Budget cuts won't prevent students from mixing cocktails or throwing pottery this summer.
Home bartending and beginning throwing, along with parrot care and training and salsa dancing are a few of the 38 Reitz Union Leisure Courses offered during Summer B.
Beth Waltrip, director for campus programs, said the courses are funded independently, "so we don't have to worry about budget cuts affecting which classes we can offer."
All of the courses, offered year-round, have registration fees averaging between $25 and $50 and a possible lab fee, Waltrip said.
Anyone in the community can register, but UF students will receive a discount. UF class prices cost less than similar classes offered outside of the university, Waltrip said.
The home bartending course, which requires students to be at least 21 years old, has a $50 registration fee and a $40 lab fee, which covers the cost of alcohol and mixers.
John "Wanton" Gillooly wants his students to learn not only how to make different drinks but also how to drink responsibly.
"I want them to learn about quality versus quantity," he said.
Like all Summer B leisure classes, the course lasts four weeks. Students will learn about wines, beers, proper mixers and how to watch out for date-rape drugs.
Gillooly said his students will know more about alcohol than 90 percent of the bartenders in town.
Students can also suggest classes they'd like to see offered by going on the leisure course Web site and filling out a leisure course proposal.
Greg Fink, a second-year journalism major, said he would like a skateboarding class offered, because it's something he has always wanted to learn.
"I also think I would take quilting," he said jokingly. "That could be useful, right?"
The last day to register for leisure courses is July 6.
