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Show NEWS e Jew student center to replace Old Gym 2008 AUGUST 27, 2008 ESDAY, DIXIE SUN - 3 The addition of a student center will give students more opportunities on otect tually be able to log in to their fitness center class from the student center, expanding activities they can do for credit. Other additions to the center will be a lounge where students will be able to watch campus, instead of making them look for places off campus to have fun or a place to study. The new center will have a lot of improvements, starting in the entryway that will be turned into a lounge with Peti- A'O e the low TV on two monitors, and play 360 and the Nintendo Wii on three 42-in- r that tors the in a ling r. readily available everywhere. h monThe volleyball team different itors. There is a room will continue to practice and play in the dedicated to students who are looking for a gym, even with all the additions to the buildplace to study as well. There are also six ping ing. Classes will also continue to be held pong tables, four pool an air there tables, hockey throughout the a and foosball table, year. It will also still a house the offices of table. There will be nominal fee for the use most of the coaches in the athletic department. of them, but the fee The student center will be for the maintehas been available for nance of the equipstudent use as of the ment, Hildebrandt first day of classes. said. The First Chance The basic idea for Dance will also be Old the converting cenheld there on Friday in to student Gym ter is taking space that night. The athletic department office has been moved to the Bums Arena and has been replaced by the I diversity center, which man Brayan Cervantes, right, a law major from Enterprise, watches senior Calvin will have computers for left, a communication major from Austin, Texas, set up to take a shot. students to use as well as the director of the fitness Frank Lojko, interim HOLLAND OLSEN a TV and a relaxing Dixie Sun Staff Writer vice president of student center, said Dixie State atmosphere for students a needed said students with friends. services, talk College place for students to hang out have wanted this for a students will have The new center will while now. and socialize on campus. also house the outdoor opportunities for We are trying to creWe wanted to serve recreation center, where jon campus with the said. ate a four-yethe students can rent equipstudents, jtion of a new student Lojko college We took a dream and culture here at Dixie, ment for camping, started it. Old Gymnasium is Hildebrandt said. Every kayaking and mountain four-yeo The student center will school has a ,i a resource for biking, Hildebrandt student center for stufind entertain-i- t said. play a major role in givon a students dents to go and relax in. The center will also between classes, as place ing more to is direction we That the house a fitness center, as a place to study. get campus life. in student involved Christian Hildebrandt, want to go. and students will even 26-inc- IV e issia :e- - lie eace- - flict ar om iter. or The ar stu-jst- rope, itoly y of :J ry's not i, JOHNSON SHANNON Sun News Editor Dixie v. A"' nt's State College to move away runts repu-- : in and students are c.mg on campus for degrees, minor om- - ' i ' Eaues IOUS. two-ye- )ing )f an n id. inges lin- nter- - a two-ye- a to aid. A i' j'A i is: insti-o- four-ye- ar 'j . ' ! to happen is building of four-ye- . . I vr n, of the things needs tat i J . institu-io- n ar one chy- ? V you move When Sm - Q r,"'V .unnd. the ting ' cam-jst- o inuring y I are rapidly around keep them - Jv ar ar . 1 f Y culture, "resident Stephen 'adauld said. Part of is needed social and pus te creation jin a for opportunities students. Some can sur- - lother s them ca, den's sen- - after to fairly quickly. Resident Life Director Wlm Young said the grated studies degree "'ll have a huge impact students, both to 'Cruit and encourage 'ttrdents to complete degrees. We are definitely on rise, Young said. Enrollments up, and fochelor degrees have olitost doubled. Some not recognize the mpact, but its a big o Joe y la .after 1, eek, J lnto 5 boys then erfiil ugh- l - students checked dorms last they noticed roms in Nisson Wers received a "eekend, The miture "3s - ts their facelift. ale stu-den- major. As his :hy- and it gives huge options to cnsider when choosing nely , i f!Ppen rs ld of years past replaced this sum-!lwith freestanding future costing nearly er 300,000. Young said, ,tudents I felt the in the old at a Freshman J.C. Lay, a business major from St. George, and D. J. Tischner, junior one. on one of in a basketball new game the hoops Desert Hills High School, try out rooms tried to work with the renovated dorms, newly painted bicycle their space as much as lanes will make transthey could, but there portation easy even with was not a lot of flexibilgas prices on the rise. ity with the built-i- n furNever before have bikes niture. been allowed on camand The new desks pus, but the tables, which arent built-ipaths will increase gives students the number of riders the option of rearrangmaking their way to ing the space to their class in an liking. manner, Nadauld said. Freshman Kim Senior Eric Peterson, Ketchum, a biology dental a hygiene major from Marion, major Las from it's Vegas, said: "I Iowa, said: "I think a think its good idea, great to have renovaI don't ride my tions, but I also think it's why not? bike to classes now, but pretty cool the furniture I like the option of it." is 40 years old. It has Soon the City of St. history." George will construct Ketchum did not pay bike paths along the the extra $100 for a renstreets tied to campus as ovated room. well, and bicycles called "It's cheaper; I'm the Dixie Cruisers will happy with it, she said. be available to rent and It has so many cupride around campus. boards I wasn't sure Freshman English it all. where to put not major Dayna Petra, When students are from Murray, said: "I studying or relaxing in 66 lGOJPSTIn three-week-o- n, eco-friend- ly i514 7I27B-- 5 ld like the path idea. Then you cant run over pedestrians. That isnt fun." Fifteen new portable basketball hoops will be ready for stressed stud dents to take a break. Most positioned at the ends of the tennis courts will much-neede- Our goal is to create a campus that has a four-yeculture and student friendly recreation for improvement in student campus life, Nadauld said. If basketball isn't your thing, sand volleyball courts will also be constructed on the vacant ground west of the LDS Institute building with permission from the LDS church within the next year, as well as a pavilion where students can have dances and barbecues. Artificial turf is anticipated at the Encampment Mall with- in the coming year. "That would be awe- some. We could have parties and meet new people," said Niko Farrer, a freshman biolq gy major from Wells, Maine. 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Think you might be? Theres always hpe Free Accurate Information on Options provide opportunities for dunk contests and W Free Confidential Services jr Tests Free Prcenancy J ' tourna- three-on-thr- Rachel Tanner, Editor tn Chief ar .r AsDixie t's r DIXIE SUN Campus face - lift provides bike paths, hoops :ials t ch X-B- Wi-F- i. nior is under used and making it something students can benefit from, Hildebrandt said. The Old Gym, built in 1957, is the oldest building on campus. That has been major challenge for the conversion from a gym to a student center, considering power was not nw-i-t ivcsmno t gre enwt ments, Nadauld said. xV PAYf r IS find unsucky stuff. OFF 10 trt s 1 1 1IW ft -r t i ' ' f f K.vr rC I ' yfcu nk Tl |