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...Malkin Athletic Center (MAC)—our old and decrepit gym—is scheduled for an infrastructure overhaul beginning this spring. The building was, after all, built in 1930. It will open again, and it will be better: “More pleasant, efficient, and with a new elevator,” promised Wendy Healy, general manager of the MAC. With the College’s recreational athletic facilities lagging far behind its peers, we are looking forward to be greeted next fall by a new MAC.The MAC has needed renovation for longer than most current students have...
INTRAMURAL ATHLETES AND REFEREES. With the MAC set to close towards the beginning of second semester, intramural sports such as basketball and volleyball have been reduced and relegated to the fall, producing a host of problems...
CLUB ATHLETES AND RECREATIONAL USERS. Club sports squads like rugby and ultimate Frisbee are not allowed to use the varsity training facilities located across the river. So when the MAC shuts down, these teams will most likely be scattered throughout House gyms, competing for space with other displaced gym-goers...
Perhaps what’s most frustrating, though, is that the Athletic Department has been very vague about what will happen to the many fitness and training classes that are offered daily at the MAC. Many students count on these activities as an integral part of their exercise regimen, and a yoga class can’t just be replaced by a run by the Charles or some stretching on the mats in Hemenway...
...else, stop trying so hard to impress people. You can stop wearing your “Varsity Mathlete” jacket from high school, and there is no need to talk about how “chill” those four years were while doing curls in the MAC. Academically, you won’t impress your professors or peers by asking an inordinate number of questions. I saw this little exchange between a professor and a freshman the other...