  I went onto temple's website, and looked to see what I needed to do to use the gym. I found out that urlLink "All Temple undergraduate students taking12 credit hours or more and graduate students taking 9 hours or more are automatically assessed a student recreation fee per semester. This fee entitles you to use the ibc Student Rec Center, the Student Pavilion, and Pool 30 in Pearson Hall. All others must pay a recreation user fee. " I even called the fitness center and asked if I needed to fill out any paperwork or pay any additional fees. the answer was, "no, not as long as you are registered for 9 or more credits.
" Since I am regisetered for 9 or more credits, I went to the gym this morning in my gym stuff. I handed over my id to be scanned to gain entrance to the gym, and was told that I haven't paid my student recreation fee. But I have, i insisted, i was charged $150 in fees, I have my card right here that proves I paid my activities fee. "that's a different fee. this is a recreation fee. if you're not registered for 9 credits, you have to pay the fee.
" But, I am registered for 9 credits. "oh," clickity clikcity clack "you are a center city student, your'e not registered on the main campus. you have to be registered for 9 credits at the main campus. " But I'm not a center city student, I'm in a regular program at the regular campus. Last semester all my classes were at the main campus; this semester two are downtown, and one is at the main campus. "yeah.
you're a center city student. you'll have to pay the fee" can I pay the fee now? or can you add it to my bill? "no, you have to go to the bursar's office, they won't let us take money here. " So after a trip to the bursar's office to pay another fee, and a trip to the student recreation administrative office to sign waivers, I trucked off to the gym. Hah!
take that Temple! your beurocracy cannot thwart my fitness efforts! I laugh at your multiple dispersed offices! I pshaw at your assesment of fees! I am unstoppable! I do wonder, though, if I couldn't pay a fee at the gym, why could I pay one at the computer center when I picked up my antivirus software?
I don't think the computer center is the bursar's office, so why can they add a fee to my bll, when the gym can't hmmmm? 
