Spring Break
Rec adds new additions
Spenser Nobles/News Editor
Issue date: 6/18/09 Section: News
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Students who have visited the facility recently have noticed even more alterations.
This summer, the rec center's floor has been under construction. The old tile is being replaced with new tile that represents Eastern's school colors, blue and gray.
Along with the new tile, the rec center has added new furniture, and the walls have undergone a makeover, all of which support the new color scheme that focuses on Eastern's school colors.
"It's a time when the university needs to be recognized by its logos, by its school colors," said Ken Baker, director of campus recreation. "We want students to take pride in blue and gray."
Cleanliness is something that has been stressed while remodeling the recreation center, both in appearance and actuality.
"Working closely with Health Services, we've had the foresight to keep things clean," Baker said.
There are hand sanitizers in many different locations of the facility, but the new upgrades will also help with the goal of cleanliness.
The newly placed tile is easier to clean than the old tile, and the new HealthTech furniture is also easy to clean. Baker said sanitation within a facility like the rec center is "critical."
"A lot of centers have problems with that," Baker said. "We haven't."
In the past, students were able to put their belongings in cubbyholes, which some students did not think were very safe.
That will no longer be the case because lockers (with self-programmable locks), which were about $12,000, according to Baker, will replace the cubbyholes.
Both the lockers and new bikes were purchased by the Apportionment Board.
"We need to give credit to the Apportionment Board," Baker said. "The board works really hard and they are very supportive of the rec center."
Baker said the rec center is "continually upgrading," bringing in new equipment and trying to improve for students and others who may use it.
"It's a showplace," Baker said. "We want it to look nice. We think it's a high profile facility."
So far this summer, four new bikes have been added. Along with benches, there will be more equipment added, including 15 new cycling bikes that will be used for the new cycling program in the fall. The program will take place in the new fitness studio, in which there will be a big-screen projector installed.
The program is designed to give students the feeling that they are biking through different places in the world.
"You can cycle down through Italy or Route 1 in California," Baker said. "That's a new program that we're excited about students seeing in the fall."
The estimated price for the new lockers, bikes, the floor and fan is about $157,700.
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