Comments on: Sangren renovation: unnecessary investment http://www.westernherald.com/opinion/sangern-renovation-unnecessary-investment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sangern-renovation-unnecessary-investment Western Herald Online News Service Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:42:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Bronco Fan http://www.westernherald.com/opinion/sangern-renovation-unnecessary-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-36769 Bronco Fan Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:53:55 +0000 http://www.westernherald.com/?p=17402#comment-36769 David, I agree there is a lot that can be done to improve WMU. One thing that I thought you didn't share was, how badly this is needed. The infrastructure of the building has out lived it's projected lifespan. I think the state and local officials should be hearing from us (the students), not the university. They (the state) has been promising this to WMU for sometime, and they've never come through. See Link Below Note: 2010 isn't the yellow today line. http://cf.wmich.edu/architecture/SangrenHall/BuildingLifeCycle.html David, I agree there is a lot that can be done to improve WMU. One thing that I thought you didn’t share was, how badly this is needed. The infrastructure of the building has out lived it’s projected lifespan.

I think the state and local officials should be hearing from us (the students), not the university. They (the state) has been promising this to WMU for sometime, and they’ve never come through.

See Link Below
Note: 2010 isn’t the yellow today line.
http://cf.wmich.edu/architecture/SangrenHall/BuildingLifeCycle.html

]]> By: Super Senior Brian http://www.westernherald.com/opinion/sangern-renovation-unnecessary-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-36656 Super Senior Brian Mon, 07 Jun 2010 02:23:54 +0000 http://www.westernherald.com/?p=17402#comment-36656 Well written, David. I'm usually pessimistic about big projects like this, but you might be reaching a little. Is it wrong to fix up a aging building? You bemoan that students paying for the improvements today may be graduated by the time the building is complete. It's the same thing as taxes: we can't dictate where every penny goes. At least a spiffy new Sangren will have some benefit, unlike the infamous "arena" that they keep trying to pin on Western (we already have an ice arena, thank you). Increasing tuition and fees and NOT getting any campus improvements seems like a worse way to go, don't you think? It could be worse: we could have erected a gold statue of Obama to welcome him for the graduation ceremony. Well written, David. I’m usually pessimistic about big projects like this, but you might be reaching a little. Is it wrong to fix up a aging building? You bemoan that students paying for the improvements today may be graduated by the time the building is complete. It’s the same thing as taxes: we can’t dictate where every penny goes.

At least a spiffy new Sangren will have some benefit, unlike the infamous “arena” that they keep trying to pin on Western (we already have an ice arena, thank you). Increasing tuition and fees and NOT getting any campus improvements seems like a worse way to go, don’t you think? It could be worse: we could have erected a gold statue of Obama to welcome him for the graduation ceremony.

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