Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center - Revision history

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Reaganaut at 15:03, 22 November 2012

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 [[Image:Flickr-jasonhe-dodge.jpg|thumb|300px|Photo taken by [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonhe/ Flickr user jasonhe] and released under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license].]]
-The '''Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center''' is the Morningside campus's primary recreational fitness facility. Located underground in the northern part of campus, the facility was originally built in response to the failure to construct the [[History_of_the_Morningside_Heights_campus#The_Morningside_Park_Gymnasium|Morningside Park Gymnasium]] in the 1960's. It was recently renovated.
+The '''Marcellus Hartley Dodge Physical Fitness Center''' is the Morningside campus's primary recreational fitness facility. Located underground in the northern part of campus, the facility was originally built in response to the failure to construct the [[History_of_the_Morningside_Heights_campus#The_Morningside_Park_Gymnasium|Morningside Park Gymnasium]] in the 1960's. Due to Columbia's strapped budget, Dodge was built on a limited budget, which manifested itself in skimping on the interior decoration: "Cinderblock, unfortunately, abounds... spaces seem designed in a sort of neo-Carman rococo" with "blocks molded of serrated concrete[.]"<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19741206-01.2.25 Spectator Architecture Review of Dodge]</ref>
 Many [[Columbia College|CC]] and [[SEAS]] students go here for the first time to complete their [[physical education requirement|required phys ed]] classes.
-Dodge is visited by approximately 3,000 users a day, sometimes breaking 4,000 a day during peak periods in winter. When the Tri-Level fitness center was opened after renovation in 1998, usership was at 2,000 a day. <ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/26804 Dodge Boasts New Equipment, Student Popularity - The Spec 9-20-07]</ref>
+As of 2007, Dodge is visited by approximately 3,000 users a day, sometimes breaking 4,000 a day during peak periods in winter. When the Tri-Level fitness center was opened after renovation in fall of 1995, usage was at 2,000 a day. <ref> [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19950216-01.2.5 Dodge Renovations (Feb 1995)]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19950905-01.2.49 New Look for Dodge (Sept 1995)]; [http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19951010-01.2.8 Fine Tuning The New Fitness Center (October 1995)]</ref><ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/26804 Dodge Boasts New Equipment, Student Popularity - The Spec 9-20-07] Note that this article has an incorrect date for the renovation.</ref>
 == Hours of operation ==

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 * Saturday: 10am-10pm
 * Sunday: 10am-12am
 ===Winter, Spring Break, and Summer===

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 * [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cuathletics/recreation_facility/Levien_current.htm?DB_OEM_ID=9600 Levien Gym Schedule for the current week]
 * [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cuathletics/recreation_facility/University_current.htm?DB_OEM_ID=9600 Blue Gym Schedule for the current week]
 == References ==

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-[[Category:Buildings on the Morningside Heights campus]]
+[[Category:Buildings]]
 [[Category:Athletics facilities]]

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−	Note that it is very difficult to locate the hours of operation on the Dodge fitness center website. This is in keeping with Columbia's culture of opacity and a chronic inability to anticipate even the most basic needs of its students.	+	Note that it is very difficult to locate the hours of operation on the Dodge fitness center website. This is in keeping with Columbia's culture of opacity and a chronic inability to anticipate even the most basic needs of its students. Also note the diaspora of Columbia webpages, most of which share no design resemblance to others, and are inaccessible from anything save Google. This reflects the size, ineptitude and sheer chaos of Columbia's labyrinthine bureaucracy.

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 ===Closed periods during 2007===
 * May 14 - May 20
 == Facilities ==

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 ===Percy Uris pool===
 * Eight-lane 25-yard swimming pool with diving well
-* Utilized for recreational swim and instructional classes
+* Used for recreational swim and instructional classes
 ===Tri-Level physical fitness center===