Rec Center Profiting unfairly from students

October 20, 2005 12:00 pm 0 comments

I find it unfathomable that students whom forget their ID should have to pay ,an unreasonable, five dollars to get into the REC Center. Students pay good money to attend this college and benefit from a nice gym. However, due to students forgetting their ID’s, The REC Center decided to grossly benefit from their absentmindedness. The REC Center decided to take advantage of their paying customers by making a policy of an extra five dollar payment each time a customer/student forgets his or her card. The Director of the Rec Center , Pete Rattigan informed me that,” students were forgetting their card a lot; and to prevent this we decided to install a charge policy”. This sounds to me like a money making racket. Someone cleverly thought to take advantage of the students each time they forgot their card. So they installed a policy that the REC Center could benefit from financially. How shameful to take advantage of paying customers. When I found out about this I was outraged. They are profiting from your mistake. How POOR. You know what!…SHIT HAPPENS! Sometimes people forget things. We are only human. They should ban this charge and do a little more to secure that the person entering the building is a student. I you are a member you should be in the computer which then verifies that you are a member. How hard can it be? I am now ashamed to say that I, due to being a student, am a member at the REC Center whom has shamefully taken advantage of students to better their profits. This is just disgusting.

Leave a Reply


Most Important

  • Centerpiece News Rowan community and Glassboro citizens meet to solve problems

    Rowan community and Glassboro citizens meet to solve problems

    Glassboro residents, Rowan students, landlords and borough officials met Tuesday night to discuss problems involving students off campus. One of the main topics of discussion was the large groups of students that roam the streets at night on weekends. Complaints ranged from knocking over garbage cans to serious violence. Bob Cleary of 18 Normal Blvd. said he recently had a problem with a group of students outside his home. “The first day back this semester, the first Thursday night, I [...]

    Read more →
  • Centerpiece News NJ gov. supports merging of Rowan and Rutgers-Camden

    NJ gov. supports merging of Rowan and Rutgers-Camden

    Gov. Chris Christie announced his support Wednesday for the University of Medicine and Dentistry’s Advisory Committee’s recommendation to unite Rowan University and Rutgers University-Camden, under Rowan’s name, as a singular research institution. As stated in the final report of the advisory committee to the governor, the merger would provide “southern New Jersey academic and health care delivery leaders with an accelerated opportunity to support Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and develop a comprehensive public research university that benefits the [...]

    Read more →
  • Centerpiece News SGA discusses bill to ease marijuana laws

    SGA discusses bill to ease marijuana laws

    Student Government Association held its final senate meeting of the semester in Camden where they discussed a bill that would decriminalize marijuana. According to the New Jersey Bill A4252, “This bill would decriminalize possession of 15 grams or less of marijuana.” The SGA executive board introduced the bill to the senate and discussed the effects that the bill could have on the state. “This bill in particular is focused on an issue that has affected young people and students for a [...]

    Read more →
  • Centerpiece News Rowan student dies from injuries sustained in automobile accident

    Rowan student dies from injuries sustained in automobile accident

    Rowan student Charis Wilson, a senior marketing major and dance minor from Marlton, NJ, died on Monday after sustaining severe injuries as the result of a car accident on Nov. 6. The three others who were in the car, including her sister Chanelle Wilson, a Rowan graduate, are all fine, according to Richard Jones, vice president of Student Life. Though Charis sustained burns over 90 percent of her body as a result of the car accident, she fought hard to [...]

    Read more →
  • Centerpiece News Students hit by alleged drunk driver

    Students hit by alleged drunk driver

    Photo Courtesy of Brian Rosner An alleged drunken driver struck three Rowan students on Sunday, Nov. 6, when they were crossing Route 47, just north of New Street, around 1:45 a.m., police said. Jacyln Halm, 22, was transported to Cooper Medical Center with severe injuries. Julia-Ann Ranuro, 20, was transported to Underwood Memorial Hospital for treatment. Rebecca Semon, 20, was not injured and refused medical treatment. The driver, Kelli Hennessey, 27, was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and [...]

    Read more →