Fixing up East Campus, if only gradually, will give university real 100-year-old feel

As an alumni, as well as current graduate student of Western Michigan University, I believe it is an absolute shame that the beautiful buildings of Historic East Campus continue to sit dormant and waste away while new buildings are constantly being constructed on West Campus.

I would like to see the university consider renovating the buildings of Historic East Campus for classroom use and for housing students.

I am aware that it is not possible for all of them to be renovated all at once, but I see no reason why the buildings cannot be renovated one at a time.

I appreciate the design of the proposed new apartments and how they were modeled after Vandercook Hall, as to “have the feel of a 100-year-old academic institution.”

To that, though, I must say that we are a “100-year-old academic institution” and we have the buildings on Historic East Campus to prove it.

Fixing up Historic East Campus and actually using it would give Western Michigan University the real “feel of a 100-year old academic institution.”
Brenden P. Boudreau

WMU Graduate Student

Short URL: http://www.westernherald.com/?p=14588

Posted by heraldstaff on Feb 7 2010. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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