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Posted: 8/28/2020 7:49 AM
Does anyone know if Ping/Bird Arena/Alden Library or Baker Center
are open ?
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Posted: 8/28/2020 2:35 PM
Alden Library has 1 floor open (2nd) and next week it will add the 4th floor to have 2. Books are pulled by the staff for a self serve pick up n the 2nd floor. Baker is open, not sure what all is open in Baker. The rest I'm unsure of.
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Posted: 8/28/2020 3:48 PM
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Posted: 8/29/2020 11:22 AM
The golf course opened on the 10th and started letting carts out on the 24th. No paper scorecards though.
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Posted: 8/29/2020 1:31 PM
Got an email yesterday with the following info:

Ping Recreation Center

Ping will be available with limited in-person activities to students and members only beginning August 24. There will only be informal fitness activities with a facility capacity of 150 people. No group rentals/reservations will be permitted during initial reopening. The racquetball courts, PT pod, basketball hoops, Studio 217 and 219, the track, climbing wall and the cycling studio will be offline. General recreational equipment will be limited. There will be no resale or equipment checkout. Students will swipe their own ID for facility access. Academic classes will continue to be hosted in the facility.Masks are required inside of the Ping Center at all times.

Monday-Friday: 6 a.m.-9 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m.-9 p.m.

Sunday: 12-9 p.m.

Group Fitness (in-person)

Following University guidelines for group gatherings, this service will include a group fitness workout experience of no more than 10 people outside on the Ping Center front lawn. These in-person classes will be made available beginning August 31, 2020.


The Aquatic Center

The Aquatic Center will implement a phased reopening during the fall semester.Capacity in Phase 1 will be 30 people.It opened its doors to offering lap swimming on August 10, 2020 with a phased plan to open rec swim. All lessons and learn to swim programs have been canceled. Aug.10-Sept. 28 Monday-Friday: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
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Posted: 8/29/2020 2:43 PM
My wife has been doing lap swimming almost daily at the Aquatic Center since they reopened. Prior this opening she had been going out to Dow Lake. Much prefers the university facility.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 11:31 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
The golf course opened on the 10th and started letting carts out on the 24th. No paper scorecards though.
No paper scorecards? Why?
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Posted: 9/3/2020 11:41 AM
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The golf course opened on the 10th and started letting carts out on the 24th. No paper scorecards though.
No paper scorecards? Why?
because people touch them
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Posted: 9/3/2020 2:00 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
The golf course opened on the 10th and started letting carts out on the 24th. No paper scorecards though.
No paper scorecards? Why?
because people touch them
That has got to be the dumbest thing i have ever heard. Someone (maybe multiple someone’s) should be fired for a decision as stupid as that.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 3:49 PM
mf279801 wrote:expand_more
The golf course opened on the 10th and started letting carts out on the 24th. No paper scorecards though.
No paper scorecards? Why?
because people touch them
That has got to be the dumbest thing i have ever heard. Someone (maybe multiple someone’s) should be fired for a decision as stupid as that.
At some point, there needs to be some common sense applied to this. You're not going to breathe the virus off a scorecard. You're not going to lick the scorecard unless you're really odd. There's nearly no risk. I played golf in NC two weeks ago, and we had "real" scorecards, and we're all still here.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 4:02 PM
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 6:14 PM
Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 6:55 PM
mf279801 wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 8:47 PM
mf279801 wrote:expand_more
The golf course opened on the 10th and started letting carts out on the 24th. No paper scorecards though.
No paper scorecards? Why?
because people touch them
That has got to be the dumbest thing i have ever heard. Someone (maybe multiple someone’s) should be fired for a decision as stupid as that.
That’s actually somewhat common right now, and in interscholastic golf, you keep your own score and do not sign cards.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 8:49 PM
Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Better yet, join the 21st century and download one of the hundreds of free apps that do GPS and keep score. Haven’t used a paper score card in years.
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Posted: 9/3/2020 9:51 PM
Kinggeorge4 wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Haha, i don’t golf. I still maintain that “the Covid” is a mind numbingly stupid reason not to provide disposable paper scorecards. If you’re not offering them for budget reasons say so, but don’t blame it on bulls**t Covid-safety theatre
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Posted: 9/3/2020 11:50 PM
mf279801 wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Haha, i don’t golf. I still maintain that “the Covid” is a mind numbingly stupid reason not to provide disposable paper scorecards. If you’re not offering them for budget reasons say so, but don’t blame it on bulls**t Covid-safety theatre
Maybe they can't use paper scorecards because all paper is being diverted to toilet paper and Kleenex. :)
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Posted: 9/4/2020 10:13 AM
Pataskala wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Haha, i don’t golf. I still maintain that “the Covid” is a mind numbingly stupid reason not to provide disposable paper scorecards. If you’re not offering them for budget reasons say so, but don’t blame it on bulls**t Covid-safety theatre
Maybe they can't use paper scorecards because all paper is being diverted to toilet paper and Kleenex. :)
That’s a far better explanation than COVID safety theater!
I also would have accepted “Jenny Hall Jones says that score cards are a form of hazing”
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Posted: 9/4/2020 10:38 AM
mf279801 wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Haha, i don’t golf. I still maintain that “the Covid” is a mind numbingly stupid reason not to provide disposable paper scorecards. If you’re not offering them for budget reasons say so, but don’t blame it on bulls**t Covid-safety theatre
Maybe they can't use paper scorecards because all paper is being diverted to toilet paper and Kleenex. :)
That’s a far better explanation than COVID safety theater!
I also would have accepted “Jenny Hall Jones says that score cards are a form of hazing”
So here's the kicker. You still have to get a paper parking pass from the clubhouse that they fill out and hand you. We played 5 times last week and they gave us 5 parking passes.
Last Edited: 9/4/2020 10:39:23 AM by Alan Swank
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Posted: 9/4/2020 10:40 AM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Better yet, join the 21st century and download one of the hundreds of free apps that do GPS and keep score. Haven’t used a paper score card in years.
I'm a traditionalist. Last thing I want to see is a guy pulling out his cell phone on the golf course.
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Posted: 9/4/2020 11:27 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
I'm a traditionalist. Last thing I want to see is a guy pulling out his cell phone on the golf course.
UT Doug would tell you that a traditionalist wouldn't be caught dead on the Ohio University golf course.
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Posted: 9/4/2020 11:43 AM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Better yet, join the 21st century and download one of the hundreds of free apps that do GPS and keep score. Haven’t used a paper score card in years.
I'm a traditionalist. Last thing I want to see is a guy pulling out his cell phone on the golf course.
Is that why you still use persimmon woods?
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Posted: 9/4/2020 12:24 PM
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I'm a traditionalist. Last thing I want to see is a guy pulling out his cell phone on the golf course.
UT Doug would tell you that a traditionalist wouldn't be caught dead on the Ohio University golf course.
UT Doug has options. We in Athens County don't unless we want to drive an hour. When's the last time he played OU? Prior to August 10th this year, it was in very good shape.
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Posted: 9/4/2020 12:25 PM
BillyTheCat wrote:expand_more
I would imagine they are following Battelle guidelines like we are at the library. They are having us quarantine everything after people touch it. We all received guidelines pertaining to the items we and our public touch and use.
That is no excuse. Paper score cards (and the free mini-pencils) are, by their nature, disposable. Someone should be made an example of.
Just bring your own paper and pencil or don't golf.
Better yet, join the 21st century and download one of the hundreds of free apps that do GPS and keep score. Haven’t used a paper score card in years.
I'm a traditionalist. Last thing I want to see is a guy pulling out his cell phone on the golf course.
Is that why you still use persimmon woods?
Actually I still have my dad's 1950 Wilson Sam Snead woods - 1- 4.

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Posted: 9/4/2020 1:13 PM
Alan Swank wrote:expand_more
I'm a traditionalist. Last thing I want to see is a guy pulling out his cell phone on the golf course.
UT Doug would tell you that a traditionalist wouldn't be caught dead on the Ohio University golf course.
UT Doug has options. We in Athens County don't unless we want to drive an hour. When's the last time he played OU? Prior to August 10th this year, it was in very good shape.
Last time, and I think only time, was summer of 1997, a weekend bachelor party in Athens. I think it was the same weekend SBH broke his ulna bone playing football in the hotel parking lot.
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