Comment on Campus Recreation

Ryan Owner

non-stopdjs@sbcglobal.net — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:56:55 CDT

Can the court be rented by non-school personnel??

Cups availability

malice@illinois.edu — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:00:53 CST

Last night a friend of mine and I were at CRCE. He suddenly felt dizzy and faint. I went to the counter to ask for a cup so I could get him some water and they said that they do not have any cups. I can understand not wishing to supply everyone with a drinking cup. However, in cases such as these there should be an option at the desk.

Childcare

shelley0101@gmail.com — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:35:51 CST

Please consider offering childcare, even if it's extremely limited, to members with small children.

Sign up sheets for basketball courts

lavey1@illinois.edu — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 17:10:28 CST

An issue that continues to occur on the CRCE courts when there are an excess of teams wishing to play is that there are disagreements over who is next to play. These disagreements often get heated. As someone who has been on both sides of this situation, it is incredibly frustruating. Especially because a game on average takes about 20-40 minutes. What should happen is that there is a sign up sheet at each court (a clipboard on the wall with a pencil would work fine!!). If something was posted to a wall where a team captain can write his name down and the number of players he has, this problem would NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

Please take this simple step. It is aggrivating to see how many fights could be avoided if the gym was to put up such a sheet,

If you need additional evidence to recognize the extend of this problem, I would be happy to get a petition signed to show players' desire for such a sign up.

ARC Indoor Pool Temperature

fdai2@illinois.edu — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:52:46 CDT

The water temperature at ARC indoor pool is and has been below the specified 80 degree F.

Pool Hours NOT followed!

therm@illinois.edu — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 14:22:14 CDT

Grrr -- Indoor pool closed before stated "closed for meet" hours today!

I went to the pool today for a swim and was turned away because the pool was closed for a meet. When i got back to my office I checked the Newsletter which had no mention of this, the wellness letter sent out a few days before which also had no mention of this and finally the web page -- which did have it mentioned "closed from 2 to 7 for a varsity meet." from there i looked to my computer clock which read 1:47. so, I was probably at the pool no later than 1:30. Why was the pool closed early? Please make sure pool staff are better informed about such things and follow them correctly. As my one time to use my membership that day, i would like compensation. This wasted time, caused me to miss my short but needed swim, and cost me parking money.

What happened to Intramural Broomball

coffman4@illinois.edu — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 14:31:50 CDT

After captaining a team for the past two years, it makes me sad to see this program go away.

Unacceptable situation in the weight room

ctsitsar@illinois.edu — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 16:07:22 CDT

What is going on in the weight rooom is simply unacceptable. The guys are not removing their weights from the machines, and as a result the next person needs to spend their own time and energy to unlaod someone else's wegiths, and then load them again with their own. I was there today, and I was met with total contempt when I asked a guy to take his weights down. He said "I am not doing it, I am leaving." And he went up the stairs, making himself of course look like a fool, but a proud fool for not doing what I rightfullly asked him to do.

It is simple etiquette to follow gym rules, but besides this, students should understand that this is not a neighborhood gym. It is the University of Illinois and it so happens that some of the people who work out there are professors (like myself), with little time to take care of someone else's messes. It is also disrespectful toward their fellow students and against true athletic spirit, a spirit that should characterize students of this university.

I was met with the same problems many times since I joined ARC, but today I spoke to the supervisor. I feel that if definite meausre are not taken, this place will remain a jungle, the way it was today, repulsive and unfriendly, truly not a place worth our membership and participation. Rules should be followed to the letter, and anyone who does not comply should be first warned, then if the person insists on not doing their duty, promply expelled from the gym. Monitors should be very proactive in telling everyone firmly to pick up their weights AND clean up (this is another thing that is totally neglected- the gym is simply dirty.)

I hope to see some definite changes, but if the monitors are intimidated by the guys who work out their, nothing will ever happen. This should be directed and channeled by the administration all the way down to the very last person who works there.

WiFi at CRCE

jrlopez@illinois.edu — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 18:35:05 CDT

Hi, this week the WiFi service in the second level at CrCE has been down. In repeated ocassion I have told the staff and they always tell me that is because there is no wireless service on the second floor. I have used the service many time before (years) and has worked just fine. I can see the IllinoisNET signal but it always tells me it is a connection problem. I teach over at Foelinger and we had a similar issue over there.... it turns out it was the router. Internet service is available in a lot of campus buildings and I think it is an important service here. The staff refuses to fix the issue and they only say that they simply don't offer wireless in the second floor. Please fix.

Outdoor Pool temp too hot

alishii@sbcglobal.net — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:30:00 CDT

Now that the air has cooled, does the outdoor pool need to be quite so hot? It's difficult to swim hard when you know you must be sweating like crazy from the heat. A slightly related question: The outdoor pool is so very warm, why not keep it open when temperatures are below 50 degrees? It's perfectly comfortable. Californians would think nothing of an outdoor swim even into the 40s. Surely Illini can be just as tough. Perhaps some informational posting would help everyone realize that it's acceptable, doable, and fun to swim outdoors in cooler weather.