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.