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MUSC 12-week boot camp begins Sept. 12 by Heather Woolwine Public Relations For employees and staff looking for a challenging work-out experience, MUSC Boot Camp is back and ready to take some names.   Beginning Sept. 12 at the Harper Student Center, the 12-week program requires participants to report to boot camp at 6 a.m., ready to push and work their bodies like never before. Unlike many programs that claim high levels of intensity, MUSC Boot Camp employs two Marine drill instructors with an ingrained knowledge of pushing people to achieve more in physical fitness then they might have ever imagined. Additional fitness trainers will also be on hand.   With the exception of a small reprieve during the Thanksgiving holiday, participants will increase their fitness level and train in all components of fitness including cardiovascular, strength, endurance, flexibility, balance, and agility. All fitness levels are welcome and individuals are encouraged to work out based on their individual potential.   Some days will include off-campus training at an obstacle course, stadium, and track workouts. One day- a-week, boot camp participants will walk or run over the new Arthur Ravenel Bridge. Everyone will begin the program as a private and can advance to lance corporal, corporal, and then sergeant by the camp’s end.   Every few weeks throughout the program, prizes will be given to participants who attend 60 percent of the workouts.  Those who achieve perfect attendance will receive a special gift at the end of the program, and will be included in the wall of fame plaque in the Wellness Center.   For information or to register, call Janis Newton at 224-2887 or e-mail newtonj@musc.edu. Friday, Sept. 9, 2005 Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.