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Carpenter Sports Building inspires teamwork Known affectionately as "The Little Bob," this 167,000-square-foot building is the primary recreation facility on campus for students, staff and faculty. Included inside are the Harry W. Rawstrom Natatorium; two gymnasiums, including Barbara Viera Court (volleyball); student and employee fitness centers; racquetball courts; a rock-climbing wall; and locker rooms, as well as offices for athletics and recreation staff and Department of Health, Nutrition and Exercise Sciences faculty and staff. "It can be an adventure; things can change in an hour, depending on the crowd that we have," Rexell Miller, the head custodian who has worked in the building for 28 years, said. "Our motto is that the whole building belongs to all five of us. I wouldn't trade this for anything else." Miller was referring to the team of five custodians who work in the building, where the day begins at 5 a.m. Neil Kline (seated) and Rexell Miller There are 17 staff and more than 100 student workers to keep the building running, Kate Pohlig, associate director of the Intercollegiate Athletics Program who oversees the CSB, said, recalling one evening when she rushed back to the building after a wayward basketball tripped the sprinkler system in one of the gyms. "I was out there mopping up the water alongside the volleyball coach," Pohlig said. | |
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