Jesse Philips Physical Education Center

Photo by William Rieter The Jesse Philips Physical Education Center is a 115,000-square-foot facility. Its gymnasiums are used for basketball, volleyball, intramural and other recreational activities. Other facilities in Philips include the Robert Carr Pool; Climbing Wall; weight rooms containing Hammer Strength, Cybex Selectorized and Universal weight training machines, and free-weights; six racquetball courts, one of which is set up as an indoor batting cage for varsity athletes; and eight squash courts, three of which are set up for table tennis and one for indoor golf. Philips is also the home for the Department of Athletics & Physical Education and the Heisman Club Hall of Fame. The building houses all the offices of Oberlin's varsity programs as well as the administration and support staff.