“Walk UCSB or walk the plank,” growls Barbara Beainy, director of the employee exercise program Walk UCSB, from behind her inflatable pirate friend. She was adding to the atmosphere for more than 200 people who showed up last month for the program’s first pirate treasure hunt with prizes. For details about Walk UCSB, now counting over 1,300 participants, go to <www.recreation.ucsb.edu/walk/>.

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