re: Thoughts on Morgantown's campus..

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Now the union bowling alley was a campus treasure

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Issue: I'm very upset that there aren't any bowling lanes ... included the LSU Union's renovation.

Answer: When planning for major renovations to the LSU Union began in 2001, the bowling lanes were included in the plans and were going to be turned into a state-of-the-art facility. During the second and third years of planning, however, several things occurred.

We discovered that the preliminary cost estimates for renovating the bowling lanes were considerably higher than expected – and this was before Hurricane Katrina, which drove all construction costs up even higher.

Interest in bowling has declined steadily over the last decade. In surveys we ran, bowling consistently ranked in the bottom third of services that students would use. In addition, statistics about bowling throughout the state indicated a steady decline in interest among high school students, meaning that smaller numbers of high school students came to college with an interest in bowling. A majority of college students today prefer the types of fitness activities now provided by recreational centers, for example, cardio equipment and weight training.

Bowling was eliminated as an activity class by the Department of Kinesiology. These classes helped create interest in the past.

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