4 The Voice, For students, By Students 1 August 24, 2011
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CONSTRUCTION
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Disability Act, the Chestnut Library is also
undergoing minimal construction. In an effort
to make the nursing building more wheel
chair friendly, FSU will create a courtyard
where the narrow sidewalk that ran alongside
the SBE used to be. A beautification project is
being incorporated into these changes.
“For one thing, it will beautify the campus.
Students will be able to sit down and enjoy
the scenery,” said Harold Miller, FSU’s proj
ect manager.
University architect, Rudy Cardenas, feels
this will generate more activity between the
nursing building and library.
“It’s going to create a wow factor. Aestheti
cally it’s going to improve the sight. It’s go
ing to create an outdoor social i2^tion place,”
said Mr. Cardenas.
The Lily Gymnasium, which has been un
dergoing renovation since the end of the 2011
spring semester, is scheduled to reopen by the
end of this year, said Gene Cottrell, director
of facilities administration/budget.
Mr. Cottrell is happy that the gym will
soon be open to students.
“It is a very versatile place, and it hasn’t
been usable for a while. But hopefully it will
be now,” said Mr. Cottrell.
The next project will be Renaissance Hall,
FSU’s newest residence hall. With three sto
ries, a media room, recreation room and study
area. The new dormitory will be larger than
New Residence Hall.
Mr. Miller said it is estimated to be 82,300
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square feet and will house 338 students. Most
of the rooms will be double occupancy, with
two students per bath area. The hall will also
offer suites that house up to four students.
These suites will be similar to University
Place Apartments, in which each occupant
will have a single room to themselves. The
only difference is that students will have to
share a bath with only one other student in
stead of two.
These projects are seen as the university’s
way of moving forward and bringing the
campus closer to FSU’s vision statement.
“It shows progress with the campus,” said
Mr. Cardenas. “It’s recruiting students. It’s a
great thing.”
Students have probably noticed the ch^ge
in parking availability. The fences blocking
certain walkways have inconvenienced both
students and faculty.
Due to construction, be sure to take notice
to the many areas that are off-limits. This in
cludes the walkways where the plots used to
be and the sidewalk that connects the nursing
building to the library. Parking lots M, AH,
G, E and W are closed until further notice. In
luly FSU sent an email to students, faculty,
and staff detailing how parking has been re
assigned.
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PUTTING AMERICA TO W»K
photo by John Caldwell
Construction work occurring between the Chestnut Library, SBE and Butler build
ing.
“They should have had it finished before
school started so parking would be more
available,” said Albert Forster, FSU facilities
management employee.
Mr. Forster feels that some of the parking
closures are unnecessary, such as a portion of
the circle in front of Bronco Hall. Others feel
that parking is more available to construction
workers than to students and faculty.
Although students saw tuition hikes for the
2011-2012 year, those extra funds are not be
ing used for the projects. The cost for all of
FSU’s current construction projects were paid
for by state funding that was allocated by the
state legislature several years ago.
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