“These are multi, multi-million dollar decisions,” said Scalise, who projects that an opening would be years to come.
But some students who like the scheduling system don’t see a pressing need for change.
Cheryl-Lyn D. Bentley ’06 likes the sign up system. “You can plan out what you’ll do, and you know when someone will get off,” she said.
One woman liked the sign up system so much that she asked Mac facility managers to create a similar system for the weight room. The woman requested “one minute slots,” according to Joanna White ’01, a manager and reception supervisor.
—Staff writer Sarah L. Park can be reached at slpark@fas.harvard.edu.