Page 10 University Daily Kansan, August 21, 1980
Robinson addition to serve students better
By MARLIN BERRY Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
The long awaited addition to Robinson Gymnasium will be open to students on the first day of classes. The gym will have a million building in set for 7 o'clock m. Monday.
The dedication will include a back-to-school dance and tours of the new building. Presentation of the new building being planned as part of convention.
The addition will provide students with one of the finest facilities available in the country, according to Tom Willingham, director of Recreation Services.
INCLUDED IN THE NEW building are a swimming pool, four racquetball and handball courts, a weight room, locker rooms, a soft-floored exercise room, a gym, sports room, fitness clinic and kinesiology and physiology laboratories.
"This building was designed to meet the concept of having recreational facilities used with physical education classes, not separate," Wilkerson said.
The eight-lane swimming pool is used mostly for teaching purposes will be used mostly for teaching purposes.
"One of the problems we have had in teaching swimming, especially beginners, is the depth of the water." Wilkserson said. "Seventy percent of the new pool is shallow enough to walk in, so this should help."
Four nee. basketball courts, side by
side, have been added to double
side.
gym area can be divided by a folding, retractable wall and curtains so that a combination of one to four courts can be used.
"This folding wall allows us to separate just one gym for teaching purposes," Wilkerson said. "We can also open up the whole area and supervise all four courts at once for recreational play."
THE 12 NEW racquetball and handball courts were built adjacent to the three existing courts with a tunnel running between them. Spectators can view play from a balcony above the courts.
"With the new racquetball courts we will be able to offer more to students in the way of tournaments," Wilkerson said. "We are also looking into the possibility of scheduling some open tournaments and drawing some professional players in for exhibition play." he said.
The weight room will house Olympic weights and equipment in half of the glass-enclosed room with the other half containing Universal weight equipment. The Universal weights will be at individual stations instead of one combined layout, according to the instructor, who will allow circuit workouts, where students can rotate easier from one station to the next.
ADJACENT TO THE weight room is an exercise room, covered almost entirely with soft gymnastic mats. The club also has several clubs will also use the exercise room.
new addition. New locker rooms for women and women staff members were added as well as locker rooms for the swimming pool and gyms.
Locker room space is abundant in the
"With more locker room space we think more students will be encouraged to participate," Wilkerson said. "Students will be able to come down and be assured of getting a lock and locker for their belongings."
The lifetime sports room has a synthetic floor and will be used for golf, archery, badminton, volleyball and table tennis.
"We will have nets that students will be able to hit golf balls into, much like a driving range," Wilkerson said. "We also have a putting surface available for use. Our archery classes will also be used in room shooting arrows into the nets."
ONE OF THE most exciting areas, Wilkerson said, is the new kinesiology and physiology laboratories and testing centers.
"When we get all of our equipment in, we will go to the physiology labs in the country," he said.
The physiology lab testing center includes an underwater tank for determining body fat, treadmills and an environmental chamber among the equipment. The environmental chamber will be used to study athletic performance in heat and humidity controlled situations.
The kinesiology testing center contains individual film rooms for films and a library for collections of films and a large room for filming purposes.
ROOMS USED FOR common study between physiology and kinesiology departments adjoin the two testing centers, as well as rooms for chemical
Along with the new facilities,
you will need new programs will also be initiated.
"We'll be having new programs with the golf and archery facilities we now have and with our lifetime sports room," he said. "We also plan to expand our intramural programs once we have with students to see what they want."
Robinson is open to all students and faculty by presenting their current ID card. Entrance to the building will now be through the southwest door.
"We've changed it so students have to come by our services desk where they can check out lockers and locks." Wilkerson said. "We will also be able to control student flow through the building easier."
THE BUILDING WILL need to be monitored to time to prevent thefts.
"We need the cooperation of the students to help keep the building equipped the way it should be," Wilkerson said. He said Robinson had some problem in the past with theft of weights and other pieces of equipment.
Students will be able to appreciate the new addition, once they begin to use the language.
"I think this addition makes Robinson the most functional recreational service and academic program in the Big Eight," he said.
Workmen clean Robinson Gymnasium's new eight lane swimming pool, which will be used primarily for teaching purposes.
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