Hawley Lounge facelift to be scheduled for this summer
Kaitlin O'Reilly
Issue date: 4/3/08 Section: News
Do you know where Hawley Lounge is?
A recent survey conducted by student government actually showed that a few students didn't even realize the lounge existed. Students can be confident that everyone on campus will know where Hawley Lounge is located by next year, however, as administration is currently working on a renovation that will begin this summer.
The student government executive board met with Dr. David Coppola, assistant vice president for administration at the university and Jim Barquinero, vice president for enrollment planning and student affairs, on Wednesday March 12, to discuss the proposed renovation.
"The biggest thing is that no one ever really goes in there. We hand out these surveys and some people are like 'where's Hawley Lounge?' and that's the scary part. If you have people that don't even know where Hawley Lounge is, to me that's a problem," said Student Government President, junior Matt Telvi.
The board expressed their concern that, while most students seem to know where the lounge is located on campus, the student recreation space has become more or less wasted space, as its run down conditions are less then appealing.
"I speak for everyone, I hope, when I say that the biggest problem with that room is that it's one big open room you can't really split it up. As it is right now, I don't think it serves its purpose," said senior Amanda DeMatteis, president of the class of 2008.
The general consensus at the conclusion of the meeting was that while an immediate renovation will be made, a larger, more extensive renovation will be conducted in the near future. As the room is one of the few "student" spaces on campus, it is expected to accommodate a lot of needs in one area and major reconstruction will eventually need to occur to better utilize the space.
"I think Hawley needs to serve three purposes. You need your offices, you need to have a space where people can sit down and study and do things because people can't only meet in the mahogany room and you need the entertainment aspect of the room," said DeMatteis.
A recent survey conducted by student government actually showed that a few students didn't even realize the lounge existed. Students can be confident that everyone on campus will know where Hawley Lounge is located by next year, however, as administration is currently working on a renovation that will begin this summer.
The student government executive board met with Dr. David Coppola, assistant vice president for administration at the university and Jim Barquinero, vice president for enrollment planning and student affairs, on Wednesday March 12, to discuss the proposed renovation.
"The biggest thing is that no one ever really goes in there. We hand out these surveys and some people are like 'where's Hawley Lounge?' and that's the scary part. If you have people that don't even know where Hawley Lounge is, to me that's a problem," said Student Government President, junior Matt Telvi.
The board expressed their concern that, while most students seem to know where the lounge is located on campus, the student recreation space has become more or less wasted space, as its run down conditions are less then appealing.
"I speak for everyone, I hope, when I say that the biggest problem with that room is that it's one big open room you can't really split it up. As it is right now, I don't think it serves its purpose," said senior Amanda DeMatteis, president of the class of 2008.
The general consensus at the conclusion of the meeting was that while an immediate renovation will be made, a larger, more extensive renovation will be conducted in the near future. As the room is one of the few "student" spaces on campus, it is expected to accommodate a lot of needs in one area and major reconstruction will eventually need to occur to better utilize the space.
"I think Hawley needs to serve three purposes. You need your offices, you need to have a space where people can sit down and study and do things because people can't only meet in the mahogany room and you need the entertainment aspect of the room," said DeMatteis.
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