We'll have five racquetball courts remaining, and we'll have two squash courts. Students on two boards had a role in determining the direction of the project. Funds for the project were provided by the Capital Improvement Trust Funds, which are monies set aside out of tuition for construction of student facilities. The CITF committee members, who are students and staff, are appointed on an ad hoc basis as the Board of Regents provides notification that such funds are available. The Campus Recreation Board , composed of eight elected students and four appointed faculty or staff, oversees Campus Recreation programs.
Dirks views improvements at Leach as the university enhancing a major recruiting tool.
Our contention has always been that it's also important in recruiting National Merit Scholars and everyone else. Only two basketball courts are available for unstructured play. Gaining more gymnasium space within the existing Leach Center might not be possible, he said, because for practical purposes the facility has run out of land for expansion and high costs might prohibit building a gymnasium in the facility's area that now houses a swimming pool. The pool remains, with the exception of the intercollegiate team, the most underutilized area of the building. Interest is just not there in swimming for swimming's sake.