An election the Student Union held last week decided the $122,000 rollover fund would be invested in the new Student Recreation Center in Usdan instead of an Indoor Rock Gym in Gosman Sports Gym. The $122,000 accumulated for five years in a fund designated to catch allocated money left unspent by clubs.

Around 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Student Union Secretary Danny Silverman '05 wrote in an official e-mail to all students certifying the election.

Silverman wrote the results were "a vote of 662 (58.0%) in favor of the Usdan Recreation Center and 479 (42.0%) in favor of an Indoor Rock Gym, with 54 abstentions."

Members of the Student Service Bureau (SSB), which is located within Usdan, hope the improvements will draw even more people to their services.

"We will have to adapt as the room evolves, but we foresee only positive changes. The new recreation center will bring us more business, which will in turn tell more and more people about who we are and what we do," SSB President Jackie Murphy '05 said.

Many students and clubs expressed their disappointment with the election results.

"On one level we were disappointed about not coming out ahead in the vote," said Mountaineering Club President Jesse Salk '04. On the other hand, the climbing wall only missed the majority by eight percent. I'm pleased that the numbers came out so closely and that such a substantial portion of the undergraduate population participated in the vote."

Salk said he has not given up.

"The level of student support shown for an indoor climbing facility in this vote, on the PE department survey of the past summer and in other forms has clearly gained the attention of the Brandeis administration," Salk said. "I'm convinced that that the project is not dead in the water and that with continued voice from the community a rock gym will still come together within the next several years."

Union officers plan to hold open forums in the near future to hear suggestions from students on how to spend the money in the recreation center.

Many students have expressed strong opinions about what they want to see.

"I want to see things that stimulate social activity like pool tables, air hockey tables, and good furniture. Televisions and video games will not foster that social environment," Noah Cohen '05 said. Other students said they are content that at least the money is being used.

Greg Sasso '05 visits the recreation center every couple weeks, but he voted for the Rock Gym proposal.

"The climbing wall would have been cool, but either proposal is good," Sasso said.

"I am just happy the money is finally being used.