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Rec facility upgrades requires student fee increase
Shannon Day
Issue date: 3/23/06 Section: News
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With the Morrow-Garrison Gymnasium in dire need of renovations and a growing need for another recreational facility for students on campus, a vote to construct additional facilities are in the works.
A forum to discuss the possible construction of a new Central gym will be held April 6 at noon in the Union. The forum comes a week before the vote to pass the construction for the buildings on April 11 and 12.
Nicki Walsh, SGA member and co-chair of the recreation center committee, said, "We recommend that students participate and come to the meeting to listen to the speakers and ask questions."
The meeting will include various speakers, and general information will be given about the project, Walsh said.
Adam Reiner, SGA member and co-chair of the recreation center committee, said the recreation center has been on their agenda for a year.
The proposal for the new gymnasium will be grouped together with the improvements being made for the Morrow-Garrison Gym.
"The plan is to construct a new building behind the Morrow Gym where the tennis courts are located, and the tennis courts can be relocated to the east fields," Reiner said.
The cost for the new gym is estimated at about $10 million, and grouped with the current plans for improving the Morrow-Garrison Gymnasium, the estimated cost is about $25 million, Reiner said.
Reiner said students will only bear a fraction of the total costs.
"Students are only looking at paying between $10-$11 million for the improvements, and with alumni donations, we are anticipating that students will only have to cover $6-$7 million of the cost."
Part of the reason costs will be down is due to the bill in Missouri Congress which could cover some of the finances that will go to improving the gymnasiums, Reiner said.
"Of course, the new gym is pending granted we get the votes to pass it on," Reiner said.
Publicity by Student Affairs through MuleMail and information made available in the Union, Walsh and Reiner look for a modest voting turn out.
"We've averaged between 700 and 1,300 votes when it has come to other issues, but with new online voting, we anticipate more voters than usual, somewhere in the range of 2,000 or more," Reiner said.
Students will be able to vote in the Union, as well as in the Todd and Ellis dining halls and online.
"We recommend students with concerns come to the forum and raise their concerns, and if there is a question someone has, we have an answer," Reiner said.
A forum to discuss the possible construction of a new Central gym will be held April 6 at noon in the Union. The forum comes a week before the vote to pass the construction for the buildings on April 11 and 12.
Nicki Walsh, SGA member and co-chair of the recreation center committee, said, "We recommend that students participate and come to the meeting to listen to the speakers and ask questions."
The meeting will include various speakers, and general information will be given about the project, Walsh said.
Adam Reiner, SGA member and co-chair of the recreation center committee, said the recreation center has been on their agenda for a year.
The proposal for the new gymnasium will be grouped together with the improvements being made for the Morrow-Garrison Gym.
"The plan is to construct a new building behind the Morrow Gym where the tennis courts are located, and the tennis courts can be relocated to the east fields," Reiner said.
The cost for the new gym is estimated at about $10 million, and grouped with the current plans for improving the Morrow-Garrison Gymnasium, the estimated cost is about $25 million, Reiner said.
Reiner said students will only bear a fraction of the total costs.
"Students are only looking at paying between $10-$11 million for the improvements, and with alumni donations, we are anticipating that students will only have to cover $6-$7 million of the cost."
Part of the reason costs will be down is due to the bill in Missouri Congress which could cover some of the finances that will go to improving the gymnasiums, Reiner said.
"Of course, the new gym is pending granted we get the votes to pass it on," Reiner said.
Publicity by Student Affairs through MuleMail and information made available in the Union, Walsh and Reiner look for a modest voting turn out.
"We've averaged between 700 and 1,300 votes when it has come to other issues, but with new online voting, we anticipate more voters than usual, somewhere in the range of 2,000 or more," Reiner said.
Students will be able to vote in the Union, as well as in the Todd and Ellis dining halls and online.
"We recommend students with concerns come to the forum and raise their concerns, and if there is a question someone has, we have an answer," Reiner said.