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The Dungeon: Clemson Weight Club (Eviction)
Sep 28, 2012, 1:05 PM
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For those of you interested, the Clemson Weight Club is being evicted from "The Dungeon" underneath Fike Recreation. They are being displaced off-campus. This eviction came without cause or logical reason. If you are interested in helping this members stay as a part of Clemson please tmail me, or email our president at juliusm@clemson.edu
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Re: The Dungeon: Clemson Weight Club (Eviction)
Sep 28, 2012, 1:23 PM
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For those you that don't know what "The Dungeon" is, it is the weight room under Fike's Pool Deck. It has been in use for thousands of students since 1978. Home to numerous state champions and nationally recognized weight lifting students. This year the Club has over 200 students and staff that use the space to train. The space is being turned into a storage closet to store golf carts, lawnmowers and bikes. This occurred when Student Affairs hired a new director of Campus Recreation this summer. The new director does not feel that "any logical person would see a weight room in that space."
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Orange Blooded [4521]
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Oh hail no, hey di' nt!!! What's the dayum FAX #?
Sep 28, 2012, 1:24 PM
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Is this fo real? Man, I was a dues payin member of the dungeon for my entire college career.
This sucks, if true.
Message was edited by: Beegshot®
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Re: Oh hail no, hey di' nt!!!
Sep 28, 2012, 1:25 PM
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They did. The club would have likely hit 3-400 members this year.
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Re: Oh hail no, hey di' nt!!! What's the dayum FAX #?
Sep 28, 2012, 1:26 PM
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Beegshot, the club is fighting with Student Affairs to keep the space theirs. The more people helping in the University will only help the club survive.
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110%er [9669]
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I was a Dungeon member in the early '80s. What kind of help
Sep 28, 2012, 1:27 PM
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are you suggesting?
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Re: I was a Dungeon member in the early '80s. What kind of help
Sep 28, 2012, 1:29 PM
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Just email our president at juliusm@clemson.edu. He will forward you all of the information and documentation that will help bring you up to speed on the situation. It will allow you to take an outside perspective and perhaps find an avenue where you could be of assistance.
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Re: I was a Dungeon member in the early '80s. What kind of help
Sep 28, 2012, 7:33 PM
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Absolutely ridiculous. Lifted in there for all my years. Did the bench contests, help run it with some buddies, had my name up for a bench record... and now an eviction? Not the path I wish to see. Email sent to president.
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Re: I was a Dungeon member in the early '80s. What kind of help
Oct 1, 2012, 1:06 PM
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bump
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Re: The Dungeon: Clemson Weight Club why not ask them
Sep 28, 2012, 1:32 PM
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to weight, ... uhh....I mean wait on evicting you? 
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Legend [19610]
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I was a dungeon guy in 90' for about a year.
Sep 28, 2012, 1:38 PM
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Nasty, sweaty, old school place.
Too bad it's gotta' go.
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Legend [19610]
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I'll be out there next home game with a "Save the Dungeon"
Sep 28, 2012, 1:41 PM
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sign. Anybody care to join me? I no longer look like I ever hit the dungeon, but still....
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110%er [7980]
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I'll be holding a sign right beside you
Sep 28, 2012, 2:00 PM
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"& Dragons"
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Re: The Dungeon: Clemson Weight Club (Eviction)
Sep 28, 2012, 1:49 PM
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Additionally: Rugby, Army ROTC, Air Force ROTC, Clemson Crew and Army Rangers use the space to strength train for their activities.
The club is slightly different then it was 30 years ago. It has better equipment than Fike. 10,000 pounds of iron plates > Fike Recreation. Over 20 specialty bars (Fike has none. Olympic bumper plates (Fike has none). Strongman and conditioning equipment (Fike has none). 2 olympic platforms (fike has none). A glute-ham raise, etc.
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Orange Blooded [4521]
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Please tell me it isn't well lit with paint on the walls...
Sep 28, 2012, 1:51 PM
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before I make an @$$ of myself trying to support yet another cause.
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Re: Please tell me it isn't well lit with paint on the walls...
Sep 28, 2012, 1:55 PM
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The lighting is fine. It could use a paint job. If you email our president, he will send you very detailed information that will help you with your letter. He has put together a timeline that will outline the behavior of campus recreation and student affairs. The outline was created so the "lay" person could easily see the situation.
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Re: The Dungeon: Clemson Weight Club (Eviction)
Sep 28, 2012, 1:56 PM
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Loved that place in the early 80's. That was many years ago and when the testosterone was a bit higher. How can we help?
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Orange Blooded [2563]
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always gotta mess with something.... the titanic got lifted
Sep 28, 2012, 2:00 PM
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down there 20 times over in the mid 80's .
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110%er [7980]
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so whats wrong with the other weight lifting area
Sep 28, 2012, 2:01 PM
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would it be an issue if another area was provided for weight lifting?
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Orange Blooded [4521]
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Hey, we're trying to get mad here. Go away with your logic.
Sep 28, 2012, 2:05 PM
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NO CHANGE
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Re: so whats wrong with the other weight lifting area
Sep 28, 2012, 2:08 PM
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Adam,
They are not offering another place for our club to continue operation on campus. This is important for everyone to understand. The university is saying "we have you in our future master plans around 2020." We all know how those future plans work out. The west end zone was suppose to be completed in the mid 2000's. It still isn't finished.
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Expert [1102]
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I liked the area because it was private for serious people
Sep 28, 2012, 2:35 PM
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that wanted to workout. The common weight area was filled with people just laying on equipment and socializing.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Just sent your pres an email
Sep 28, 2012, 2:04 PM
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I was a member of The Dungeon during my time at Clemson. Loved that place. Old school, sweaty, manly stuff went on there, a perfect place. 
T-Mail me some information if you have any.
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Orange Blooded [4521]
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Seriously, there we a fews chicks that would come in...
Sep 28, 2012, 2:07 PM
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and, the energy level would go through the roof. It was palpable.
Good times.
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Re: Seriously, there we a fews chicks that would come in...
Sep 28, 2012, 2:10 PM
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we have a few ladies in the club right now. they love the space and say that the guys are committed but the nicest people they know.
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Crap!
Sep 28, 2012, 2:17 PM
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Just when I thought Golds couldn't get any more crowded
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The Wrestling and Swim Teams say "good luck with that"***
Sep 28, 2012, 2:20 PM
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Re: The Wrestling and Swim Teams say "good luck with that"***
Sep 28, 2012, 2:24 PM
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Although I hate that we lost those two sports:
The wrestling and swim teams were kicked out for title 9 and division 1 constraints on team limits. The weight club is being kicked out of a valued space on campus by almost 2% of the student body for a storage space that includes bikes, golf carts and lawn mowers.
The users of the space love it. And see it as a better standard than the recreational gym in Fike that is a zoo of bicep flexing and socializing.
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Rock Defender [54]
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I'm not saying you're wrong, I'm just saying history
Sep 28, 2012, 2:26 PM
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ain't on your side. If someone at Clemson prefers something shiny and new, that's usually what happens. Good luck tho
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Orange Blooded [3510]
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Actually
Oct 1, 2012, 1:39 PM
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the swim team was killed because they didn't want to put in a new full size pool. Wrestling has a much more direct linkage to title 9.
In the end it always comes down to money. If budgets were bottomless Clemson would every sport that say Stanford and unc do (read that a whole lot more than we do now) but budgets are like that. I'm not sure where money fits into this discussion but rest assured it is somewhere (even if that means not having anyplace else to put the stuff they want to put there thus saving on building a storage area).
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Re: Actually
Oct 1, 2012, 3:35 PM
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Budget has been discussed.
The Weight Club is offering to have the space cleaned and staffed through the club's funds.
Although, I see and agree with you point that money is always relevant, it makes no since for them to target the Clemson Weight Club who is using the space per/sqft, more then any other entity on campus.
Campus Recreation doesn't feel that the space is a good representation of Clemson's facility standards. What they don't realize is that for hundreds of students, The Dungeon is a more appropriate standard to train than in Fike. This will always hold true because of the culture, the clubs commitment to having necessary equipment, and the people who give the club such an incredible atmosphere.
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Re: The Dungeon: Clemson Weight Club (Eviction)
Sep 28, 2012, 3:08 PM
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Thank you for all of the support! The president is getting many emails!
He has been busy replying to all Dungeon/TigerNet/Rugby/Crew/ROTC Alumni.
He said to keep the emails coming, the situation is really picking up heat.
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