Dear TCU Rec Center,

Why are you so darn crowded second semester? Is it the New Years Resolutions or the hopes of that spring break body? Either way, it's frustrating. If you attempt to go any time after 4 you will thoroughly disappointed. There is a 90% chance you're favorite machine will be taken and then you will face the awkward decision on what to do next. You settle for something else and then spot about half of all the fraternity boys you've ever met. Lets just say you might look a little different in the middle of your cardio workout than you do on Saturday night.

Then you have to face the great divide: upstairs vs. downstairs. There is some unspoken rule that the girls workout upstairs and the boys workout downstairs. It's intimidating for girls to ever brave those stairs and go down to the boy zone. Girls feel judged or afraid they are going to look like they don't know what they are doing.

Don't get me wrong, the rec has a lot of perks. It is fun to see some people you usually don't run into on campus. You also get motivated by all the people working out around you. Also, the lovely sauna is a very under appreciated part of the rec. It is very relaxing and its the perfect place to talk to your friends or jam out to your music. There are also massages and classes that TCU students don't always take advantage of.

As frustrating it is to have half the school swarming the rec at the same time, it is a great facility that is free (ok, more like included in the massive tuition we pay).