JC's new class

The JC opened in January in 2003 and is named after Bernard M. Johnson, who is Bernard M. Johnson you ask? Bernard M. Johnson was the campus recreation director from 1969 to 1982. The original mission of the JC is to have a facility and equipment for all of the people on the campus. More information is located on http://www.uky.edu/studentaffairs/CampusRec, this site is titled Campus Recreation and is not run by the university but is written by The University of Kentucky Student Affairs. On the site the JC’s layout is briefly discussed and you’re able to read about the vision that the JC brings to Kentucky’s campus.

In 2003 when the project was completed the vision and the mission seemed complete, but times have changed. Now in 2014 there are way more students and staff then in 2003, it has been reported that 2014 is one of UK’s largest classes. Now the big problem is that the JC is becoming a little over crowded, and there will be even more students next year. People have already begun getting upset with the lines and the waiting to exercise, many people try to work out between classes and they won’t be able to if they can’t use the equipment. As a former athlete the average time spent in the gym should be 45 minutes to an hour in a half, at JC you might spend 10 to 20 minutes waiting to use the equipment. The original mission of the JC might fail because of the overcrowding problem. The “big” fix would be to expand the JC or get a second JC, but this would be a very big expense.