playing basketball or some randomly standing watching,\u201d Huda Ahsan Khan \u201823 said.<\/p>\n

Saman Khan \u201822 was a regular at the Zumba sessions held in LUMS last year, yet this year she hasn\u2019t returned after attending the first few sessions. \u201cWe used to be just nine to ten girls. It was a very relaxed environment last year,\u201d she said. \u201cI just felt very uncomfortable this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n

LUMS Shredded took notice of the concerns as they were raised. Azka Pervez \u201820, Vice President of LUMS Shredded, said that complaints received and acknowledged by the society have also brought the issue onto the administration\u2019s radar.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Campus Climate Manager, (Ms.) Hiba Zakai, truly understands the issue. She comes to the classes regularly,\u201d Pervez said in a written statement to The Post<\/em>. \u201cWe\u2019re working with her to find a permanent solution. Ms. Hiba Zakai says that everything will be worked out before the next semester starts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to prioritize the comfort of everyone who comes and regret that the current facilities at LUMS didn\u2019t give us an option to do justice to that. We\u2019re hoping to make it better with time!\u201d she said. \u201cThis is only the first time we\u2019ve done an all-girls aerobics class at a large scale. It\u2019s a learning process.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked about the managing team\u2019s efforts in addressing existing concerns for the current semester, she said, \u201cWe weren\u2019t\/aren\u2019t allowed to empty the main hall (so far) but we arrive 15 minutes before and make sure the only people in the hall are those playing badminton in the two remaining badminton courts (while one court is occupied for the class).\u201d<\/p>\n

Another immediate solution employed by the society to ensure prevention of video recordings and uninvited audiences in spirit of combating harassment concerns is the appointment of society members patrolling the hallways.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also station a few members from our team inside and outside the hall to keep a lookout for any unwarranted stares or anyone staring idly or directing their phones in our direction,\u201d Pervez added. \u201cIf we do catch people idly staring, we make it a point to go up to them and tell them to leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the current semester close to an end, LUMS Shredded plans to address the student body\u2019s concerns through a comprehensive solution with the relaunch of the Fitness Aerobics program in Spring 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Mohammad Basit Khan This October, many female students dropped out of Zumba classes, taking place in MainHall, Sports Complex, due to the discomfort felt with its open venue. Zumba, conventionally, is practiced in closed, private settings. Notably, other unenrolled students are allowed access to the Main Hall and partake in their individual activities, during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":910,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailystudent.lums.edu.pk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}