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Updated plans for Reed Gym expansion considered first step towards aquatic center
Steven Glenn
Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: News
"We are going to do the best we can with the money they give us," said Milder.
After ISU President Arthur C. Vailas gave the ASISU Senate control over how and where their dollars were spent, the Senate passed a resolution in October that all monies previously collected for this project stay with it, or be used for some other improvement to Campus Recreation Facilities.
Milder said that this Student Recreation Center expansion project is being built so future expansions for an aquatic center can easily occur. Essentially, the Idaho State Board of Education approved an Aquatic Center expansion back in 2004, and what is being worked on now is 'phase one' of that project.
Those who presented to the State Board last week presented an informational piece about what the future of this project is going to be. Milder said that Boise State University and the University of Idaho both had raised student fees for a recreation center expansion that included an aquatic center. What happened in both cases is that the aquatic center cost so much that they built it in the second phase after they built the recreation facility.
It is still unclear where the money for the second phase (the aquatic center) will come from. Milder said it has the greatest potential for outside donors. What BSU and U of I have done is gone back to the students and asked for more money. There is a very strong possibility that will happen here as well.
ISU will be officially presenting the Student Recreation Center expansion to the State Board in June. If everything goes as planned, the bonding process will begin. Milder also mentioned that there is a possibility of a webcam so students and alumni can see the construction as it happens.
For more information on the project, contact the Campus Recreation Department at 282-3151.
After ISU President Arthur C. Vailas gave the ASISU Senate control over how and where their dollars were spent, the Senate passed a resolution in October that all monies previously collected for this project stay with it, or be used for some other improvement to Campus Recreation Facilities.
Milder said that this Student Recreation Center expansion project is being built so future expansions for an aquatic center can easily occur. Essentially, the Idaho State Board of Education approved an Aquatic Center expansion back in 2004, and what is being worked on now is 'phase one' of that project.
Those who presented to the State Board last week presented an informational piece about what the future of this project is going to be. Milder said that Boise State University and the University of Idaho both had raised student fees for a recreation center expansion that included an aquatic center. What happened in both cases is that the aquatic center cost so much that they built it in the second phase after they built the recreation facility.
It is still unclear where the money for the second phase (the aquatic center) will come from. Milder said it has the greatest potential for outside donors. What BSU and U of I have done is gone back to the students and asked for more money. There is a very strong possibility that will happen here as well.
ISU will be officially presenting the Student Recreation Center expansion to the State Board in June. If everything goes as planned, the bonding process will begin. Milder also mentioned that there is a possibility of a webcam so students and alumni can see the construction as it happens.
For more information on the project, contact the Campus Recreation Department at 282-3151.
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Jake
posted 4/25/07 @ 5:15 PM EST
An elevated track? What? How is that possible in a structure that was built around old, existing tennis courts. The best thing to do do is tear it all down and start all over again. (Continued…)
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