Do we need to get a gym membership to workout at the athletic centre (PULSE). Also, we pay for athletics and recreation in tuition fees and there's an athletics and recreation sticker on the student card. What are these for?
What's the difference between gettin the membership and not getting a membership (I think we can still do some stuff at the athletic centre without a membership but I don't know what those are)?

You do need a membership to access the PULSE, however everything else I believe you can use (e.g. the badminton courts, track).