Thad Long, Recreation and Wellness Associate Director, was our tour guide for our class SRC tour. During the tour we visited the most often seen rooms of the building such as: the weight room, the cardio room, the rock wall and the swimming pool area. However, there were many rooms in which most students will never get to see that we were able to view. Who would have known there were so many hallways, offices and rooms included in the facility!
The maze-like hallways were interesting to me because they did not seem very functional. Some were dangerous and confusing. For functionality, I do not understand why they are so continuous but they are very interesting to walk through.
Mr. Long had mentioned at the end of our tour (in a meeting room) that it has been difficult for the Recreation Center to receive funding for the facility from the University. It was very upsetting to hear this because it seems each year, or semester, administration continues to receive raises in their salary. Even if there were an argument about this situation that the raises are not connected in any way to the funding for facilities, the most important part of a university is the students. Quality buildings, education and educational equipment are essential for higher education learning….not which administrator gets paid the most.
10:09 am - 10-16-2010
Emily, Good discription and comments.
“Backstage” areas on the tour seemed interesting to you.
I agree that your assumtion of administrative costs versus funding for education and students seems lopsided. A problem in this country as I see it.
3:39 pm - 10-17-2010
I think that is is disconcerning that the Recreation department receives little funding. I wish that our rec center had more funding because the facility is not inviting. It we had a modern facility to go work out in, I think I would have worked out more during my college career.
6:21 am - 10-18-2010
Good analysis of funding and the way that it gets funneled. Interesting to me the lack of money for some items on campus but I do wonder if it might be linked to a fall in alumunus funding.