At the beginning of the spring 2019 semester, the San Jose State University campus gym extended its hours to midnight on Fridays.
Formerly open until 6:00 P.M. on the final day of the work week, the gym will now allow students, faculty, and community members to use its facility a full 6 hours longer. This change accompanies the hiring of several new employees, likely in part to staff the gym for the extended hours.
Student gym-goers think it’s great that they’ll have more time to hit the gym every Friday. “I get out of class at 5:45 on Fridays, so I always had to skip hitting the gym that day. Friday’s leg day, so I’m stoked to finally be able to give my hammies some love” said super-senior Chad Williams, a communications major.
Others, however, are not so happy about the change.
“Friday nights are supposed to be for relaxing and having fun. Now that we’re open until midnight, one of us has to work that shift. No one wants to do it, so usually we settle it by seeing who can bench the heaviest while reciting the national anthem. I’m not really strong or patriotic, which means I usually end up having to work it” said junior Carlos Rivera, a sociology student.
This is the first time in at least two years that the gym has changed its hours. Only time will tell if this change will remain or if push back from staff will reverse it.
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