Fate of campus racquetball courts undecided
By Jessica Moore
Rocket Assistant News Editor
Issue date: 2/13/09 Section: News
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Physical education department chair, Dr. Betsy McKinley said she hopes to transform two out of five rarely used racquetball courts into classrooms.
The Student Government Association owns the five racquetball courts, which are located in Morrow Field House. Although SGA discussed the motion to transform two of the five courts into classrooms at its meeting last Thursday, they decided to table the motion until its meeting next Thursday.
SGA felt that more information on the conversion was needed before a decision could be made.
McKinley said that in the 16 years she has been at the university, classroom space for physical education majors has always been an issue.
"As long as I have been here, there has only ever been one classroom in the field house for physical education majors," McKinley said.
McKinley said that although physical education equipment is kept in Morrow Field House, physical education faculty and students have to go all over campus for classes, which are held in McKay Education Building, Swope Music Hall, West Gym, East Gym, Behavioral Science Building, Spotts World Culture Building, Aebersold Recreation Center and Eisenberg Classroom Building.
The conversion would open up space in the ARC, McKinley said. Currently, the department has to rent space from the ARC for movement education classes, which have to be taken by not only physical education majors, but also elementary education and early childhood education majors.
"This is not an effort to steal space," McKinley said. "It is an effort to expand and enhance the physical education majors' experience so when they get out, they are cutting-edge."
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Dan Long
posted 2/12/09 @ 9:17 PM EST
Well, I have several problems with this article.
First of all, I do feel bad for anyone that has a lack of space on this campus. We are all here during a transition period for this campus, and it is regrettable that there are so many inconveniences. (Continued…)
Buddy B.
Buddy Brudowsky
posted 2/13/09 @ 2:43 PM EST
The use of the phrase "rarely used" when referring to the racquetball courts is a blatant advertising scheme. I play for the Slippery Rock Racquetball Club, and you'll find me down there a minimum of 4 times a week. (Continued…)
Brent McNulty
posted 2/17/09 @ 9:18 AM EST
I do not play racquetball so be forwarned these comments are pure opinion based on what information I now have from this article and all comments.
If this motion is actually allowed to go through and a department ends up actually taking two rooms that SGA (therefore basically every university student) has paid for, then it will be a slippery slope from there. (Continued…)
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