Comments on: Texas Tech: Making a Splash!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:43:50 +0000

As an undergraduate student trying to decide where to attend graduate school, it is facilities like these that ease the decision. Although the prestige of the University is important and Tech has an exemplary academic reputation, as Linda stated, school is only part of it. Student enrollment will positively affected by the building of this facility. I got to see the Rec while this was being built but I am looking forward to seeing the finished product with my own two eyes!

By: Linda

Linda — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:51 +0000

As a former Tech student, I wish this was there when I was! It sure looks like something that would have me hanging out on campus in the afternoons after class to unwind after sitting in classrooms all day instead of wasting time other places. And as a former Rec Center employee, I’m sure this has attracted an increase in student usage of the facility as well as opened up many more jobs for students. Can’t wait to come back to visit!

By: Anna

Anna — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:19:34 +0000

I’m a senior at Tech this year, and I think we definitely needed this. I think the 10 or so dollars I’m paying in student fees for this pool are worth it to have a place to hang out and relax where people aren’t getting drunk. If you go to any of the pools at local apartment complexes, most people there are drinking. This is a great place for students to enjoy the pool without having to also be around alcohol.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:46:52 +0000

Guests of members can access the pool. A member may sponsor in up to 4 guests. The cost is $4.00 for children and $7.00 for adults. I love this pool! My family has used it an immense number of times allready. We plan to enjoy it for years to come. I do agree that the city should also have a facility like this, however this facility at Texas Tech University will help recruite more students in the future. To all that are quivering about the small increase in Rec Center fee. Faculty and staff of the Texas Tech University System pay more than students for a membership. Their cost of membership has also increased due to the new pool. This is an awsome pool and asset to Tech.

By: Courtney Terral

Courtney Terral — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:18:15 +0000

What is the cost for students to bring friends and family?

By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:59:17 +0000

Like I previously posted at the top, some people don’t realize that the money towards the Leisure Pool has absolutely nothing to do with anything outside of the Rec Center. By this I mean that the money collected by it is in funds that can’t be put towards dorms, computers around school, more professors, etc. Tech has other fees that collect for those type of things. I also want to reiterate that students have been long over-due for Rec fee raises. Yes, it sucks, but it happens. Those fees are still cheaper than schools half the size at some universities in Texas.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:27:31 +0000

GO COWBOYS!!!

By: Student

Student — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:41:59 +0000

“Read the article”, do you honestly think that every single student at Tech is paying for their own education? I highly doubt that, since as a student at Tech, my education is being paid by my parents. Parents do have a right to complain if their money used to pay for “college” is being spent on a leisure pool. Amber and TTechmom are right that Texas Tech did need this, but they should have come up with a better way to fund the project. I know many students that have a hard enough time as it is paying for college, and a continual raise in fees for things such as ANOTHER pool and larger football stadium aren’t making it any easier. I think more students would be attracted to Tech for things such as new/nicer dorms and better food places on campus.

By: Pyaneer Sam

Pyaneer Sam — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:56:52 +0000

And Pyaneer Sam wishes to add this to his previous statement:
And if anyone can find a better value for your higher education dollar in this
entire Nation, I challenge you to find it! Texas Tech has been blessed with
the most forward-thinking conservators and most generous patrons since I
graduated in the 70s, that I am awed by how this campus has matured into
what it is today. For ten times my 1970’s 4 year tuition, or $100,000, this University
would still be the deal of the 21st Century. Generosity is handed down and so
to are great facilities like the Tech Leisure Pool. In years to come, your gift will
be appreciated by those who will know you, as an alum of this great University.

By: Pyaneer Sam

Pyaneer Sam — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:11:25 +0000

When I attended Tech in the 1970s, to cool down from the summer heat,
we went to the nearby car wash and sprayed ourselves, then washed
our cars. But then, 4 years tuition cost only $10,000 total. I don’t know how
parents can send their kids to college these days, unless—the college
attracts the parents as well. This pool does that. Part of that kind of thinking goes
into these projects since the money comes from parents investing in their kids
future. And you know, when the Polar Ice Caps melt, we all need to know
how to swim. Ahem.