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Show Page 4 The Tfumderfiinf Monday Octo6er 8, 1984 Openrec policies : A final solution 1 Open recreation policies on the SUSC campus have long been a matter of contention. Students demand equal time with the athletic and booster clubs and the physical education department is caught in the middle. Student fees help support the program and also pay for the salary of the director, so it is not surprising that the students expect better access to the equipment. Complaints of inconvenient hours and lack of consideration are just a few concerns the ASSUSC Senate is investigating. On the other hand, the Thunderbird Club, which annually provides scholarship money to the physical education department, should be allowed private use of the equipment in return for their support. Its not an easy problem to solve. The Thunderbird believes students should have more say in how the program is directed. A suggestion to have P.E. majors help direct the program is one possible remedy. Listening to students needs for more convenient access is another. The ASSUSC Senate audit committee should be commended for its approach in solving this problem. A student survey will be conducted this year to find out just how many students want to see changes in the program, and what changes are necessary. Both the senate and the athletic department have expressed a desire to work out a compromise, and instead of the angry accusations and mumbled complaints of last year, perhaps the concrete actions that the senate proposes will be a major step in a final solution. ' Your access to the newspaper Whether its an opinion about some crucial national or international issue, or a gripe about something on campus, or something humorous or entertaining, now there is a place for students, faculty and staff to sound off and show off: The T hunderbirds student access section, just beneath the editorial cartoon on page 4. The Thunderbird is accepting submissions for columns to fill the space in an effort to provide students and other members of the campus community with a forum for their opinions and their writing. The columns can reflect opinions on any issue, local or not. They can be serious and straightforward or satirical and roundabout. They can be critical and negative or bright and positive. They can be, in short, almost anything. There are only a few guidelines. The editors of The Thunderbird may edit or reject any submission, and their decision is final. The name of the author, as well as his phone number or local address, must be included with the submission. Submissions should be no shorter than 700 words and no longer than 850 words. Students should deliver the submission to the office of The Thunderbird during regular business hours or after noon on Saturday. Che Chunderbird VOLUME 79, NUMBER 3 Editor Lynn Nolan Managing Editor Doug Christensen Copy Editors Bradford Lewis Amy Page Photo Editor Tamara Rumbaugh Sports Editor Stewart Smith Entertainment Editor Lanai Greenhalgh Senior Staff Writer Ralph Schriock Assistant to the Editors Lisa Laird Production Manager Tracy oirdwood Advertising Manager Laura Wearing Faculty Adviser Larry Baker The Thunderbird is published each Monday of the academic year by and for the student body of Southern Utah State College. The views and opinions expressed in The Thunderbird are the opinions of the publications individual writers and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the institution, faculty, mff or student body in general. The unsigned editorial directly above is the opinion of The Thunderbird as a single entity. Letters to the editor must be typed and include the name, student number (if from a student) and phone number. Only the name will be printed. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances and the editor reserves the right to edit letters for length and to preclude libel. Letters must be submitted noon Friday for inclusion in the following week's edition. The Thunderbird: editorial and advertising UT 84720. Mail at SUSC Box 384, by offices at 529 West 200 South, Cedar City, 7758. Cedar City, UT 84720 (801) Weight room too hot for comfort by Steve Tarlas After having the whole summer off from my weightlifting training, I decided to come back again and start the second year of my novice career in bodybuilding. Thus, Tuesday morning at 7:45, 1 set off from my apartment and in an eagerly prompt pace I got to the gymnasium. Since I spent three months without touching any barbells, I was possessed by a strong feeling to make a quick comeback and regain those tiny muscles that I pumped up so hard the previous year. I entered the gym, feeling the warm atmosphere contrasting with the cool outside morning air, and made my way downstairs towards the weightlifting room. The gymnasiums temperature was about 73 degrees, warm enough to make you forget the morning. Nevertheless, by the time I stepped into the weightlifting room, I realized that something was wrong, but I still couldnt figure out what it was. 1 walked in a couple more feet and then I found the answer to my question. Immediately, I turned around to the door where there is a temperature indicator on the upper right side, and I took a glance. With goggle eyes, I discovered it was 82 degrees. Of course, there was no point in staying there working out in such a hot room. Even the average room temperature recommended by the U.8. Government is 68 degrees. Moreover, when it comes to a weightlifting room, reasonably enough, the temperature should be far below the margin of 68 degrees. After all, weightlifting is one of the most strenuous physical activities and lower temperatures must be encouraged. e Mr. Olympia in bodybuilding Larry Scott, who runs his own gym in Bountiful, Utah, declares that 5 degrees is the best temperature for working out. There is no doubt that he knows better than we. So, there are two solutions to tle problem; either semi-freezi- two-tim- 50-5- iitllililllilljjItHlMIIMIItfllMUltllf'l LI t (t I r f iff t It I to transfer the weights to another room, or to provide some kind of ventilation to the old one. Unfortunately, neither of these solutions can be transformed into reality. Cpach Ben Davidson informed me that there is absolutely no room available to house the weights, and feven worse, there is no way to supply some fresh air (there are no windows), or is there? Yds, there is indeed, if you keep open the back door which leads to the outer door through a small corrdor. But that has its complications too, because you vill be exposed to the cold winter air (I am talking betw een Oct. and April), and you probably will end .... With goggle eyes , I discovered it was 82 degrees in the weightroom. e cold. up with a The room itself is inappropriate for weight Usage. Two years ago, when the weights were still held at todays wrestling room, the place was used as storage, because that was its initial purpose: to always be a storehouse! Today it is a weightlifting room without fulfilling any of the hygiene rules. Too bad. One hope among the student body builders was the creation of a new weightlifting room at the new basketball stadium which will be ready in a year. But according to Davidson there are no plans for such a move. I am sorry, body building lovers, but you have to work out with what youve got: a storehouse. first-degre- |