Letters to the Editor
Lack of Rally Pictures, Kindlon Hall Area
Issue date: 11/23/09 Section: Opinion
Dear Editor,
Why is our beloved Kindlon Hall so naked? Where have all the computers gone? Why are the study carrels squashed into crowded areas? Whose dreadful idea was that? I remember seeing a poster asking the student body to give their opinion on "What to do with Kindlon now?" Who gave their opinions? Were we offered the opportunity to vote on the alleged opinions? If so, where was the voting? When was the opportunity to vote? How many students voted? What was the outcome of that vote? Who was in charge of the voting? I was talking with some friends recently about Kindlon, about what's not happening, and they also feel as though there is no real direction in the interest of the student body. Someone mentioned it was Student Senate. Is that true? I haven't talked to anyone that voted, or even knew about the vote. Why didn't they set a table up in Kindlon, which is a high traffic area, to have the students vote?
It's been eleven weeks since classes began and Kindlon, sadly, is still empty. Was the outcome of the vote to do nothing? What do visitors and parents think when they walk through Kindlon? Actually, it looks like it is going to be under construction. Was that how they intended it to look? So, why move all the furniture and computers and then do nothing? It's still as busy as it ever was and what's made it worse is so many of the people that congregated in Kindlon are now in the library. Personally, I prefer the noise stay in Kindlon, not in the library where students are studying. My freshmen year the couches in Kindlon were moved to the Krasa Fireside Lounge with the intention of making Krasa the place to socialize. In my three and a half years here, Krasa remains as empty as ever. It appears the result of moving the computers and study carrels will not change the habits of the students that want to stay in the area near their classes. They don't want to trek across campus for a computer or soft couch to sit on, whether they have twenty minutes or an hour between classes.
Why is our beloved Kindlon Hall so naked? Where have all the computers gone? Why are the study carrels squashed into crowded areas? Whose dreadful idea was that? I remember seeing a poster asking the student body to give their opinion on "What to do with Kindlon now?" Who gave their opinions? Were we offered the opportunity to vote on the alleged opinions? If so, where was the voting? When was the opportunity to vote? How many students voted? What was the outcome of that vote? Who was in charge of the voting? I was talking with some friends recently about Kindlon, about what's not happening, and they also feel as though there is no real direction in the interest of the student body. Someone mentioned it was Student Senate. Is that true? I haven't talked to anyone that voted, or even knew about the vote. Why didn't they set a table up in Kindlon, which is a high traffic area, to have the students vote?
It's been eleven weeks since classes began and Kindlon, sadly, is still empty. Was the outcome of the vote to do nothing? What do visitors and parents think when they walk through Kindlon? Actually, it looks like it is going to be under construction. Was that how they intended it to look? So, why move all the furniture and computers and then do nothing? It's still as busy as it ever was and what's made it worse is so many of the people that congregated in Kindlon are now in the library. Personally, I prefer the noise stay in Kindlon, not in the library where students are studying. My freshmen year the couches in Kindlon were moved to the Krasa Fireside Lounge with the intention of making Krasa the place to socialize. In my three and a half years here, Krasa remains as empty as ever. It appears the result of moving the computers and study carrels will not change the habits of the students that want to stay in the area near their classes. They don't want to trek across campus for a computer or soft couch to sit on, whether they have twenty minutes or an hour between classes.
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