For club sports, a slow process of reform
Close to two months after students first voiced concerns about the University's club sports program, singling out issues with funding, poor facilities and personnel, administrators say they are responding to student criticism and taking steps to fix the problem."The University is addressing the allocation of more financial resources toward sport clubs including a sport club endowment component in the upcoming campaign," said David Leach, associate director of athletics for campus recreation, referring to Nassau Hall's forthcoming multi-billion dollar capital campaign.President Tilghman agreed that help is on the way, but cautioned that the situation will not be remedied overnight."It would be highly unusual for something to have been resolved in this length of time, as it would take the Priorities Committee to designate this as a high priority for the next budget year," Tilghman said in an email, referring to the University committee that allocates funding for programs.Students' concerns were first highlighted in an Oct.