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Who is Rhett?
Meet Rhett, now celebrating his 76th year as the mascot of the Boston University Terriers.
In 1922, Boston University students selected the Boston Terrier as their football mascot after the sport received official University recognition in 1917. The Terrier is one of the few dogs actually bred in the United States. Interestingly, it was in 1869--the year Boston University was chartered--that a Boston dog-breeder crossed an English Terrier with a bulldog and came up with the Boston Terrier.
Watch for Rhett at sporting events and at other University special events.
SpOrT's AnD rEcReAtIoN FaCiLiTiEs....
Boston University has many fitness facilities to serve your every need. In addition, we are building new state-of-the-art facilities in the next two years. To learn more about the new facilities coming to campus, go to the Student Village Web site: http://building.bu.edu/.
Your full-time Boston University I.D. guarantees you access to the Harold C. Case Physical Education Center and the Sargent Gym building. Once you are inside, the opportunities are almost endless.
Case Physical Education Center
285 Babcock Street, 617-353-4636
Nickerson Field
This well-lit, regulation-size AstroTurf field is used for both organized sports (varsity, intramural, and club sports) and friendly frolicking. A Tartan-surfaced quarter-mile track encircles the field and can be used during open recreation hours.
Tennis Courts
The tennis court area features three courts, a practice wall, and lights for night use. You supply the balls and a racquet.
Faneuil Pool
A six-lane, twenty-five-yard pool is generally open for recreational lap swimming during noontime and evening hours on weekdays, and during afternoons and evenings on weekends. A 3-meter board and two 1-meter boards are available for use during physical education springboard diving classes. You can also take scuba, swimming, aqua aerobics, and American Red Cross water safety courses.
Walter Brown Arena
You cannot skate the Charles, but Boston University has its very own ice-skating arena. For a few dollars and a student I.D., you can even rent skates.
Gymnasia
Gyms A and B are mentioned on the Recreation Hotline (617/353-4141) when they are open for pick-up basketball. Gym C is generally used for club sports practice during evening and weekend hours.
Weight Training and Fitness Rooms
Weight training facilities include a complete Cybex circuit and a free weight area. The fitness room offers a variety of equipment including Biocycles, rowing ergometers, recumbent cycles, StairMasters, a cross-country ski machine, and a treadmill. Attendance at an orientation session, offered daily, is required before working out in either room.
Equipment Issue Room
In exchange for your student I.D., recreation equipment may be checked out from the equipment issue room located on the lower level of the Case Center, between the weight and fitness rooms. Here you may check out basketballs; softballs, bats, balls, and bases; volleyballs and nets; Frisbees; footballs; soccer balls; and jump ropes.
Towel Service and Locks
For a nominal fee, you can take advantage of a towel service and receive a combination lock to use in the locker room. Used towels may be exchanged for clean ones at the equipment issue room. For details, go to the Case Center Ticket Office, lobby level; telephone 617-353-3838.
Sailing
The sailing docks and boathouse are located on the Boston side of the Charles River near the Boston University Bridge, and are accessible by the Marsh Chapel footbridge over Storrow Drive. The sailing program operates from March or April through October. The program includes physical education and Summer Term instructional classes and also leisure sailing, and boasts a highly competitive intercollegiate racing team. The boating swim test, which may be taken during any evening or weekend open recreational swim period at the Faneuil Pool, is required before any on-the-water participation. For more information, contact the coordinator of sailing at the boathouse, 617-353-9307.
Sargent Gymnasium Building
Located next to the George Sherman Union at 1 University Road, the Sargent Gym facility houses gymnasia, a fitness center with weight training machines and cardiovascular conditioning equipment, a dance studio/theatre, and lockers. Drop-in pick-up basketball games are generally played in the gym in the late afternoon; intramurals are held in the gym during the evenings.
808 Commonwealth Avenue
On the second floor of the 808 Commonwealth Avenue building is the University´s newest aerobics studio. Now you can take an aerobics class and get a great city view, too.
The DeWolfe Boathouse
The DeWolfe Boathouse, the newest boathouse on the storied Charles River, has served as the home of the Boston University men's and women's crew teams since its formal dedication on September 23, 1999. Located on the Cambridge side of the Charles River, the DeWolfe Boathouse has an interior and exterior balcony that affords racing fans an excellent view of the Head of the Charles Regatta as well as a spectacular view of the city of Boston and the Boston University skylines.
The Track and Tennis Center
An integral part of the new Student Village, the brand new, expansive, and state-of-the-art Track and Tennis Center is designed to be one of the best such facilities in the nation. With 60,000 square feet, it provides ample space for one of the largest intramural sports programs in the country. Home to Boston University's Track & Field and Tennis teams, as well as a practice venue for other Terrier athletic teams and organizations, it houses a fixed-bank 200-meter track, separate area for throwing events, four tennis courts, 1,500 person seating capacity, and is just steps away from the Student Village residence halls and soon-to-be-built Sports and Entertainment Arena.
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