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,
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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.
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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
$$