2008 Woodie Awards
Gym additions long overdue
UD answers students' concerns on health facilities
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: Editorial
The university has finally decided to respond to students regarding the less-than-substantial convenience of gyms on campus.
The Pencader and Harrington gyms will be expanded, re-opening respectively in Fall 2008 and Fall 2009. New equipment will also be added to the enlarged facilities to help fill the additional space.
The only logical response to this is that it is about time.
The overcrowding of the workout facilities on campus has, in recent years, become a major concern of students who wish to exercise at the gym.
The university has offered the best solution for this problem. Instead of building a large gym, or expanding the Little Bob in the center of campus, the university is spreading three large facilities out in different locations.
This plan gives students the opportunity to have a gym close to their residence hall.
Another concern addressed by the university with this project is the health of their students.
Many attempt using the facilities but are discouraged by the crowds. With more space to accommodate them, students will have more of a reason to work out, and general health could increase.
In recent years private gyms like Fusion have opened on campus as a result of the overcrowding of the university's facilities. Therefore, students have paid membership fees instead of facing the hassle of going to university gyms.
Since part of our tuition technically pays for our right to have workout facilities at our convenience, it is unfair that some students have been nearly forced into this decision.
The additions to the gyms will help cut back on that need for alternatives, and in the end, help save students money on local membership fees.
The Pencader and Harrington gyms will be expanded, re-opening respectively in Fall 2008 and Fall 2009. New equipment will also be added to the enlarged facilities to help fill the additional space.
The only logical response to this is that it is about time.
The overcrowding of the workout facilities on campus has, in recent years, become a major concern of students who wish to exercise at the gym.
The university has offered the best solution for this problem. Instead of building a large gym, or expanding the Little Bob in the center of campus, the university is spreading three large facilities out in different locations.
This plan gives students the opportunity to have a gym close to their residence hall.
Another concern addressed by the university with this project is the health of their students.
Many attempt using the facilities but are discouraged by the crowds. With more space to accommodate them, students will have more of a reason to work out, and general health could increase.
In recent years private gyms like Fusion have opened on campus as a result of the overcrowding of the university's facilities. Therefore, students have paid membership fees instead of facing the hassle of going to university gyms.
Since part of our tuition technically pays for our right to have workout facilities at our convenience, it is unfair that some students have been nearly forced into this decision.
The additions to the gyms will help cut back on that need for alternatives, and in the end, help save students money on local membership fees.
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