Harvard Complies with Muslim Students’ Request for Women-Only Hours

Mar 10, 2008 4:47 PM

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Harvard University’s Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center has banned men for six hours a week to accommodate Muslim women who, for religious and cultural reasons, cannot exercise comfortably in their presence. A discussion about this policy was aired on NBC’s “The Today Show” this morning. ...

Missouri Southern Students Protest Fee Increase for Rec Center

Mar 7, 2008 5:19 PM

JOPLIN, MO -- Some students at Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) have asked fellow students to sign a petition to repeal a $150 per semester student fee increase that would help pay for a student recreation center....

Austin City Limits

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Stuart Goldman, managing editor

The city of Austin, TX, has no doubt changed since 1968, the last time the National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association (NIRSA) held its annual conference...

In BRIEF

Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM

In mid-February, a little more than a month after police had arrested two men who had broken into lockers and stolen credit cards and other belongings...

Iowa State University Students Vote on Rec Center Renovation

Feb 25, 2008 11:35 AM

AMES, IA -- Last week, Iowa State University (ISU) students voted on a proposed $52.8 million recreation plan that ISU recreation professionals are calling an "extreme makeover" for the Lied Recreation Center. Although results have yet to be announced, support for the plan was mixed, according to the Des Moines Register. ...

Central Michigan Residents Join Fitness Challenge

Jan 29, 2008 10:43 AM

MOUNT PLEASANT, MI -- Taking its cue from TV’s “The Biggest Loser,” a Central Michigan University residence hall complex began a “Battle of the Shrinking Halls” contest this week to determine which hall can lose the highest percentage of weight in a five-week period....

Health Club, Community College Reach Agreement

Jan 18, 2008 12:01 PM

SARANAC LAKE, NY -- North Country (NY) Community College (NCCC) and the Lake Placid (NY) Health and Fitness club have reached a mutual agreement in which the club’s trainers will help train NCCC’s athletes while NCCC will offer Lake Placid members access to its facilities, according to the Adirondack (NY) Daily Enterprise....

Idaho State Plans Addition to Rec Center

Jan 8, 2008 5:04 PM

POCATELLO, ID – Idaho State University will take construction bids next month for a proposed $6.3 million addition to the school’s student recreation center....

Nonprofits, Private Studios More Appealing Than Club Chains, Survey Says

Jan 8, 2008 1:10 PM, By Stuart Goldman, managing editor

YONKERS, NY -- Readers of Consumer Reports gave higher marks to private studios, nonprofit organizations, local community centers and office fitness facilities over most national health-club chains other than Life Time Fitness in Consumer Reports National Research Center’s first health club survey....

Cameras Installed at Kentucky Rec Center

Nov 19, 2007 11:45 AM

LEXINGTON, KY -- The University of Kentucky installed two rotating cameras in its student recreation center last month, the Kentucky Kernel reported....