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FACULTY
Professor involved with Nobel research
Leaving the trash out
Andrea Gallo Staff Writer
State hiring freeze leaves Facility Services with $1.5 million worth of vacant positions Laura Furr Contributing Writer
The Office of Facility Services is short-staffed this semester, and some students are beginning to feel the impact. Although many students said they haven’t noticed a difference in maintenance, some have complained about the campus’s restrooms, garbage cans and air conditioning. “The bathrooms and the trash cans look to be a little dirtier than they were last year,” said Max Derrickson, sports administration sophomore, said. “It looks like they aren’t cleaning them daily like they used to.”
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As professors and researchers across the world await the announcement of this year’s Nobel laureates, professors at the University have not only responded with their thoughts, but also have been involved in Nobel research. The Nobel winners, all of whom were announced by Monday, include six Americans, and University astronomy professor Bradley Schaefer was directly involved in this year’s Nobel prize in physics, won by Saul Perlmutter, Brian G. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess. Schaefer was part of Perlmutter’s research team in the 1970s that made the Nobelwinning discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Schaefer said he is proud to have contributed to the Nobel prize, but the three research team leaders deserve their honor. “It’s a fantastically important result, and they well deserve their prizes,” Schaefer said. Michael Cherry, physics department chair, agreed, saying this Nobel result has ignited research about the dark energy in the universe. “The idea that there’s a whole NOBEL, see page 15
RESIDENTIAL LIFE
Annie Boyd Hall to close fall 2012 Building will see complete restoration Juliann Allen Contributing Writer
Annie Boyd Hall residents will enjoy new windows, updated vinyl wood-strip flooring and central air conditioning after its nearly $10 million renovation, set to begin in summer or fall of 2012. The historic residence hall, which was built in 1937, will be closed for the fall and gutted, receiving new walls, utilities and roofing.
“The building is on the National Historic Register,” said Steve Waller, director of Residential Life. “Our intent is not to make it ultrachic modern, but to maintain some of the historical characteristics of the building.” While the terrazzo flooring of the lobby will remain, it will be expanded by taking out two large rooms on each side, Waller said. Workers will build a wheelchair ramp leading into the basement where the disabled can access any floor from the elevator, which will be moved from its current spot. “Every floor will have a minimum of [Americans with Disabilities Act] configured space,”
Waller said. A kitchen and community space will be added to the basement, and there will be a study area for each floor — something Annie Boyd Hall has never had, he said. The dorm will lose about 20 beds because of this configuration, Waller said. Despite the building’s facelift, the dorm will still have suite bathrooms. “It’s amazing how our forefathers were building suite bathrooms,” Waller said, as opposed to the community hall bathrooms built in the 1960s. ANNIE BOYD, see page 4
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Annie Boyd Hall, located in the Horseshoe Community, will begin its $10 million rennovation in summer or fall 2012 and is expected to be finished by fall of 2013.