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Music system replaced causes unhappy students in weight room
Over winter break, a new sound system was added to the
second floor weight room of the Capital Union Building.
The old system that allowed students to play CDs while
working out was replaced with one that only plays radio
stations. This change was made by CUB faculty in order
to regulate the volume and content of the music being
played, but some students were unhappy with the switch.
For a short time after the old system was removed and the
new one was being planned, no music at all was allowed
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BY PHIL NARSH
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in the weight room.
The decision to change the weight room music system was
implemented by Julie Stoehr, the Coordinator of Intramural
Sports, Fitness and Recreation at the CUB. Stoehr said the
music students were playing was too loud and contained
offensive lyrics. "We can't have inappropriate music
playing when we are a multi-generational facility," said
Stoehr, "and while tours of prospective students are
coming through." Stoehr recommended that students who
want to listen to their own music should bring personal
MP3 players with headphones, but they will no longer be
allowed to play their music for everyone.
Daniel Martin is among several students who are
disappointed with the new setup. "iPods can be dangerous
in a weight room setting," he said, "wires can tangle and
choke you while you're working out, especially during
overhead lifts." Martin wants the old CD player system
back, and feels the CUB faculty is being too strict. "Instead
of punishing us as a whole, they should have punished the
individuals that played the obscene or loud music."
While the old music system may have been fine for weight
lifters, Health Services patients in the next room found it
difficult to rest. "Students with migraines or other illnesses
felt worse with thumping music," said Assistant Director
of Wellness Programs and Services Marylou Martz, her
office on the other side of a supposedly sound proof wall.
"At certain points the music was so loud that we couldn't
hear students' vital signs," she said, "It made it difficult
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to give them proper exams." Martz said she or one of her
fellow staff members had to go next door to the weight
room almost every day to ask that the music be turned
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