—Sports Rec centers need improvement Bv Robert Weber f mernld ( ontributor There is a m.tjoi (.risis lui mi; the University that i.annot go unnoticed am longer and, tor once, the disi ussion doesn't concern the lack of student parking. The problem is the lai k of recreational tni ill ties available to students on an everyday basis and the only hope for a solution mm rest on the shoulders of the student l)od\ Ksslinger Hall Cerlinger Hall and the Uerlinger Annex are the only areas on i -inipus that are open for student's recreational needs and all three buildings are used by athlete teams i lasses, iutramurals and i In!) sports before times for open recreation are made available "With the pole vaulters, wrestling and soft ball teams using the indoor gyms, the times avail able for open recreation are limited said Karla Rice, the head of the Recreation and Intramural Department. "This lack of tai 11 it ios (arises a ma jor problem for the average student "If there is no far ibl\ available at .1 rmive nient time for a student then they must either go out into the community and pay tor their re< rea time whir h i\ ill 1 ost money or they pist don't re create." Hir e said "And either option is not the solution to the problem The lack of far ililirs is a major com ern of the (ieueral University (Committee on University Sport I lie committee, yvhich is headed by Ker re ation (Coordinator Sandy Vaughn, has put tortli a proposal for a mult 1 purpose ret reational ar 11 \ ily r .entei I'his project 1 alls lot a ret reational t entei building that would include two gymnasiums, space lor court sports, martiaI arts. weight rooms ar til ily rooms, an enclosed sw imming pool and associated locket and showet facilities I tie pro jei t also 1111 hides a sei olid phase that would pro dm e three outdoor fields tennis r ourts and user pai king A center like the one proposed would pro y ide ail area tor ail gioups th.it 1 urreutly Use the ret reational areas, said Rice 1 lie projet 1 would help biing the I mversity up to [rar w ith other si hoots of similm si/c .11 ross the nation and espei lally 111 the I’m ifii 111 ( outer mice Vs it stands right novr we are at the bottom of the i (intercut e as tar as rei lealional f.u ilities go. Rice said "We need something along the lines of what Oregon State has built to provide adequate fat ilities for our students Oregon State has finished the first phase of tlir |)i\iiii ! enter then in !' ilntii.il i eiitfi and ,irf m the |mn ess ii! adding .m atpintir i eiitfi tu tlir f«tt:ilit\ I'he Dixon (>n!r[ is open to the students dailv from 7 a.m to 1 I |> in for a mini her ot ditferenl actiy hies I his i enter plat es ()St at or near the top ol the list o| tai ilitics loi I’ai III si bouts Sports ionsiiltaiil Hill Manning y isiled the t begun campus during tin- spi mg ot PIHH and r\ pressed a deep concern for the hick ot tai iiities available at a si bool ol tills sl/e l lie trend in the i onterem e and indeed na tionalh is a greater recognition ol the role played bv rei reational sports in all aspei ts ol stu dent life paitii tilarly as it relates to ret mitment and retention ot students Manning noted in Ins 1 • IMH stuiK It appears that the lhmersity ol ()r egon is i|uile fat behind in sin h ret (ignition and the provision ol facilities to support such vain able programming Manning also stressed an immediate need lor a plan, and the identification and reserving ol land spai e lot a possible site file proposed center would satisfy the needs ol the Hniversity. hut the building is expensive and must he litient ed mainly In auxiliary funds Auxiliary funds are raised by a building tee in every student s tuition Phese tees are sent to the Oregon Hoard ot Higher l.duiatioii and put into a pot yyilti similar funds collei ted at othei state si funds I lie binds are then dispersed to ti name building and renovation projects at the stale colleges based oil a priority list ((imposed by the state I he lunds are distributed by the state ey cry try o y ears The proposed ( enter is on the list toi the t in versify s prioritv list for the t!t‘tl lou t biennium It had been oil the list foi tile Pel I Pei > hieiilli tun hut yyas rei cully moved up due to the inline (bate need Pile estimated c ost ol the lirst phase ot the i enlel comes to almost "si > million \dd m the estimated St million yearly operating expenses tor the (.enlel, and the I niversttv is tar ed cr ith a pietty steep hill It appears that the present auxiliary funds cannot support a project ot this - i/e so the only rray for the centei to he approved .end built would c onic' from an inc rease in the student s building lees or financial gilts, Vaughn and oth ers note that the responsibility ol binding site h a proice t would fall mostly on the students Nothing ol importance is going tu happen until the students come iorth and let the t iuver sity know that they are serious about the problem and yyiilmg tu do something about it, Vaughn said (Now on Campus) Word Processing Apple-1 BM-Macintosh (Conversion-Printing-Translation) Copy Center 344-4510 (>(F> t I >th • I ugt'ric. 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