Gym "weighting" for improvements
While other schools have up to date gyms, our gym lacks
Nicole Molina and Kristina Sewell
Issue date: 2/1/10 Section: News
At this time, Vice President of Admissions Hernan Bucheli says there are exploratory options to renovate and expand the weight room, but that nothing is budgeted and no plans are currently in place to follow through with those options.
Local private schools such as St. Mary's and Mills Colleges
have more facilities and recreational opportunities available to students and athletes. Facilities available include a gymnasium, a fitness center, aquatics center, outdoor basketball courts and locker rooms. St. Mary's also offers classes for students and athletes such as pilates and other group exercise classes. Research found that there were no additional charges for using the facilities at St. Mary's, while Mills charges an annual fee of five dollars.
Another comparable local school, Menlo College, which services only 700 students, also has a wide variety of facilities. Their facilities include a gymnasium, two weight rooms and two pools that they share with the adjoining high school.
Katherine Fulp-Allen, a Menlo senior and participant in the women's wrestling program at Menlo, states that, "we need an upgrade" and that "we have limited space to use."
Despite the lack of space, Menlo still boasts a more updated workout facility. Fulp- Allen mentioned that damaged equipment is replaced quickly. She also said that workout equipment is not broken on a regular basis. Instead, the major problem is the mess that is left in the weight room. Non athletes do not put back the weights and other equipment when they are done with them. Despite this, Fulp-Allen stated that everyone was pretty tolerant about things. "Upgrading the gymnasium would benefit the entire campus. There is not enough room for intramural and recreational activities with all the students and athletes," stated NDNU Softball Coach Steve Rianda.
According to Jana Gibbs, Captain of the NDNU Spirit Squad, the lack of space the gym offers is a problem for her and her squad. "When other athletes and students are occupying the gym, we will go to the weight room to condition. My squad is 10 people large and all of us trying to condition at the sametime with only 6 problematic cardio machines is completely insufficient."
Rudder also mentioned that, "facilities are workable, but there is always room for improvement. We get done what we need with what we have."
Local private schools such as St. Mary's and Mills Colleges
have more facilities and recreational opportunities available to students and athletes. Facilities available include a gymnasium, a fitness center, aquatics center, outdoor basketball courts and locker rooms. St. Mary's also offers classes for students and athletes such as pilates and other group exercise classes. Research found that there were no additional charges for using the facilities at St. Mary's, while Mills charges an annual fee of five dollars.
Another comparable local school, Menlo College, which services only 700 students, also has a wide variety of facilities. Their facilities include a gymnasium, two weight rooms and two pools that they share with the adjoining high school.
Katherine Fulp-Allen, a Menlo senior and participant in the women's wrestling program at Menlo, states that, "we need an upgrade" and that "we have limited space to use."
Despite the lack of space, Menlo still boasts a more updated workout facility. Fulp- Allen mentioned that damaged equipment is replaced quickly. She also said that workout equipment is not broken on a regular basis. Instead, the major problem is the mess that is left in the weight room. Non athletes do not put back the weights and other equipment when they are done with them. Despite this, Fulp-Allen stated that everyone was pretty tolerant about things. "Upgrading the gymnasium would benefit the entire campus. There is not enough room for intramural and recreational activities with all the students and athletes," stated NDNU Softball Coach Steve Rianda.
According to Jana Gibbs, Captain of the NDNU Spirit Squad, the lack of space the gym offers is a problem for her and her squad. "When other athletes and students are occupying the gym, we will go to the weight room to condition. My squad is 10 people large and all of us trying to condition at the sametime with only 6 problematic cardio machines is completely insufficient."
Rudder also mentioned that, "facilities are workable, but there is always room for improvement. We get done what we need with what we have."
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posted 2/03/10 @ 11:52 PM PST
Gym must always be newly-equipped.
John
posted 2/07/10 @ 10:18 PM PST
The weight room is most DEFINITELY lacking, my highschool weight room was twice the size, and the school was public!??? that is weird. Hasn't been updated since 2003? it certainly shows; the pads are tearing or ripped, weights are never put away, the plasma tv's all around the room don't function, the speakers don't function, and I pay this much for tuition? how about we reinject some of the money that is being used to fund all the faculty members lexus's, bmw's, mercedes, and audi's back into the sports genre, EH? this is sad, and people wonder where the money is going
Prince
posted 2/23/10 @ 2:51 PM PST
it's the same thing in french, they don't put many money for this equipment
and university have too much things to pay and the crisis doesn't help at all
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