Gym Users Slack Over Hygiene?

Daily Egyptian.

Paper towel dispensers and bottles of cleanser hang in the Recreation Center for people to clean the exercise equipment they use.

But in some cases, the cleanser remains unused as the next, unsuspecting students prepare for their workout.

An unscientific Daily Egyptian study found that roughly half of the people who work out at the Recreation Center do not use anti-bacterial cleaners to sanitize equipment after they are done exercising.

Alexxa Condon, a junior from Joliet studying political science and business administration, said she is concerned about the infections that can be transmitted as a result.