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Show N-UMB--E -R -18-----EE·f fifkiiif iiifiifH·EHi§ildfiiif _88_TH _ YEAR -; INSIDE: l - - -T- H_U_R_ D_A_Y.-N-O-i\lE_M _ B_ER-18-,,-99-3 PE building in disrepair BYCHADlAMB ThundeTbml Staff WrireT SUUSA SENATE: en. Suzanne Pett is sponsoTing a $2,584 bill to send 26 membeTs of 0Tchesis to a dance festival in Colorado. SEEPAGE 3. SU CONCERTS: Ti[[any Evans, assistant director of student activities, works with John Angell to schedule concerts at SUU. SEE PAGE 7. B-BALL BEGINS: SU's big man Sean Allen takes B. C. Dona Zagreb, a on European team, in tonight's season opening basketball game. SEE PAGE 10. Athletics are a vital part of many college srudents' Live . Competition, a great body, and good health are something every active srudent strives for, and athleti arc a way to combine all of those into one. The problem is sru ents need adequate facilities that provide the right atmo phere and equipment needed to train properly. The P.E. Building is one of the busie t facilities in u eon UU's campus. When it was built in 1965, it was designed to be u ed by phys-eel. majors to furthe r their srudies in the field of physical education. At the time, the college already had an athletic facility called the War Memorial Fieldhouse. According to Phy ical Education Depamnent Head Steve C. Lunt, the state claimed in 1965 that the school did not need another athletic building. They would, however, allocate funding for a facility that would trictly be used for teaching physical education, hence our current P.E. Building. The building itself was designed for a srudent body of 1,400. Currendy with an enrollment of 4,500, there just isn't enough room to a equately supply the school with the athletic facilities needed in such a small building. Because of the abuse it has taken over the years, the P.E. Building has problems in more places than o ne. The wimming pool has had many dilemmas with cracking and leaking over the years. Eight years ago concrete was blown under the pool to give it more support and prevent leaks. When it was built it was considered to be an olympic Todd Raruom, a sophomoTe philosoph:, major from Fannington, Utah, smacks ilu! ball around one of size pool being 25 yards in Length, but th.r P. E. Building's two shoddy racquetbaU courts. A new athletic /acilii, should be in place b:, 1997. today for a pool to be olympic size it must be 50 meters, therefore it's now too small. now due to the fact that a new athletic facility Many feel they are too small and there just The racquetball courts are in horrible will be built that i much bigger and more isn't enough equipment available for the shape. With huge craclcs and holes in the efficient-scheduled for completion in 1997. number of students here at the school. walls it makes it hard for players to to have a At first the school had plans to double the Shane Lamb, intramural director, claimed decent game of racquetball. The courts were space of the current facility from 50,000 that a rew years ago the weights were tolen originally made for paddleball, a game that square feet to over 100,000 square feet. but from the weight room. used old wooden paddles. Lunt says th.a t the the state felt that it would be cheaper to build This made it so that the weight room was walls really got tom up by the wooden a new facility and demolish the existing closed during the day, and only open at paddles and would not be in as bad of shape facility. certain times in the evening. It wasn't until if the racquets used today were available 20 -What we need to do is project what the two years ago when the inttamural program years ago. Plans have been made to fix the swdents' needs will be 20 years down the donated $5,000 for new weights to keep the walls as soon as possible, said Lunt. road," said Lunt That is one of the reasons weight room open. Another problem is that some of the they are looking at creating a new facility. One bright spot for the facility is the new equipment that is checked out for srudent Planning for the athletic aspect of Phase Ill floor in the gymnasium. According to Lunt, use is old and in bad shape.. has already begun which will con ist of in 1965 the first floor was put in improperly "The thing is," said Joe l..opour, an bringing the archirects in and creating me and was virtually no good. So when they assistant professor for physical education, design. decided to replace it two years ago, it was "some srudents just don't care. And we just When tlnished, the demolished P.E. replaced with a state of the art hardwood don't have the money to fix every problem." Building will be turned into a much needed floor. The weight rooms are also a concern. parking lot. The building itself has been condemned |