Outside the classroom, Iona students can join more than 75 campus clubs, including about 10 fraternities and sororities. Student athletes can play at the recreational level or try out for the Iona College Gaels varsity sports teams, which compete in the NCAA Division I Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Gaels are people with Irish-Gaelic ancestry, such as the Congregation of Christian Brothers, who founded Iona College in 1940.
Spandex is a synthetic or man-made fiber manufactured from polyurethane. It is lightweight, highly stretchy and elastic, strong, durable, and non-absorbent to water and oils. First produced in the United States in 1959 by DuPont, it was marketed under the trademarked name Lycra.
Polyurethane fibers are referred to as Spandex as a generic name. The fiber itself is highly stretch and elastic as rubber, strong than rubber, and resistant to aging. The fiber is dyeable freely and fine yarn can be produced. Polyurethane fiber is manufactured from glycol and diisocyanate as raw material with a special spinning method. No product is manufactured of 100% poly-urethane fiber. The polyurethane fiber is used by blending other fibers. A fabric, referred to two-way tricot in which a polyurethan fiber is knitted with a nylon or polyester filament yarn, is highly elastic both in wale- and course-way and is used for swimsuits, leotards, underwear and other similar stretchable clothing.