Not moving into a new Hall Gracefully

Okay, so I just ----. heard a bit of a bombshell. Basically, faculty are getting kicked out. Before I elaborate about that, I would like to say that there have been rumors abound about turning faculty offices into new dorms for a few weeks. Until now, that's all I thought it was - a rumor.

But it is true. Faculty are being asked to vacate their offices in Grace Hall by June J to free up more living spaces for students. Now call me crazy but how exactly is that going to work? Where are faculty going to go? How will the students shower? How will the offices downstairs even function with loud students living above?

I am beginning to wonder if any of this has even been thought through. H you stop and seriously consider the implications of this, there will be tremendous problems.

First of alJ, you have a large group of faculty that won't be able to function properly because they have been evicted from their surroundings. I can't imagine having an in depthdiscussion with Dr. Romano out of his trunk because he bas no office.

Secondly, you will have students living in a building that houses many of the important offices (financial aid, admissions, registrar). How well will admissions be able to promote the school if "Me So Horny" is blasting from the room directly above the receptionist's desk? What will happen when a couple of students get drunk (and they will) and wander down into the atrium to throw a chair through the glass door (and they will)? Who would you blame, the students, or yourselves for giving them the opportunity to do that?

Third. how much will it cost ( in money and effort) to remodel the building to efficiently house students? Granted, it may not be hard to move in a couple of beds and dressers, but what about bathrooms? There are a couple of them up there, but just to handle the sheer number of students you would need more. And are all bathrooms equipped with showers, or are they expected to use the showers at the Dixon Center?

What I find most interesting is the surplus of empty rooms in the Mansion. I know there are many rooms there on the third floor that are currently vacant. I also seem to recall asking about those rooms as a sophomore, but I was told that we couldn't put students there anymore because it would disrupt the workings of the administrations offices. Isn't that exactly what's going to happen in Grace Hall?! Why is it that the faculty can be inconvenienced, but the offices that house the president can't?

I am sure that there are ways of defending this whole situation. Depending on the situation rooms are far more necessary for a student to live here than for a faculty member. Maybe. Also faculty could conceivably be moved into more luxurious offices in the Mansion. Maybe Public Safety will keep a better eye out for Grace Hall now. Maybe the offices in Grace Hall will get soundproof rooms.

There are a lot of maybes and I don't know any of the reasons or answers. I'm just calling it how it looks.

The last thing I want to know, is why was there no warning? We are all finding out about this now when the issue is decided. Why not ask the students first? Why not ask the faculty about any other ideas first?

If this message out to the campus was a problem. any member of the administration could have typed up a letter to the editor on their i-macs, called 8412 or walked to Widener Center to tell us. At least then you would have given us warning.

Do you even care?

I am tired of people sitting in their offices deciding the future of the college without any input of those here now. Who better to say where this college should head than those that experience it in the now. All you know are what you hear from your underlings. Ask those who live and experience Cabrini for some advice as to where Cabrini should go.

YOU ARE NOT CABRINI.

You sit in your offices sipping your tea and looking at life on campus through a sheet of paper.

WE, THE STUDENTS ARE YOUR SCHOOL!

I am making a formal challenge on behalf of all students, all faculty, and all of those that put up with this bureacratic bull@#$% everyday. I challenge the administration to take a stand and stop dodging our calls, stop giving every concerned student the runaround, and tell the truth! Put yourselves under the microscope, Jet the skeletons out of the closet, and be honest for once in your lives.

If you can't, well you have no business working at a school, especially one that preaches love and understanding. St. Frances Xavier Cabrini would be rolling over in her grave to have this place as a namesake.