Blog 15- Expanding the JC

Jesus Esteves

Ms. Lopez

WRD 110

9 October 2014

Topic: The Johnson Center- source identification

            I found this article in a website called Kentucky Kernel and the URL is http://kykernel.com/2013/03/06/crowded-johnson-center-could-expand/. The title of this article is “Crowded Johnson Center could expand”. This article was published by Abigail Shipp on March 6, 2013.

Topic: The Johnson Center- Word summary

            This article focused on the size of the Johnson Center. The author acknowledged the fact that with the new dorms being built and all the other construction going on the number of students is only going to start increasing. She mentions how the Johnson Center was already crowded enough last year which explains why it is so crowded this year.  She also points out how a lot of students aren’t getting their full work out because of the waiting time and some aren’t even going to the gym for that same reason. The title of this article mentions how the Johnson Center needs to expand inorder to provide the students a better opportunity. The author interviewed UK’s director of Campus Recreation, Ron Lee, and explained how he is one step ahead of the game since he told her “We’re aware that, during our prime time (from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m), we don’t have enough space. We were already maxed out when we opened in 2003,” Lee said. “So we’ve made proposals to expand the facilities to meet the needs.” Although this is guaranteed to happen Lee explained how the proposed expansion of the JC would add about 42,000 square feet to the existing space. This would obviously be something great for the JC.

Topic: The Johnson Center- Reflection/questions

            This article is useful because I can see that I’m not the only one who thinks it is too crowded in the Johnson center and I now have a source to back up this statement. It also showed how more students would be taking advantage of the JC if it wasn’t so crowded. Some questions I have are: What has to happen for the proposal to become active? When would this expansion be taking place? How long would it take? Would the JC still open while it’s under construction?