The Frustrations with Taylor Gym

In J198 today Jackie and I ventured out of the classroom and onto the beautiful grounds of our campus.  We were in search of students that we could interview about what’s going on at Lehigh.  I stumbled upon sophomore Jen Ballen.  Jen has frustrations with Lehigh’s Taylor Gym, as many Lehigh students do.  As a frequent gym-goer myself, I’m familiar with Taylor Gym’s inconvenient hours, lack of equipment and overall crowdedness.   Jen likes to swim as part of her fitness routine but finds it difficult to do so at Taylor.  The pool hours simply don’t work for her schedule.  Jen believes Lehigh should offer a variety of pool hours.  Jen also finds the lack of treadmills somewhat frustrating.  She often has to wait just to be able to use one.  Lehigh students have extremely packed schedules and the gym should be an opportunity to release some steam or get some endorphins flowing.  Right now, Taylor Gym is more of a stressful place than it is a place to release stress.