{"id":2351,"date":"2002-09-15T17:46:19","date_gmt":"2002-09-15T21:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/?p=2351"},"modified":"2014-12-15T17:51:03","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T22:51:03","slug":"fun-place-stay-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/2002\/09\/fun-place-stay-fit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fun Place to Stay Fit"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2352\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 381px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/covers-1001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2352\" src=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/covers-1001.jpg\" alt=\"A student scales the 30-foot climbing wall at the Ralph S. O\u2019Connor Recreation Center. Dedicated in April, the center was designed by Sasaki Associates and constructed by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. The new facility\u2019s Robert H. Scott Gymnasium has a 1\/10-mile jogging track that circles above the three courts for basketball, five for volleyball, and three for badminton. \" width=\"371\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/covers-1001.jpg 371w, https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/magazine-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/covers-1001-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>A student scales the 30-foot climbing wall at the Ralph S. O\u2019Connor Recreation Center. Dedicated in April, the center was designed by Sasaki Associates and constructed by the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. The new facility\u2019s Robert H. Scott Gymnasium has a 1\/10-mile jogging track that circles above the three courts for basketball, five for volleyball, and three for badminton.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s more fun in the life of Hopkins students\u2014 especially since the January opening of the three-story, 63,000-square-foot Ralph S. O\u2019Connor Recreation Center. The $14.3 million facility was named in honor of the 1951 Johns Hopkins graduate, trustee emeritus, Houston businessman, philanthropist, and civic leader who has made generous gifts toward its construction. \u201cThe new recreation center provides superb space for intramural and informal competitions and physical fitness activities,\u201d notes O\u2019Connor, who played varsity basketball and football at Hopkins.<\/p>\n<p>With the building\u2019s open design\u2014featuring high ceilings and glass walls\u2014there is little to obstruct the view of its extensive facilities. For example, the three-lane indoor jogging track gives runners an eagle-eye view of those playing on the courts below or scaling the 30-foot climbing wall. The new facility connects with the Newton H. White Athletic Center. The O\u2019Connor Center is entirely donor-funded. Among the generous gifts, a bequest from the late Larry Goldfarb of Baltimore made possible the naming of the facility\u2019s gym for Goldfarb\u2019s longtime friend, Robert H. Scott \u201952, who devoted 50 years to Hopkins as student, lacrosse coach and athletic director (he retired in 1995). The 2,500-square-foot fitness center, a gift from the PepsiCo Foundation, is extremely popular, with its treadmills, cross-trainers, stationary bikes, stair machines, and rowing machines.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the generosity of donors, the Hopkins tradition of participation in intramural athletics, sports clubs, and informal recreation will continue on in the O\u2019Connor Center. Alumni memberships are available for $240 per year. For more information, visit the web site at: <strong>www.jhu.edu\/~recsport\/<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s more fun in the life of Hopkins students\u2014 especially since the January opening of the three-story, 63,000-square-foot Ralph S. O\u2019Connor Recreation Center. 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