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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1990)
Recreation Center serves as ‘campus living room* Center offers boat rides, TV, lost and found, in addition to other services The EMI’ Recreation Center is what manager Susan Pedersen calls “the living room of the campus." The center, providing facilities (or bil liards, howling, a video arcade, fooshall, table tennis, darts and othtT games, has transformed over the years matching the students' interests. The Rec Center began in the base ment of the EMU when the building was built. Pedersen, the manager for the last three years, sees a cyclical pattern to the (xipulanry of certain games and spirts. “There has been a steady rise in pxd most recently but bowling populanty is trying to keep up with it," six' said. Tlx- Rev Center operates stnctly on the fees charged for the services. Fix* cen ter dx-s not use nxxlental fees and oper ates uixier a budget approved by the EMI Board of Directors aixl the Inciden tal Fee Committee. Hie moix-y students aixl staff pay into the center gix-s toward maintenance, salaries and new equipment for the center. For t ho l;w three to lour years, Peder sen said the Ret C enter has been gaining profits and reducing student incidental tees because all profits tlie eenter makes go directly into funding the FMU. In addition to the billiards room, the bowling alley and the video ar cade, the Rec Center also operates the Waterworks Canoe Company lo cated at 1395 Franklin Blvd. There students and staff can choose from 2-1 cantes atk! four kavaks ro rent aikl use either on or ofi tin- Millr.ke from Aprtl through *. \tober. flu- centers video aa.kie is its main revenue pcoduicr, PeskTsen said. Ilu- ar Okie contains 28 video games atxl three pinKill machines leasts! thrtxigh Amuse ment Unlimited. Hie Rev (. enter pays tor tlie sp.ke and the ekvtricity while Amuse ment Unlimited provides the names and repairs on the nanus. One ot tlie k*ast known features of the Rev Center is the service i>t a I.M aiki found. "It's a service where people just ikm't kncnv it's there until they need it," Peder sen said. “I want everyone to know that this is the campus lost aikl K Hit tel and then more tiling will yet matched to [xo pie." Tile 2S work studv students who work in tin- Rt\ (enter catalog and keep tr.uk of each item turned into the lost and found. Everything found is kept for six months and during the ik-ad weeks of tall and spring terms the Rev Center holds a garage silt- with the items that remain un claimed Nothing lists more than $k, Pe ik-wt! slid. Another service the Rei C enter offers is a pro shop for howling and billiards. Staff and students can buy equipment tor 10 peri ent above wholesale price. I he Ret (’enter is also the only distributor of Mi Per mott pool cues in Eugene. The Rec Center employees are re sponsible for holding the many tour naments for sports such as billiards, bowling, darts and chess. Two or three employees will work together soliciting prizes from local businesses, Turn to CENTER, Page ~fB I'*».»«»• b* Van 1’iMlon Kenya Smith, a senior leisure studies major, takes in an evening game of ping pong at the EMU Recreation Center. J % It'S RECtober at the EMU Recreation Center Spend your RECtober at the EMU REC CENTER. Shoot pool, go bowling, throw darts, play foosball or ping some pong... IT'S ALL HERE!! Not only do we offer all this at affordable student rates, but we do it in a unique atmosphere with great mu sic, all the great sporting events on the big screen T. V., and friendly student staff. The EMU REC CENTER is the perfect place to lose those studying blues, rest between classes, or rock out on the weekends!!! The REC CENTER is also the campus LOST and FOUND! Pass it on! Located on the EMU Ground Floor Hours: Mon - Thurs 9AM to 11PM Friday 9AM to 12:30 AM Saturday Noon to 12:30 AM Sunday Noon to 11 PM 346-3711 $$ COUPON $$ Good for 1/2 off any timed activity or 1 free game for every game bowled at the EMU REC CENTER SS Valid Sunday-Thursday until Dec 31.1990 $$