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Rec Center construction: "1) Men's Locker Room. There are actually 100 less lockers in the Men's Locker Room than in the Women's Locker Room. And as is the case each and every semester that we have been open so far, there are currently zero Men's full time lockers available for rent. So this project will expand the locker room and add 138 new lockers. 2.) Plumbing. As with most new building projects, there are a few oversights that crop up once you take occupancy of a building. The Recreation Center is no different. You may not have noticed but there is not a drinking fountain on the first floor (although the Racquetball and Squash players sure have) or that our Swimsuit spinners in each locker room actually drain into buckets instead of drains. Both of these issues will be addressed in this renovation project. 3.) Family Changing Room and access to the Pool. Other than cutting through the locker rooms, there was no easy way to get to the Busbey Natatorium and the family changing room had two doors, making it very difficult for someone to secure and dress their children. So we are moving the Family Changing Room a little to the right (with one door only) and adding a pool access corridor through the old family changing room location. 4.) Entrance Heat. Our front desk staff are often wearing coats or huddled around a floor heater when you check into the facility. That is because our entrance usually is at about 55 to 60 degrees during the winter months. A new baseboard heater for the desk and a more high tech heater for the entrance foyer should drastically improve these conditions. 5.) Blinds. If you work out at sunset, then you know it is very difficult to see out the West windows on the second and third floors of our building during that time. We are installing blinds on both floors to give those early evening workouts a little relief and hopefully keep the heat down a bit during the summer months as well."