t finally opened. After waiting four years. it has finally happened. The new weight room in Memolial Gym is open. and students finally got to escape from the Dome. it's crowded equipment and seemingly perpetual lack of space. Sometimes students had to wait in long lines for just a few minutes of lifting. Interestingly enough though. most students who attend the university now did not even know of the plans for the new weight room. As with many of the buildings on campus, there were problems with materials that the building was built with. Saftey hazards caused the administration to put a halt to the construction and opening of the new weight room.
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S ome of the new aspects added to weight lifting since the new weight room opened were the stationary bikes. They brought a lot more women into the weight room, including Rachel Reese. (Gadsby)
Maybe it was the increasing number of students who were going to the old weight room in the Kibbie Dome that pushed the project ahead. But whatever the reason. students now have the option of using the new nautilus equipment. which includes a handful of stationary bikes. In fact. the bikes have drawn more and more women into weightlifUng. Once in the weight room. even they lose their fears oflooking weak and want to tryout the sport that up untilafewyearsagowas pretty stlictly a male oliented sport. So with the addition of this new weight room, maybe the idea of the muscle-bound jock being the only one who looks "buffed" will sompletely vanish. The new equipment and lack of crowding now creates an even bigger incentive to get out there and pump iron.
Erik Dague working out with the dumbells in the new weight room. (Gadsby)
Weight Room 199