Editorial: And the survey says ...

The missing seven pages from the $50,000 Rec Center survey by Brailsford & Dunlavey shows the lengths to which ASI will go in their quest to sell students a $25 million gym.

We would love to provide you with more information on the surveys results, but the handful of copies delivered to the Hornet on deadline just happened to be missing nearly half of the data.

ASI is moving way too fast to try to force an election on a proposed Rec Center on November 16-17. The project — turned down just six months ago by CSUS students — was resurrected by campus administration and ASI President Geoff Sakala this fall. Although administration says that this is just what CSUS needs they want students to put up the cash even though they are unwilling to do so.

President Gerth did put the money to bring in the big guns to sell the campus on the idea.

While the Hornet would like to thank the President for his generosity, ramming this election down the throats of students so soon after they voted it down would be, well, foolish.

Although Sakala says the survey shows overwhelming support for a Rec Center — even with students having to turn over an additional $5 million a year to operate it — the actual results of the survey suggest differently.

Nearly 60 percent of students surveyed don’t use recreational facilities on a regular basis, and only 59 percent support the proposed $200 per year fee increase needed in order to pay for the Rec Center.

One thing the survey makes clear: The proposed election — which will cost students $15,000 — is premature.

Too many questions remain.

If ASI wants a Rec Center, then the students at least deserve a plan that has not been hastily constructed and rammed through at the last minute.