University Daily Kansan, August 20, 1981 Page 11
Robinson Center offers fall activities including swimming, weights and gym
By JULIE GARRISON Staff Reporter
With temperatures climbing into the 90s in the summer and dropping below zero in the winter it may be hard to find a way for the indoors and jog those three miles.
KU's Robinson Center, however, owes protection from the elements and man-made weather addition to jogging, which can also be on the Allen Field House indoor track.
IT HAS BEEN one year since the $6.7 million addition to Robinson was dedicated after three years of construction. Tom Wilkerson, director of recreation services, said that KU students and faculty were using the classes to capacity in some areas,particles from the ball and Robinson addition increased the number of racquetball courts from two to 14.
The other new facilities include a swimming pool, 12 racquetball and handball courts, a weight room with Olympic and Universal weights, locker rooms, an exercise room and four new basketball courts.
INCREASED LOCKER SPACE and locker alternatives have also encouraged participation, Wilkerson said. "Prior to now you had to be one of the lucky few to have a locker and rent it all year," he said.
Now there are class lockers, which are small cubicles, and storage lockers for evenings when Robinson is open for exams by students, faculty and their families.
Students and staff are required to bring their own locks for the storage lockers, but Wilkerson said the Center plans to supply locks soon.
"I locks cost us almost $4 apiece and it
"1. we plan on doing it to $3,000, but
we plan on doing it," he said.
The locks will also be color-coded to differentiate those for recreational use from those for class use.
Wilkerson he thought students were proud of the new facilities and amenities.
"I'm extremely appreciative of the fact that they share in the responsibility, security and maintenance of the building," he said.
THEERE IS LESS VANALDISM now than in the past, Wilkerson said, but he
Basketball goals are the equipment that suffer most from the abuse of players, he said.
added that "in every population you'll have a minority who abuse things."
"I'm disappointed in our inability to convince basketball players not to dunk the ball," Wilkerson said.
The cost of replacing a goal is $50. It takes the court out of service, putting the basketball schedule behind eight innings during the basketball season, he said.
In addition to its recreational func-
tion, Robinson is used as an academic
building.
During the day Robinson is used for classes, which Wilkerson said was the building's main purpose, but in the evening the building is open for general use.
THE GYM AND WEIGHT rooms are open to all KU students and staff Monday through Friday 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and Sunday 1 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Open hours for the pool are Monday through Friday 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and weekends 2 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Concentration is etched on the face of Shyda Akasheh, KU student, as she works out in the weight room of Robinson Center.
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