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Fitness center’s fate on ballot Patrick Mintord Ontgon Oo'y I "ww.csf Students will soon lx* asked to help fund the construction of a new, state of*fhe art recre ation and fitness center during the University's upcoming gert era! election A ballot measure will let stu dents decide if they are willing to pay an additional $2.1 |M?r term starting full 1<W? to help fund an extensive remodeling and construction project at the site of Ksslinger Hall The proposed 30-year fee increase would cover atxnit half the project’s estimated $10 (' million price tag. while the remaining money would come from Oregon State System of . Higher education building funds and private donations "It should ho a verv attractive ballot measure |to students)." said Associate Doan of Students Gregg l.obisser. who is on tho committee that is working to bring modem re< motion facili ties to the University. "Every Istudont) dollar gets a dollar." The project would renovate much of Essiinger Hall, and build extensive new facilities on the building's east side The new fitness center would include three multi-purpose indoor courts, an elevated indoor jogging track, an indoor rock climbing wall and two indoor batting cages Without student commitment to help fund construction, the state and private funding would be in jeopardy, Lobisser said Once students agree to fund the project, the other sources will commit money ns well, he said, because "everybody's waiting for someone else to take the first step." Supporters of the project have IxM-n trying to get a modern fit ness t enter at the University for over a decade Essiinger Hall, the current fitness center, and nearby facilities are outdated and poorly designed, support ON THE BALLOT ■ WHAT: To remodet and expand E&sfinger Hat! into a state otthe-ad recre ation and fitness center ■ COST: A tee ot $23 per student per term for the next 30 years t Mf RAi 0 ers said 'We ire wav behind the1 times." Mid ASUO President Leslie Warren, who helped got the measure on the (milot “If you look at i.luh sports you realize how many student* are interested in this ‘The need for dus will only grow in future years." Lobisser said “The quality of student life at the University of Oregon will be improved (by a new fit ness renter! ” Club Sports coordinator Sandy Vaughn has visited uni versifies across the nation and said the University's fatalities e del tely at th< the Pacific-10 Conference Stanford University recently started construction of a new student fitness t enter, she Saul, and both Arizona schools opened jiiti|or ret reution far ill ties within the last five years 'Over the years we’ve Ixren able to see the mistakes that other schools have made." Vaughn said "It's really time to get going on it We really can’t wait any longer " A fall 1993 study found that 70 percent of University stu dents use i ampus recreation facilities and that existing facil ities are inadequate to serve stu dents' needs, according to an informational packet on the project. Plans for the new fac ility also include covering the intramural fields between the covered ten ms courts and Hayward with AMENITIES ■ Threw multipurpose indoor courts ■ Two artifoal playing Mds w*th night lighting ■ Expanded weight and fitness (aofctw* ■ Two indoor hatting cages ■ Improved covered tennis courts ■ Increased budding access ■ One-sixth mde indoor (oggmg track ■ Indoor rodt-cfemfcmg wa# ■ Aerobe and martial arts gyms ■ Renovated racquettM# courts ■ Renovated locker rooms ■ Pro-shop and nice bar ! U> HA, U artifinal turf amf installing a iodi'iiu; system Adding turf and lighting would imriMw fudd use hv too percent, ladiisser said Chris Ramey, director of University planning, said the entire project would take lit months to two years, and “you could do parts right away “It's a very sensible and effi nent vx ay to combine existing l.ll llltles ..Hid ill'll t.H I 111 les Ramey said Hv using existing facilities, you're really saving a lot of money If the ballot measure passes students on utetital fees would increase $J l per term for to years The fee would tie two parts, with St “> of it going toward construction costs and the remaining 57 75 covering the tenter's operational costs After tt) years, the construe* turn portion of the fee would end. and students would then vote on the center's operational msts Two informational present a lions on the proposed fitness center will he held in the KMt Walnut Room on April .Hi at t,.U) p ill and April 2A at t p m Students are welcome to attend An Invitation 7 In I run rsity <>/ ()»t uxni's ./'< shian, (lay, fUsexiutl' .■Uliana and tin than ofSludt tits (Iffta contially tru ths you to attend the Kf lainunp n upturn for -Sit phanu (’arnahan. tin I run rsity of ()n port s tit it* ( oordinator of f'dticntional and Supfxrrt N< mas on ■nuns . dpi tl 20 at 7pm in tin (it t hrust t Jtjtinm. 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