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CMU Today Game on! Now anyone can have a turn, thanks to developments in therapeutic recreation that allow people to access games and sports in situations where they might have previously been excluded. Students in CMU���s therapeutic recreation program test specialized equipment for adaptive sports, such as golf, hand cycling, wheelchair basketball and sled hockey (pictured here) and host clinics to introduce the equipment to the public. ���We���re among the only programs in the nation with adaptive equipment,��� says Mary Lou Schilling, assistant professor of recreation, parks and leisure services administration. ��� Alternative Breaks takes top five rank in U.S. CMU���s Alternative Breaks, which sends more than 400 students to various destinations in the U.S. and abroad annually for volunteer work, earned a top five ranking for most trips coordinated and fourth highest number of students participating. The ranking came from Break Away, a national nonprofit organization. ���You learn a lot about yourself,��� says senior Shannon Schmutz, who spent her holiday break in Urabamba, Peru, working with school children and participating in reforestation. ���College is about learning who you are and what you want to do with your life. Alternative Breaks really teaches you about what you want to do in the future, which strengthens your education.��� ��� centralight spring ���13 5