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
The gym has been the topic of many discussions over the past few years. It has been common to hear both athletes and students complain about the quality of the gym equipment. But is the NDNU gym really incapable of serving the needs of NDNU students and athletes? When compared to other facilities in the area, does NDNU meet the standards for an comparable college gymnasium? A search for the answer to this question led to some surprising findings.
"The gym is rather small for a university. I understand that this university is small as well, but I believe that the gym could be expanded and updated, especially the weight room," said NDNU sophomore Rebecca Corteza.
The space above the gymnasium was originally used as a dance studio before it was converted into what is now our weight room. The last time any of the equipment was updated was in 2003 when the room was transformed into a weights facility. Only a few pieces of equipment have been added since it opened in 2003. In addition, there has been concern with the leaks in the gymnasium roof.
"The leaks do need to be fixed because it has been an on going problem for over a year," said Mike Rudder, coach of the women's basketball team.
The problem with updating the weight room and gymnasium is that there is no line item specified in the budget to purchase new equipment or update old equipment. According to Athletic Director Josh Doody, the current maintenance of the entire gymnasium can cost between $200 to $1200 a year. This depends on the services that need to be performed annually.
Maintenance fees include costs of equipment repair while floor repairs and the roof leak are the responsibilities of the Facilities Department. Doody claims he would be more willing to advocate for investing money into updating the weight room if there was someone to maintain the facility or if there was a way to secure the facility. As of right now, there are no formal plans being made to update workout facilities.
"The gym is rather small for a university. I understand that this university is small as well, but I believe that the gym could be expanded and updated, especially the weight room," said NDNU sophomore Rebecca Corteza.
The space above the gymnasium was originally used as a dance studio before it was converted into what is now our weight room. The last time any of the equipment was updated was in 2003 when the room was transformed into a weights facility. Only a few pieces of equipment have been added since it opened in 2003. In addition, there has been concern with the leaks in the gymnasium roof.
"The leaks do need to be fixed because it has been an on going problem for over a year," said Mike Rudder, coach of the women's basketball team.
The problem with updating the weight room and gymnasium is that there is no line item specified in the budget to purchase new equipment or update old equipment. According to Athletic Director Josh Doody, the current maintenance of the entire gymnasium can cost between $200 to $1200 a year. This depends on the services that need to be performed annually.
Maintenance fees include costs of equipment repair while floor repairs and the roof leak are the responsibilities of the Facilities Department. Doody claims he would be more willing to advocate for investing money into updating the weight room if there was someone to maintain the facility or if there was a way to secure the facility. As of right now, there are no formal plans being made to update workout facilities.
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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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