Hula-Hoop a lost art at Benedictine University.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April, 2002 | by Sneller, Beth

Byline: Beth Sneller Daily Herald Staff Writer Back in the day, Hula-Hooping was an art. Young girls would spend hours in their basements perfecting their moves, which involve gyrating one's hips in a circular motion to keep a plastic hoop from falling to the floor. But as students at Lisle's Benedictine University demonstrated Monday, the Hula-Hoop just isn't as popular as it used to be.

At least not for 19-year-olds. In conjunction with the school's weeklong Springfest 2002 "i don't wanna grow up" theme (their spelling, not ours), the university sponsored Hula-Hoop and jump-rope contests over lunch hour. Though a few students showed up at the beginning to try their hand at the children's games, not many people were interested. "Maybe Monday isn't...