The document discusses the allocation of space for different activities at Purdue University's Co-Rec facility. It notes that basketball, weightlifting, and cardio take up the most space and are considered normal activities. However, other activities like boxing, table tennis, volleyball and badminton have much less space, showing they are less prioritized despite being popular for many. This unequal distribution of space sends the message that some sports are more important than others.

1. PURDUE RECREATIONAL FACILITY

2. What is the Co-Rec?
The Purdue Co-Rec
is a facility that
allows students to
have an active
lifestyle and helps
them stay in shape
and keeps them
healthy through
sports and other
aerobic activities. It
has many different
options for you to
choose from, but
the real question is
all of them fair?

3. At the Co-Rec, the
“normal” activities
include basketball,
lifting weights, and
cardio.
As a result, these
activities have more
space then the “less”
normal ones like
boxing.

4. MAP OF CO-REC

5. BASKETBALL
HERE
Basketball is
HERE considered a
normal sport for
people to play and
takes up a large
amount of the Co-
Rec.

6. HERE
HERE
IT IS ALSO LOCATED…

7. WEIGHT LIFTING AND CARDIO
Weight Colby
Lifting and Fitness
Cardio are Center
two
activities
that take
up a good
amount of
space at
the Co-
Rec.

8. These two
activities
actually
take up the
whole
lower level
HERE
of the Co-
Rec.

9. BUT IS THIS FAIR..?

10. TABLE TENNIS
Table Tennis
or Ping Pong is
a liked sport
by many, but
is not
considered
“normal.”
Because of
this, it has
very little
space to play
and maneuver
in.

11. The little orange box
shows the only place in
the Co-Rec where you can
play table tennis. The
room is actually where the
service elevator is. This
HERE
shows how the sport is
unimportant to the facility.
But it may be important to others

12. Volleyball and
Badminton are also
two sports that are
pretty well liked by
many, but do not have
the same treatment as
something as popular
as basketball.
These are the only
two spaces where
these sports can be
played.

13. Overall, through these space, Purdue actually is telling what sports are
the normal sports to play and what is important. These spaces show
that you can play these sports, but they are not as popular and you will
not receive the same kind of attention that they would give to the
normal sports and they will give you the least amount of space needed
to play it. I definitely feel this is unfair. If more space was provided for
these less normal sports, I feel that they would become more popular
indefinitely.