San Diego Student Resources

University of California, San Diego offers a wide variety of resources that can support its students academically, physically, mentally, and spiritually during their time under the care of the university. The Zone is one such resource that can be found inside the campus. The Zone is an advantageous student resource that provides a place of comfort for both UC San Diego undergraduates and graduates, however the limited space and resources prevents it from providing the best service it can offer. The Zone, which is located in Price Center Plaza, between Jamba Juice and The Box Office is a lounge for student designed to promote healthy and balanced lifestyle to UC San Diego students. It is a free student resource that works to support students within the eight “Dimensions of Wellness” (Social, Spiritual, Occupational, Financial, Environmental, Physical, Intellectual and Emotional) and offers stress relieving …show more content…
With it being the size of a small classroom, The Zone can only hire a limited amount of employees, this in turn makes them inefficient because they are incapable of tending to a greater number of people. The meager space restricts how much furniture they can place in the room such as beanbags used for napping or the chairs and fitness materials they use for their programs. The small space also causes the staff to waste time and energy because they need to remove or rearrange all the furniture every time they start a new program. According to Miss Kim, they frequently need to wake up a sleeping student because they need to remove the bean bags for their next program. “It’s an unpleasant feeling, waking those students knowing that they need their rest.” she said. Not only do the staff members need to constantly turn away students, they also feel the burden of supporting a large student community with only a limited amount of