Florida State University - Renegade / Tally Ho Yearbook (Tallahassee, FL)

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L elta Tau Carlos Kelly and his partner work their upper arms and back. Students often went to the Leach Center in pairs to facilitate their workouts. r n Fitlness Instructor sits down with a student to work rsychology professor Maria-Lynn Kessler vents the days out a nutrition and exercise program. Instructors were frustrations with some arm curls. A large number of free available to provide this service to all Leach Center users weights as well as weight machines were available for free of charge. student and faculty use. Photo By Robert Parker - Student Life - 29

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i,E«nin;fiH; [iiiniiiEi;i;i:i:iiii;i{iii ' i:iii;riiriiiiiii;iiMi:ii: The beginning of ihe year was marked by more than jusi registering for classes and buying books. In September, the Bobby E. Leach Fitness Center opened for use. The $12.9 million facility was free to all enrolled university students and reduced price membership were available for faculty and staff. This place is great. At home I would have to pay hundreds of dollars to join a gym like this and It wouldn ' t even have half the equipment that this place does. I ' m going to miss having a free gym when I graduate, Mike Stephens, a graduating senior said. The facility was kept running by student Activities and Services fees (A S), which were included in tuition. The center provided something for almost every student ' s interests. With an Olympic size indoor swimming pool, seven raquetball courts, two squash courts, 12 exercycles, stairmasters, rowing machines, four different sets of weight machines, aerobics classes and an indoor track, visitors never had a problem finding something to do. When we were planning the facility we visited similar centers at Auburn, Alabama, Georgia Tech and Florida to get the best combination of facilities for the students. We also laid out the center so that we could easily move and change equipment m order to keep up with students needs, Paul Dirks, director of the Center said. Though It was not completed until 1991, the Center was m the works as early as 1980. Then Vice President for Student Affairs Bobby Leach was very athletically minded and saw the need for a fitness center on campus. He set the idea m motion and began to secure funding. The Leach Center not only provided students with a place to work out, but it also provided job openings for qualihed students. The Center had four professional staff, four clerical and administrative assistants, six maintenance and custodial staff with over 100 students serving as aerobics instructors, fitness instructors and counter staff. Being able to work on campus is very convenient and I enjoy the bright atmosphere of the Leach Center, Patty Saager said. Most students agreed that the Leach Center was a welcome addition to campus. 1 love having a place that ' s so convenient to use that 1 can get a work out in while I ' m on campus instead of having to drive home and out to a gym and back home and then to campus again. It ' s a real time saver, Sean deFord said. «S fAti 28 - Student Life V „ f % Pholo By Robert Parker

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Daly Lau looks to vendor Barbara Oti for answers lo questons she has about certain tapes. By having a wide variety of tapes and compact discs on hand, vendors found it easier to attract costumers to their table. Photo by Rebecca Jane Watkins 30 - Student Life Photo by Rebecca Jane Watkins